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January 9, 2025By Brian
A top heavy mens field, and the deepest talent pool of elite women’s field post-Covid have been announced and are ready to tackle year one of TYR WZA in a brand new location, Miami Beach! Competition Format As has become the norm these last few years at TYR WZA, the elite athlete schedule gives them
December 2, 2024By Brian
Photo Credits: CrossFit LLC Just a couple of weeks after one of the best men to ever do it (Brent Fikowski) retired, one of the great female champions in our sport officially brings an end to her competitive career in CrossFit as well. Katrín Tanja Davíðsdóttir stole the hearts of the CrossFit world during the 2015 and
November 10, 2024By Brian
Photo Credit: Truth Films The sixth version of the Rogue Invitational has concluded, and with it we now have the sixth unique Rogue champion. There are still only two women to have done it: There are now four men who have managed to do it: Letting Results do the Talking All week we’ve been keeping
November 6, 2024By Patrick Clark
Photo Credits: Athlete’s Eye By: Brian Friend and Patrick Clark The sixth installment of the Rogue Invitational is upon us and as always it’s a stacked field with most of the top men’s athletes in competitive fitness this year. It’s arguable the best field top to bottom, particularly on the men’s side, that we’ve ever
November 4, 2024By Patrick Clark
Photo Credits: Athlete’s Eye By: Brian Friend and Patrick Clark This weekend the Rogue Invitational, in its sixth year, makes its debut in Europe; Aberdeen, Scotland to be exact. The feature draw on the women’s field is the rematch everyone has been waiting for between Tia-Clair Toomey-Orr and Laura Horvath, but the field as a
May 8, 2024By Brian
The online stages of the 2024 CrossFit Games season are behind us, and all eyes are on the seven semifinals which will take place on six continents over the course of three weekends. We will have specific shows on Tuesday at 1 pm EST the week prior to each of those three weekends where I
April 16, 2024By Brian
Image Credit: Athlete’s Eye Photography One of the projects we’ve been exploring at B.Friendly Stats is an alternative way to quantify both strength of field and athlete performance in a more meaningful way than the “levels” system or the current world wide ranking. Those systems are limited and flawed and are place holders waiting for
January 9, 2024By Brian
For the second year in a row, the TYR WZA format, will feature elite individual competition on Thursday and Friday, leading into elite team competition on Saturday and Sunday. Just like last year, the roster of athletes who have signed up or qualified for the team competition in Miami is impressive. Both the men’s and
January 9, 2024By Brian
Image Credit: Down Under Championships For the second year in a row, the TYR WZA format, will feature elite individual competition on Thursday and Friday, leading into elite team competition on Saturday and Sunday. Just like last year, the roster of athletes who have signed up or qualified for the team competition in Miami is
January 8, 2024By Brian
Image Credit: Athlete’s Eye Photography The full picture of participants in the Elite Field of Wodapalooza is often not known until the last day or two before the competition, but from what I do know, here are my predictions for the elite individual men’s field, brought to you by our exclusive WZA partner STRIKE MVMNT. Tune
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