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2023 CrossFit Team Semifinal Tests Revealed

May 9, 2023 by Phil Blechman

The 2023 CrossFit Semifinals are fast approaching, with the North American East Semifinal kicking off the festivities on May 18-21 in Orlando, FL. On May 8, CrossFit HQ released the six tests that the Teams division will be tasked with during the penultimate stage of the season. Check them out below:

 

 
 
 
 
 
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[Related: 2023 CrossFit Adaptive Divisions — Who Is the Fittest on Earth® and Who Is Going to the Games?]

2023 CrossFit Semifinal — Team Division Tests

The 2023 CrossFit Semifinals are all live, in-person contests.

Test One

Four rounds for time, with one member at each station, of:

  • Echo bike* — Women: 2K | Men: 2.5K 
  • 800-meter run*
  • Bear-hug sandbag hold* — Women: 150-pound sandbag | Men: 200-pound sandbag
  • 150 double-unders*
  • 10 worm clean & jerks

*Athletes must change stations every round.

Time cap: 28 minutes

Test Two

In Male/Female pairs for 15 minutes, complete as many rounds and reps as possible of: 

  • Three synchro muscle-ups — one partner on the rings, one partner on the bar
  • Five synchro thrusters — Women: 65 pounds | Men: 95 pounds

*One pair works while the other rests, then switch.
**Add two muscle-ups and five thrusters after both pairs complete the round.

Test Three

As a relay (Female/Male/Female/Male), complete:

Female one and Male one

  • 400-meter sprint
  • 10 dumbbell bench presses — Women: 60-pound dumbbells | Men: 90-pound dumbbells
  • 15 unbroken single-leg squats, leg one
  • 15 unbroken single-leg squats, leg two
  • Three handstand pirouettes

Female two and Male two

  • 400-meter sprint
  • 15 dumbbell bench presses —  Women: 60-pound dumbbells | Men: 90-pound dumbbells
  • 10 unbroken single-leg squats, leg one
  • 10 unbroken single-leg squats, leg two
  • Three handstand pirouettes

Time cap: 16 minutes

 

 
 
 
 
 
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[Related: CrossFitter Zack George to Star in British TV Show “Gladiators”, Withdraws Team from European Semifinal]

Test Four

Five rounds for time, in Male/Female pairs, of:

Male/Female pair one starts:

  • Row — Women: seven calories | Men: 10 calories
  • 10 (each) synchro alternating dumbbell snatches — Women: 60 pounds | Male: 90 pounds 
  • 15 (each) 24-inch box jumps, alternating

Male/Female pair two starts:

  • Row — Women: seven calories | Men: 10 calories
  • 20 (each) synchro alternating dumbbell snatches — Women: 50 pounds | Male: 70 pounds
  • 10 (each) 30-inch box jumps, alternating

*When both pairs have completed a round, switch positions for the following round.
**Pair one will row three times and ski two times.
***Pair two will ski three times and row two times.

Time cap: 15 minutes

Test Five

  • One minute of max-rep cleans — Women: 195 pounds | Men: 275 pounds

Two minutes rest.

  • One minute of max-rep cleans — Women: 215 pounds | Men: 235 pounds

Two minutes rest.

  • One minute of max-rep cleans — Women: 235 pounds | Men: 315 pounds

Test Six

For time:

  • 15 worm burpees
  • 15 worm squats  
  • Women complete one seated legless rope climb (each)
  • Men complete 10 strict chest-to-wall handstand push-ups (each)

Switch

  • 15 worm burpees
  • 15 worm squats
  • Women complete two legless rope climbs (each)
  • Men complete 15 strict handstand push-ups (each)

Switch

  • 15 worm burpees
  • 15 worm squats
  • Women complete three rope climbs (each)
  • Men complete 20 handstand push-ups (each)

Switch

  • 15 worm burpees
  • 15 worm squats 

Time cap: 16 minutes

2023 CrossFit Semifinal Schedule

The remaining CrossFit Semifinals for Individuals and Teams are as follows:

  • May 18-21 — North America East Semifinal | Orlando, FL
  • May 19-21 — Africa Semifinal | Johannesburg, South Africa
  • May 25-28 — North America West Semifinal | Pasadena, CA
  • May 25-28 — Oceania Semifinal | Tennyson, QLD, Australia
  • May 26-28 — South America Semifinal — Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  • June 1-4 — Europe Semifinal | Berlin, Germany
  • June 1-4 — Asia Semifinal | Busan, South Korea

The 2023 NOBULL CrossFit Games returns to Madison, WI, on Aug. 1-6, 2023. For Individual competition, a new Fittest Woman on Earth® will be crowned as six-time Games champion Tia-Clair Toomey is sitting out of the 2023 Games due to pregnancy.

Featured image: @crossfitgames on Instagram

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