Elite Individuals
Contributions from Brian Friend and John Young Image Credits: CrossFit LLC If you have not seen our “Ranch Era” top tens, be sure to check them out: Moving to the second location for the CrossFit Games, we have Carson, California where the “Fittest on Earth” gathered every summer from 2010 until 2016. The “Ranch Era” was
**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: CrossFit LLC Every year at the CrossFit Games a new class of athletes show up and test themselves against the most difficult test and most robust field of competitors in the world. And every year, a group amongst them does rather well. With an exciting field of rookies making their debut once again this
Contributions by Barclay Dale, Brian Friend and Mike Halpin One of the big changes to the 2023 season was the re-introduction of uniform programming for the final qualifying stage to the CrossFit Games (Semifinals) for both elite individuals and teams. One of the most appealing things about standardized programming is the ability to compare athletes
Image Credits: Athlete’s Eye We’re in the third year of the Open-Quarterfinal-Semifinal-Games season structure. This year does have a few nuances that are different, but the general path is the same. The question we’re after today is, is there any pattern that’s emerged so far about how well Semifinal winners can be expected to do at
Image Credit: Athlete’s Eye Europe and Asia Final week of Semifinals! For the women, week 3 will see the final 13 qualifying spots for the 2023 NOBULL CrossFit Games distributed; 11 spots are allocated to the European women’s field, and 2 spots are allocated to the women in Asia. Asia Women’s Field The class of the
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
Image Credit: Athlete’s Eye North America West, Oceania, and South America For the women, week 2 of Semifinals has 15 available qualifying spots for the NOBULL CrossFit Games, 10 spots are allocated to the North America West field, three spots are allocated to Oceania, and two spots are allocated to South America. South America Women’s
Image Credit: Athlete’s Eye North America West, Oceania, and South America For the men, week 2 of Semifinals has 14 available qualifying spots for the NOBULL CrossFit Games, nine spots are allocated to the North America West field, three spots are allocated to Oceania, and two spots are allocated to South America. South America Men’s
Photo Credit – Athlete’s Eye This afternoon Mallory O’Brien announced on her Instagram that she would not competing at this upcoming North America East Semifinal, effectively ending her 2023 NOBULL CrossFit Games season. O’Brien’s decision to not compete for the remainder of the season opens the void at the top of the women’s division that much
