How are 2018 Games Athletes Performing in the 2019 Open After Week 4?

Four weeks down, one to go. And unless Dave Castro introduces a two part workout, there will only be one more scored event for athletes to jump up the leaderboard.

Here’s how 2018 CrossFit Games athletes are faring this year.

A few observations.

• Not good for athletes outside top 50: No athlete from outside the top 50 after week 4 has
  finished in the top 30. If we use that as the cutoff, these athletes won’t be qualifying as individuals through the Open:
  • Men: Zeke Grove, Lukas Esslinger, Alec Smith, Royce Dunne, Noah Ohlsen, Marquan Jones, Rasmus Andersen (Team), Nicholas Urankar, Brent Fikowski, Mitchel Stevenson, Khan Porter, John Coltey, Ethan Helbig, Alex Anderson, Pablo Chalfun, Cody Anderson, Craig Kenney and Ben Smith.
  • Women: Cassidy Lance-Mcwherter, Justine Beath, Chloe Gauvin-David, Jennifer Smith, Ehea Schuerch, Brista Mayfield, Chyna Cho, Camille Leblanc-Bazinet, Stephanie Chung, Rebecca Voigt, Bethany Shadburne, Oddrun Eik Gylfadottir, Paige Semenza, Lauren Fisher (Team), Emily Bridgers (Retired), and Dani Horan.
  • But that doesn’t mean it won’t happen, it’s just never happened before.
  • Here are the hard numbers: For example, 30th place for the men has 411
    points and 50th has 592 points (-181 points) and that is a lot of points to make up considering there are 19 other athletes also trying to make up points.
• Over the past 4 years, 86% of the athletes who are in the top 30 after week 4 finished in the top 30. However, 30 may no longer be the cutoff as the cutoff has dropped to 28^th for the men, but extended to 32^nd for the women.
• Games athletes dominate the upper portion of the leaderboard.
  • For the women, 11 of the top 13 position are held by 2018 Games veterans. The only two rookies are Dani Speegle and Karin Freyova.
  • The men are a little less dominate, holding only five of the top 12 spots.
• Who’s this Lefteris Theofanidis? Sitting only 7 points behind Mathew Fraser for the number one spot overall is the 29-year-old Theofanidis from Greece. Here’s a look at his past performances:
  • Finished 164^th in the 2018 Open, and 135^th in the 2017 Open.
  • Competed at Regionals three times as an individual, placing 26th, 23rd, and 36th.

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[chart title=’2018 CrossFit Games Female Athletes vs the 2019 Open (19.1 + 19.2 + 19.3 + 19.4)’]

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