The 2023 CrossFit Season is approaching extremely quickly, especially now that the CrossFit HQ has released an updated rulebook for next season. The rulebook covers every topic regarding the Open, Quarterfinals, Semifinals, and CrossFit Games for the 2023 season. Most notable changes came in the first two qualifying stages, as the athletes will now have a predetermined region to compete in.
Seeing that there are a large number of changes made from previous years, we have covered the most important details and changes featured in it. The entire rulebook can be viewed if you desire to see what it contains in its entirety, you can do so by clicking here.
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2023 CrossFit Season Rulebook Most Important Changes
1.08 – OPEN REGISTRATION – REGION SELECTION
“During the registration process, athletes will provide information to establish their competitive region for the Open. Athletes will remain assigned to this region throughout the competition season.”
This means that the athletes will be placed in regional competitions purely based on their citizenship. There will be seven regions in the 2023 Season, which are:
- North America East
- North America West
- Europe
- Oceania
- Asia
- South America
- Africa
1.11 – OPEN REGISTRATION – ADAPTIVE DIVISIONS
“There are 16 divisions* for adaptive athletes. Any athlete wishing to compete in an adaptive division will be able to select their division as part of the registration process. There are no age-division cutoff dates in the adaptive divisions, but competitors must be at least 14 years old as of July 14, 2022.”
1.13 – OPEN REGISTRATION – TEAMS
“Any athlete wishing to register a team or compete as part of a team must first register as an individual athlete. The athlete who registers the team will be designated as the team manager for the competition season. Team managers will create a team, pay the registration fee, and select athletes to join the team through their CrossFit Account Competition Dashboard. Athletes can also join their affiliate’s team from their own Competition Dashboard.”
Teams will also consist of at least two men and women between the ages of 16-54.
1.26 – CROSSFIT GAMES LEADERBOARD – RANKING
During the Open, athletes are ranked on the leaderboard based on their total placement in all events. For example, an athlete with 2nd place,
3rd place and 5th-place event finishes will have 10 total points (2+3+5=10) and be ranked ahead of an athlete with 1st place, 2nd place and
10th-place finishes in the same three events who would have 13 points (1+2+10=13).
QUARTERFINALS – SELECTING A COMPETITION ROSTER – TEAMS
During the registration process for Quarterfinals, teams will need to declare their Competition Team roster. Team managers can only select
athletes from their Open team roster to move forward on the Competition Team Roster. A Competition Team roster will consist of:
A maximum of six (6) athletes
- Three (3) men
- Three (3) women
A minimum of four (4) athletes
- Two (2) men
- Two (2) women
4.01 – SEMIFINALS – INDIVIDUALS & TEAMS
For the 2023 season, there will be seven (7) Semifinal competitions worldwide. CrossFit will operate three (3) Semifinal competitions. The
remaining Semifinal competitions will be operated by other entities that have been officially sanctioned and licensed by CrossFit as part of the CrossFit Games season.
The 2023 Semifinals will take place over three consecutive weekends in May and June (between May 18 and June 4).
4.02 / 4.04 SEMIFINAL INVITATION PROCESS
By competition region, individual athletes will receive an invitation to Semifinals in the following manner:
- North America East: Top 60 men and women
- North America West: Top 60 men and women
- Europe: Top 60 men and women
- Oceania: Top 30 men and women
- Asia: Top 30 men and women
- South America: Top 30 men and women
- Africa: Top 30 men and women
The video review process from the Individual Quarterfinal will be completed by March 27, 2023. Semifinal invitations will be emailed to each region’s top men and women by March 28, 2023.
By competition region, teams will receive an invitation to Semifinals in the following manner:
- North America East: Top 40 teams
- North America West: Top 40 teams
- Europe: Top 40 teams
- Oceania: Top 20 teams
- Asia: Top 20 teams
- South America: Top 20 teams
- Africa: Top 20 teams
The Team Quarterfinal video review process is to be completed by April 10, 2023, at 5 p.m. PT. Semifinal invitations will be emailed to the top teams in each region by April 12, 2023.
4.11 – SEMIFINALS – INDIVIDUALS & TEAMS – ADVANCEMENT
Each Semifinal competition will have a minimum number of individual qualifying positions, which will be distributed as follows:
- North America East: Top 5 men, top 5 women
- North America West: Top 5 men, top 5 women
- Europe: Top 5 men, top 5 women
- Oceania: Top 3 men, top 3 women
- Asia: Top 2 men, top 2 women
- South America: Top 2 men, top 2 women
- Africa: The top man and top woman
The number of qualifying positions for teams will be as follows:
- North America East: Top 10 teams
- North America West: Top 10 teams
- Europe: Top 10 teams
- Oceania: Top 3 teams
- Asia: Top 2 teams
- South America: Top 2 teams
- Africa: Top team
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These were just some of the most notable rules for the upcoming 2023 CrossFit Season. The announcement of the new rulebook also signifies that the start of the season is very near, which means that athletes should begin to prepare for the season in earnest. To be specific, the 2023 CrossFit Open will start on February 16th.
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