Editor’s be aware: “The Open Document” is a multi-part sequence written by means of Mike Halpin, which breaks down the present CrossFit Open registration numbers and examines the place they stand in historic contexts. You’ll be able to learn the former installments right here.

For many people, the CrossFit Open is the start, center, and finish of our CrossFit pageant season. 

Out of doors of a neighborhood comp, it’s a global annual check-up to peer what our health seems like, in all probability see how our New 12 months’s resolutions are paying off, or what we want to paintings on from March to February to arrange for subsequent season.

For the highest 10%, the thrill doesn’t have to finish after 3 weeks — you’ll cross directly to Quarterfinals. 

Wait, it’s 25%?!

 Let’s dig into that a little bit extra.

[Related: Explaining the New CrossFit Worldwide Ranking System]

A Quarter of the Box

From 2011-2020, the Open consisted of 5 to 6 exercises over 5 to 6 weeks (most effective the primary 12 months, 2011, had six weeks). From 2011-2018, the Open certified athletes right into a reside pageant, Regionals or Tremendous Regionals, after which directly to the CrossFit Video games. 

For the sake of readability, we’re going to forget about the 2019 and 2020 seasons.

Beginning in 2021, CrossFit got rid of the general two weeks from the Open and added on-line pageant for the highest 10% of the Open referred to as Quarterfinals (QF). 

The web QF certified athletes for a reside pageant, Semifinals, and directly to the Video games.

• In elementary phrases, the season isn’t that a lot other from one gadget to the opposite (if we omit the “asterisk years” of 2019 and 2020). 

CrossFit took the five-week Open from 2012-2020 and altered that to a three-week Open and a one-week Quarterfinals, proscribing Quarterfinals to simply the highest 10%.

• 2012-2020: On-line Open (5 weeks) →  In-Individual Regionals →  Video games
• 2021-present: On-line Open (3 weeks) →  On-line Quarterfinals (one week) →  In-Individual Semifinals → Video games

For the “deliver again Regionals!” commenters on-line: I see you. Regionals nonetheless exist; they’re referred to as Semifinals. There are most effective seven of them fairly than 17, and they’re after the web portion of the season reveals the highest 40 of every area.

Now, in 2024, the Video games workforce is increasing Quarterfinals to be 1 / 4 of the sector, as Dave Castro stated in his “11/13/23 Week In Evaluation.”

• Castro defined that “widening the gate for Quarterfinals is truly about extra alternative for athletes to compete that need additional checking out and further occasions” and that because the Video games workforce reviewed what proportion so as to add — 15%? 20%? — they landed with “Quarter-finals; why no longer simply open it to twenty-five%?”

[Related: I Trained at CrossFit Mayhem for 4 Days. Here’s What I Learned]

So, How Many Is 25%?

In the event you learn to the ground of “The Open Document” every week (first off, thanks!) you will have noticed this chart:

2024 Open Department – Registration by means of Area and Department, then 10% minimize and 25% minimize

MEN

Area	General Males Registered	10% Minimize Line	25% Minimize Line
Europe	34,413	3,441	8,603
North The united states East	23,138	2,314	5,785
North The united states West	15,681	1,568	3,920
South The united states	7,134	713	1,784
Asia	6,230	623	1,558
Oceania	4,501	450	1,125
Africa	1,803	180	451

WOMEN

Area	General Ladies Registered	10% Minimize Line	25% Minimize Line
Europe	23,872	2,387	5,968
North The united states East	23,010	2,301	5,753
North The united states West	14,912	1,491	3,728
South The united states	6,272	627	1,568
Asia	3,071	307	768
Oceania	4,609	461	1,152
Africa	1,554	155	389

As of this week, round 42,000 athletes throughout their divisions will qualify for Quarterfinals. That’s over 25,000 further athletes in comparison to the ten% minimize line.

The rationale I will be able to let you know the qualifying quantity presently is that CrossFit bases each the qualifying proportion and percentiles on Open Registration numbers, no longer on Open Participation numbers. 

Right here’s the adaptation:

Open Registration vs Participation

MEN

12 months	Registration	Participation
2022	154,815	144,035
2023	169,449	157,741

WOMEN

12 months	Registration	Participation
2022	122,177	115,193
2023	132,782	124,123

Participation, on this case, manner the athlete finished at minimal one exercise.

That is the most important difference about CrossFit’s percentile numbers. There may be numerous lifeless weight.  

• “Fortunate #7”: Simply registering, no longer even finishing a unmarried exercise, would put you on the seventh percentile within the males’s department international of CrossFit Open in 2023. The belief many use when establishing Open percentiles can be that no longer competing equals 0-1 percentile. 

If CrossFit primarily based Quarterfinal qualification on participation it will push the rating an athlete would want to qualify upper and would imply that fewer make it via to the following spherical.

Moreover, as Castro discussed above, competing in Quarterfinals is a decision, and whilst athletes could have made the highest 10% from 2021-2023, that doesn’t imply they registered for the following level. 

2023 Certified vs Registered for Quarterfinals

MEN

Area	Certified	Registered	Conversion Price
Europe	6,014	2,460	40.90%
North The united states East	4,309	2,227	51.68%
North The united states West	3,142	1,523	48.47%
South The united states	966	423	43.79%
Asia	1,102	538	48.82%
Oceania	967	549	56.77%
Africa	440	243	55.23%

WOMEN

Area	Certified	Registered	Conversion Price
Europe	3,998	1,503	37.59%
North The united states East	3,931	1,863	47.39%
North The united states West	2,808	1,179	41.99%
South The united states	733	265	36.15%
Asia	577	242	41.94%
Oceania	902	502	55.65%
Africa	328	156	47.56%

Making use of the common 46% conversion price throughout women and men, CrossFit’s transfer from 10% to twenty-five% may just imply round $800,000 for CrossFit HQ at $50 a pop. That’s an build up of greater than $130,000 from what they’d have generated from Person Quarterfinals in 2023.

What does it take to qualify?  

You could listen some folks point out that it is advisable to now qualify with out getting one muscle-up. It’s humorous as it’s true; you in truth might want a long way not up to that. I received’t smash down all of the main points; I’ll depart that to my pals on the Past the Whiteboard app, who I’m positive can be pinpointing reps and instances for the Open quickly after the exercises are launched. However right here is an engaging reality — You would possibly not want to do all of the Rx exercises! Listed here are some numbers.

2023 OPEN ATHLETES IN TOP 25% – SCALING OR 0 SCORE WORKOUT (MEN)

Area	Depend	General Qualifying at 25%
Europe	183	15037
North The united states East	56	10774
North The united states West	40	7859
South The united states	7	2415
Asia	23	2759
Oceania	2	2417
Africa	5	1099

2023 OPEN ATHLETES IN TOP 25% – SCALING OR 0 SCORE WORKOUT (WOMEN)

Area	Depend	General Qualifying at 25%
Europe	104	9,996
North The united states East	55	9,830
North The united states West	24	7,020
South The united states	31	1,834
Asia	21	1442
Oceania	1	2,253
Africa	15	819

In all, 316 males and 251 girls would have certified for 2023 QF by means of both no longer finishing one of the crucial 4 exercises in any respect or by means of doing one in all them Scaled (no longer the Rx model of the exercise) if 2023 used to be at 25%. The majority of the ones numbers are zero-score exercise submissions. 

The athletes who may just spare a exercise earned that flexibility by means of being a long way above reasonable in no less than one of the crucial different 3 ratings. Word, the use of the former 10% cutline, all divisions and areas cross to 0 athletes qualifying for QF with a 0 rating or a Scaled rating.

This is an instance from Mayhem trainer and 2017 Video games athlete, Darren Hunsucker:

Athlete Title: Darren Hunsucker

23.1 Rank: 3033th

23.1 Ranking: 216 reps

23.1 Ranking Element: One spherical + 16-calorie row Tiebreak: 9:05

23.2A Rank: 1606th

23.2A Ranking: 161 reps

23.2A Ranking Element: 5 rounds + 30 burpee pull-ups and 6 trip runs

23.2B Rank: 12,017th

23.2B Ranking: 240 kilos

23.3 RANK: 134,389th

23.3 Ranking: 0 reps / 0:00

Area Rank: 8,242th

Rating: 19.1%

The Backside Line

Whilst it’ll really feel like “everybody and their mother” will qualify at 25%, it’s nonetheless a prime bar for many. 

That’s math. That’s what makes it the Most sensible 25%. It implies that 75% couldn’t, didn’t, and received’t.  

With CrossFit’s use of “registration” vs “participation” for figuring out percentiles, simply doing the exercises (as prescribed) can also be part the combat, however it’s nonetheless an success to be pleased with. As Castro places it, it’s a possibility to peer what you’ll do in a later level of pageant vs the “one-and-done” Open. 

In the event you qualify within the most sensible 25%, will you compete? I recommend sure. 

Particularly in case you are in a smaller area or department. CrossFit has said a couple of instances and in a couple of ways in which registration numbers are a key identifier for sizing up more moderen divisions and the cash they put in the back of them.

At the Masters in Movement podcast, Bob Jennings, co-founder of Legends Championship, which is webhosting the Masters CrossFit Video games, stated, “We’re receiving cash from CrossFit HQ this is tied to participation in Quarterfinals and [Online Age Group] Semifinals.”

[Related: The CrossFit Masters Games by Legends Brings New Opportunities for Athletes and Brands]

Each and every quantity has a reputation, a tale, a objective and each quantity counts. Listed here are those I’ve counted to this point…

Week 4 of Open Registration Monitoring

First, listed below are the dates and information for the 2024 Open:

• Registration began on January 9 at midday PT
• Open Exercise 24.1 begins on February 29 at midday PT
• Open Exercise 24.3 ends on March 18 at 5 p.m. PT

That provides us a window of 52 general days for registration sooner than the primary exercise plus 19 days between exercises 24.1 and 24.3. Right here’s what the numbers seem like from 2011 via 2023.

(Editor’s Word: All knowledge under this level for the 2024 CrossFit Open used to be pulled from the CrossFit leaderboard on Wednesday, February 21 at 7 a.m. EST.)

We are actually 44 days into the registration window and it’s seven days till the Open starts as of February 21, 2024. Right here’s what the information seems like to this point:

The present 2024 registration general is rising at a mean price of round 3,866 every day after the preliminary day-one general of 20,982. In comparison to earlier years:

Previous 7-Day Comparability 12 months-Over-12 months

Date	2024	2023	2022
Feb 15	157,231	245,941	117,730
Feb 16	163,300	273,150	123,984
Feb 17	167,182	290,930	130,726
Feb 18	171,045	298,262	137,199
Feb 19	175,020	306,350	144,171
Feb 20	179,140	321,715	149,039
Feb 21	183,357	321,969	156,828

Word: The 2023 Open registration began on November 17, 2022, with an incentive from NOBULL to check in sooner than December 31. In 2022, Open registration began on January 13, very similar to 2024. In 2023, the Open began on February 16.

You’ll be able to take a look at my Instagram (@known_knowable) for day-to-day check-ins. And as an advantage, right here is a few further knowledge I’ve been monitoring, along side a couple of tips from readers and commentators on Instagram.

Most sensible 15 International locations by means of Athlete Nationality

RANK	COUNTRY	COUNT
1	United States	72,933
2	France	13,490
3	United Kingdom	13,042
4	Brazil	11,691
5	Canada	8,639
6	Australia	8,197
7	Spain	4,767
8	Korea, Republic of	4,697
9	Germany	4,642
10	Netherlands	4,543
11	Italy	4,457
12	South Africa	2,857
13	Switzerland	2,513
14	Eire	1,956
15	Mexico	1,811

General Associate Depend 2018-2024

12 months	Associate Depend
2020	11,992*
2021	10,534*
2022	10,567
2023	10,982
2024	10,067

*Word: For those two years, the rely of registrations for every associate is clean, so it’s no longer imaginable to peer if associates could have been indexed with 0 registrations, which does display up on ‘22-’24.

Most sensible 10 Associates Registered for 2024

Rank	Associate	General Registered	Nation
1	SuperForce CrossFit	458	Brazil
2	CrossFit Bison	249	United States
3	CrossFit Boqueirao	238	Brazil
4	CrossFit Carcara	230	Brazil
5	CrossFit Black Version	223	Portugal
6	Complete CrossFit	217	Spain
7	CrossFit Roots	215	United States
8	CrossFit Shapesmiths	212	United Kingdom
9	CrossFit Glasgow	198	United Kingdom
10	Deka CrossFit	194	Canada

*Word: SuperForce CrossFit seems to be a 16-location franchise throughout other spaces of Brazil.  It seems that that they’re filing all registrations underneath a unmarried associate at the leaderboard. 

Most sensible 10 Ages of Registered Athletes

Age	Depend
33	8,021
32	7,940
35	7,932
34	7,834
31	7,767
30	7,447
36	7,422
37	6,960
29	6,899
38	6,732

Registrations by means of Age Workforce Divisions

Department	Depend
Males 18-34	40,997
Males 35-39	19,982
Males 40-44	15,214
Males 45-49	9,800
Males 50-54	6,045
Males 55-59	3489
Males 60-64	1853
Males 65+	1220
Boys 16-17	862
Boys 14-15	680

Department	Depend
Ladies 18-34	37,657
Ladies 35-39	15,451
Ladies 40-44	11,723
Ladies 45-49	7,325
Ladies 50-54	4,316
Ladies 55-59	2603
Ladies 60-64	1631
Ladies 65+	1088
Ladies 16-17	828
Ladies 14-15	593

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