The elite men and women have competed in three events on day one of the CrossFit Games in Madison, Wisconsin. There are still three days of competition and two cuts ahead of the athletes. The question we’re after today is, how do the top five athletes after day one perform for the rest of the Games?
2021 CrossFit Games
| Men | After Day 1 | Overall | Women | After Day 1 | Overall |
| Brent Fikowski | 1 | 3 | Tia-Clair Toomey | 1 | 1 |
| Justin Medeiros | 2 | 1 | Haley Adams | 2 | 5 |
| Jonne Koski | 3 | 6 | Kristin Holte | 3 | 4 |
| Björgvin Karl Guðmundsson | 4 | 4 | Kristi Eramo O’Connell | 4 | 8 |
| Patrick Vellner | 5 | 2 | Danielle Brandon | 5 | 11 |
2022 CrossFit Games
| Men | After Day 1 | Overall | Women | After Day 1 | Overall |
| Ricky Garard | 1 | 3 | Emma Lawson | 1 | 6 |
| Jeffrey Adler | 2 | 5 | Tia-Clair Toomey | 2 | 1 |
| Justin Medeiros | 3 | 1 | Haley Adams | 3 | 9 |
| Roman Khrennikov | 4 | 2 | Mallory O’Brien | 4 | 2 |
| Saxon Panchik | 5 | 11 | Danielle Brandon | 5 | 4 |
Day 1 of the 2023 CrossFit Games
Both elite individual divisions are led by athletes wearing the leader jersey for the first time in their careers: Alexis Raptis and Roman Khrennikov. They are joined by some old, and some new faces at the top of the leaderboard.
| Men | After Day 1 | Women |
| Roman Khrennikov | 1 | Alexis Raptis |
| Jay Crouch | 2 | Emily Rolfe |
| Spencer Panchik | 3 | Arielle Loewen |
| Moritz Fiebig | 4 | Emma Lawson |
| Samuel Cournoyer | 5 | Annie Thorisdottir |
In both 2021 and 2022, 9 of the 10 athletes remained in the top 10 at the end of the competition with one athlete being just outside in 11th place. Four of the top 5 men remained in the top 5 each year and three of the women remained in the top 5 as well.
If a similar pattern holds this year, we’d only expect three of the current top 5 athletes to slip out of the top 5, two for the women and one for the men. This is quite a specific scenario that has occurred for both divisions and it will be as exciting as the next three days of competition to see if this trend continues for a third year. With some exciting new faces gracing the top 5 so far, we will see who can defend their place at the top for the remainder of the competition.
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