United States

Mike Kern

CrossFit Garden City
2024 open 4615th worldwide

Mike Kern made his CrossFit Games debut in 2016 with a second-place finish in the Masters Men 40-44 Division with no previous CrossFit competition experience other than the Open. A former collegiate wrestler and football player, Kern started CrossFit in 2013, competing in his first Open one month later. He has competed in every Open since then, rising to the top of the field when he became eligible for the masters division in 2016 with a 24th-place Open finish and taking 16th in the Masters Qualifier. Kern is a coach at CrossFit Garden City in New York.

Open

Year Rank Worldwide Rank by Region Rank By Country Rank By Affiliate
2024 4615th Men 28th Men (45-49) 1037th Men North America East 10th Men (45-49) North America East 1420th Men United States 15th Men (45-49) United States 1st Men CrossFit Garden City 1st Men (45-49) CrossFit Garden City
2023 1580th Men 4th Men (45-49) 437th Men North America East 2nd Men (45-49) North America East 603rd Men United States 2nd Men (45-49) United States 1st Men CrossFit Garden City 1st Men (45-49) CrossFit Garden City
2022 5058th Men 23rd Men (45-49) 2252nd Men North America 17th Men (45-49) North America 1885th Men United States 16th Men (45-49) United States 1st Men CrossFit Garden City 1st Men (45-49) CrossFit Garden City
2021 2776th Men 10th Men (45-49) 1356th Men North America 4th Men (45-49) North America 1140th Men United States 4th Men (45-49) United States 1st Men CrossFit Garden City 1st Men (45-49) CrossFit Garden City
2020 3481st Men 115th Men (40-44) – – 1496th Men United States 62nd Men (40-44) United States – –
2019 1302nd Men 21st Men (40-44) – – 564th Men United States 10th Men (40-44) United States – –
2018 1631st Men 16th Men (40-44) 135th Men North East 3rd Men (40-44) North East 906th Men United States 9th Men (40-44) United States – –
2017 1272nd Men 7th Men (40-44) 113th Men North East 3rd Men (40-44) North East 800th Men United States 5th Men (40-44) United States – –
2016 1387th Men 24th Men (40-44) 133rd Men North East 3rd Men (40-44) North East – – – –
2015 1817th Men 171st Men North East – – – –
2014 7846th Men 762nd Men North East – – – –
2013 20273rd Men 1882nd Men North East – – – –

Individual Quarterfinals

Year Rank Worldwide Rank by Region
2022 6022nd Men 3061st Men North America
2021 1874th Men 965th Men North America

Age Group Quarterfinal

Year Rank Worldwide
2024 12th Men (45-49)
2023 2nd Men (45-49)
2022 2nd Men (45-49)
2021 2nd Men (45-49)
2020 79th Men (40-44)
2019 30th Men (40-44)
2018 7th Men (40-44)
2017 11th Men (40-44)
2016 16th Men (40-44)

Regional

Year Division Rank Regional
2017 Team 12th East

Semifinal

Year Division Rank Semifinal
2024 Men (45-49) 7th Age Group Semifinal
2023 Men (45-49) 4th Age Group Semifinal
2022 Men (45-49) 2nd Age Group Semifinal

Games

Year Division Rank
2024 Men (45-49) 5th
2023 Men (45-49) 4th
2022 Men (45-49) 2nd
2021 Men (45-49) 2nd
2018 Men (40-44) 15th
2017 Men (40-44) 6th
2016 Men (40-44) 2nd

Benchmark Stats

  • Back Squat 405 lb
    Chad1000x --
    Clean and Jerk 305 lb
    Deadlift 488 lb
  • Fight Gone Bad 435
    Filthy 50 --
    Fran 2:58
    Grace 1:53
  • Helen 8:04
    L1 Benchmark --
    Max Pull-ups --
    Murph --
  • Run 5k 19:45
    Snatch 247 lb
    Sprint 400m --