Throughout the offseason I’ve been traveling around the world to competitions big and small doing my best to learn as much as I can about the best CrossFitters around the globe. It’s a very difficult task as there are athletes everywhere, constantly competing, improving and popping up on the radar. They don’t all compete against
Photo Credit: Athlete’s Eye By: Brian Friend and Barclay Dale Rogue Men’s Picks: Best Performances and Movements By pretty much any metric you want to use, from top to bottom, the Rogue Invitational is the most prestigious CrossFit competition of the year. You get a majority of the fittest men and women from the previous
The men’s competition is slated to take place from Thursday, August 3 through Sunday, August 6. There will be two days of competition before an initial cut down to 30. There will be an additional day of competition for those 30 men, then a final cut down to 20. The top-20 men will then finish
The women’s competition is slated to take place from Thursday, August 3 through Sunday, August 6. There will be two days of competition before an initial cut down to 30. There will be an additional day of competition for those 30 women, then a final cut down to 20. The top-20 women will then finish
The team competition is slated to take place from Thursday August 3 through Sunday August 6. There will be two days of competition for all the teams, then a cut down to 30. There will be an additional day of competition for those 30 teams, then a final cut down to 20. The top 20
In the last few months, The Barbell Spin has solidified a process that has been occasionally used in previous Games seasons, polling selective CrossFit media to rank the top athletes in the sport. Inspired by various polls in NCAA College Sports, the idea emerged to create a new opportunity for polling individuals who possess extensive
Image Credits: CrossFit LLC If you have been following along over the last couple weeks with our: Male Athlete Spotlights Female Athlete Spotlight You’ll have noticed that we have regularly been referring to each athlete’s performance against the field of 2023 Games qualifiers. Well, here is the document which shows their results all stacked up against
Image Credits: CrossFit LLC Much has been said and discussed on the initial offering of the NOBULL CrossFit Games Worldwide Ranking System. BrianFriend, myself and others have talked for hours and taken deep dives breaking down and analyzing its usefulness, the points that athletes can earn and the two year look-back process vs. starting fresh. In
**Contributions by Barclay Dale, Brian Friend, and Mike Halpin** Image Credits: Athlete’s Eye If you missed part one of this two part series you can find it here. This two-part series is a collection of findings we’ve observed after filtering through cross-semifinal leaderboards for a couple weeks. We acknowledged certain disclaimers in part one about what
Image Credit: Athlete’s Eye Europe and Asia Final week of Semifinals! For the men, week 3 will see the final 13 qualifying spots to the 2023 NOBULL CrossFit Games distributed; 11 spots are allocated to the European men’s field, and 2 spots are allocated to the men in Asia. Asia Men’s Field Nearly all the men