Dave Castro puts a lot of time in to perfecting his art of programming and he actually does a very great job at testing all aspects of fitness, whether most realize it or not.
For example at the 2020 Games in Aromas there were exactly 9 weightlifting components, 9 mono-structural components, and 9 gymnastics components.
You can check out the complete analysis of the 2020 Games HERE.
As for 2021 the programming was once again very solid, and although many people were upset about the cuts there were 9 events completed before the first cut was made.
In this article we take a look at all 15 of the Crossfit Games finals events and break them down accordingly by:
- Modality (Gymnastics GYM, weightlifting WL, mono-structural MS)
- Time Cap
- Workout Type (max lift, single, couplet, triplet, chipper)
Let’s take a look below. (All final statistics are at the bottom)
EVENT 1
- 1 mile swim (MS)
- 3 mile kayak (MS)
- Time: Over 1 hour
- Couplet
EVENT 2
- 126-ft. sled drag, 180 | 220 lb. (WL)
- 5 Pig flips, 350 | 510 lb. (WL)
- 12 muscle-ups (GYM)
- 12 bar muscle-ups (GYM)
- 12 bar muscle-ups (GYM)
- 12 muscle-ups (GYM)
- 5 Pig flips (WL)
- 126-ft. sled drag (WL)
- Time: under 20:00
- Chipper
EVENT 3
- 550 yard sprint (MS)
- Under 5:00
- Single
EVENT 4
10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 reps of:
- Wall walks (GYM)
- Thrusters, 135 | 185 lb. (WL)
- Under 20:00
- Couplet
EVENT 5
- 4 Rounds
- 4 rope climbs (GYM)
- 500/400 ski erg (MS)
- Sand bag carry (WL)
- Time: Under 20:00
- Triplet
EVENT 6
- 5 rounds for time of:
- 250-m run (MS)
- 1 clean (WL)
- Women: 165 | 175 | 185 | 195 | 205 lb.
- Men: 245 | 265 | 285 | 305 | 315 lb.
- Time: Under 10:00
- Couplet
- Heavy
EVENT 7
- 5 rounds for time of:
- 200-m run (MS)
- 1 clean (WL)
- Women: 210 | 215 | 220 | 225 | 230 lb.
- Men: 325 | 335 | 340 | 345 | 350 lb.
- Under 10:00
- Couplet
- Heavy
Related: 11 Crazy Stats From The 2020 Crossfit Games
EVENT 8
- Handstand obstacle course (GYM)
- Time: under 5:00
- Single
EVENT 9
- 21-15-9:
- Echo bike (MS)
- Snatch, 75 | 105 lb. (WL)
- Time: under 10:00
- Couplet
EVENT 10
- 30 toes-to-bars (GYM)
- 1.5-mile run (MS)
- 30 toes-to-bars (GYM)
- 1.5-mile run (MS)
- 30 toes-to-bars (GYM)
- Time: over 20:00
- Couplet
EVENT 11:
- 1 pegboard ascent (GYM)
- 7 single-arm dumbbell overhead squats, 50 | 70 lb. (WL)
- 15 heavy double-unders (GYM)
- Under 20:00
- Triplet
- AMRAP
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EVENT 12:
- 1-rep-max snatch (WL)
- Max lift / single
- Heavy
EVENT 13
- 4 rounds of:
- 20 GHD sit-ups (GYM)
- 8 cheese curd burpees over the hay bale, 70 | 100 lb. (WL)
- 168-ft. yoke carry, 425 | 605 lb. (WL)
- 1-min. reset
- Under 10:00
- Triplet
EVENT 14
- 6-10-14 reps of:
- Deadlifts, 275 | 405 lb. (WL)
- Freestanding handstand push-ups (GYM)
- Under 10:00
- Couplet
- Heavy
EVENT 15
- 600-m row (MS)
- 90 chest-to-bar pull-ups (GYM)
- 36-ft. back-rack walking lunge (WL)
- 36-ft. front-rack walking lunge (WL)
- 36-ft. overhead walking lunge (WL)
- 135 | 185 lb., short bar
- Under 20:00
- Chipper
Related: 2020 Crossfit Games Complete Programming Analysis
FINAL STATS
MODALITY
- Weightlifting: 15 (43%)
- Gymnastics: 11 (31%)
- Monostructural: 9 (26%)
It seems that this year there was a much higher emphasis on weightlifting over any other factor. It pays to be strong.
TIME
- Under 5:00 – 2 (13%)
- Under 10:00 – 5 (33%)
- Under 20:00 – 5 (33%)
- Over 20:00 – 1 (6%)
- Over 1 hour – 1 (6%)
- Max lift (no time)
If you combine all workouts under 10:00 that would equal 46% of all workouts, almost half.
EVENT TYPES
- Singlet: 3 (20%)
- Couplet: 7 (47%)
- Triplet: 3 (20%)
- Chipper: 2 (13%)
Almost half of all workouts were couplets, which also happens to be the most popular during Open workouts as well.
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