The 2025 CrossFit Games season is just around the corner. More than ever, we are committed to making the sport of CrossFit accessible to athletes around the world across all divisions.
We’re making a few changes in 2025 to give our CrossFit community more chances to participate and provide more opportunities for our elite athletes to qualify and compete. We also remain committed to improving the competition experience for our dedicated masters, teenage, and adaptive athletes with deeper partnerships with our supporting organizations. A few key changes we’re excited about:
- We’re introducing a new competition, the Community Cup, so more people can join in the fun and compete at their local affiliates.
- We’re moving to a three-stage season for all divisions to make the path to the Games clearer: Open → Semifinals → Games.
- We’re streamlining the elite competition calendar and bringing one Games-qualifying option into affiliates with the in-affiliate Semifinals, where athletes will be expected to record and submit their results with enhanced judging protocols.
- We’re recognizing many of our partners’ events as qualifying competitions to give our elite individual athletes a variety of in-person events to qualify for the 2025 Games.
Here’s what you can expect for 2025. Make sure to check back for updates as more information on specific dates, events, and the 2025 Rulebook are released.
In This Article
- Important Dates for 2025
- More About Our Virtual In-Affiliate Semifinals and Enhanced Judging Protocols
- Season Structure by Division
- More Details
Important Dates for 2025
Open Registration: Jan. 15
2025 CrossFit Open: Feb. 27-March 17
- Open Workout 25.1: 12 p.m. PT Feb. 27 - 5 p.m. PT March 3
- Open Workout 25.2: 12 p.m. PT March 6 - 5 p.m. PT March 10
- Open Workout 25.3: 12 p.m. PT March 13 - 5 p.m. PT March 17
Age-Group In-Affiliate Semifinals: April 3-6
Team In-Affiliate Semifinals: April 24-27
Adaptive Semifinals: May 8-11
Individual In-Affiliate Semifinals: May 1-4
Individual In-Person Qualifying Events: April - June
Community Cup: June 9-15
2025 CrossFit Games: August
2025 Masters CrossFit Games by Legends: TBD
2025 Teenage CrossFit Games by Pit Teen Throwdown: TBD
2025 Adaptive CrossFit Games by WheelWOD: TBD
Pairs Competition by Masters Fitness Championships: October
Season Structure by Division
Some Details - More to Come at Every Level and Stage!
*New* Community Cup!
- New in 2025: All athletes who complete the Open and submit scores for all workouts will be able to continue their season in their affiliate with a new competition — the Community Cup!
- The Community Cup will be a unique format for our local athletes to compete against their peers based on their level earned during the Open.
Individuals
- Everyone starts in the Open. New in 2025, the top 1% of individual athletes will advance to the second stage, with opportunities to compete at virtual in-affiliate Semifinals and/or in-person qualifying events.
- 30 men and 30 women will advance to the 2025 CrossFit Games where we’ll crown the Fittest on Earth.
- New in 2025: We’re recognizing multiple premier events around the world as official qualifiers — giving our athletes more places and more time to qualify!
In-Person Qualifying Events
| Name | Location | Dates | # of Games-Qualifying Spots |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mayhem Classic | Cookeville, TN USA | April 5 - 6 | 2 Men / 2 Women |
| Wodland Fest | Málaga, Spain | April 25 - 27 | 2 Men / 2 Women |
| French Throwdown | Montpellier, France | May 9 - 11 | 2 Men / 2 Women |
| Rebel Renegade Games | Vanderbijlpark, South Africa | May 29 - June 1 | 1 Man / 1 Woman |
| Far East Throwdown | Busan, Republic of Korea | May 30 - June 1 | 1 Man / 1 Woman |
| Syndicate Crown | Knoxville, TN USA | May 30 - June 1 | 2 Men / 2 Women |
| Torian Pro | Brisbane, Queensland AUS | May 30 - June 1 | 2 Men / 2 Women |
| The Fittest Experience | Oklahoma City, OK USA | May — Dates TBD | 2 Men / 2 Women |
| Copa Sur | Brazil | Dates TBD | 2 Men / 2 Women |
Affiliate Teams
- Once again, everyone starts at the Open! Affiliates can have as many teams as they want to compete in the Open.
- New in 2025: All team athletes from their respective affiliates are eligible to compete in the in-affiliate Semifinals
- The top 20 affiliates worldwide will move on to the 2025 CrossFit Games — an affiliate can only qualify one team per gym for the Games.
Age Groups
- After the Open, the top 2% of Open finishers (or a minimum of 200 athletes) from each age-group division will be invited to compete in the in-affiliate Semifinals
- The top athletes will advance to the 2025 Masters CrossFit Games by Legends and the 2025 Teenage CrossFit Games by Pit Teen Throwdown.
Adaptive
- No major changes for our Adaptive athletes!
- As usual, adaptive athletes in each division will compete at the Adaptive Open hosted by WheelWOD
- The top 20 adaptive athletes in each division will then compete at the Semifinals stage.
- The top 10 athletes after the Semifinals will move on to the Adaptive CrossFit Games by WheelWOD.
*New* Pairs Competition!
- New in 2025: We’re introducing a brand new in-person competition for pairs.
- Individual and masters athletes who compete in the Open can partner with another athlete from anywhere in the world. Both partners will use their Open scores to qualify.
- The top pairs will then qualify for an in-person competition hosted by Masters Fitness Championship.
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We’re looking forward to seeing the strength of our community at every stage in the 2025 CrossFit Games season. More details on these changes as well as the official 2025 CrossFit Games Rulebook will be released in January.