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 Credit: Athlete's Eye In a surprise move CrossFit Games Instagram released the team workouts for Semifinals Monday evening. (Most were expecting all the programming for both teams and individuals to be announced Thursday, one week before the start of week one of the Semifinals). After spending some time looking them over and thinking about
Photo Credit – Athlete’s Eye Africa and North America East Semifinals Games spots for teams were determined prior to the season with no intention or effort to evaluate the competitive field of play. Week 1 of Semifinals has 11 available qualifying spots for teams, 10 spots are allocated to the North America East field, and
Photo Credit – Athlete’s Eye Africa and North America East Semifinals For the women, week 1 of SemiFinals has 12 available qualifying spots for the NOBULL CrossFit Games this summer, 11 spots are allocated to the North America East field, and one spot is available in Africa. Africa Women’s Field Last year’s female champion and
Photo Credit – Fittest in Cape Town Africa and North America East Semifinals For the men, week 1 of SemiFinals has 13 available qualifying spots for the NOBULL CrossFit Games this summer, 12 spots are allocated to the North America East field, and one spot is available in Africa. Africa Men’s Field I think we
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
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
Photo Credit: CrossFit LLC The 2023 NOBULL CrossFit Games did not have a swimming event for the first time since 2011. The omission of a movement that is expected can be considered just as “unknown and unknowable” as the inclusion of one that isn’t (or a new one). Seeing as swimming has become such a
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