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The 2022 NOBULL CrossFit Games are back! From Aug. 3-7, hundreds of athletes across 27 divisions will flock to Madison, WI, to compete for the title of Fittest on Earth®.
After the first three competitive days, five-time champ Tia-Clair Toomey returned to form and advanced her position in the overall standings. Toomey surprised everyone ending the first day’s competition in eighth place but battled back to third by the end of day two. Men’s competitor Ricky Garard has held fist place consistently, with 2021 champion Justin Medeiros remaining in second.
2022 CrossFit Games Leaderboard
Editor’s Note: On Feb. 24, 2022, CrossFit released a statement in which they said they would not recognize the governments of Russia or Belarus throughout the 2022 season. As a result, CrossFit has removed Russian and Belarusian flags and names from the profiles of Individual and Team competitors.
Men
- Justin Medeiros [USA] — 1,184 points | 2022 Fittest Man on Earth®
- Roman Khrennikov [Russia] — 1157 points
- Ricky Garard [Australia] — 1,068 points
- Samuel Kwant [USA] — 975 points
- Jeffrey Adler [Canada] — 950 points
- Patrick Vellner [Canada] — 892 points
- Jayson Hopper [USA] — 887 points
- Lazar Dukic [Serbia] — 850 points
- Bjorgvin Karl Gudmundsson [Iceland] — 841 points
- Guilherme Malheiros [Brazil] — 831 points
- Saxon Panchik [USA] — 803 points
- Noah Ohlsen [USA] — 780 points
- Cole Sager [USA] — 733 points
- Nick Matthew [USA] — 728 points
- Jonne Koski [Finland] — 725 points
- Brent Fikowski [Canada] — 707 points
- Willy Georges [France] — 688 points
- Travis Mayer [USA] — 685 points
- Dallin Pepper [USA] — 647 points
- Spencer Panchik [USA] — 635 points
- Uldis Upenieks [Latvia] — 595 points
- Will Moorad [USA] — 574 points
- Timothy Paulson [USA] — 541 points
- Henrik Haapalainen [Finland] — 538 points
- Alex Vigneault [Canada] — 532 points
- Guillaume Briant [France] — 525 points
- Andre Houdet [Denmark] — 508 points
- Jay Crouch [Australia] — 507 points
- Enrico Zenoni [Italy] — 443 points
- Alexandre Caron [Canada] — 457 points
- Bayden Brown [Australia] — 360 points
- Colten Mertens [USA] — 344 points
- Cole Greashaber [USA] — 341 points
- Tudor Magda [USA] — 338 points
- Austin Spencer [USA] — 316 points
- Moritz Fiebig [Germany] — 304 points
- Giorgos Karavis [Greece] — 212 points
- Agustin Richelme [Argentina] — 194 points
- Arthur Semenov [Russia] — 125 points
- Kealan Henry [South Africa] — 62 points [Withdrawn]
Women
- Tia-Clair Toomey [Australia] — 1,158 points | 2022 Fittest Woman on Earth®
- Mallory O’Brien [USA] — 1,045 points
- Laura Horvath [Hungary] — 981 points
- Danielle Brandon [USA] — 937 points
- Brooke Wells [USA] — 904 points
- Emma Lawson [Canada] — 893 points
- Kara Saunders [Australia] — 890 points
- Gabriela Migala [Poland] — 868 points
- Haley Adams [USA] — 867 points
- Alexis Raptis [USA] — 859 points
- Arielle Loewen [USA] — 828 points
- Emma McQuaid [Ireland] — 798 points
- Kristi Eramo O’Connell [USA] — 785 points
- Amanda Barnhart [USA] — 778 points
- Jacqueline Dahlstrom [Norway] — 764 points
- Lucy Campbell [United Kingdom] — 760 points
- Dani Speegle [USA] — 750 points
- Ellie Turner [Australia] — 728 points
- Matilde Garnes [Norway] — 663 points
- Karin Freyova [Slovakia] — 642 points
- Paige Semenza [USA] — 636 points
- Thuridur Erla Helgadottir [Iceland] — 582 points
- Carolyne Prevost [Canada] — 565 points
- Alex Willis [USA] — 553 points
- Paige Powers [USA] — 509 points
- Seungyeon Choi [Republic of Korea] — 493 points
- Christine Kolenbrander [USA] — 488 points
- Baylee Rayl [USA] — 455 points
- Seher Kaya [Turkey] — 443 points
- Rebecca Fuselier [USA] — 352 points
- Sydney Michalyshen [Canada] — 342 points
- Freya Moosbrugger [Canada] — 335 points
- Victoria Campos [Brazil] — 318 points
- Solveig Sigurdardottir [Iceland] — 299 points
- Elisa Fuliano [Italy] — 296 points
- Caroline Conners [USA] — 281 points
- Julia Kato [Brazil] — 258 points
- Elena Carratala Sanahuja [Spain] — 223 points
- Michelle Merand [South Africa] — 210 points
- Emily Rolfe [Canada] — 61 points [Withdrawn]
Sunday Events
Day Five of the competition was the Finals of this year’s Games, with 30 athletes in both divisions competing in Madison.
Event 11 — The Alpaca
“The Alpaca” was the opener of this year’s Finals. For a total time, the athletes performed a 126-foot Sled Push (decreasing in load), then moved to 20 Kettlebell Clean & Jerks. They followed that with a 42-foot Sled Push with Two Kettlebells, and 15 Kettlebell Clean & Jerks. Finally, they finished with a 42-foot Sled Push with Four Kettlebells, 10 Kettlebell Clean & Jerks, and one last 42-foot Sled Push with Six Kettlebells.
Individual Women’s Results
- Laura Horvath — 6:46.96
- Dani Speegle — 7:25.72
- Karin Freyová — 7:57.17
- Ellie Turner — 8:00.90
- Gabriela Migała — 8:04.36
Individual Men’s Results
- Roman Khrennikov — 6:23.92
- Sam Kwant — 6:39.88
- Pat Vellner — 6:41.12
- Guilherme Malheiros — 6:44.79
- Justin Medeiros — 6:46.48
Event 12 — Back Nine
As the Games drew to a close, the “Back Nine” was the next obstacle for the respective athletes. This event saw the competitors tackle a 54-foot Yoke Carry, Two Front Squats, Three Deadlifts, two more Front Squats, and another 54-foot Yoke Carry. Once again, this was for a total time.
Individual Women’s Results
- Laura Horvath — 1:13.11
- Tia-Clair Toomey — 1:16.08
- Brooke Wells — 1:21.87
- Amanda Barnhart — 1:24.37
- Gabriela Migała — 1:27.68
Individual Men’s Results
- Jeffrey Adler — 1:17.40
- Willy Georges — 1:29.25
- Justin Medeiros — 1:32.82
- Guilherme Malheiros — 1:39.43
- Samuel Kwant — 1:39.63
Event 13 — Jackie Pro
In the final event of the 2022 CrossFit Games, the athletes’ overall endurance was tested with a 1,00o-Meter Row, 50 Thrusters, and 30 Bar Muscle-ups for time.
Individual Women’s Results
- Lucy Campbell — 8:29.53
- Kara Saunders — 8:35.97
- Mal O’Brien — 8:45.58
- Laura Horvath — 8:46.72
- Haley Adams — 8:56.87
Individual Men’s Results
- Lazar Đukić — 7:59.70
- Roman Khrennikov — 8:09.71
- Cole Sager — 8:10.64
- Justin Medeiros — 8:26.34
- Sam Kwant — 8:26.73
Saturday Events
Event Eight — Rinse ‘N’ Repeat
The first event of Saturday. Every two minutes: 50-yard swim, 8-cal Ski Erg. Add 2 calories each round for 6 rounds, then complete as many calories as possible for rounds 7 and 8.
Time cap: Two minutes per round, eight possible rounds
Individual Women’s Results
- Lucy Campbell — 138 calories
- Amanda Barnhart — 134 calories
- Laura Horvath — 133 calories
- Tia-Clair Toomey — 131 calories
- Kara Saunders — 130 calories
Individual Men’s Results
- Roman Khrennikov — 160 calories
- Dallin Pepper — 157 calories
- Jonne Koski — 154 calories
- Lazar Đukić — 153 calories
- Sam Kwant — 153 calories
Event Nine — Hat Trick
Saturday’s second event. Over three rounds, the athletes performed a Sprint, 20 Wall-Ball Shots, and six Dumbell Snatches as fast as possible. They had four minutes of rest between each round.
Individual Women’s Results
- Ellie Turner — 3:55.94
- Mal O’Brien — 4:04.66
- Tia-Clair Toomey — 4:08.66
- Danielle Brandon — 4:08.80
- Kara Saunders — 4:10.73
Individual Men’s Results
- Guilherme Malheiros — 3:44.18
- Justin Medeiros — 4:01.83
- Dallin Pepper — 4:06.23
- Nick Mathew — 4:07.78
- Brent Fikowski — 4:08.70
Event 10 — Sandbag Ladder
The third event of the penultimate day of the 2022 CrossFit Games. The competitors had the task of lifting sandbags ranging from 160-250 pounds (for the Women) and 240-340 pounds (for the Men).
Individual Women’s Results
- Dani Speegle
- Jacqueline Dahlstrøm
- Laura Horvath
- Amanda Barnhart
- Sydney Michalyshen
Individual Men’s Results
- Guilherme Malheiros (T-first)
- Nick Mathew (T-First)
- Brent Fikowski
- Jayson Hopper
- Justin Medeiros
Friday Results
Two events were scheduled for Friday, with the second event — Up and Over — being announced only hours before it began.
Event Five — The Capitol
The Capitol was one of the few events performed without a time limit, meaning each athlete’s grit and mental toughness was challenged as much as their body. This event began with 20 Pig flips (a specialized implement weighing 350 to 510 pounds), followed immediately by a 3.5-mile run towards the Wisconsin State Capitol building.
Athletes will then carry two 70 to 100-pound Jerry bags 200 meters before switching to a 150 to 200-pound Husafell sandbag carry for 200 meters. The last leg of the final carry included an ascent up 49 steps towards the building’s entrance.
Individual Women’s Results
- Gabriela Migala — 33:34.67
- Laura Horvath — 35:02.72
- Tia-Clair Toomey — 35:11.29
- Brooke Wells — 35:13.89
- Haley Adams — 35:51.51
Individual Men’s Results
- Ricky Garard — 31:54.47
- Roman Khrennikov — 32:01.47
- Travis Mayer — 32:16.22
- Samuel Kwant — 32:47.67
- Jayson Hopper — 33:04.11
Event Six — Up and Over
Athletes needed to perform three rounds of: 12 muscle-ups, 25 jump-overs (descending height each round), and 30 GHD sit-ups. After three rounds, an 84-foot weighted lunge was the last step to the finish line. This event had an 18-minute time limit.
Individual Women’s Results
- Tia-Clair Toomey — 11:58.92
- Mallory O’Brien — 12:58.91
- Emma Lawson — 13:29.56
- Haley Adams — 13:41.11
- Danielle Brandon — 13:41.83
Individual Men’s Results
- Saxon Panchik — 12:40.00
- Justin Medeiros — 13:09.31
- Ricky Garard — 13:17.84
- Samuel Kwant — 13:37.84
- Noah Ohlsen — 13:38.20
Event Seven — Echo Press
The third and final event of the day had athletes performing three timed rounds of Echo Bike calories alternated with deficit handstand push-ups. The men had a 10-minute time limit while the women had 12 minutes.
Individual Women’s Results
- Alexis Raptis — 6:41.18
- Tia-Clair Toomey — 7:45.28
- Emma McQuaid — 8:01.72
- Caroline Conners — 8:36.64
- Dani Speegle — 8:57.34
Individual Men’s Results
- Will Moorad — 6:30.15
- Jayson Hopper — 6:57.82
- Roman Khrennikov — 7:02.22
- Enrico Zenoni — 7:07.08
- Justin Medeiros — 7:29.07
Athlete Withdrawals
Here, we’ll keep track of all the athletes who withdraw during the competition.
- Emily Rolfe (Individual Women)
- Kealan Henry (Individual Men)
- Sam Dancer (Men 35-39)
- Darius Boockholdt (Men 50-54)
- Andrew Livingston (Men 50-54)
-
Dave Rempel (Men 50-54)
- Tom Muhlbeier (Men 65+)
Thursday Results
Thursday, August 4, was initially scheduled to be a rest day for competitors. However, after an extended weather delay on Wednesday due to rain and lightning, organizers announced that “Event Two” would be moved from Wednesday to Thursday.
Event Two — Shuttle to Overhead
Athletes had a total of two minutes to run a 400-meter shuttle followed by jerks (shoulder to overhead) for max reps.
After a one-minute rest, athletes had three minutes to run a 600-meter shuttle followed by jerks for max reps. After a two-minute rest, there were four minutes to complete an 800-meter shuttle followed by max rep jerks.
Interestingly, this was scored as two separate 100-point events. The first Shuttle to Overhead workout (A) score was calculated from the athlete’s total time to complete the three runs. The second Shuttle to Overhead workout (B) was dependent on the total number of jerks completed across the three rounds.
Individual Women’s Results — Event A (Shuttle)
- Haley Adams — 6:59.46
- Tia-Clair Toomey — 7:08.14
- Gabriela Migala —7:17.19
- Kristi Eramo O’Connell — 7:20.73
- Seher Kaya — 7:24.68
Individual Women’s Results — Event B (Overhead)
- Tia-Clair Toomey — 18 reps
- Danielle Brandon — 15 reps
- Mallory O’Brien — 14 reps
- Emma Lawson — 13 reps
- Matilde Garnes — 13 reps
Individual Men’s Results — Event A (Run)
- Uldis Upenieks — 6:51.06
- Ricky Garard — 6:58.74
- Saxon Panchik — 6:59/06
- Patrick Vellner — 7:05.10
- Cole Sager — 7:05.22
Individual Men’s Results — Event B (Overhead)
- Jeffery Adler —19 reps
- Saxon Panchik — 17 reps
- Justin Medeiros — 16 reps
- Ricky Garard — 16 reps
- Jayson Hopper — 16 reps
Wednesday Results
Wednesday, Aug. 3 marked the first day of the Games; only Individuals and Teams competed. There were three events scheduled.
Event One Results — “Bike to Work”
Toomey, who is the five-time defending champ, was the favorite going into the event. She got second (and 96 points), and it was American Haley Adams who came with with the win — finishing three seconds faster than Toomey. This was Adams’ first career event win at the CrossFit Games.
After the event’s completion, judges took an opportunity to review several questionable performances and adjusted the standing accordingly. Danielle Brandon and Elena Carratala Sanahuja were found to have not completed the entire bike course and had their times increased, while Seungyeon Choi was found to have completed an extra lap and had her time decreased accordingly.
Individual Women’s Results
- Haley Adams — 38:23.74
- Tia-Clair Toomey — 38:26.64
- Emma Lawson — 38.30.48
- Alexis Raptis — 39.01.04
- Laura Horvath — 39.01.25
- Mal O’Brien — 39.06.04
- Matilde Garnes — 39.07.12
- Lucy Campbell — 39.43.56
- Kara Saunders — 39.59.64
- Emma McQuaid — 40:19.55
Individual Men’s Results
- Ricky Garard — 36:47.61
- Jonne Koski — 36:49.34
- Justin Medeiros — 36:53.65
- Jeffrey Adler — 37:06.17
- Spencer Panchik — 37:17.00
- Roman Khrennikov — 37:18.52
- Bjorgvin Karl Gudmundsson — 37:24.35
- Willy Georges — 37:25.29
- Moritz Fiebig — 37:29.71
- Lazar Dukic — 37:48.00
Event Three — Skill Speed Medley
The Skill Speed Medley was a series of three rounds of progressively more challenging combinations of pegboard climbing, jump rope, pistol squats, and handstand walks. Each round had a three-minute time limit.
The first round required athletes to climb a pegboard, perform 75 unbroken reps of jump rope, perform 10 unbroken pistol squats with each leg, and end with a handstand walk. The 20 best performers moved on to the second round which called for a more strict pegboard climb, 50 unbroken jump rope double-unders, 10 unbroken pistol squats per leg, and a handstand walk beginning with a pirouette spin.
The competitors with the five best times progressed to the final round: a strict pegboard climb, 50 unbroken jump rope double-unders with a hand crossover, 10 unbroken pistol squats per leg, and a a handstand walk beginning with an L-sit on parallel bars.
The biggest surprise of this round was the relatively poor performance from five-time Games champion Tia-Clair Toomey, who struggled with the unbroken jump rope in the first round and was unable to progress to round two.
Individual Women’s Results
- Danielle Brandon — 1 point
- Rebecca Fuselier — 2 points
- Emma Lawson — 3 points
- Elisa Fuliano — 4 points
- Mallory O’Brien — 5 points
Individual Men’s Results
- Nick Matthew — 1 point
- Guilherme Malheiros — 2 points
- Justin Medeiros — 3 points
- Patrick Vellner — 4 points
- Ricky Garard — 5 points
Event Four — Elizabeth Elevated
The fourth event of this year’s CrossFit Games are an amped up version of the classic Elizabeth WOD frequently seen in typical CrossFit programming. For a regular workout, Elizabeth is a straightforward combination of cleans and ring dips for 21 reps, 12 reps, and nine reps.
At the Games, Elizabeth Elevated required athletes performed squat cleans followed by parallel bar dips in a sequence of 21 reps per exercise, 15 reps per exercise, nine reps per exercise, nine reps per exercise, and a final nine reps per exercise. Women used a 95-pound barbell and had a 12-minute time limit while men used a 135-pound barbell with a 10-minute time cap.
Individual Women’s Results
- Arielle Loewen — 10:17.06
- Kara Saunders — 10:31.72
- Mallory O’Brien — 10:33.77
- Kristi Eramo O’Connell — 10:37.31
- Emma McQuaid — 10:42.96
Individual Men’s Results
- Patrick Vellner — 8:42.16
- Bjorgvin Karl Gudmundsson — 9:20.11
- Colten Mertens — 9:24.49
- Noah Olsen — 9:39.12
- Uldis Upenieks — 9:46.81
How to Watch the 2022 CrossFit Games
There are a few options on how to watch the Games for fans who can’t make it to Madison.
Those who elect to catch the action on YouTube can choose from five languages: English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and Italian.
Below are the streaming times for when viewers will be able to watch the Games on the CrossFit Games app, YouTube, Facebook, Twitch, and Pluto TV. The two-hour time slot during both Individual Finals is exclusive to the CBS Television Network. Each of the listed times are in Eastern Standard Time.
Note: Viewers can find the schedule for their local time in the CrossFit Games app:
- Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2022 — 10 a.m. – 10 p.m. EST
- Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022 — 10 a.m. – 7:15 p.m. EST
- Friday, Aug. 5, 2022 — 10 a.m. – 8:15 p.m. EST
- Saturday, Aug. 6, 2022 — 9 a.m. – 9:20 p.m. EST
- Sunday, Aug. 7, 2022 — 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. EST
- Sunday, Aug. 7, 2022 — 1 p.m. – 3 p.m. EST on CBS Television Network | Exclusive to CBS TV
The Individual and Team divisions will start the Games on Wednesday, Aug 3, 2022. Then there will be a short rest day before the rest of the competition from Friday, August 5, to the Finals on Sunday, August 7. The Games will begin with 40 Individual Men and Women each and 38 Teams. There will only be one significant cut of these athletes on Saturday, August 6.
By the time the Finals begin on Sunday, August 7, just 30 Individual competitors will remain for both the Men and Women, while only 20 Teams will be left standing. The Age Group and Adaptive divisions will begin on Thursday, August 4, and power through to the end of the weekend.
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