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Event 2 Sends Athletes On A 7,200 Meter Ranch Trail Run
Individual Event 2 for the 2026 CrossFit Games has been revealed, sending athletes back to the Ranch in Aromas for a long, punishing trail run that pays tribute to the sport’s roots.
The event is a 7,200 meter course that traces the CrossFit Ranch property lines twice, turning the rugged hillside terrain into one of the key tests on the opening day of competition.
Dave Castro posted a video of the full route, running it himself to show just how demanding the course will be, with hard climbs and descents on dusty dirt trails, stretches of direct sun, and pockets of shade and tree coverage that offer only brief relief.
Local stories about the Ranch’s wildlife add another layer to the challenge, with the area known for mountain lions, large pigs, and even honey badgers roaming the surrounding terrain.
With Event 2 confirmed as a true Ranch trail test, the 2026 Games opening slate clearly leans into CrossFit’s history in Aromas and ensures that both engine and grit will be on full display before the competition shifts to San Jose and the SAP Center later in the week.
Workout 1 For Individuals 2026 CrossFit Games Revealed
Workout 1 for the 2026 CrossFit Games has been officially revealed, giving athletes and fans their first clear look at how this year’s competition will start.
In an Instagram post, CrossFit Games announced the opening test, marking the beginning of event reveals for San Jose.
Dave Castro expanded on the release during his recent interview with Ty Jenkins on YouTube, where they read the announcement on air and discussed why this particular event is such a meaningful way to open Games week.
The announcement also nodded to the workout’s history, noting that the same test was repeated at the 2013 CrossFit Games. In 2013, Josh Bridges won the men’s side with a time of 8:33 compared to the best time of 13:07 from the original version in 2007, nearly five minutes faster and a clear benchmark for how much the sport has progressed.
With the first event now public and that historical context back in the spotlight, attention turns to how the rest of the tests will unfold and how this opener will shape early leaderboard storylines for both the men and the women in the twentieth year of the CrossFit Games.
2026 CrossFit Games Individual Roster Is Set
The full individual roster for the 2026 CrossFit Games is now set, with 30 men and 30 women confirmed to compete next month in San Jose, California.
These athletes earned their spots through a combination of in person semifinals and the Individual Online Semifinals, finalizing the field for the twentieth edition of the CrossFit Games.
The official roster graphic released today lists all 30 men and 30 women who will take the floor in San Jose and serves as the reference field heading into Games week.
With the qualifiers locked in, attention now shifts to event announcements, venue details, and athlete preparation for three days of competition at the SAP Center and surrounding Bay Area sites at the end of July.
Major Shifts Hit Women’s Online Semifinals Leaderboard
The women’s Individual Online Semifinals leaderboard has seen major movement after CrossFit applied penalties and zero'd out scores completely, with two athletes dropping out of qualifying position and two new names now sitting inside the top seven.
One of the biggest changes came from Jess Green, who fell from 5th all the way to 251st on the updated leaderboard. Her scores for Events 1, 3, and 4 now show as zeros, a shift that appears tied to a judging discrepancy, with the head judge listed on the Games site not matching the name written on the whiteboard in her video. With three events wiped out, Green is effectively removed from contention for a Games spot.
Also moving out of the top seven is Claudia Gluck. Her Event 2 result was adjusted from a 10th place finish down to 64th, a drop that rippled through her point total and pushed her down to 17th overall on the leaderboard.
With Green and Gluck both sliding out of qualifying position, two new athletes have been elevated into Games spots as the standings sit now.
BERGRÓS BJÖRNSDÓTTIR has climbed into the top seven and is now in line for an invitation to the CrossFit Games in San Jose if the leaderboard is finalized without further changes.
Joining her is Holly Tynan, who also moves into a qualifying place and would earn her first CrossFit Games ticket should these results hold once all reviews and appeals are complete.
With these late adjustments shaking up the women’s field, the race for San Jose has taken on a new look, and all eyes are now on when CrossFit officially locks the leaderboard and confirms the final seven women heading to the 2026 CrossFit Games.
Team Games Field is Set
With the Team Online Semifinals leaderboard now locked, the race to San Jose is officially on. After weeks of in person events and online score submissions, video reviews, penalties, and appeals, the standings are official and these 20 teams currently hold the tickets to this year’s CrossFit Games. Barring any further updates from CrossFit, this is the group fans can expect to see start their competition on Thursday, July 23rd to find the Fittest Team on Earth.
Swimming Returns To The CrossFit Games
Swimming is officially back at the CrossFit Games, and this time it is heading to a swimming pool instead of open water.
After several years of lake and ocean events that produced both iconic moments and the tragic event in 2024, a move into a controlled pool environment lines up with what CrossFit leadership has hinted at in recent seasons when they said any return to swimming would likely be in a pool.
The Games have a deep history with swim events, from early ocean and lake tests to some memorable pool workouts, including interval style pieces like “Rinse and Repeat” and “The Pool” that combined short swim lengths with fast transitions and light gymnastics or kettlebell work.
With a pool back in play for 2026, attention quickly turns to proven water specialists who could have a homerun in that event or events.
On the women’s side, Lucy Campbell stands out as one of the best pure swimmers in the field, a former national level swimmer whose background in the water gives her a clear edge whenever swim events appear on the schedule.
Among the men, rising star Ty Jenkins showed us earlier this year at the WFP event in London that he too can have a homerun event in the pool.
Between the historical weight of swim events, the added safety and precision of a pool setting, and a new generation of athletes built to attack the water, the return of swimming is set to be one of the most anticipated events as the CrossFit Games head back to California this summer.
Hopper Returning For Friday Night Event At 2026 CrossFit Games
A little after 7 p.m. today, Dave Castro announced on Instagram that the original CrossFit Games hopper will return and be used for the Friday night event at this year’s CrossFit Games.
The hopper, an old peanut roaster, was used to select the very first workout of the first CrossFit Games in 2007 back at the Ranch in Aromas, and its return ties the 2026 season directly back to the roots of the sport.
Reaction in the comments was overwhelmingly positive as athletes and fans welcomed the throwback. Taylor Self wrote, “this is fu%king sick,” while reigning Fittest Man on Earth Jayson Hopper commented, “let me pull from it, its only right,” and Carolyne Prevost added, “Love it.”
Many other athletes chimed in with similar excitement, viewing the return of the hopper as the perfect way to celebrate the legacy of the Games on this twentieth season.
Shortly after the post, Castro called in to the live show on the CF Network with Sevan Matossian and Taylor Self, where he not only talked about the hopper but also revealed that he is considering handing over event programming to someone else this year, without saying who.
Sevan guessed Greg Glassman on air, a name that would be fitting for the twentieth year of the CrossFit Games if it came true, though nothing has been confirmed.
Either way, the announcement has sent excitement through the community, and Castro indicated that more details and reveals will continue to roll out over the next five weeks leading up to the first day of competition.
Individual Online Semifinals Leaderboard Goes Live
The leaderboard for the 2026 Individual Online Semifinals went live yesterday, and these are your unoffical top 7 Men and top 8 women.
The top seven men and top seven women from this worldwide leaderboard will earn tickets to the CrossFit Games in San Jose at the end of July, but CrossFit has until June 29 to finalize results after video review and potential penalties.
All workout videos are now publicly viewable, giving fans and judges a chance to scrutinize movement standards before HQ makes any adjustments.
CFNetwork was live on YouTube as the leaderboard dropped, breaking down each event, pulling up athlete videos on stream, and debating where penalties or score changes might reshuffle the current top seven on both the men and the women.
The show highlighted how tight the points are around the cut line, noting that even a minor time or rep adjustment on a single workout could bump someone into or out of a Games spot once CrossFit applies its official review criteria.
On the women’s leaderboard, several athletes have separated themselves with consistent finishes across all five tests, but there is still a crowded pack hovering just outside the top seven and within striking distance if any major penalties are handed down.
The men’s side tells a similar story, with current leaders stacking multiple top ten event placements while the gaps between seventh and the next few names remain razor thin.
With videos open, community review underway, and CrossFit’s formal review window running for the next couple of weeks, the leaderboard we see today is possibly not the leaderboard we will have when the final seven men and seven women are officially announced.
CrossFit Body Blueprint Falls To 11th After Team Semifinal Penalties
Penalties from CrossFit HQ’s video review of the Team Online Semifinals have dramatically reshaped the standings, knocking the former overall leader out of qualifying position.
CrossFit Body Blueprint, led by Will Carter, Kristine Best, Joe Pierro, and Nicolette Torreggiani, had been sitting in 1st place after scores were initially posted but now sits 11th on the updated leaderboard, outside the top seven teams in position to advance to the 2026 CrossFit Games.
CrossFit 1124 was also affected in the shakeup. After penalties were applied, 1124 dropped from 4th to 6th overall, still inside a Games qualifying spot.
While several top teams took notable hits during the review process, Body Blueprint’s fall from 1st to 11th stands out as the biggest shift on the board.
With only the top seven teams advancing from the online stage, the post review penalty phase once again proved how decisive video assessment can be in determining who stays in the Games race and who falls out.
Teams have 24 hours to respond with an appeal to their penalties once notified by CrossFit, which means there could still be some additional adjustments to this leaderboard. The leaderboard is said to be finalized by no later than Jume 22nd.
CrossFit Adds Wednesday Offsite Events And Downtown Block Party To 2026 Games Schedule
CrossFit announced on Instagram that the first day of competition at the 2026 CrossFit Games will now begin Wednesday, July 22, with multiple offsite events before action shifts back toward the main venue later in the week.
The opening offsite location is 101 Red Barn in Aromas, a venue that looks and feels a lot like the original Ranch setting from the early years of the CrossFit Games.
A second confirmed site is the Morgan Hill Outdoor Complex, which features a large outdoor field and an aquatic center nearby with a swimming pool, setting the stage for field events and potential swimming tests.
CrossFit also mentioned that additional locations will be used on Wednesday, and confirmed that all of the offsite events that day will be live streamed, with more details still to come.
In the same announcement, CrossFit revealed that Thursday's focus will move downtown where the team competition officially begins, with Event 1 hosted at a CrossFit Games block party outside of the SAP Center from 4 to 7 p.m.
The downtown block party will be free and open to all fans, blending the first scored team event with a festival style kickoff to the Games.
The reaction in the comment section turned critical almost immediately as fans pointed out how late these changes were shared compared to when flights and hotels are usually booked.
User victoria7141993 wrote, “Wow, I already planned for Friday to Sunday. If I had known this, I would’ve planned to arrive in California on Wednesday,” highlighting how the midweek start caught many by surprise.
Another fan, shankers3, added, “This is silly to reveal this late in the setting, how many people already booked their plans and hotels. Mildly annoying to be honest,” echoing the frustration of those locked into travel that does not cover Wednesday.
CrossFit Breakthrough commented, “Normally a big fan of the unknown and unknowable, less so when it comes to my flights and hotels,” capturing the tension between the sport’s trademark unpredictability and the practical realities of planning a trip.
For obvious reasons, some of the operational and venue details could not be announced far in advance, but fans noted that CrossFit still could have warned earlier that competition for teams would be starting on Thursday instead of waiting until the last minute to confirm it publicly.
Stay tuned to the CrossFit Games Instagram and to CFNetwork News for further details as soon as they become available.
Jacob Marlow Does Semifinal Workout 4 Live On CF Network
Jacob Marlow threw down a big marker this afternoon on CF Network, logging a blazing 4:08 on Individual Semifinal Workout 4.
Workout 4 is for time with 5 4 3 2 1 reps of snatches and 5 shuttle runs of 50 feet after each set. The prescribed weight is 155 pounds for women and 225 pounds for men, with a 10 minute time cap.
Marlow performed the effort live on CF Network this afternoon with Sevan Matossian, Matthew Souza, Seth Page, Taylor Self and a guest watching on.
Throughout the workout, Marlow stayed steady and relied on quick squat snatch singles from start to finish rather than trying to rush the barbell with touch and go sets.
He stayed under control on the transitions, and never appeared to hit a major slowdown point as the rounds got shorter and faster.
By the final snatch and last shuttle runs, Marlow was still moving decisively, crossing the line at 4:08 and setting an early benchmark for the men’s field.
The big question now is whether that 4:08 will hold up through the rest of the Individual Online Semifinal window or if another athlete will find a way to go even faster.
CrossFit confirms 20 scored events for the 2026 Games
The CrossFit Games have already been set for July 24 to 26 in San Jose, but today’s update confirmed a key competitive detail: there will be 20 scored events to mark the 20th anniversary of the Games.
This 20 squared structure is being positioned as a first in Games history and signals a dense, high volume test for the field.
While the full event list has not been released, there is already speculation around what 20 events could include. With talk of bringing back swimming to the Games, many expect at least one water event to appear in the programming.
A slate this large also makes it likely that we see at least one heavy one rep max test and potentially one or more hero style workouts woven into the weekend to honor CrossFit’s roots while pushing athletes across strength, endurance, and grit.
View CrossFit’s Instagram post here: https://www.instagram.com/reels/DZYEfwFp2BY/
Team Online Semifinals: Unofficial Top 7 Set, Now It Is on the Judges
Seven teams sit in qualifying position after the Team Online Semifinals, but nothing is official until the videos clear review. With scores locked as of June 8 at noon PT and a finalization deadline of June 22, 2026, the next two weeks will decide who actually earns invitations to the 2026 CrossFit Games.
Unofficial Top Seven
The current unofficial leaderboard has CrossFit Body Blueprint leading the pack on 36 points after a remarkably consistent run of finishes across all five tests. Just behind them, Solidarity CrossFit Basecamp (40 points) and Q21 CrossFit (42 points) occupy second and third, each buoyed by top five efforts that offset one weaker event.
CrossFit 1124 sits fourth with 43 points, helped by an event win and another podium finish. CrossFit Reykjavík holds fifth at 45 points thanks to a string of top five performances including a second place on Event 3. Rounding out the current qualifying spots are CrossFit Fort Vancouver in sixth (46 points) and AR 1 CrossFit AR 1 Team in seventh (47 points), both hanging on after one or two events outside the top ten.
Bubble Pressure Right Below the Cut
The margin for error is razor thin. Blueprint CrossFit Team AOD sits in eighth on 52 points, only five points back of AR 1 after posting a strong fourth place in Event 1 but slipping into the teens and mid teens on later tests. CrossFit Caen and CrossFit Noble Defender are tied on 57 points and either could move into the top seven if review penalties hit teams above them.
Because scoring is tight across all five events, even a single major deduction or a disallowed score due to movement standards or video issues could shuffle the entire back half of the top ten.
Now It Is in the Hands of the Judges
Every blue camera icon on the leaderboard represents a video that CrossFit’s review team will evaluate before finalizing scores. CrossFit has until June 22 to finalize the leaderboard, after which official invitations will go out to the seven qualifying teams, turning the next two weeks into a waiting game for all the teams.
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2026 CrossFit Games Team Online Semifinals Workouts Released
The 2026 CrossFit Games Team Online Semifinals officially began today, Thursday, June 4, with teams given until Monday, June 8 at 12 p.m. PT to complete all five workouts and submit their scores.
CrossFit released all five workouts earlier this week, and qualified teams were set to receive workout passwords by email when the competition window opened at 12 p.m. PT.
This online stage serves as the final qualifier for teams trying to earn one of the seven spots available to the 2026 CrossFit Games in San Jose, California.
According to the 2026 CrossFit Games Rulebook, teams must follow all prescribed movement standards, equipment requirements, floor plans, and score submission rules exactly during the competition window.
CrossFit also requires YouTube video submissions for each Online Semifinal workout, and those videos must be publicly viewable so scores can be verified through the review process.
CFNetwork News has included the official workout graphics with this story so athletes, coaches, and fans can review each test directly from CrossFit’s release.
16 More Individual Athletes Qualify for the 2026 CrossFit Games
Sixteen more individual athletes have officially qualified for the 2026 CrossFit Games in San Jose after the final events wrapped at MAD Fitness Festival, Syndicate Crown, and the Northern California Classic.
From MAD Fitness Festival, the top three elite men advancing are Aniol Ekai with 562 points, Luis Cuellar with 524 points, and Calum Clements with 516 points.
On the elite womens side, Games spots go to Gabriela Migala with 545 points, Lucy McGonigle with 536 points, and Ella Wilkinson with 521 points, all finishing inside the top three on the final leaderboard.
At Syndicate Crown, the mens qualifiers are Saxon Panchik with 525 points, Ty Jenkins with 513 points, and Austin Hatfield with 513 points after finishing first through third on the overall standings.
The womens qualifiers out of Syndicate are Lydia Fish with 570 points, Haley Adams with 483 points, and Danielle Brandon with 480 points, locking in the top three positions on the final leaderboard.
The Northern California Classic rounded out the weekend by sending two men and two women to San Jose. On the elite mens side, Tudor Magda with 596 points and Dylan Hamming with 516 points claimed the two available Games spots.
For the elite women, Alex Gazan with 588 points and Rachel Noel with 578 points finished first and second overall to earn qualification out of Sacramento.
Why the Memorial Day Murph Matters
Every Memorial Day, CrossFit gyms around the world perform the hero workout “Murph” as a way to honor fallen service members, center the day on remembrance, and connect the community through shared suffering.
Created in memory of Navy Lieutenant Michael Murphy, who was killed in action in Afghanistan in 2005, the workout was one of his favorite training sessions and was later named for him as a CrossFit Hero WOD. It combines a 1 mile run, 100 pull ups, 200 push ups, 300 air squats, and another 1 mile run, traditionally done in a weighted vest.
The significance of Murph on Memorial Day goes beyond the score on the whiteboard. Athletes are asked to dedicate their effort and discomfort to those who gave their lives in service, using the long, grinding structure of the workout as time to reflect.
Many gyms begin with a moment of silence, read a short biography of Lt. Murphy or other fallen heroes, or invite veterans to share what the day means to them. That context reframes Murph from a test of fitness into a ritual of remembrance, where pacing, partition strategies, and PR attempts sit alongside gratitude and grief.
The Memorial Day Murph has become a yearly checkpoint that ties fitness back to purpose, asking athletes to lean into discomfort on a day that is fundamentally about sacrifice and turning a long and demanding workout into an intentional act of remembrance.
If you want to do Murph, you can find a local CrossFit affiliate to drop in at using the CrossFit affiliate map here: CrossFit affiliate map .