For over a decade the best CrossFitters from around the world have come together to see who really is the Fittest on Earth. The CrossFit games are a grueling three tier competition that begins early in the year.
The first tier, or Open, is a series of four or five workouts put out online by CrossFit HQ. These workouts are open to anyone around the world and are a pre-qualifier for the second tier, the Quarterfinals. After this point, the qualification process gets a bit more detailed.
From the Crossfit Games Website:
“The top ten percent of individual Open athletes on each continent advance to the second stage of the competition, the Quarterfinals. The Quarterfinals is an online competition in which qualified athletes will compete over the course of a weekend for a chance to advance to the third stage, Semifinals.
Athletes who qualify for the Semifinals will be invited to one of 10 in-person events across six continents ensuring at least one athlete from each continent qualifies for the Games.
Prior to the CrossFit Games, there will be a last-chance qualifier for athletes who narrowly miss the cut in the Semifinals.”
The Games are the ultimate test. A three-day long grueling test of strength, speed, power, skill, endurance, and sheer willpower. Only the worlds top 40 men, 40 women, 240 masters athletes, 80 teenage athletes, and 40 teams from around the world have the level to compete for the grand prize and the chance to own the title of “Fittest on Earth.”
The most recent total prize purse was up to $2.5 million, with $310,000 going to the top individual male and female.
If you’ve never been to the CrossFit Games they are something every serious fitness enthusiast should experience. The finals are akin to a fitness festival, replete with fan competitions, merchandise tents, healthy food eateries, and more fit bodies than the pool at Hard Rock on Memorial Day.
The following documentaries give a behind-the-scenes look at the pre-Games training and the absolute torture the competitors endure for three hot days in August.
Resurgence: 2020 CrossFit Games
ON APPLE
Fittest on Earth: A Decade of Fitness
ON YOUTUBE
The Redeemed And The Dominant: 2017 CrossFit Games
ON YOUTUBE
Froning: The Fittest Man in History
ON YOUTUBE
Every Second Counts: The Story of the 2008 CrossFit Games
ON YOUTUBE