CrossFit Games

Semifinal Strength of Field: Individual Men

May 9, 2023 by
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Yesterday we covered the most competitive Semifinal regions for the women’s competition, today we are taking on the men.

By looking at each individual athlete in each Semifinal, here is how we power ranked this year’s Semifinal regions.

We have created a Semifinals Strength of Region Ranking based on the following criteria:

  • Total combined Games appearances of all athletes in the region
  • Total combined top 10 Games finishes of all athletes in the region
  • Total combined podium finishes of all athletes in the region
  • Total combined championships of all athletes in the region

The following rankings will be listed from most difficult to least difficult.

NORTH AMERICA WEST

  • 42 total Games appearances
  • 19 top 10 Games finishes
  • 10 podium finishes
  • 2 championships

Notable athletes: Justin Medeiros, Patrick Vellner, Brent Fikowski, Cole Sager, Chandler Smith

NORTH AMERICA EAST

  • 44 total Games appearances
  • 13 top 10 Games finishes
  • 2 podium finishes

Notable athletes: Noah Ohlsen, Roman Khrennikov, Jeffrey Adler, Saxon Panchik, Jayson Hopper

EUROPE

  • 34 total Games appearances
  • 14 top 10 Games finishes
  • 0 podium finishes
  • 0 Championships

Notable athletes: BK Gudmundsson, Jonne Koski, Lazar Dukic, Uldik Upenieks

OCEANIA

  • 10 total Games appearances
  • 1 top 10 Games finishes
  • 0 podium finishes

Notable athletes: James Newbury, Jay Crouch, Zeke Grove

SOUTH AMERICA

  • 7 total Games appearances
  • 2 top 10 Games finishes
  • 0 podium finishes

Notable athletes: Gui Malheiros, Augustin Richelme, Pedro Chafun

AFRICA

  • 4 total Games appearances
  • 1 top 10 Games finishes
  • 0 podium finishes

Notable athletes: Jason Smith, Kealan Henry, Ruan Potgieter 

ASIA

  • 2 total Games appearances
  • 0 top 10 Games finishes
  • 0 podium finishes

Notable athletes: Arthur Semenov

With all of the big names coming from North America, including the 2x defending champion Justin Medeiros, the West and East will be the most exciting Semifinals of the season.

Along with that and aside from a large surprise, it looks like the 2023 Crossfit Games champion will once again come from North America.

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