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2020 Crossfit Open Programming Analysis + Breakdown

If you’ve already read that post you would know that a few pretty big changes came to the 2020 Open. Now we’re going to look at how those changes affected the worldwide leaderboard, especially for those typically at the top.

Let’s get started. (These are not official until December 18th, minor changes may occur, but likely not substantial).

MEN

The 2020 Crossfit Open marks the first time Mat Fraser has not finished 1st in a Crossfit competition since the 2016 Open.

He finished 7th in the 2016 Open and this year he finished in 3rd, but before that here’s what he’s done.

2016 Regionals: 1st

1st 2016 Crossfit Games: 1st

1st 2017 Open: 1st

1st 2017 Regionals: 1st

1st 2017 Crossfit Games: 1st

1st 2018 Open: 1st

1st 2018 Regionals: 1st

1st 2018 Crossfit Games: 1st

1st 2019 Open: 1st

1st 2019 Dubai Crossfit Championship: 1st

1st 2019 Rogue Invitational: 1st

1st 2019 Crossfit Games: 1st

That’s 12 straight victories against the world’s best.

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Next let’s take a look at how the top 10 finishers at the 2019 Crossfit Games finished in the 2020 Open and how many of them were able to directly qualify for the 2020 Games through a top finish.

Mat Fraser: 3rd, qualified

3rd, qualified Noah Ohlsen: 6th, qualified

6th, qualified Bjorgvin Karl Gudmundsson: 5th, qualified

5th, qualified Scott Panchik: 35th, not qualified (going team anyway)

35th, not qualified (going team anyway) James Newbury: Injured, unable to finish, not qualified

Injured, unable to finish, not qualified Jacob Heppner: 20th, qualified

20th, qualified Matt Mcleod: 92nd, not qualified

92nd, not qualified Adrian Mundwiler: Did not complete Open, not qualified

Did not complete Open, not qualified Saxon Panchik: 71st, not qualified

71st, not qualified Will Moorad: 54th, not qualified

As you can see only 4 out of the top 10 men at last year’s Crossfit Games were able to qualify through the Open. Everyone else will have to win a spot though one of the many upcoming Sanctioned events.

Related: Which Crossfit Sanctionals Were The Most And Least Competitive (MEN)

The 2020 Open also marked the first time a Canadian man has taken 1st place in the worldwide Open, and not only did Canada take 1st, but also 2nd.

Patrick Vellner: 1st (65 points)

1st (65 points) Jeffrey Adler: 2nd (66 points)

Thats right, only a single point separated the two Canadians at the end of 5 weeks.

This also happened to be the first year a man from the United States did not win the Open.

Along these lines, only 3 men from the United States finished in the top 10 worldwide.

Greek national champion Lefteris Theofanidis also finishes in 4th for the 2nd year in a row after leading for the first 4 weeks.

Related: An In-Depth Look at Lefteris Theofanidis

WOMEN

Let’s start off by looking at how the top 10 female finishers at the 2019 Crossfit Games finished in the 2020 Open and how many of them were able to directly qualify for the 2020 Games through a top finish.

Tia-Clair Toomey: 4th, qualified

4th, qualified Kristin Holte: 3rd, qualified

3rd, qualified Jamie Greene: 5th, qualified

5th, qualified Katrin Davidsdottir: 25th, qualified

25th, qualified Kari Pearce: 7th, qualified

7th, qualified Haley Adams: 31st, qualified

31st, qualified Amanda Barnhart: 27th, qualified

27th, qualified Bethany Shadburne: 47th, not qualified

47th, not qualified Thuri Helgadottir: 64th, not qualified

64th, not qualified Danielle Brandon: 37th, not qualified

While only 4 men were able to directly qualify 7 of last year’s top 10 women were able to do it, meaning only Shadburne, Helgadottir, and Brandon have to win a spot through Sanctionals.

Related: Why It Has Never Been Easier To Make It To The Crossfit Games

Sara Sigmundsdottir also wins the Crossfit Open for the 2nd year in a row and for the 3rd time in the last 4 years.

Only 17 points behind her is fellow Icelandic country-woman Annie Thorisdottir.

Kari Pearce also happened to be the only woman from the United States to finish in the top 10 during the Open.

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