2012 CrossFit Games


The 2012 CrossFit Games were the sixth edition of the CrossFit Games, held on July 11–15, 2012, at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California, with some events taking place at Camp Pendleton. The men's competition was won by Rich Froning Jr., the women's by Annie Thorisdottir, and the Affiliate Cup by Hacks Pack UTE. Both Froning and Thorisdottir were repeat champions from the previous year.
The number of participants increased to 69,000 for this year's Open. In this season, the special invites to previous champions were removed and they all had to qualify through the Regionals. At the Games, 15 events took place over four days, the most yet for a Games.

Qualification

Open

in this season, 69,000 athletes registered to compete in the Open. The Open took place over five weeks from February 22 to March 25, 2012, during which a workout was release every week for the athletes to perform, and athletes can then submit their results for each of the 5 workouts before the deadline every week. Cash prizes were offered to participants selected for the Spirit of the Open award, as well as individual winners in the Open from this year onward. Rich Froning and Kristan Clever were the respective Open male and female individual winners.

Regionals

From the Open, 60 men, 60 women and 30 teams of each region with the best results proceeded to compete in 17 Regionals that took place from April 27 to May 27. Previous champions also had to compete in the Regionals, but extra qualification places were provided for regions where the champions competed. Athletes competed in 6 events in the Regionals - after five events, the field was cut to 18 in each Regional. Both the Open and Regionals again used a point system different from the one used in the Games: points were awarded according to the position, those with the lowest total points would qualify for the next stage. 91 athletes, 46 men and 45 women, went on to compete in the Games.

Individuals

The first three event were held at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, which were unexpected additions, taking place as they did two days before athletes had expected the Games to start. A rest day was introduced after the events at Camp Pendleton before competition resumed at the Home Depot Center in Carson.
The scoring system was the same as for 2011, with all events scoring 100 points for the winner apart a few events: the Broad Jump, Ball Toss, and Sprint events were scored 50 points. The number of athletes was cut to 36 after the Clean Ladder event, 24 after the Chipper, 18 after the Double-banger, 15 after Elizabeth, 12 after Isabel.

July 11, 2012

  • Pendleton 1 – 700 m ocean swim, 8 km cycling, checkpoint at 150 m after starting 11.3 km run for Pendleton 2.
  • Pendleton 2 – 11 km mountain run
  • Obstacle Course – three rounds of head-to-head obstacle course race.

    July 13, 2012

  • Broad Jump – Standing jump for distance. Originally scheduled for Pendleton, but rescheduled to Friday. Event won by Nate Schrader for the men, Fortunato for the women.
  • Ball Toss – Throw medicine balls from GHD
  • Track Triplet – 3 rounds of 8 split snatch, 7 bar muscle-ups, 400 m run.
  • Medball Handstand Push-ups – 3 rounds of 8 medicine ball cleans, carry medicine ball for 100 ft., 7 parallette handstand push-ups, carry medicine ball for 100 ft.

    July 14, 2012

  • Sprint – 50-yard sprint and back, 100-yard sprint and back.
  • Rope-Sled – 5 rounds of 20-foot rope climb and 20-yard sled drive
  • Clean ladder – 1 clean every 30 seconds with increasing weight for maximum weight, after a failed attempt, deadlift repetitions for partial pounds
  • Chipper – 10 overhead squat, jump over box, Fat bar thrusters, power clean, 10 toes-to-bar, and after 10 burpees muscle ups, repeat in reverse order.

    July 15, 2012

  • Double-banger - 3 rounds of 50 Double-unders, followed by Banger. The first round was a Low banger, the second Down banger, the last round Mid banger. Kyle Kasperbauer won the event for the men and Elisabeth Akinwale won for the women.
  • Elizabeth – 21-15-9 reps of Cleans and Ring Dips
  • Isabel – 30 Snatch
  • Fran – 21-15-9 reps of Thrusters and pull-ups

    Team events

The scoring system for the team events was the same as for 2011, where the Friday and Saturday events were regarded as qualifiers, and the scores were wiped clean for the final events on Sunday. Six teams competed in the same final events as 2011, with the winners crowned the team champions. Unlike previous Games, all six members are required to compete in every events.
  • Sprint Relay – 6× 415m sprints
  • Big Bob – Push Big Bob 100 yard down the field, then pull it up back.
  • Front Squat – 2 rep Front squat for max load
  • Team Triplet – For mix-gender pair: 750m row with front rack held
  • Yoke – Yoke carry
  • Rope-Clean – Women first, then men: 30 reps of Clean and jerk, 100-yard run, 20 rope climbs, then each member complete 1 rope climb and 1 rep of clean and jerk
  • Bar Muscle-up – Max rep for men and women
  • Team Chipper – 30 reps each of GHD sit-ups, deadlifts, double-unders, overhead squat, and pull-ups
  • The Girls – Team members competed in a relay
  • * "Elizabeth" – 21-15-9 reps of Clean 95 pounds and Ring dips
  • * "Fran" – 21-15-9 reps of 65 pound Thruster and Pull-ups
  • * "Isabel" – 30 reps of Snatch 95 pounds
  • * "Grace" – 30 reps of 135 pound Clean and Jerk
  • * "Diane" – 21-15-9 reps of 225 lb. Deadlift and Handstand push-ups
  • * "Karen" – 150 Wallball shots, 20 pound ball

    Podium finishers

Individuals and teams

Masters men

Masters women

Day 1 pictures