The CrossFit Open is the world's largest fitness competition — and it just kicked off. Whether you're competing for the first time or looking to improve on last year's performance, here's everything you need to know.
🏋️ The Open Is Live
The 2025 CrossFit Open has begun. Three workouts, three weeks. Athletes around the world are competing simultaneously — at their local box or anywhere they can be judged.
What Is the CrossFit Open?
The CrossFit Open is a three-week online competition held annually. Each week, CrossFit releases a new workout — announced live on Thursday. Athletes have until the following Monday to complete the workout and submit their score.
Anyone can enter. Workouts are scaled for beginners and Rx'd for advanced athletes. Over 300,000 athletes from more than 170 countries compete each year, making it the largest fitness competition in the world by participation.
How It Works
Three workouts, three weeks
Each Thursday evening, CrossFit announces the week's workout. Athletes have from Thursday through Monday to complete it and submit a verified score. Workouts are typically 10-20 minutes and test a wide range of fitness — strength, gymnastics, conditioning, or a combination.
Scaled and Rx divisions
Every Open workout has a Scaled version for newer athletes and an Rx version for experienced CrossFitters. In 2025, a Foundations division was also introduced for complete beginners.
Judging
Scores must be verified by a judge — either a coach at a CrossFit gym or another athlete following the movement standards. Many gyms host Open workout sessions each weekend where the whole community does the workout together and judges each other.
First time? Find a local CrossFit gym hosting an Open event — most gyms do Friday night lights or Saturday morning sessions where the whole community does the workout together. It's one of the best experiences in fitness.
Why Do the Open?
Beyond the competition, the Open serves as the annual benchmark for your fitness. Comparing your score year over year tells you exactly where you've improved and where you still have work to do. Even if you have zero interest in qualifying for anything, the Open gives you three genuinely challenging workouts that reveal your real fitness level.
- Benchmark your fitness — three hard tests of real-world capability
- Community — doing the same workout as 300,000 people worldwide is genuinely motivating
- Discovery — the Open often exposes weaknesses you didn't know you had
- Pathway to more — top finishers advance to the CrossFit Quarterfinals
The Qualification Pathway
For athletes chasing the CrossFit Games, the Open is step one:
- CrossFit Open — everyone competes, top athletes advance
- CrossFit Quarterfinals — online competition for top Open finishers
- CrossFit Semifinals — in-person events worldwide
- CrossFit Games — the Super Bowl of functional fitness, held in August
For the vast majority of athletes, the Open is where the journey ends — and that's completely fine. Competing against your community and your past self is the whole point.
How to Sign Up
Register at games.crossfit.com. Registration costs $20 and gives you access to all three workouts, your score tracking, and your global leaderboard ranking. You can sign up any time during the Open — even after the first workout drops, you can still complete it.
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