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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