Open Workout 17.2 was an AMRAP—in theory.
If you could get through 2 rounds of a 50-ft. weighted walking lunge, 16 toes-to-bars and 8 dumbbell power cleans, and 2 rounds of a 50-ft. weighted lunge, 16 bar muscle-ups and 8 power cleans before the clock hit the 12-minute mark, you’d be awarded with the chance to do it again.
For some, the workout ended at the bar muscle-ups; for others, the workout pushed them to achieve their first one! And for others still, the workout seemed never-ending.
Once the chalk settled, Open Workout 17.2 brought two Europeans to the top of the Leaderboard.
2013 Games champion Samantha Briggs posted the *best women’s score in the world. Shortly after the workout was announced, Briggs posted a score of 231 reps, 7 reps short of finishing the seventh round of the workout.
But Briggs—known as “the engine”—knew she could do better.
After a 17.2 redo, Briggs posted *240 reps. On her second attempt, she finished the seventh round, and got a few lunges into the eighth. Note: Upon reviewing her own video, Briggs realized she had only done 15 toes-to-bars in the second round. The score she submitted reflects the number of reps she actually completed. Watch her performance below.
The top male athlete was no less impressive. In 2016, Jonne Koski pulled out of the CrossFit Games after the Ocean Swim due to injury. We can only assume that’s behind him as he takes the *top score among male athletes on 17.2.
Koski completed *225 reps, putting him well into the seventh round. His split time was 10:38, which means after his last set of cleans, he had the energy left to lunge 50 feet and do 11 more bar muscle-ups in 1:22. Watch his winning performance below.
Now it’s on to Open Workout 17.3 as we head to San Antonio, Texas, to watch Fittest Man on Earth Mat Fraser fight it out against 2016’s fifth- and sixth-fittest men, respectively, Cole Sager and Scott Panchik. Tune in right here on Games.CrossFit.com to catch all the action.
*All scores are unofficial pending validation and video review
