CrossFit Games

How are 2018 Games Athletes Performing in the 2019 Open?

March 5, 2019 by
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After two scored events — out of five or six total — here’s a quick snapshot of how 2018 CrossFit Games athletes are performing in the 2019 CrossFit Open.

To help you digest this data, we’ve pulled out a few key findings:

  • 20 athletes are currently in a qualifying position via top 25. We say top 25 because of the backfilling after national champions. However, more than half are sitting in very strong qualifying positions (50th or better or top 3 in their country).
  • Six of the top 10 female athletes in the Open competed at the 2018 CrossFit Games.
  • 12 athletes are currently first in their country.
  • 10 athletes are not doing the Open this year.

[chart title=’2018 CrossFit Games Male Athletes vs the 2019 Open (19.1 + 19.2)’]

2
NAME 2018 OPEN FINISH 2018 GAMES FINISH 2019 OPEN OVERALL COUNTRY RANK COUNTRY
3
Björgvin Karl Guðmundsson 12 5 5 1 Iceland
4
Frederick Aegidius 46 21 6 1 Denmark
5
Lukas Högberg 90 3 10 1 Sweden
6
Mathew Fraser 1 1 13 5 United States
7
Alexandre Caron 6 39 18 3 Canada
8
Cole Sager 44 7 24 9 United States
9
Ethan Helbig 91 33 29 14 United States
10
Willy Georges 3 9 33 1 France
11
Royce Dunne 389 34 37 2 Australia
12
Elliot Simmonds 369 26 40 1 United Kingdom
13
Patrick Vellner 5 2 43 6 Canada
14
Dean Linder-Leighton 31 14 49 2 Australia
15
Tim Paulson 9 29 53 24 United States
16
Scott Panchik 13 11 55 21 United States
17
Brent Fikowski 184 4 64 7 Canada
18
Sean Sweeney 142 22 71 26 United States
19
Lukas Esslinger 69 17 82 1 Switzerland
20
Saxon Panchik 49 19 88 40 United States
21
Logan Collins 8 15 98 41 United States
22
Alex Anderson 61 13 118 52 United States
23
James Newbury 265 18 122 5 Australia
24
Zeke Grove 48 30 146 10 Australia
25
Marquan Jones 153 37 162 80 United States
26
Alec Smith 112 25 163 72 United States
27
Khan Porter 53 24 178 4 Australia
28
Rasmus Andersen 348 8 181 4 Denmark
29
Nicholas Urankar 16 20 187 87 United States
30
Adrian Mundwiler 148 16 205 2 Switzerland
31
Noah Ohlsen 25 6 249 106 United States
32
Mitchel Stevenson 138 32 342 151 United States
33
John Coltey 96 28 363 153 United States
34
Pablo Chalfun 851 38 1,214 18 Brazil
35
Cody Anderson 56 10 1,389 602 United States
36
Craig Kenney 170 27 9,238 4,539 United States
37
Ben Smith 40 12 14,680 7,050 United States
38
Rogelio Gamboa 24 23 NA NA United States
39
Josh Bridges 197 31 NA NA United States
40
Jared Enderton 116 35 NA NA United States
41
Brandon Luckett 32 36 NA NA United States

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[chart title=’2018 CrossFit Games Female Athletes vs the 2019 Open (19.1 + 19.2)’]

2
NAME 2018 OPEN FINISH 2018 GAMES FINISH 2019 OPEN OVERALL COUNTRY RANK COUNTRY
3
Ragnheiður Sara Sigmundsdottir 21 37 1 1 Iceland
4
Amanda Barnhart 27 15 4 1 United States
5
Laura Horvath 18 2 5 1 Hungary
6
Annie Thorisdottir 5 5 6 2 Iceland
7
Mekenzie Riley 11 18 7 3 United States
8
Brooke Wells 6 8 8 4 United States
9
Kristin Holte 15 7 13 1 Norway
10
Katrin Tanja Davidsdottir
8 3 14 3 Iceland
11
Jamie Greene 9 11 16 1
New Zealand
12
Chyna Cho 28 21 19 7 United States
13
Kari Pearce 20 6 24 11 United States
14
Tia-Clair Toomey 12 1 25 1 Australia
15
Carol-Ann Reason-Thibault
16 19 28 3 Canada
16
Ehea Schuerch 115 17 32 16 United States
17
Alessandra Pichelli 53 14 41 2 Italy
18
Camilla Salomonsson Hellman
51 24 46 2 Sweden
19
Madeline Sturt 41 20 68 3 Australia
20
Kristi Eramo 54 9 103 44 United States
21
Jennifer Smith 49 36 112 53 United States
22
Courtney Haley 313 23 124 10 Australia
23
Justine Beath 23 38 136 9 Australia
24
Cassidy Lance-Mcwherter
1 10 175 78 United States
25
Chloe Gauvin-David 76 25 186 12 Canada
26
Brista Mayfield 70 29 205 92 United States
27
Stephanie Chung 120 35 222 100 United States
28
Danielle Jenny (Dani Horan)
124 33 245 110 United States
29
Paige Semenza 94 32 264 122 United States
30
Camille Leblanc-Bazinet 4 13 300 143 United States
31
Rebecca Voigt 50 27 306 168 United States
32
Oddrun Eik Gylfadottir 39 26 346 7 Iceland
33
Bethany Shadburne 84 16 421 200 United States
34
Brenda Castro 35 34 478 2 Mexico
35
Lauren Fisher 166 31 762 378 United States
36
Emily Bridgers 13 39 3015 1514 United States
37
Kara Saunders 2 4 NA NA Australia
38
Tennil Beuerlein 62 12 NA NA United States
39
Margaux Alvarez 137 22 NA NA United States
40
Whitney Gelin 144 28 NA NA United States
41
Meredith Root 106 30 NA NA Canada
42
Michele Fumagalli 112 40 NA NA United States

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