Midwest Rankings

These are the rankings for the Midwest Region of the United States, states included in this section are: Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, North Dakota, South Dakota, Illinois, Kansas, Missouri, Michigan, Indiana, Nebraska, and Ohio. As with the USA Rankings, if you are inactive (to my knowledge) for 1 year (12 months NO competing), you will be taken off the rankings. Of course some of my opinion is put into the rankings (*see example below), but it mostly goes by fact; if you want to move up, beat someone ranked above you, then I place you above them. If I think someone looks impressive and should be moved up the rankings, but he hasn't beaten the guys above him yet, I will wait until he actually beats the higher ranked puller. Each person is only ranked in 1 weight class. IF YOU LIVE JUST OUTSIDE THIS REGION, BUT TRAIN WITH A MIDWEST GROUP, YOU MAY BE INCLUDED. PLEASE CONTACT ME IF YOU WISH TO BE. It would suck if your team was looking at this list and gunning guys down, and you were disincluded from the fun 🙂. Any questions of comments, please contact me RESPECTFULLY on facebook or email at: joshthejedimaster@yahoo.com

UPDATE 5/30/21: THE RANKINGS ON THE NORTHEAST BOARD ARE NO LONGER UP TO DATE!!! I will try to keep the top 10 as accurate as possible here. It's to hard to rank beyond the top 10, for all the classes. I am giving a little bit of leeway for pullers who have not competed for more than 1 year due to 2020 being Covid year, but if you've not competed for more than 1.5 years you're for sure off, and at the end of 2021 the 1 year rule will apply strictly again. I'm changing the lists now to reflect what's currently accurate - in my opinion - and I'm also trying to go in line with the rankings on armfighter.com, as best as I can, although the weight classes ranked there are different.

There are some guys that I don't know if they're active or not, but keep them on usually unless I know for sure... I don't want to take someone off just because I haven't seen them pull... impossible to see every event. So if you KNOW that someone ranked has been inactive, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE feel free to contact me and let me know!!! And if you want to send me updates/results that affect the ranking, from your event, or an event that you've attended, I'd love that!!! Or if you KNOW that a guy has shifted weight classes... the more info I get, the more accurate I can make the lists.

I also try to use my best judgement regarding overall rankings, and mostly try to keep them in line with the classes. Beating guys in overall rankings may or may not move you up in your division, whilst loses can move you down in overall division. I just try to use my best judgement for overall and change that list around to match what makes the most sense imo.

NOTE: If you are the TOP puller in your class and would prefer a different picture used, please EMAIL it to me. IT HAS TO BE A PIC OF YOU ARMWRESTLING.

Right Arm 0-154 lbs.

1. Roman Gromov

2. Dylan Burns

3. Kevin Palko

4. Michael Hitt

4. Kevin Palko

5. Cole Kasper

6. Sam Taylor

7. Jacob Winn

8. Eric Cunningham

9. Elijah Ekstrom

10. James "Ginger" Conner

Left Arm 0-154 lbs.

1. Roman Gromov

2. Michael Hitt

3. Kevin Palko

4. Cole Kasper

5. James "Ginger" Conner

6. Luke Stanley

7. Alex Benson

8. Sam Taylor

9. Dylan Burns

10. Matt Bourdon

Right Arm 155-176 lbs.

1. Tony Kitowski

2. Bill Logsdon

3. Zach Hayden

4. Cody VandeWeerd

5. Tony Weikle

6. Billy Kruep

7. Greg Allen

8. Bryan Koerner

9. Preston Longstreth

10. Paul Vertalka

Left Arm 155-176 lbs.

1. Tony Kitowski

2. Bill Logsdon

3. Josh Handeland

4. Tony Weikle

5. Storm Stapleton

6. Greg Allen

7. Billy Kruep

8. Jake Stang

9. Cody VandeWeerd

10. Seth Carlson

Right Arm 177-198 lbs.

1. Roger Cunningham

2. Brent Rakers

3. Paul Talbott

4. Quinlan Mendez

5. Joel Hudik

6. Drew Bishop

7. Steven Logsdon

8. Luke Pulscher

9. Sam Fritz

10. Eli Brouhard

Left Arm 177-198 lbs.

1. Paul Talbott

2. Brent Rakers

3. Steven Logsdon

4. Chase Stratton

5. Roger Cunningham

6. Max Khaperman

7. Derick Johnson

8. Eli Brouhard

9. Joel Hudik

10. Jarrod Rose

Right Arm 199-242 lbs.

1. Todd Hutchings

2. Pavlo Derbedyenyer

3. Eric Gerlach

4. Chris Chandler

5. Scott Ballinger

6. Bo Oleson

7. Mirzad Kablic

8. Chris Gellings

9. Mike West

10. Jarrett Pollard

Right Arm 243+ lbs.

1. Harold Owens

2. Steven Green

3. Don Underwood

4. Nick Zinna

5. Andrew Bieganski

6. Jonathan Quinn

7. Matt Taylor

8. Matt Lively

9. Dan Fenton

10. Jeremy Boyd

Left Arm 243+ lbs.

1. Jeff Dabe

2. Pavel Krasnov

3. Tim Hanke

4. Lane Liggett

5. Jonathan Quinn

6. Matt Lively

7. Nick Zinna

8. Matt Taylor

9. Wallace Dilley

10. Brian Fuller

Overall Right Arm:

1. Todd Hutchings

2. Pavlo Derbedyenyer

3. Eric Gerlach

4. Chris Chandler

5. Harold Owens

6. Steven Green

7. Don Underwood

8. Nick Zinna

9. Andrew Bieganski

10. Roger Cunningham