Post-Rogue Invitational Thought: Are the Top Five Fittest Men and Women Untouchable?

November 13, 2023 by
Photo Credit: Ava Kitzi

If you watched the Rogue Invitational last month, you probably noticed the final leaderboard was eerily similar to that of last summer’s 2023 NOBULL CrossFit Games.

In fact, the top four men from the Games were the exact same as the top four at the Rogue Invitational: Pat Vellner, Jeff Adler, Roman Khrennikov and Brent Fikowski. And the fifth-place man at the Rogue Invitational, Ricky Garard, withdrew from the Games season because of a shoulder injury. Had he been healthy, it’s possible the top five would have been identical at both competitions. 

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