Canada
Arnaldo Castaneda
I Began my fitness journey about 15 years ago (high school) when I realized I needed to do something about my weight and health. After following an infomercial fitness program I fell in love with fitness. I lost over 20lbs and I even started teaching fitness to seniors in a small retirement home. Years later I’d be teaching in various gyms and even in front of hundreds of people. Even becoming a personal trainer and coach. Being a coach and a trainer wasn’t all I just wanted. I wanted more. I wanted to compete so I did a few triathlons and marathons and realized that endurance fitted me really well. However, being stagnant has never been the definition of fitness so I knew I needed more. Thus, I got into obstacle course racing. Where I needed to run long distance and carry heavy objects up and down mountains while still being able to climb complex obstacles. That’s when I met Crossfit on YouTube. I literally Saw a video of Annie Thorisdottir compete and win the games and she inspired me to up my training and get into the sport of Crossfit. Years later and Almost two years ago (2015) I finally stepped into a box. Training there daily and being guided by incredible coaches...Crossfit Select has become my home away from home. These on and off 2 years doing Crossfit has been incredible. I feel stronger, Faster and overall fitter than ever before. I strongly feel that after joining Crossfit I’ve been able to make it to compete and represent Canada in world championship competitions for OCR (obstacle course racing). But I know this is a long life journey and I cannot wait to see what more there’s to explore.
Open
| Year | Rank Worldwide | Rank by Region | Rank By Country | Rank By Affiliate | ||||
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| 2025 | 29713th Men | 6772nd Men (35-39) | 7613th Men North America East | 1813th Men (35-39) North America East | 1144th Men Canada | 250th Men (35-39) Canada | 6th Men CrossFit Colosseum | 2nd Men (35-39) CrossFit Colosseum |
| 2024 | 18596th Men | 3515th Men (35-39) | 4317th Men North America East | 898th Men (35-39) North America East | 801st Men Canada | 155th Men (35-39) Canada | 4th Men CrossFit Colosseum | 2nd Men (35-39) CrossFit Colosseum |
| 2023 | 24407th Men | 4666th Men (35-39) | 6374th Men North America East | 1290th Men (35-39) North America East | 998th Men Canada | 179th Men (35-39) Canada | 5th Men CrossFit Colosseum | 2nd Men (35-39) CrossFit Colosseum |
| 2022 | 38042nd Men | 7179th Men (35-39) | 17384th Men North America | 3512th Men (35-39) North America | 1438th Men Canada | 285th Men (35-39) Canada | 6th Men CrossFit Colosseum | 2nd Men (35-39) CrossFit Colosseum |
| 2021 | 27157th Men | 1590th Men South America | 73rd Men Chile | 1st Men Kings Highway CrossFit | ||||
| 2020 | 34695th Men | – – | 1707th Men Canada | – – | ||||
| 2019 | 18057th Men | – – | 1077th Men Canada | – – | ||||
| 2018 | 27135th Men | 1071st Men Canada East | 1517th Men Canada | – – | ||||
| 2017 | 63840th Men | 2550th Men Canada East | 3794th Men Canada | – – | ||||
| 2016 | 30539th Men | 1320th Men Canada East | – – | – – | ||||
Individual Quarterfinal
| Year | Rank Worldwide | Rank by Region | ||
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| 2024 | 14697th Men | 4461st Men North America East | ||
Age Group Quarterfinal
| Year | Rank Worldwide | |
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| 2024 | 3328th Men (35-39) | |
Benchmark Stats
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1RM Back Squat -- 1RM Bench Press -- 1RM Clean & Jerk -- 1RM Deadlift -- 1RM Front Squat -- 1RM Hang Power Clean -- 1RM Hang Power Snatch -- 1RM Hang Squat Clean -- 1RM Hang Squat Snatch -- 1RM Overhead Squat -- 1RM Power Clean -- 1RM Power Snatch -- 1RM Push Jerk -- 1RM Push Press -- 1RM Shoulder Press -- 1RM Split Jerk -- 1RM Squat Clean -- 1RM Squat Snatch -- 1RM Thruster -- 1RM Weighted Pull-up -- 30 Muscle-ups For Time -- 3RM Back Squat -- 3RM Deadlift -- 3RM Front Squat -- 5RM Back Squat -- 5RM Deadlift -- 5RM Front Squat -- Abbate -- Adrian -- Alexander -- Amanda -- Andi -- Andy -- Angie -- Annie -- Arnie -- Artie -- Badger -- Barbara -- Barbara Ann -- Barraza -- Bell -- Bert -- Bike 50 Cal -- Blake -- Bradley -- Bradshaw -- Brenton -- Brian -- Bulger -- Bull -- Cameron -- Candy -- Carse -- CHAD1000x -- Chelsea -- Cindy -- Coe -- Coffland -- CrossFit Total -- Dallas 5 -- Daniel -- Danny -- Del -- DG -- Diane -- Donny -- Dork -- DT -- Elizabeth -- Ellen -- Emily -- Eva -- Eva Strong -- Falkel -- -
Fight Gone Bad 349 reps Filthy 50 -- Fran -- Freestyle Diane -- Gator -- GHD Annie -- Glen -- Grace -- Grettel -- Griff -- Gwen -- Hall -- Hansen -- Harper -- Havana -- Heavy Grace -- Helen -- Helton -- Hildy -- Holbrook -- Holleyman -- Hoover -- Hope -- Hortman -- Hotshots 19 -- Ingrid -- Isabel -- Jack -- Jackie -- Jennifer -- Jenny -- Jerry -- Jorge -- Josh -- Josie -- JT -- Karen -- Kelly -- Kelly Brown -- Kerrie -- Klepto -- L1 Benchmark -- Ladder Nancy -- Lane -- Laura -- Linda -- Loredo -- Luke -- Lumberjack 20 -- Lyla -- Lynne -- Maggie -- Manion -- Marco -- Marguerita -- Marston -- Martin -- Mary -- Maupin -- Max Bar Muscle-ups -- Max Chest-to-Bar Pull-ups -- Max Double-Unders -- Max Handstand Hold (Free) -- Max Handstand Hold (Wall) -- Max Handstand Push-ups -- Max Handstand Push-ups (Strict) -- Max L-Sit Hold -- Max Muscle-ups -- Max Muscle-ups (Strict) -- Max Pull-ups -- Max Pull-ups (Strict) -- Max Toes-to-Bar -- Maxton -- McGhee -- Michael -- -
Moore -- Morrison -- Mr. Joshua -- Murph -- Nancy -- Nasty Girls -- Nasty Girls V2 -- Nate -- Nicole -- Nutts -- Omar -- Partner Kelly -- Paul Pena -- Peyton -- Pheezy -- Power Amanda -- Rahoi -- Randy -- Rankel -- René -- Rich -- Riley -- Row 1000m -- Row 100m -- Row 2000m -- Row 250m -- Row 3000m -- Row 500m -- Row 5K -- Roy -- Run 1 Mile -- Run 100m -- Run 10K -- Run 2 Miles -- Run 200m -- Run 400m -- Run 5k 17:33 Run 800m -- Run Row Run Rx -- Run Row Run Scaled -- Run Row Run Sprint -- Ryan -- Schmalls -- Scotty -- Sham -- Ship -- Sisson -- Small -- Strict Elizabeth -- T.U.P. -- Tabata Something Else -- Tabata This! -- The Chief -- The Don -- The Ghost -- The Lyon -- The Other Total -- The Seven -- Thompson -- Time Priority Angie -- Timothy Helton -- TK -- Tommy V -- Topsy -- Twelve Days of Christmas -- Tyler -- Viola -- Wes -- White -- Whitten -- Wilmot -- Wittman -- Wood -- Zeus -- Zimmerman --