The 2026 Romania Muscle Fest Pro was not a six-division show and it was not an Akim Williams victory. The federation’s official table records ten professional divisions in Bucharest on 7 November. Ahmed Juraybi of Saudi Arabia won Men’s Open Bodybuilding; Roman Iushchenko took Men’s 212; Piotr Wojtowicz won Classic Physique; and Sidy Pouye led Men’s Physique. The women’s champions were Anastasia Korableva in Bodybuilding, Beatriz Almeida in Figure, Viktoria Csicsayova in Bikini, Julia Cabarcos in Women’s Physique, Leonida Ciobu in Wellness and Ana Alexandra Petreanu in Fit Model.
That correction matters beyond the names. Romania is explicitly identified as a high-value contest in the 2027 Olympia Qualification System. In Classic Physique, Men’s Physique, Bikini and Wellness, a Romania win brings automatic qualification, while second through fifth earn 14, 11, 9 and 7 points. In Men’s Open, Men’s 212, Women’s Bodybuilding, Figure, Women’s Physique and Fit Model, winning an open contest during the qualification period also qualifies the athlete. In plain English: these were not decorative trophies. Every division title carried a direct Olympia consequence under the published rules.
The complete top three
The table below reproduces the top three and official score total for each division. Lower scores are better. In most divisions the published number is a single judging total; Men’s Open separately reports judging and finals before combining them.
| Division | Winner | Runner-up | Third |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men’s Open | Ahmed Juraybi — 6 | Josef Kveton — 12 | Pablo Llopis Munoz — 20 |
| Men’s 212 | Roman Iushchenko — 3 | Dean White — 6 | Andreas Christou — 9 |
| Classic Physique | Piotr Wojtowicz — 3 | Oliver Prochazka — 6 | Jorge Herrera — 9 |
| Men’s Physique | Sidy Pouye — 3 | Omar Suleiman — 6 | Marcus Benjamin-Privett — 9 |
| Women’s Bodybuilding | Anastasia Korableva — 4 | Paula Ranta — 5 | Eleonore Vatin — 9 |
| Figure | Beatriz Almeida — 3 | Paulina Pontus — 6 | Helen Zavitsanou — 9 |
| Bikini | Viktoria Csicsayova — 3 | Sara Punzetti — 6 | Patrizia Vaccaro — 10 |
| Women’s Physique | Julia Cabarcos — 3 | Lidia Dichiera — 6 | Silvia Cuartero Martinez — 9 |
| Wellness | Leonida Ciobu — 3 | Liza Kazanina — 6 | Carolina Cardoso — 9 |
| Fit Model | Ana Alexandra Petreanu — 3 | Inesa Shchypailo — 6 | Laura Vanko-Kozma — 9 |
Men’s Open: Juraybi controlled both rounds
Juraybi’s six-point total came from a first-place score of three in judging and another three in the finals. Josef Kveton was second in both phases for 12 total points. That is a clean result rather than a late reversal. The more interesting movement happened behind them: Andrea Muzi held third after judging with 10 points, one better than Pablo Llopis Munoz on 11, but Llopis improved to nine in the finals while Muzi moved to 12. The switch gave Llopis third overall, 20–22.
For Juraybi, the career value is immediate: an Open win inside the 2027 qualification window places him on the Olympia route. For Kveton, the six-point gap is substantial in scorecard terms, but the result still establishes him as the closest challenger in this field. Llopis’ two-point hold over Muzi shows why the final round mattered even though the title itself did not change hands. The official numbers support those conclusions; they do not tell us which poses, body parts or conditioning decisions produced them. ShreddedAF will not reverse-engineer judging commentary that the federation did not publish.
Men’s 212: Iushchenko wins; Christou puts Cyprus on the podium
Roman Iushchenko received the minimum three-point score, followed by Dean White on six and Cyprus’ Andreas Christou on nine. The evenly spaced totals indicate an ordered top three without a numerical tie. Yinka Majolagbe and Sergio Fernandes completed the top five on 12 and 15.
The win provides Iushchenko the direct qualification consequence attached to an open 212 title. Christou’s third does not qualify him automatically under the published winner-based route for 212, but it is a meaningful result in a 14-man scored field and a concrete benchmark against two athletes ahead of him. That distinction matters: a podium can be a strong career result without being described as a qualification that the rules do not grant.
Classic Physique and Men’s Physique: automatic places at a designated show
Piotr Wojtowicz led Classic Physique with three points, ahead of Oliver Prochazka on six and Jorge Herrera on nine. Cozma Vlad Andrei gave the home field a fourth-place result on 12, with Derek Deianov fifth on 15. Sidy Pouye produced the same 3–6–9 structure in Men’s Physique over Omar Suleiman and Marcus Benjamin-Privett; Youssef Cherrate and Amit Agre followed.
These wins are especially valuable because the 2027 system names Romania alongside the Arnold Classic USA, Arnold UK, Pittsburgh Pro, New York Pro and Dubai Pro. For these four points-based divisions, first place at Romania is automatic qualification; second through fifth collect the system’s larger designated-show points. Prochazka and Suleiman therefore leave with 14 points, Herrera and Benjamin-Privett with 11, the fourth-place finishers with nine and the fifth-place athletes with seven. The win is decisive, but the defeated finalists did not leave empty-handed.
Women’s Bodybuilding: the closest title fight of the show
Anastasia Korableva beat Paula Ranta by a single point, four to five. That is the narrowest first-versus-second margin in the ten official tables. Eleonore Vatin was third on nine, while Emilia Dimitrova-Balkova and Lisa Smith rounded out the top five.
The score supports saying the title decision was close; it does not support claiming a judging controversy. One point is still an official win. Korableva’s open-contest victory carries the winner-based Olympia consequence, while Ranta’s runner-up is not converted into points under the published Women’s Bodybuilding route. For Ranta, the practical next step is another qualifying contest rather than relying on a points table that does not govern this division.
Figure, Women’s Physique and Fit Model: clear winners, direct consequences
Beatriz Almeida won Figure on three points over Paulina Pontus on six and Greece’s Helen Zavitsanou on nine. Julia Cabarcos produced the same top-three spacing in Women’s Physique over Lidia Dichiera and Silvia Cuartero Martinez. Fit Model also finished 3–6–9: Ana Alexandra Petreanu ahead of Inesa Shchypailo and Laura Vanko-Kozma.
All three divisions use the open-contest winner route in the 2027 system. The winners therefore secured the key result available from this show. The scorecards show clear ranking separation at the top, but they do not establish how any of the athletes would place against the Olympia field. Qualification earns entry into a stronger comparison; it is not evidence that the athlete is already an Olympia favourite.
Bikini and Wellness: the win matters, and so do the points below it
Viktoria Csicsayova won Bikini with three points, Sara Punzetti was second on six and Patrizia Vaccaro third on 10. Rania Stamatiadou was one point behind Vaccaro in fourth, making third-versus-fourth one of the tighter placing decisions near a consequential points boundary. Leonida Ciobu won Wellness on three points, with Liza Kazanina second on six and Carolina Cardoso third on nine.
Csicsayova and Ciobu receive automatic qualification from the designated Romania contest. Punzetti and Kazanina add 14 points; Vaccaro and Cardoso add 11. In divisions where the top 20 in the season standings qualify and two open wins also trigger automatic qualification, those totals can remain relevant long after the Bucharest stage is cleared. A single result cannot guarantee a final standings position, but designated-show points give the defeated contenders more leverage than an ordinary open contest would.
How to read the scores without inventing a show
Bodybuilding scorecards are ranking documents, not performance telemetry. A lower total means the judging panel placed an athlete more favourably across the scored comparisons. The table can prove order, margin and—in Men’s Open—movement between judging and finals. It cannot prove a specific athlete was fuller, sharper, more symmetrical or better posed unless those observations come from authorised footage, direct reporting or published judge commentary.
That boundary is important for a results article. The honest interpretation is that Juraybi and Kveton held their positions across both Open phases; Llopis improved relative to Muzi; Korableva won the closest top-two decision; and eight divisions produced a clean three-point winner. Anything more granular would be analysis of imagery ShreddedAF has not licensed and did not observe on site.
What changes next
The event sits early in a qualification period running from 31 August 2026 to 12 September 2027. The ten winners now have the strongest outcome available from Romania under the published system. Athletes in Classic Physique, Men’s Physique, Bikini and Wellness who finished second through fifth carry designated-show points into the season; those in the winner-only divisions still need a qualifying win unless another rule, such as a top-three Olympia exemption, already applies to them.
For readers following the season, the correct watch list is therefore wider than the winner photos. Track the automatic qualifiers, then watch the 14- and 11-point athletes as the standings develop. Also track athletes such as Muzi, Christou and Ranta for how they respond at their next contest: Romania established proximity to the winner, but only a later official result can show whether that gap closes.
Reporting limits
This report covers the professional divisions in the official federation table. It does not include amateur or pro-qualifier results. ShreddedAF did not attend the event and has not assessed athlete condition, judging quality, drug-testing status or unpublished intentions. The qualification explanation applies the 2027 rules published on 9 November 2026; the official qualified-athlete list remains the controlling record if an athlete was already qualified or a later administrative update changes the roster.