2016 CrossFit Games

In celebration of the tenth Crossfit Games, the first day of events for the Individual Men and Women divisions took place at the site of the first three CrossFit Games at the Ranch in Aromas, California (a site owned by the family of the director of the CrossFit Games, Dave Castro). The competitors left Carson in the morning and flew into San Jose, California, in order to participate in the first three events.[16]

The first three events were based on the first three events held for the 2009 Games, but with some modifications. In event three, Medicine ball instead of sandbag was used for the hill run, with wall ball shots and GHD added before the run.

The athletes returned to Carson that evening; however, Southwest Airlines suffered a technical glitch grounding several flights and creating many delays.[17] Some athletes reported that they did not return to their Carson hotel until after midnight Thursday morning.

• 7 kilometer trail run

Event 1 was a seven kilometer run was based around a similar event in the 2009 CrossFit Games. Mat Fraser and Samantha Briggs were the winners of this event.[18]

• Deadlift ladder

The second event, a deadlift ladder, followed 10 minutes after the runners finished, but with the athletes lifting in the reverse order that they finish the run. The event was similar to Event 2 of 2009 but with heavier weights since many were able to lift the heaviest weights in 2009. The men's weight started at 425 pounds and ended at 615 pounds while the women's weight started at 275 pounds and ended at 415 pounds. The last place finisher of the ranch run event start the event first, ten minutes after completing the run.[16] Sam Dancer (the last place finisher on the run) and Brooke Wells (who took 37th of 40 on the run) both won the event by completing the ladder.[18]

• 50 wall ball shots
• 25 medicine ball GHD sit-ups
• Hill sprint with medicine ball

The last event was a "chipper," a workout involving multiple exercises done sequentially without returning (as in "chipping away" at the number of repetitions) for the fastest time. The competitors started with 50 wall ball shots, a squat into tossing a medicine ball 9 or 10 feet up to target on a wall. Once completed, they performed 25 sit-ups with the medicine ball on a glute-hamstring developer (GHD), a piece of equipment where the feet lock in and the sit-up is performed at a greater range of motion. The chipper was finished with a hill sprint while carrying the medicine ball. The men used a 30-pound medicine ball and the women used a 20-pound medicine ball.[19] Brent Fikowski and Annie Thorisdottir won the event.[18] Mat Fraser was the overall leader in the men's competition after 3 events and he kept the lead all through the Games.

• 500 meter ocean swim

The only event of day two was an out-and-back ocean swim at Redondo Beach, California. Tia-Clair Toomey and Jonne Koski won with times of 7:28 and 6:54 respectively.[18]

While wearing a weighted vest:

• 1 mile run
• 100 pull-ups
• 200 push-ups
• 300 air squats
• 1 mile run

This specific workout was created in honor of US Navy SEAL Lt. Michael P. Murphy, who was killed in Afghanistan on July 28, 2005. "Murph" is probably CrossFit's most famous "Hero" workout (a specific routine named in honor of a fallen hero) and Murph is usually performed by American affiliates on Memorial Day. The announcement of this event was controversial because it was also done in the 2015 CrossFit Games where a number of athletes suffered serious heat injuries.[20] The weighted vests were 20lbs. for men and 14lbs. for the women. The exercises between the runs was broken up into five rounds of 20 pull-ups, 40 push-ups, and 60 air squats. Josh Bridges and Kari Pearce won the event.

• 10 squat cleans at 245 lbs for men and 165 lbs for women
• 8 squat cleans at 265 lbs for men and 180 lbs for women
• 6 squat cleans at 285 lbs for men and 195 lbs for women
• 4 squat cleans at 305 lbs for men and 205 lbs for women
• 2 squat cleans at 325 lbs for men and 215 lbs for women[21]

Squat cleans are a common movement used in weightlifting with the requirement that the competitor must squat below parallel on the clean. The athletes performed a decreasing number of repetitions at increasing weights. Alex Anderson and Kara Webb won the event.[18]

10 rounds for time with a 155-pound barbell for the men and a 105-pound barbell for the women:

• 12 deadlifts
• 9 hang power cleans
• 6 jerks

"DT" is a CrossFit hero workout named for fallen airman USAF SSgt. Timothy P. Davis, and usually performed for five rounds.[22] In the 2015 Games, fans were given a vote for either Heavy DT or Double DT and the heavy version was chosen, so Double DT was programmed for the 2016 Games. Katrín Davíðsdóttir and Samuel Kwant won the event.[18]

Three rounds for time of:

• 500 meter berm run
• 2 rope ascents
• 40 foot snail push
• 2 rope ascents – except for the final round.

The event took place inside the soccer stadium and consisted of running across the field and through the rope climbing rig and then up the stairs and behind the jumbotron at the StubHub Center. On the return, the athletes then had to climb up a rope in the middle of the field. The rope was situated so that the bottom of the rope was above the heads of the athletes so that they had to jump up to grab the rope and do the first pulls without using their legs. The final movement was pushing what was called a "snail," a large heavy barrel that had to be rolled for 40 feet. The event was won by Samantha Briggs and Brent Fikowski.

This event was performed in a different order for the Men and Women's competition.

Men's Event 9

• 12 ring handstand push-ups
• 15 back squats at 225 pounds
• 20 burpees
• 9 ring handstand push-ups
• 18 front squats at 205 pounds
• 20 burpees
• 6 ring handstand push-ups
• 21 overhead squats at 185 pounds
• 20 burpees

Women's Event 9

• 15 back squats at 165 pounds
• 20 burpees
• 6 ring handstand push-ups
• 18 front squats at 145 pounds
• 20 burpees
• 4 ring handstand push-ups
• 21 overhead squats at 125 pounds
• 20 burpees
• 2 ring handstand push-ups

The handstand push-ups were done with gymnastic rings and it was the second time the movement has featured at the CrossFit Games. It also had strict point penalties for any athletes that could not either finish the first set for the men or one push-up for the women. The event was won by Kari Pearce and Cole Sager.

For time:

• 40 box jump overs (30 inches high for men, 24 inches high for women)
• 20 D-ball cleans (150 pound ball for men, 100 pound ball for women)

This event was won by Alessandra Pichelli and Brent Fikowski.

• 280 foot handstand walk for time[23]

Jacob Heppner and Katrín Davíðsdóttir won.[18]

• 840 foot shuttle sprint for time

On the same field that the handstand walk, the athletes ran one-third of the way down and back, two-thirds of the way down and back and then all the way down and back.[23] Tia Toomey and Roy Gamboa won.[18]

• 560 foot plow drag (235 pounds for men, 190 pounds for women)[23]

Garret Fisher and Katrín Davíðsdóttir won.[18] Davíðsdóttir had to be helped off the field after collapsing at the finish line, but she took over the lead from Toomey after this event.[6]

• 200m SkiErg
• 50 doubles unders for men, 40 for women
• 200m row
• 50 double unders for men, 40 for women
• 0.4 mile Assault AirBike
• 50 double unders for men, 40 for women
• 200 m row
• 50 double unders for men, 40 for women
• 200m SkiErg
• 90 foot sled pull (310 pounds for men, 220 for women)[23]

Anna Tunnicliffe and Brent Fikowski won.[18]

• 3 peg board ascents
• 21 thrusters
• 2 peg board ascent
• 15 thrusters
• 1 peg board ascent
• 9 thrusters

The event featured the return appearance of the peg board ascents that premiered one year earlier. Many competitors failed to complete the peg board ascents in the previous year, hence, the name of this event being "Redemption." A thruster in CrossFit is a combination of a front squat and push press in one continuous movement and the weights were 135-pounds for the men and 85-pounds for the women.[23] Zak Carchedi and Alexis Johnson won.[18]

Mat Fraser won the competition with a 197-point lead over Ben Smith, the biggest margin of victory in the history of the Games thus far.[7] Katrín Tanja Davíðsdóttir defended her 2015 title with a narrow win over Tia-Clair Toomey to become a repeat champion in the women's competition.[3] Patrick Vellner was the rookie of the year.[24]