CrossFit Open Summary Through 2018

 
(Download this: CF_Open_Summary_-_Updated_thru_2018.pdf for a larger file and one that has performance data for top 200, top 1000, and top 2000 in the world).

Attached you’ll find the summary of all of the Open workouts to date with performance data from the CrossFit Games Website. As usual, we have also included the frequency of each movement and what are possible movements that may show up in future years.

If you are interested in improving your performances in the Open, make sure you are familiar with this list as well as the most important movements from previous years. If you have a major weakness, spend 10-15 minutes 1-2 times per week working to make it better. You can practice this before the training, after, or on your off days.

Try to avoid just doing ‘more’ of the movement. Break down the movement into its components and practice/work on the part that you struggle the most on.

If there is a workout that really ‘punished’ you in a previous Open, switch out one of the metcons occasionally to repeat that workout. Check your score against you old score, and rankings listed. Do you best to improve the score so that you are ending up better than what your goal is for the future (in case it shows up again or if something similar comes out of the ‘hopper’).

Note: The grey workouts are repeats. You can see that generally they repeat at least one workout per year. Until 2018, they have never repeated a workout more than once. For 2018, they let people vote on what workout they wanted to do (it was a choice between three workouts, 11.6, 13.5, and 14.2). Interestingly, two of these workouts had already been repeated at least once.

Ultimately what I think all of this means is that while it is unlikely, we will see some ‘three-peat’ workouts in the future. So don’t think that because we have done a workout in the past it means that we will never see it again in the Open.

Another Note: Some people may wonder why this chart doesn’t have ALL of the age categories. Ultimately these are the largest age groups. If someone is competing for the 35-39 or the 40-44 age groups, they should just look at the regular Open scores. If someone is competing in the 55-60 (and up), a similar rule applies. Look at the 50-54 and extrapolate. Teens can look at the listed categories for 45 and up and use that as a guide.

Thrive on.

-jj