In only a number of months, the following CrossFit season will begin with the 2023 CrossFit Open launching on Feb. 16, 2023. Before the season begins, nonetheless, parts of its overall setup might be shifting around. On Oct. 11, 2022, through a press release, CrossFit HQ announced several latest changes that might be implemented for the 2023 competitive season.
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Here’s an outline of what to anticipate from the changes to the 2023 CrossFit campaign.
Latest Competition Map
Based on CrossFit HQ’s announcement, athletes will compete in regions based on their country of citizenship, starting with the CrossFit Open and carrying on through the Quarterfinals and Semifinals. Meanwhile, any Individuals or Teams in North America might be divided into regions within the East and West.
Listed here are the seven competitive regions around the globe for 2023 CrossFit:
- North America West
- North America East
- South America
- Europe
- Asia
- Africa
- Oceania
The primary purpose of those changes is to offer the respective competitors an idea of the region and path they have to decide to advance to the 2023 CrossFit Games in Madison, WI.
Standardized Programming
Every Semifinals competition could have standardized programming for any athletes who advance to the 2023 CrossFit Semifinals. This can be a shift from the 2022 CrossFit Semifinals, which had just two standardized workouts. The identical sentiment will apply to the remainder of the CrossFit season, which will even be standardized.
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Quarterfinals
The one significant change to the Quarterfinals portion of the 2023 CrossFit season is that 2023 could have just two submission windows. The 2022 campaign had three submission windows. Nevertheless, eligible athletes can select which Quarterfinal they wish to compete in.
Semifinals
Once within the Semifinals portion, there might be two Semifinals in North America, one in Europe, and other organizers for the regions left on the map. In total, there might be seven Semifinals with a “guaranteed” variety of CrossFit Games berths.
Here’s how the qualifying spots will shake out in response to CrossFit HQ’s announcement:
- The top 60 Individual Women’s athletes, the highest 60 Individual Men’s athletes, and the top 40 Teams will compete on the North American East, North American West, and European Semifinals.
- The top 30 Individual Women’s athletes, Individual Men’s athletes, and the top 20 Teams will compete at each of the Semifinals in Africa, Asia, Oceania, and South America.
- The top 40 Individual Women’s athletes, Individual Men’s athletes, top 38 Teams, and the top 10 athletes in each Age Group will qualify for the 2023 CrossFit Games.
No More Last-Likelihood Qualifier
The Last-Likelihood Qualifier that determined any remaining entrants to the CrossFit Games will now not be around in 2023. As a substitute, any remaining spots within the 2023 CrossFit Games might be determined by a rating system from the Semifinals based on the strength of that competition’s field. On the time of this writing, there isn’t any word on how a field’s strength might be calculated.
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Team Eligibility
As for the Teams through the 2023 CrossFit season, any athletes competing within the Teams category still must participate as Individuals through the Open. When the Open concludes, Teams will select groups of six individuals with 4 regulars and two alternates.
There will even be latest eligibility requirements for Adaptive athletes, though those details are unavailable on the time of this text’s publication.
Even with these latest changes across the board, the 2023 CrossFit season must be one other doozy.
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