2023 CrossFit Games Individual and Teams Division Events
The 2023 CrossFit Games will kick off on Aug. 1, 2023, in Madison, WI, with the Age Group and Adaptive divisions. On Aug. 3, 2023, the Individual and Teams competition begins, culminating with the award ceremony on Aug. 6, 2023, to crown the Fittest Man, Woman, and Team on Earth.
While CrossFit HQ typically keeps the programming for the Games under wraps until the competition nears — and sometimes leaves events under a shroud of mystery until it happens live — some Games events are released ahead of time. Below are the 2023 CrossFit Games events:
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2023 CrossFit Games Events
Note: this article will be updated routinely as more 2023 CrossFit Games events are revealed.
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Individual Competition
Below are the events the Individual Men and Individual Women will perform in Madison. Per the CrossFit Games leaderboard, there are 12 programmed events.
August 3
Ride
- Complete as many laps as possible in 40 minutes on a Trek Bikes Marlin 8 mountain bike.
Pig Chipper
For time:
- 10 Pig Flips
- 25 Chest-to-Bar Pull-Ups
- 50 Toes-to-Bars
- 100 Wall-Ball Shots
- 50 Toes-to-Bars
- 25 Chest-to-Bar Pull-Ups
- 10 Pig Flips
Inverted Medley
For time:
- 30-foot unbroken handstand walk over the ramp
- Eight free-standing handstand push-ups
- Unbroken obstacle steps to a 180° pirouette
- 16 pull-overs
- Unbroken obstacle steps to a 360° pirouette
- Eight free-standing handstand push-ups
- 30-foot unbroken handstand walk over the ramp
August 4
The Alpaca Redux
For time:
- 126-foot sled push, starting with all six kettlebells
Then 3 rounds for time:
- Two legless rope climbs
- 12 kettlebell clean and jerks
- 42-foot sled push, starting with two kettlebells*
*add two kettlebells to the sled after each round
Ski-Bag
For time:
- 30-calorie Ski Erg
- 30 sandbag squats
- 20-calorie Ski Erg
- 20 sandbag squats
Helena
Three rounds for time:
- Run 400 meters
- 12 Bar Muscle-Ups
- 21 Dumbbell Snatches — Women: 35 pounds | Men: 50 pounds
August 5
Cross-Country 5K
For time:
- Run 5K
Olympic Total
For load:
- One-rep max Snatch
- One-rep max Clean & Jerk
Intervals
Two intervals for total time:
- 21 box jump-overs — Women: 20 inches | Men: 24 inches
- 15-calorie row
- Nine burpee box jump-overs
- 21 box jump-overs
- 15-calorie row
- Nine burpee box jump-overs — Women: 36 inches | Men: 48 inches
Rest until the six-minute mark, then:
- Nine burpee box jump-overs
- 15-calorie row
- 21 box jump-overs
- Nine burpee box jump-overs
- 15-calorie row
- 21 box jump-overs
Time cap: 12 minutes
August 6
Muscle-Up Logs
Five rounds for time:
- Seven ring muscle-ups
- One sandbag over three logs
Rounds one through four — Women: 100 pounds | Men: 150 pounds
Round five — Women: 125 pounds | Men: 200 pounds
Parallel-bar Pull
Eight rounds for time:
- Down-and-back P-bar traverse
- 30 heavy-rope double-unders
- One section hand-over-hand sled pull
Echo Thruster Final
For time, 21-18-15 reps of:
Then:
- 66-foot overhead walking lunge — Women: 105 pounds | Men: 155 pounds
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Teams Competition
Below are the events the Teams of two men and two women will perform in Madison. Per the CrossFit Games leaderboard, there are 11 programmed events:
August 3
2-2-2-2 Redux
For time in M/F pairs:
- Accumulate 175 overhead squats
Starting every two minutes:
- 12/9-calorie SkiErg each (M/F)
- One seated legless rope climb each (M/F)
- Max-reps synchro overhead squats
- When two minutes are up, the first pair stops working and returns while the second pair begins working.
Each pair will have four intervals to work (eight total intervals).
Ride Relay
- With two bikes per team, max laps in one hour.
August 4
Cross-Country 5K
For time:
- Run 5K (as a Team)
Olympic Total
For load:
- One-rep max Snatch
- One-rep max Clean & Jerk
Bike, Row, Hold
For time:
- 150-calorie bike + handstand hold
- 125-calorie row + seated muscle-up and ring support
- 100-calorie bike + handstand hold
August 5
Run Lift Relay
Complete as many reps as possible in three minutes — Female One/Male One:
- 400-meter shuttle run
- Max-reps snatches
Lift Run Relay
For time — Female One/Male Two:
- 10 snatches
- 400-meter shuttle run
Muscle-Bob
For time:
- Push Bob 126 feet (1,188 pounds)
Then, three rounds of:
- 10 synchro muscle-ups
- 15 Worm clean and jerks (340 pounds)
- 42-foot Bob push
B-Bells and P-Bars
For time:
- 21/15/9 reps of synchro axle deadlifts — all four athletes (805 pounds)
- 21/21/21 reps of synchro parallel-bar dips — pair one, then pair two
- 21/15/9 synchro sandbag squats — pair two, then pair one (125/200 pounds)
August 6
Bob’s A Drag
Four rounds for time of:
- 500-meter run
- Jerry carry
- Log traverse
- 42-foot synchro Bob pull (66-foot pull on the final round)
Handstand Worm
- 192-foot handstand walk each
Then,
- 10 Worm thrusters
- 24-foot Worm walking lunge
- 10 Worm thrusters
- 24-foot Worm walking lunge
- 10 Worm thrusters
- 24-foot Worm walking lunge
- 10 Worm thrusters
- 24-foot Worm walking lunge
- 10 Worm thrusters
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New Champions?
The only defending champion competing at the 2023 CrossFit Games is reigning two-time Fittest Man on Earth® Justin Medeiros. The reigning Fittest Woman on Earth® Tia-Clair Toomey is not on the 2023 Games roster, nor is reigning Team champions CrossFit Mayhem Freedom.
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