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How to Watch the 2023 CrossFit Games and Schedule of Events

July 31, 2023 by
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For those who can’t make it to Madison, WI to watch the 2023 NOBULL CrossFit Games in person, we have you covered. The 17th iteration of the Games will have live coverage, studio shows and a team from the Morning Chalk Up will be there the whole week providing in-depth analysis and taking you behind the scenes with access to the athletes and events.

Live broadcast: The CrossFit Games will be broadcast live on Games.CrossFit.com and in the CrossFit Games app. On Wednesday evening, CrossFit announced the Games would return to ESPN as well.

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  • We will also have media staff on site dedicated to covering age group and adaptive divisions. 

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Schedule of Events

9:00 am GMT-5 / 9:00 am GMT-5
Age Group/Adaptive Test 1: Olympic Total

For load:

1-rep-max snatch

1-rep-max clean and jerk

Time cap: 3 minutes per lift

Age Group/Adaptive Test 2: Farmer’s Field

For time:

84-foot farmers carry to Pigs
21 burpee Pig jump-overs
Farmers carry, around 3 dummies
50 wall-ball shots
50-calorie row
50 wall-ball shots
Farmers carry around 3 dummies
21 burpee pig jump-overs
84-foot farmers carry

Time cap: 18 minutes

Athletes will complete Test 1 (Olympic Weightlifting Total), rest 1 minute, then immediately complete Test 2 (Farmer’s Field.)

3:15 pm GMT-5 / 3:15 pm GMT-5
Age Group/Adaptive Test 3: Helen

3 rounds for time:

400-meter run
21 kettlebell swings
12 pull-ups

Time cap:
14-49 = 10 minutes
50+ = 13 minutes

9:00 am GMT-5 / 9:00 am GMT-5
Age Group/Adaptive Test 4: Pulling Power

3 rounds for time:

3 rope climbs
10 deadlifts
42-foot sled pull
126-foot sled push

9:00 am GMT-5 / 9:00 am GMT-5
Age Group/Adaptive Test 5: Gymnastics Chipper

For time:

48-foot handstand walk
30 box jumps
30 GHD sit-ups
30 single-leg squats
30 toes-to-bars
30 single-leg squats
30 GHD sit-ups
30 box jumps
48-ft handstand walk

Time cap: 15 minutes

1:40 pm GMT-5 / 1:40 pm GMT-5
Opening Ceremony
3:30 pm GMT-5 / 3:30 pm GMT-5
Age Group/Adaptive Test 6: Cross-Country 5K

For time:

Run 5K

Time cap: 30 minutes (14-54), None (55+)

8:30 am GMT-5 / 8:30 am GMT-5
Individual Test 1: Ride

40 Minute AMRAP

Complete as many laps as possible in 40 minutes on a Trek Bikes Marlin 8 mountain bike.

Women 8:30 am GMT-5 8:30 am GMT-5

Men 9:30 am GMT-5 9:30 am GMT-5

9:00 am GMT-5 / 9:00 am GMT-5
Age Group/Adaptive Test 7: Endure the Coliseum

For time:

50-calorie SkiErg
50-calorie Echo Bike
75 double-unders
50-calorie SkiErg
50-calorie C2 Bike
75 double-unders

Time cap: 18 minutes

10:00 am GMT-5 / 10:00 am GMT-5
Team Test 1: 2-2-2-2 Redux

For time in M/F pairs:

Accumulate 175 overhead squats

Starting every 2 minutes:
12/9-calorie SkiErg each (M/F)
1 seated legless rope climb each (M/F)
Max-reps synchro overhead squats
When 2 minutes are up, the first pair stops working and returns while the second pair begins working.

Each pair will have 4 intervals to work (8 total intervals).

11:15 am GMT-5 / 11:15 am GMT-5
Individual Test 2: Pig Chipper

For time:

10 Pig flips
25 chest-to-bar pull-ups
50 toes-to-bars
100 wall-ball shots
50 toes-to-bars
25 chest-to-bar pull-ups
10 Pig flips

Time cap: 18 minutes

Women 11:15 am GMT-5 11:15 am GMT-5

Men 12:15 pm GMT-5 12:15 pm GMT-5

12:10 pm GMT-5 / 12:10 pm GMT-5
Team Test 2: Ride Relay

With two bikes per team, max laps in one hour.

2:15 pm GMT-5 / 2:15 pm GMT-5
Individual Test 3: Inverted Medley

For time:

30-foot unbroken handstand walk over the ramp
8 free-standing handstand push-ups
Unbroken obstacle steps to a 180° pirouette
16 pull-overs
Unbroken obstacle steps to a 360° pirouette
8 free-standing handstand push-ups
30-foot unbroken handstand walk over the ramp

Women 2:15 pm GMT-5 2:15 pm GMT-5

Men 3:05 pm GMT-5 3:05 pm GMT-5

4:15 pm GMT-5 / 4:15 pm GMT-5
Age Group/Adaptive Test 8: TBA

For time:

20 bar muscle-ups
30 alternating dumbbell squat snatches

Time cap: 6 minutes

7:15 pm GMT-5 / 7:15 pm GMT-5
Adaptive/Age Group Award Ceremony
9:00 am GMT-5 / 9:00 am GMT-5
Team Test 3: Olympic Total

For load:

1-rep-max snatch

1-rep-max clean and jerk

The team’s score will be the total of all lifts. Time cap: 20 seconds per lift.

10:35 am GMT-5 / 10:35 am GMT-5
Individual Test 4: The Alpaca Redux

For time:

126-foot sled push, starting with all six kettlebells

Then 3 rounds for time:
2 legless rope climbs
12 kettlebell clean and jerks
42-foot sled push, starting with two kettlebells*

*add two kettlebells to the sled after each round

Time cap: 18 minutes

Men 10:35 am GMT-5 10:35 am GMT-5

Women 11:25 am GMT-5 11:25 am GMT-5

12:25 pm GMT-5 / 12:25 pm GMT-5
Team Test 4: Cross-Country 5K

For time:

Run 5K as a team.

Team must hold onto one rope for the entire run.

Time cap: None

1:45 pm GMT-5 / 1:45 pm GMT-5
Individual Test 5: Ski-Bag

For time:

30-calorie SkiErg
30 sandbag squats
20-calorie SkiErg
20 sandbag squats

Men 1:45 pm GMT-5 1:45 pm GMT-5

Women 2:40 pm GMT-5 2:40 pm GMT-5

3:40 pm GMT-5 / 3:40 pm GMT-5
Team Test 5: Bike, Row, Hold

For time:

150-calorie bike + handstand hold
125-calorie row + seated muscle-up and ring support
100-calorie bike + handstand hold

5:15 pm GMT-5 / 5:15 pm GMT-5
Individual Test 6: Helena

3 rounds for time:

400-meter run
12 bar muscle-ups
21 dumbbell snatches (35/50 pounds)

Men 5:15 pm GMT-5 5:15 pm GMT-5

Women 6:20 pm GMT-5 6:20 pm GMT-5

Men (Final Heat) 7:35 pm GMT-5 7:35 pm GMT-5

9:00 am GMT-5 / 9:00 am GMT-5
Team Test 6: Run Lift Relay

Complete as many reps as possible in 3 minutes:

F1/M1

400-m shuttle run
Max-reps snatches

9:00 am GMT-5 / 9:00 am GMT-5
Team Test 7: Lift Run Relay

For time:

F2/M2

10 snatches
400-m shuttle run

10:10 am GMT-5 / 10:10 am GMT-5
Individuals Test 7: Cross-Country 5K

For time:

Run 5K

Time cap: 30 minutes

11:00 am GMT-5 / 11:00 am GMT-5
Team Test 8: Muscle-up Bob

For time:

Push Bob 126 feet (1,188 lb)

Then,

3 rounds of:
10 synchro muscle-ups
15 Worm clean and jerks (340 lb)
42-foot Bob push

1:00 pm GMT-5 / 1:00 pm GMT-5
Individual Test 8

@ Coliseum

Women 1:00 pm GMT-5 1:00 pm GMT-5

Men 1:55 pm GMT-5 1:55 pm GMT-5

3:05 pm GMT-5 / 3:05 pm GMT-5
Individual Test 9: Olympic Total

For load:

1-rep-max snatch

1-rep-max clean and jerk

Athletes will have two attempts at each lift. Time cap: 20 seconds per lift.

Women 3:05 pm GMT-5 3:05 pm GMT-5

Men 4:05 pm GMT-5 4:05 pm GMT-5

5:10 pm GMT-5 / 5:10 pm GMT-5
Team Test 9: B-Bells and P-Bars

For time:

21/15/9 reps of synchro axle deadlifts, all 4 athletes (805 lb)
21/21/21 reps of synchro parallel-bar dips, pair 1 then pair 2
21/15/9 synchro sandbag squats, pair 2 then pair 1 (125/200 lb)

Time cap: 16 minutes

9:00 am GMT-5 / 9:00 am GMT-5
Team Test 10

@ North Park

10:00 am GMT-5 / 10:00 am GMT-5
Individual Test 10

@ North Park

Men 10:00 am GMT-5 10:00 am GMT-5

Women 10:50 am GMT-5 10:50 am GMT-5

12:30 pm GMT-5 / 12:30 pm GMT-5
Individual Test 11

@ Coliseum

Men 12:30 pm GMT-5 12:30 pm GMT-5

Women 1:20 pm GMT-5 1:20 pm GMT-5

2:20 pm GMT-5 / 2:20 pm GMT-5
Team Test 11

@ Coliseum

3:25 pm GMT-5 / 3:25 pm GMT-5
Individual Test 12

@ Coliseum

5:05 pm GMT -5 / 5:05 pm GMT -5
Awards Ceremony: Individuals and Teams

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