Húsafell Stone

[2] This final level can only be achieved by someone with extreme physical strength, stamina and endurance as hoisting the massive stone on to the chest while standing compresses the thorax and decreases lung capacity significantly.

Throughout the 1980s, many strong native Icelanders including Jón Páll Sigmarsson, Hjalti Árnason and Magnús Ver Magnússon have carried the stone around the pen, but most notably by Highland Games specialist Andrés Guðmundsson who almost went two full revolutions with it, establishing the benchmark to beat.

[3] When the stone was featured at the 1992 World's Strongest Man competition, the organizers transported it to Þingvellir, making it a popular and influential event in the sport of strongman.

At the 1997 World's Strongest Man in Nevada, four Scandinavians Magnus Samuelsson, Svend Karlsen, Jouko Ahola and Flemming Rasmussen managed to carry a 163 kg (359 lb) replica for more than 80 metres (262 ft 6 in) in the designed linear path.

At 1999 Atlantic Giant held in Faroe Islands, the competitors had to carry a 180 kg (397 lb) replica in a three-part linear path of 30 metres (98 ft 5 in) in the fastest time.