What is the CrossFit OPEN?
The 2014 CrossFit season begins with the worldwide Open competition. Everyone in the world is invited to compete in five workouts over five weeks, posting their scores online in real time. Last year, almost 140,000 athletes competed in the Open. The Open is a truly “open” competition. Anyone from anywhere can participate.
Competitors will be ranked both worldwide and by region. The fittest 48 men, 48 women, and 30 teams from each region will earn invitations to one of 17 Regionals. This is the first chance athletes will have in 2014 to establish their international standings.
What if you can’t do many or any CrossFit workouts scaled?
You can still play even if you’re not a competitive CrossFit Athlete!
The CrossFit OIB Internal Team Throw-Down
Many of us at CFOIB will never make it to the CrossFit Games, but that doesn’t mean that we can’t get into the spirit of the Games and create our own version of the Open! The Internal Team Throw-Down is our way of bringing athletes together through camaraderie and teamwork.
The Breakdown:
- Every athlete that registers to compete in the worldwide competition will also be placed on a team within CrossFit OIB. As always, we will track your weekly workout result on our in-house leader-board, but this year your score will added to your teammates’ for one big awesome score!
- Teams will be lead by a Captain: A CrossFit OIB Coach who has also registered individually as an Open Competitor.
- Teams will be 2-3 athletes, depending on the number of online Open registrants. Again, you cannot be a part of the Internal Team Throw-Down unless you register for the CrossFit OPEN.
- Teams and/or Individuals DO NOT have to complete the weekly Open workout as Rx’d, scaled workout scores will be weighed just as heavily as Rx’d.
- A scaled version(s) of each week’s Open workout will be given so that ALL LEVELS of athletes can participate. Even newbies!
- Coach K will select teams as athletes begin to register! We want a variety of athletes to work together over the 5 weeks so she will be putting teams together with that in mind. No stacked teams! (Each team will have one full-on RX athelte, one scaled, and one intermediate athlete.)
- Each week teams will complete the announced Open workout for that week. Teams do not have to complete the workout(s) during the same class time but bonus points will be given if they do. The more camaraderie the more points!
- All teammates scores will be added together for one team score that is ranked on the leaderboard each week.
- Prizes will be given each week for teams ranked the highest. Bonus points can be earned throughout the week in a variety of ways. Stay tuned for scoring info!
- Grand Prize will be given for top ranked team after 5 weeks!
- Cost for Open Registration is $20 and is paid to The CrossFit Games, not CFOIB.
