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Road to the CrossFit Games 2016
Stage 1 – The Open
Last year more than 270,000 athletes took part in the CrossFit Games Open.
The open runs for 5 weeks starting on the 25th of February 2016. To take part you need to sign up and submit your scores on a weekly basis. The open Workouts are released on Thursdays and then all athletes have 4 days to complete the workout and submit their scores.
The open Dates
Open Workout 16.1 – 25th February
Open Workout 16.2 – 3rd March
Open Workout 16.3 – 10th March
Open Workout 16.4 – 17th March
Open Workout 16.5 – 24th March
Stage 2 – The Regionals
The top performing athletes from The Open will be invited to participate in the CrossFit Games Regional competitions.
The number of athletes attending from each region are as follows:
North California – 40 Athletes
South California – 40 Athletes
Latin America – 20 Athletes
South Central US – 40 Athletes
South West US – 40 Athletes
Australia – 60 Athletes
Asia – 20 Athletes
North West US – 40 Athletes
Canada West – 40 Athletes
Mid Atlantic – 40 Athletes
South East US – 40 Athletes
Central East US – 40 Athletes
North Central US – 40 Athletes
Europe – 60 Athletes
Africa – 20 Athletes
North East US – 40 Athletes
Canada East – 40 Athletes
The 8 regionals will take place over the course of 3 weekends throughout May.
CrossFit Regionals Dates:
California Regional – May 13th
NorCal + SoCal
Del Mar, California
South Regional – May 13th
LatAm + South Central + South West
Dallas, Texas
Pacific Regional – May 13th
Australia + Asia
Wollongong, Australia
West Regional – May 20th
North West + Canada West
Portland, Oregon
Atlantic Regional – May 20th
Mid Atlantic + South East
Atlanta, Georgia
Central Regional – May 27th
Central East + North Central
Columbus, Ohio
Meridian Regional – May 27th
Europe + Africa
Madrid, Spain
East Regional – May 27th
North East + Canada East
TBA
Stage 3 – The CrossFit Games
The top 5 men and 5 women from each regional event will then advance on to the The CrossFit Games final
Date: 20th July – 24th July 2016
Location: Carson, California – StubHub Center
CrossFit GamesTickets go on sale:
Thursday, April 28th
CrossFit Games 2016 Prize Money:
1st: $275,000
2nd: $90,000
3rd: $60,000