CrossFit Video games BREAKING: The 2023 CrossFit Video games Rulebook Has Arrived, Right here’s What You Want To Know
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CrossFit has dropped its 2023 NOBULL CrossFit Video games Competitors Rulebook, and now we have a fast breakdown on a number of the adjustments and issues to know heading into the following season.
Notably, that is the earliest CrossFit HQ has dropped its rulebook in current historical past:
2023 Season: Launched November 15, 2022
2022 Season: December 28, 2021
2021 Season: January 7, 2021
2020 Season: August 28, 2019*
2019 Season: January 7, 2019
*the Open came about in October in 2020
As anticipated: The CrossFit Open will comply with the identical construction as earlier years, with every week’s rating(s) submission window opening on Thursday at 12:00 PM PT, and shutting Monday at 5 PM PT. The 2023 CrossFit Open will start on February sixteenth, and whereas the rulebook doesn’t specify an finish date for the Open, the CrossFit Video games web site cites that it’s going to conclude March sixth; prompting once more, a three-week competitors of no less than one check per week.
Primarily based on all launched data, we will assume the 2023 Open will happen as follows: 23.1 releasing February 16 23.2 releasing February 23 23.3 releasing March 2
Registration for the Open is ready to start on Thursday, November seventeenth. The price of registration stays $20 per particular person.
There are 36 whole divisions for particular person rivals, and there may be one division for groups.
Worldwide Areas
The area an athlete registers below and competes in throughout the season is set by “citizenship on the shut of the primary Open rating submission window.”
Residents of North America and Canada might be divided into East and West areas primarily based on residency. For affiliated athletes, that is decided by the placement of the affiliate they attend. For unaffiliated athletes, that is decided by dwelling handle.
might be divided into East and West areas primarily based on residency. For affiliated athletes, that is decided by the placement of the affiliate they attend. For unaffiliated athletes, that is decided by dwelling handle. Athletes could solely compete on the Semifinal competitors designated for his or her area.
on the Semifinal competitors designated for his or her area. Development for Age Teams and Adaptive athletes continues to be primarily based on worldwide rankings, not by area.
One massive factor: If athletes want to compete on the Semifinal stage in a area outdoors of their nation of citizenship, they might request an exemption. With a deadline of Feb. 1, these might be reviewed on a case-by-case foundation.
If permitted, the athlete’s aggressive area and nation flag on the leaderboard might be modified to the area they’ve requested to compete in for the 2023 season.
Does this imply an athlete like Roman Khrennikov, who’s at present staying within the US on an athlete’s visa, may put on the USA stars and stripes on this yr’s award ceremony? We’re unsure, however that is definitely a change from earlier years.
Workforce Necessities
The “100-mile” residency rule is out. Nevertheless, every Open check have to be carried out in the identical bodily location because the group’s affiliate.
From Quarterfinals on, group rosters might be locked in for a minimum of 4 and not more than six athletes for the rest of the season.
Unaffiliated Athletes
Final yr, unaffiliated athletes have been in a position to submit scores for the Open so long as they have been judged and signed off by anybody who had handed the 2022 CrossFit Judges course. This yr, that has modified.
Scores are solely legitimate if carried out at a “validly licensed CrossFit affiliate health club in good standing” and permitted by the affiliate supervisor.
Alternatively, no matter affiliation, athletes do have the choice of importing a video of their check to the CrossFit Video games web site for official validation.
Adaptive Athlete Season Modifications
New this yr, CrossFit won’t present particular, scaled variations of the adaptive division exercises.
Athletes competing within the Rx division could request motion modifications that might be assessed on a case-by-case foundation.
Athletes submitting a scaled rating on the leaderboard don’t have to submit a modification request, and will adapt or scale as wanted to “replicate the stimulus of the exercise in accordance with their potential and health stage.”
The Open will function the only real qualifying stage to the CrossFit Video games for the three divisions competing in Madison— Multi Extremity (beforehand Neuromuscular), Decrease Extremity, and Higher Extremity. The highest 5 athletes in every division will advance.
The Imaginative and prescient, Mental, Seated With Hip Operate, Seated With out Hip Operate, and Quick Stature Divisions will crown their fittest in The Open.
As soon as once more, the rostrum finishers from every of those 5 divisions might be invited to a podium ceremony on the 2023 CrossFit Video games in Madison, WI.
Semifinals and BeyondMulti-Divisional Athletes
As the game ages, we’re beginning to see an increasing number of athletes qualifying in a number of divisions. This yr, CrossFit has clearly outlined the doable situations and the choices out there to these athletes.
“Athletes who qualify in an age-group division, as a person, and on a group can compete within the On-line Age Group Semifinal, then they need to select whether or not to compete on a group or as a person on the in-person Semifinal. They can not compete each on a group and as a person competitor.” (2023 CrossFit Video games Rulebook, p. 20)
As said above, groups are locked into competitors rosters from Quarterfinals on. Within the occasion that an athlete listed on a group’s roster was to qualify and compete within the Particular person Semifinal as an alternative, that particular person would nonetheless be eligible to compete with the group on the CrossFit Video games, ought to the group advance.
Athletes are solely in a position to compete in a single division on the CrossFit Video games.
CrossFit’s Oversight of Semifinals
Occasion operations are shifting again to CrossFit after being run by impartial occasion organizers for the final 4 seasons. CrossFit will absolutely function three Semifinal competitions (North America East, North America West, and Europe).
The remaining 4 Semifinal competitions might be operated by different entities which have been formally sanctioned and licensed by CrossFit as a part of the CrossFit Video games season.
Semifinals programming, rating administration, and invites for these occasions will all be decided by CrossFit, LLC.
An inventory of the nations and territories inside every of the aggressive areas is obtainable right here.
The brand new Semifinal Power-of-Subject calculation will use the worldwide rankings of athletes competing in every semifinal to find out which areas will cut up the ultimate 17 spots to the CrossFit Video games.
The full variety of particular person qualifying positions for every Semifinal might be introduced earlier than onsite registration at every Semifinal. Presently, this can solely apply to the Particular person division.
Backfill invitations might be supplied to not more than three athletes past a Video games-qualifying place at Semifinals.
Every Semifinal may have a set variety of Video games-qualifying spots for Groups, strength-of-field doesn’t but apply to the group division.
North America East: 10 groups
North America West: 10 groups
Europe: 10 groups
Oceania: 3 groups
Asia: 2 groups
South America: 2 groups
Africa: 1 group
Dates and Deadlines
All Divisions
February 16 – March 6 , 2023 : CrossFit Open
, : CrossFit Open August 1 – 6, 2023: CrossFit Video games in Madison, WI
CrossFit Video games in Madison, WI Prize cash for all divisions might be launched as soon as the drug testing course of has been finalized.
People
February 1: Deadline to submit a regional exemption at some point of the season Selections might be communicated by February 16
March 16: Particular person Quarterfinals (Registration begins March 13)
March 27: Particular person Quarterfinals Leaderboard finalized
March 28: Invites despatched for Particular person Semifinals
April 10: Deadline for People to simply accept Semifinal invitation
Could 11: Semifinal exercises launched
Semifinals will happen over three consecutive weekends: Could 18 – 21 Could 25 – 28 June 1 – 4
Groups
March 29: Workforce Quarterfinals (Registration begins March 20) Competitors rosters are locked at this level for the rest of the season.
April 10: Workforce leaderboard might be set
April 12: All Workforce Semifinal invites might be emailed
April 14: Deadline for Groups to simply accept Semifinal invitation
Groups will compete on the identical Semifinal occasions as People.
Age Teams
March 20: Age-Group Quarterfinals Invites despatched
March 31 – April 2: Age Group Quarterfinals
April 14: Age-Group Quarterfinals Leaderboard finalized
April 17: Age-Group Semifinal Invites will begin to be despatched Athletes should settle for their invitation previous to the shut of the primary submission window.
April 28 – 30: Age-Group Semifinals
Adaptive
April 14: Finalization of Open leaderboard
Could 12: Invites despatched for Video games
We nonetheless don’t know the placement and actual date of every Semifinal competitors, however these particulars are anticipated to return earlier than the brand new yr.
The rulebook is obtainable right here in full on CrossFit’s web site.
The Drug Testing Coverage has additionally been up to date for the 2023 season and is obtainable right here.