Welp, the second CrossFit Open for this year has come and gone, and with it so has #TrashtalkThursdays. If you’re a fan of Brent Fikowski, Patrick Vellner, Jason Carrol, Lukas Esslinger, or Travis Williams, then there’s a good chance you follow their #TrashtalkThursday humiliation posts throughout the Open.
If you don’t or you haven’t seen their normal Open escapades, then boy are you in for a treat. Over the last few years, Fikowski and his friends have partaken in a hilarious competition that entails creating humiliating challenges for losers of every individual Open workouts. This year, the five athletes created five more fun challenges and it’s possibly been the most creative yet.
Before we dive into what each #TrashtalkThursday entailed, let’s take a look at how the five athletes performed for the 2020 CrossFit Open.
Note, these scores are still unofficial!
- Brent Fikowski: 34th overall
- Patrick Vellner: 1st overall
- Lukas Esslinger: 72nd overall
- Travis William: 73rd overall
- Jason Carrol: 62nd overall
Open Workout 20.1 Challenge — Blindfolded Sandwich
For the first challenge, Fikowski lost and had to eat a sandwich consisting of gummy worms, sardines, sauerkraut, and limburger cheese…blindfolded. Yeah, needless to say, this is definitely one of the grossest challenges within this list.
Fikowski’s 20.1 Placing: 144th
Open Workout 20.2 Challenge – “The Sweeney”
In the second Open workout challenge, the loser had to do “The Sweeney”. This challenge is named after CrossFit Games athlete Sean Sweeney and entails the loser handing out autographed photos of themselves in a public setting.
Williams’ 20.2 Placing: 664th
Open Workout 20.3 Challenge — Fan?
For Open workout 20.3, the loser had to sit in a front of a fan with whitey tighties on, while things were put into the wind current and blown onto them. Yeah, this one was interesting — and Williams lost this challenge to go down two in a row.
Williams’ 20.3 Placing: 90th
Open Workout 20.4 Challenge — Mr. Rogers Reads a Poem
The Open workout 20.4 challenge entailed the loser reading a poem written by the other guys with a mouthful of taffy and dressed as Mr. Rogers. Jason Carrol lost this challenge.
Carrol’s 20.4 Placing: 303rd
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Open Workout 20.5 Challenge — Belly Flop
The final challenge for the 2020 CrossFit Open entailed the loser belly flopping and sharing it publicly. In Williams’ case, this meant belly flopping into a cold lake from an eight foot tall dock.
Williams’ 20.5 Placing: 33rd
Final Losing Tally Count
- Brent Fikowski: 1
- Patrick Vellner: 0
- Lukas Esslinger: 0
- Travis William: 3
- Jason Carrol: 2
As the Open concludes and we head straight into Sanctionals season, we’re excited to keep an eye on all five of these elite athletes!
Feature image from @fikowski, @travismfwilliams, and @jasoncarrol89 Instagram pages.