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Earning a spot to the CrossFit Games once is no small feat, let alone doing it ten years in a row. Three of the 40 individual men heading to Madison later this month qualified for their tenth consecutive CrossFit Games. Today, we celebrate Björgvin Karl Guðmundsson, Cole Sager and Noah Ohlsen’s career accomplishments.

History of Competition Finishes

The three men have competed in a total of 117 competitions over their careers. 

	Open			Regionals			CrossFit Games
Year	BKG	Cole	Noah	BKG	Cole	Noah	BKG	Cole	Noah
2012	2,847th	–	188th	–	–	24th	–	–	–
2013	84th	417th	56th	9th	13th	7th	–	–	–
2014	43rd	71st	20th	3rd	1st	1st	26th	17th	8th
2015	35th	28th	16th	2nd	2nd	1st	3rd	7th	8th
2016	9th	280th	1st	1st	5th	2nd	8th	5th	15th
2017	4th	171st	2nd	1st	4th	1st	5th	16th	4th
2018	12th	44th	25th	4th	2nd	1st	5th	7th	6th
2019	2nd	6th	60th	–	–	–	3rd	11th	2nd
2020	4th	19th	6th	Quarters/Semis			8th	20th	4th
2021	73rd	41st	6th	34th / 1st	21st / 1st	8th / 2nd	4th	14th	10th
2022	32nd	374th	107th	8th / 2nd	40th / 3rd	5th / 4th	9th	13th	12th
2023	45th	251st	84th	9th / 8th	21st / 9th	6th / 7th	TBD	TBD	TBD

Year	Sanctional/Off-Season Competition	BKG	Cole	Noah
2018	Dubai CrossFit Championship	2nd	–	–
2019	Dubai CrossFit Championship	4th	–	–
2019	Fittest in Cape Town	–	2nd	–
2019	Italian Showdown	–	–	3rd
2019	Reykjavik CrossFit Championship	1st	–	–
2019	The Rogue Invitational	–	3rd	8th
2019	Wodapalooza Fitness Festival	–	–	–
2020	The Rogue Invitational	2nd	11th	3rd
2020	Wodapalooza Fitness Festival	–	2nd	3rd
2021	Rogue Invitational	4th	11th	–
2022	Rogue Invitational	6th	14th	9th
2022	Wodapalooza Fitness Festival	–	4th	–

In a head to head matchup of the competitions all three men competed on the same leaderboard (Open, Quarterfinals, CrossFit Games, Rogue 2020 and 2022), Noah has 12 wins, BKG has 11 wins, and Cole has one*.

*Head to head matchup wins are bolded.

The CrossFit Games

	BKG	Cole	Noah	Combined
Best Finish	3rd	5th	2nd	2nd
Worst Finish	26th	20th	15th	26th
Top 10 Finishes	8	3	7	18
Average Finish	7.9	12.2	7.7	9.3

Collectively, their best year at the Games was 2019 where Noah took second and BKG finished third while Cole placed 11th. Their closest year was in 2018 where BKG, Noah, and Cole took 5th, 6th, and 7th, respectively.

CrossFit Games Top-10 Event Finishes

	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	Total
BKG	2	3	4	4	8	9	6	5	10	6	57
Cole	3	2	6	4	5	3	6	3	3	2	37
Noah	2	9	11	11	11	4	5	5	3	5	66
Total	7	14	21	19	24	16	17	13	16	13	160

If they each have another CrossFit Games finish consistent with past performance, we can expect to see all three men having 4-7 top-10 finishes.

CrossFit Games Event Wins

BKG	Cole	Noah
Murph (2015)	The Separator (2016)	Mary (2019)
Event 13 (2021)	The Battleground (2018)	Handstand Hold (2020)
	Event 11 (2021)

The three men average roughly one event win per year. With no event win in 2022, they may be due for one this year.

A History of Individual Performance 

These men’s CrossFit careers go well beyond their performance at the Games. Below is a summary of their individual performances across their entire careers.

Björgvin Karl Guðmundsson

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Total Events Competed In – 298

Total Wins – 12

Top 10 Finish Rate – 51.3%

Ordered Modality Proficiency – M, G, W

Best Single Modality – M

Best Couplet – GG

Best Triplet – GGM

Best Event # of a Competition – First event

Best Weightlifting Equipment – Odd Object

Worst Weightlifting Equipment – Kettlebell/Dumbbell

Cole Sager

Total Events Competed In – 297

Total Wins – 13

Top 10 Finish Rate – 42.4%

Ordered Modality Proficiency – M, G, W

Best Single Modality – M

Best Couplet – GW

Best Triplet – GGM

Best Event # of a Competition – Second to last event

Best Weightlifting Equipment – Odd Object

Worst Weightlifting Equipment – Barbell

Noah Ohlsen

Total Events Competed In – 316

Total Wins – 12

Top 10 Finish Rate – 55.4%

Ordered Modality Proficiency – G, W, M

Best Single Modality – G

Best Couplet – GW

Best Triplet – WWG

Best Event # of a Competition – Last event

Best Weightlifting Equipment – Kettlebell/Dumbbell

Worst Weightlifting Equipment – Odd Object

In Conclusion

Guðmundsson, Sager, and Ohlsen have accomplished something ten times over that many dream of achieving once. They will go down in CrossFit history as some of the best to ever do it. And they’re not done yet.

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