Rich Froning’s Team Mayhem Reigns Supreme — 2021 CrossFit Games Teams Division Results

Mayhem Freedom sets two Games records en route to a fifth CrossFit Games title.

The 2021 NOBULL CrossFit Games began on July 27. Day One of Teams competition kicked off on July 29 and officially ended on July 31, 2021. The Individual competition — which features the final 20 men and 20 women from around the world — will crown a Fittest Man and Woman on Earth® on Aug. 1, 2021.

For the Teams Division, the return of Team CrossFit Mayhem, led by four-time Fittest Man on Earth®, Rich Froning, stole the show. They scored the first-ever perfect Day One, ranking first in the first five events. Additionally, Team Mayhem set two Games records the most events in a single Games (eight out of a possible 13 events) and winning the Games by the largest ever point margin (219). 

Here are the results for the Teams Division from the 2021 CrossFit Games in Madison, WI:

2021 NOBULL CrossFit Games — Teams Results

  1. CrossFit Mayhem (USA) — 1137 points
  2. CrossFit Oslo (Norway) — 918 points
  3. CrossFit Genas (France) — 852 points

[Related: 2021 NOBULL CrossFit Games Leaderboard and Results]

Events

Event One

For time:

  • Female/Female — 500-meter swim
  • Female/Female — 1,000-meter kayak
  • Male/Male — 500-meter swim
  • Male/Male — 1,000-meter kayak

Time cap: 90 minutes

Results — Event One

  1. CrossFit Mayhem — 43:49.35
  2. CrossFit Pro1 — 45:25.21
  3. CrossFit Surbiton — 45:42.68

Event Two / Event Three

For time:

  • 168-foot bob push 
  • 25 synchro bar muscle-ups (pairs) | cheese curd hold
    • Men — 100 pounds | Women — 70 pounds
  • 336-foot bob push 
  • 50 synchro bar muscle-ups (pairs) | cheese curd hold
    • Men — 100 pounds | Women — 70 pounds

Time cap: 12 minutes

Then, at the 12-minute mark — four rounds of:

  • 42 synchro toes-to-bar (pairs) | cheese curd hold
    • Men — 100 pounds | Women — 70 pounds
  • 42-foot bob drag 

Time cap: 12 minutes

Results — Event Two

  1. CrossFit Mayhem — 11:09.49
  2. Omnia CrossFit — 11:10.45
  3. CrossFit Urban Energy — 11:12.51

Results — Event Three

  1. CrossFit Mayhem — CAP + One (T-1st)
  2. CrossFit Genas — CAP + One (T-1st)
  3. CrossFit Pro1 — CAP + One (T-1st)

Event Four

For time:

  • Female/Male pair one:
    • Seven rounds of:
    • Five synchro wall walks
    • Five synchro thrusters, 135 | 185 lb.
  • Female/Male pair two:
    • Five rounds of:
    • Seven synchro wall walks
    • Seven synchro thrusters

Time cap: 27 minutes

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Results — Event Four

  1. CrossFit Mayhem — 25:37.73
  2. CrossFit Pro1 — 35:45.31
  3. Backcountry CrossFit — CAP + Three

Event Five / Event Six

Four rounds for time:

  • Four synchro rope climbs (F1/M1) | 200/250-meter ski (Female two/Male two)
  • Four synchro rope climbs (Female two/Male two) | 200/250-meter ski (Female one/Male one)
  • 42-foot bob hand-over-hand pull, Female/Male pairs

Rest two minutes

Then, four rounds of:

Run the field and back to Bob (all four teammates)
Two athletes (Female one/Male one) push one length

Time cap: 25 minutes

Results — Event Five

  1. CrossFit Mayhem — 12:14.81
  2. Plus64 CrossFit — 12:33.22
  3. CrossFit Surbiton — 12:56.73

Results — Event Six

  1. CrossFit Oslo — 2:02.52
  2. CrossFit Mayhem — 2:03.00
  3. CrossFit Nordic — 2:04.79

Event Seven

For time, in a relay:

  • Female one/Male one:
    • 35 Echo bike calories
    • 35 snatches (short bars)
  • Female two/Male two:
    • 25 Echo bike calories
    • 25 snatches
    • 10 Echo bike calories
    • 10 snatches

Men — 105 pounds | Women — 75 pounds

Time cap: 15 minutes

Results — Event Seven

  1. CrossFit Urban Energy — 13:35.41
  2. Decorum CrossFit — 13:58.42
  3. Omnia CrossFit — 14:05.38

Event Eight / Event Nine

For time:

  • 1.5-mile run 
  • 168-foot handstand walk
  • 1.5-mile run
  • 168-foot handstand walk 

Time cap: 40 minutes

Then, Female/Female pair:

Male/Male pair:

  • Three-rep-max back squat

Time frame: eight minutes, each pair

Results — Event Eight

  1. CrossFit Oslo — 25:32.16
  2. Plus64 CrossFit — 25:41.03
  3. CrossFit Surbiton — 25:43.20

Results — Event Nine

  1. CrossFit Invictus — 1,385 pounds (T-1st)
  2. CrossFit Mayhem — 1,385 pounds (T-1st)
  3. Koda CrossFit — 1,360 pounds

Event 10

Five rounds for time:

  • One pegboard ascent (one athlete)
  • Six synchro burpees (other three athletes)

Then,

  • Eight worm squats, full team

Time cap: 16 minutes

Results — Event 10

  1. CrossFit Surbiton — 11:34.25
  2. CrossFit Ressurection — 12:04.63
  3. CrossFit Awaside — 12:05.17

Event 11

For time:

  • 20 GHD sit-ups with med ball, (Female one/Male one)
    • Men: 20 pounds | Women: 14 pounds
  • Eight team curd toss over the hay bale, (Female two/Male two) 
    • Men: 100 pounds | Women: 70 pounds
  • 20 GHD sit-ups with medicine ball (Female two/Male two)
  • Eight team curd toss over the hay bail (Female one/Male one)
  • 20 GHD sit-ups with medicine ball (Female one/Male one)
  • Eight team curd toss over the hay bail (Female two/Male two)

Then,

Time cap: 17 minutes

Results — Event 11

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Event 12

For time, 21-15-9 reps of:

Time cap: seven minutes

Results — Event 12

  1. CrossFit Genas — 4:48.22
  2. CrossFit Mayhem — 5:16.78
  3. CrossFit Resurrection — 5:54.37

Event 13

For time:

  • 30 chest-to-bar pull-ups, each
  • 30 chest-to-bar pull-ups, each
  • 30 chest-to-bar pull-ups, each
  • 36-foot worm lunge, right shoulder
  • 36-foot worm lunge, left shoulder
  • 36-foot worm lunge, either shoulder

Time cap: seven minutes 

Results — Event 13

  1. CrossFit Mayhem — 4:33.20
  2. CrossFit Genas — 5:22.21
  3. CrossFit Pro1 — 5:39.81

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