How to Qualify for the 2025 CrossFit Games

January 13th, 2025

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Good morning and welcome to the Morning Chalk Up.

In today’s edition:

  • With 10 In-Person Qualifying Events, the 2025 CrossFit Games season looks a bit confusing. Follow our roadmap below.

  • The new year is a great time to get back to basics with your nutrition and fitness. Tracy Tucker from Training Think Tank has four tips to help.

  • We now have dates and locations for the World Fitness Tour’s two North American Tour Events and the European World Fitness Finals.

QUOTE OF THE DAY

“We have always made a big deal about doing Hero WODs, typically trying to do at least one a month. We put a lot of emphasis on the importance behind them,” - Jill Hughes, co-owner of Saddle Up CrossFit — read about her gym and the Hero WOD “Gage” here 

CROSSFIT GAMES

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The Definitive Guide to Qualifying for the 2025 CrossFit Games

The path to the CrossFit Games is as constantly varied year over year as the workouts at your affiliate. 

  • From the early days when athletes just had to get to Aromas, CA, and put their names on a clipboard to the “D’Hondt Method,” we have seen many variations over the last 17 seasons. And that continues to be true for 2025.

On November 22, 2024, CrossFit announced the new season structure, where we learned how Individual, Team, and Divisional athletes will qualify for their respective final championship events. (This also includes Community athletes and the Community Cup, which is new for 2025.) 

  • For the Divisional athletes, the structure is generally the same as previous seasons: It will all be online before an in-person championship hosted by Legends, PIT, and WheelWOD (minus online Quarterfinals for all divisions; RIP to the 25 percenters). 

For Teams and Individuals, the season structure has been changed. Teams will compete completely online to qualify for the CrossFit Games, and now, only a single team from each CrossFit affiliate can compete. 

Two Paths to the Games

1. Online Semifinals Pathway

  • The top 1% in the CrossFit Open qualify for In-Affiliate Semifinal (Online).

  • Top men and women – currently, it appears that 12 each will qualify for the 2025 Games.

That’s it; it’s that easy 😉

  • Just be in the top 1% at the end of the three-week CrossFit Open and then be in the top 12 (currently, see details below) of the In-Affiliate Semifinal, and you are headed to the 2025 CrossFit Games.

However, in addition to the online In-Affiliate Semifinal, from April through June, 10 competitions (announced so far) will make up an in-person pathway. The events are known as “In-Person Qualifying Events” (IPQE).

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SPEED READS

🙌 🙏 Fundraisers for Los Angeles CrossFit Community: Here’s a quick rundown of several fundraisers that have been organized to help the greater L.A. CrossFit community in the aftermath of the wildfires that have raged through several neighborhoods:

  • Rebuild Lives GoFundMe to support the members and owners of Oak Park/CrossFit LA.

  • LA Fire Aid for Coach Tom — Coach Tom Finklea from CrossFit Dark Horse in Sherman Oaks, CA, lost his house in the fires, and his community is raising money to help.

  • Support Pendulum Fitness Members — At least 14 members of the Pendulum Fitness community have lost their homes in the Eaton Fire. This campaign has been established to help them rebuild.

  • PRVN “LA Strong” T-Shirt Sale — 100% of proceeds will be donated to wildfire relief efforts, directly supporting businesses, families, and victims.

    • If you know someone who owns a CrossFit gym or business impacted by the recent wildfires, please reach out to PRVN directly by contacting [email protected], and they will coordinate support through donations and other the foundations they are partnering with in the area.

  • Relief Aid For CrossFit Crown City Families — In Altadena, CFCC members lost homes and have been displaced. Members of the affiliate are raising money to help the community through SpotFund.

💪 🤝 CrossFit’s Athlete Council Announced: CrossFit revealed its newly elected council, the “CrossFit Athlete Council” (CAC) is divided into three committees representing individuals and coaches, affiliates and teams, and divisional athletes.

  • “The goal of the CAC is to create an independent space where athletes, coaches, and affiliates can share their competition experience and deliver recommendations to the CrossFit team,” according to CrossFit’s announcement on Instagram.

🏃👟 HYROX x PUMA Launch Co-Branded Footwear: The PUMA x HYROX collab, the SS25 collection, launched yesterday and features the first-ever HYROX co-branded footwear, including the Deviate NITRO 3, Deviate NITRO Elite 3, and Velocity NITRO 3. Check out the collection and gear up!

  • According to a press release: “Built with HYROX athletes in mind, the specially curated performance and lifestyle gear is designed to help athletes excel at their next HYROX race and will be worn by HYROX Elite 15 athletes, including 2024 Women’s World Champion Meg Jacoby and Men’s Pro World Record holder, Hunter McIntyre.”

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ICYMI: Wildfires have devastated the greater Los Angeles area, and many in the CrossFit LA affiliate community have lost their homes and more. Find out how you can help.

MEMBER EXCLUSIVE

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4 “Back-to-Basics” Tips for a Healthier You in 2025

It’s that time of year again. You’re going to see every health and wellness company trying to sell you what they have to offer to “make you the healthiest YOU!” 

Don’t fall for the gimmicks and flashy approaches that appear quick and easy. 

This article is to help you prioritize the basics. 

  • The basics may look boring, but they can usually give you the most carryover, so even when life throws all the obstacles at you, you can still move the needle towards your goals. 

Instead of trying to reinvent yourself this month, consider prioritizing these four things.

Sleep

It plays a huge role in growth and development as we age – everything from improving our ability to learn and memorize, to calibrating our emotions and regulating appetite. 

COMPETITIONS

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World Fitness Project Announces Locations, Dates for 2025 World Fitness Tour

The World Fitness Project (WFP) has released the official dates and locations for the three in-person competitions that will comprise the inaugural season of the World Fitness Tour.

The Details

The first two events will take place in the United States, while the World Fitness Finals will go down across the pond in Europe. 

  • Tour Event I – Indianapolis, IN, May 9-11, 2025

  • Tour Event II – Phoenix-Mesa, AZ, Aug 29-31, 2025

  • World Fitness Finals – Copenhagen, Denmark, Dec 18-21, 2025

Remind Me

The WFP was founded by CrossFit Games veteran Will Moored and Isabella and Jackson Terry, the co-founders of GoodLyfe. Their goal is to create “an ecosystem of the fitness world” through a new competitive tour that offers guaranteed financial contracts to their signed athletes. 

  • This season, 20 men and 20 women will hold pro cards and compete against challengers hoping to earn a card by competing in various events on a season-long leaderboard.

Signed athletes will compete in two in-person events and the in-person World Fitness Finals (WFF) to hold their spot for 2026, while the challengers will compete to earn one of the available pro cards for 2026.

HIGHLIGHTS

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  • 🎂Happy birthday to Mackenzie Bloom.

  • Congratulations to Cristal of Brazil on this 70-kilo/154-pound snatch PR.

  • Check out this two-man clean and squat jerk from Jesus Vives of Brazil. Amazing!

  • Well done to Ricky Garard on this 160-kilo/352-pound complex.

  • 😳Try this new challenge: reverse grip rope climb from Christina of CrossFit Roskilde in Denmark.