2023 Rogue Invitational


The 2023 Rogue Invitational is the fifth annual competition in CrossFit organized by Rogue Fitness and the 3rd to feature a strongman competition. It was held at the Dell Diamond in Austin, Texas from 26 to 29 October 2023. The Rogue Invitational also featured a Rogue Record Breaker event and a Legends competition for CrossFit veterans. The winners are Patrick Vellner for the CrossFit men's competition, Laura Horvath for the women's, and Mitchell Hooper for the strongman.
The prize purse was at a minimum of $1,275,000, and reached over $1.6 million. With the winners of the crossfit competitions receiving $280,304.30 and the winner of the strongman competition receiving $146,159.14. 20 men and 20 women competed in the CrossFit individual divisions, 10 men were invited for the Strongman competition.

Competitors

Athletes may qualify for the Rogue invitational through the online qualifier, the Q, and 6 men and 6 women were selected from the qualifier. All the other invitees were top athletes from the 2023 CrossFit Games, apart from Tia-Clair Toomey. The 2022 Rogue Invitational champion Justin Medeiros chose not to take part.
For the strongman competition, three of the most recent World's Strongest Man champions were invited, as well as additional three finalists from the 2023 World's Strongest Man. The defending champion Oleksii Novikov returned, but the 2021 champion Martins Licis chose not to take part.

CrossFit men's division

  • On March 1, 2022, CrossFit announced they will not recognise athletes from Russia or Belarus as a result of Russian violations of the Olympic truce through invasion of Ukraine during the binding truce. Athletes thereby will compete as neutral athletes. This rule continues to be in effect during the 2023 Rogue Invitational.

    CrossFit women's division

Qualified through the Q qualifier.
Annie Thorisdottir withdrew due to pregnancy, and Alexis Raptis due to injury.

Strongman

CrossFit

The CrossFit competitions were held over four days, from October 26 to 29, with 9 events scheduled. Bad weather conditions, however, led to a number of changes to some of the events for safety reason, for example, the front-rack lunges of Event 7 were changed to stationary lunges.

Event 1: Texas Heavy

  • 1 mile Ruck
  • 800m Ruck
  • 1 Mile Run
  • Sled Bag Pull to finish

#MenTimePts TotalWomenTimePts Total
1

Event 2: Seat at the Bar

  • 20-15-10
  • Log Muscle Up
  • 5 Back Squats after each
Time cap: 9 minutes

#MenTimePts TotalWomenTimePts Total
1

Event 3: The Circus

  • Ski Erg —
  • Five Single-Arm Strongman Dumbbell Shoulder-to-Overhead
Time cap: 15 min.

#MenTimePts TotalWomenTimePts Total
1

Event 4: 10th Inning

10 rounds for time:
Time cap: 19 min.

#MenTimePts TotalWomenTimePts Total
1

Event 5: The Duel III

Bracket Style –
  • Over Under Over Log
  • 3 Sandbags to Teeter

#MenRound Pts TotalWomenRound Pts Total
1

Event 6: Max Deadlift

  • 1 RM Deadlift
Tie Break: Time determined prior to lifts of a run carrying jerrycans.

#MenWeightPts TotalWomenWeightPts Total
1Convert|610|lb|kg|abbr=on

Event 7: Hulk Hands

  • 30 Echo Bike Cals
  • 20 Double FatBell Ground to Overhead
  • Reverse Stationary Lunges with FatBell
  • Run
  • Bag Drag Up Hill
  • Run
  • Reverse Stationary Lunges with FatBell
  • 20 Double FatBell Ground to Overhead
  • 30 Echo Bike Cals

#MenTimePts TotalWomenTimePts Total
1

Event 8: Big Cat

5 Rounds for Time
  • 6 Box Jumps
  • 50 ft Handstand Walk
  • Run
Time cap: 9 min.

#MenTimePts TotalWomenTimePts Total
1

Event 9: The Cleanup

  • 3 rounds: 25 Double unders / 5 Power Cleans
  • 2 rounds: 25 Double unders / 5 Squat Cleans
  • 1 round: 25 Double unders / 5 Clean and jerks

#MenTimePts TotalWomenTimePts Total
1

Final Standings

Strongman

Six events were planned to be contested over two days. However, due to bad weather conditions, the event Apollon's Wheels was canceled, and the Ultimate Log Medley event was delayed and changed to Log Lift for repetitions which was held indoors.

Event 1: Tower of Power

  • Weight: deadlift for repetitions
  • Time Limit: 60 seconds
#NameRepetitionsEvent PtsOverall Pts
1

Event 2: Iron Bull Sled Pull

  • Weight:
  • Course Length:
  • Time Limit: 60 seconds
#NameTimeEvent PtsOverall Pts
1

Event 3: Rogue-a-Coaster

  • Weight:
  • Time Limit: 1 minute 30 seconds
  • Notes: 54 inch incline
#NameTimeEvent PtsOverall Pts
1

Event 4: Log Lift

  • Weight: log lift for repetitions
  • Time Limit: 1 minute 30 seconds
  • Notes: If athletes got the log to their lap and the time expired they were allowed to attempt to lift the log
#NameRepetitionsEvent PtsOverall Pts
1

Event 5: The Duel

  • Weight: 3 sandbags weighing, and to be picked up and loaded in to a teeter
  • Time Limit: 60 seconds
#NameTimeEvent PtsOverall Pts
1

Final Standings