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🗓️ 2026 CrossFit Games Season Details — Quarterfinals Return

September 18th, 2025

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Good morning and welcome to the Morning Chalk Up.

In today’s edition:

  • 🏋️ CrossFit Games Quarterfinals return in 2026 — top 25% of athletes advance.

  • 🛡️ Training hard? Your immune system might be your weakest link.

  • 🏆 5-time Adaptive champ Tom Miazga’s dominance is matched only by his work training the next generation.

QUOTE OF THE DAY
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Competition shows what's possible. Education shows others how to get there.”

Five-time Adaptive Games champ, Tom Miazga.
CROSSFIT GAMES

Quarterfinals Are Back: CrossFit Announces 2026 Season Details

Credit: CrossFit Games

On Wednesday, September 17, CrossFit LLC revealed key dates and details for the 2026 CrossFit Games season, a milestone year as it marks the 20th anniversary of the CrossFit Games.

Arguably, the most notable part of the announcement was that the Quarterfinals are returning (by popular demand).

Remind Me: CrossFit introduced Quarterfinals in 2021 as the immediate post-Open stage of the season. For rank-and-file athletes, qualifying for Quarterfinals was a goal. For the elites, this stage acted as an online qualifier for the Semifinals.

  • Quarterfinals took place each year from 2021 to 2024 but were discontinued last season. Instead, athletes moved directly from the worldwide CrossFit Open to the In-Affiliate Semifinals.

As was the case in the 2024 season, the top 25% of athletes in the Open will advance to the Quarterfinals in 2026.

  • Worth noting: From 2021 to 2023, only the top 10% of athletes in their region in the Open (individual, team, and age-group) advanced to Quarterfinals. 

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MEMBER EXCLUSIVE

The Athlete’s Guide to Immune Defense

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As athletes, we’re trained to push ourselves, grind, and hustle through soreness, fatigue, and discomfort. But what happens when your immune system hits a wall?

Getting sick isn’t just inconvenient; it’s a performance disruptor. 

  • Inflammation rises sharply, recovery slows, sleep quality drops, and your training takes a backseat as your body works to restore balance. While no one is completely immune to immune issues, athletes often walk a fine line between maintaining peak performance and becoming susceptible to overtraining.

The good news? You can take action. Immune resilience isn’t about just shielding yourself from germs; it’s about strategically strengthening your body with smart nutrition and lifestyle habits that create a more robust, adaptable system.

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CROSSFIT GAMES — ADAPTIVE

5-Time Adaptive Champ Tom Miazga Keeps Racking Up Titles – and Giving Back to the Community

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After another outstanding performance at the 2025 Adaptive CrossFit Games, Tom Miazga has once again been named the winner of the Men’s Seated with Hip Function Division. 

  • From Beijing to the podium at the Games, Miazga is redefining what it means to be at the top of his game both on and off the field. 

Remind me: At the Adaptive CrossFit Games by WheelWOD in Las Vegas last weekend, adaptive athletes from 32 divisions competed in the final stage of the 2025 season. 

  • Miazga finished in the top three in all seven events in his division (nine scored), earning a total of 850 out of 900 points. He took first place in five of those events. 

Miazga, a former Paralympian and multi-sport champion, also contributes to the adaptive community as an educator and trainer at the Adaptive Training Academy (ATA). 

  • “Competition shows what's possible. Education shows others how to get there. Being a competitor allows me to demonstrate firsthand what hard work can achieve, but being an educator allows me to create pathways so others can chase their own goals. Both roles matter – one inspires, the other equips,” Miazga said in an interview with the Morning Chalk Up.

Keep reading for the decorated career behind Miazga’s dominance.

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