In advance of the first weekend of Regional competition kicking off on May 15th (Atlantic Regional, South Regional), CrossFit HQ has released all seven team events for the weekend:
EVENT 1
For time, each pair will relay through a couplet of:
410-lb. partner deadlifts
Synchronized chest-to-bar pull-ups
MF pair 1 completes 45 reps
MF pair 2 completes 27-18 reps
MF pair 3 completes 21-15-9 reps
Time cap: 20 minutes
Athlete order: MF, MF, MF
EVENT 2
For total time, men will complete, then women will complete:
175 snatches (75 / 55 lb.)
25 rope climbs
115 thrusters (115 / 75 lb.)
Men will go first. Women may begin once men begin their rope climbs.
Time cap: 25 minutes
Athlete order: MMM then FFF
EVENT 3
For time, each athlete moves through stations of:
Female Athlete 1:
0.5-mile run
50 wall-ball shots
Male Athlete 1:
0.5-mile run
50 wall-ball shots
Female Athlete 2:
0.4-mile run
40 wall-ball shots
Male Athlete 2:
0.4-mile run
40 wall-ball shots
Female Athlete 3:
0.3-mile run
30 wall-ball shots
Male Athlete 3:
0.3-mile run
30 wall-ball shots
M 20-lb. ball to 10 ft.
F 14-lb. ball to 10 ft.
Time cap: 20 minutes
Athlete order: F, M, F, M, F, M
EVENT 4
1-rep-max snatch
Time cap: 6 minutes (1 minute for each athlete)*
Athlete order: Any
Event 5 begins 2 minutes after this event ends.
EVENT 5
Relay for time of:
6 x 100-ft. handstand walk
Time cap: 7 minutes
Athlete order: any
EVENT 6
For total time, women will complete, then men will complete:
50 GHD sit-ups, each
50 muscle-ups, total
50 hang power cleans, total (205 / 135 lb.)
Females will go first. Males may begin once females have moved to the finish mat.
Time cap: 25 minutes
Athlete order: FFF then MMM
EVENT 7
For time, each athlete moves through stations of:
30-calorie row
Deadlift hold while trailing teammate rows (315 / 205 lb.)
30 strict handstand push-ups
Handstand hold while trailing teammate performs HSPU
30 toes-to-bars
Static hang while trailing teammate performs toes-to-bars
50-foot overhead axle lunge (155 / 105 lb.)
Time cap: 20 minutes
Athlete order: Any
Friday begins with Events 1 and 2, and Event 1 in particular will test the communication and chemistry of teams at Regionals. Athletes will be tasked with performing partner deadlifts and synchronized chest-to-bar pull-ups, and any slip-ups in either of these movements could prove costly by the end of the weekend. The fact that the movements have to be performed as a male/female pair means that teams need to practice using an uneven bar for the deadlifts, and ensure that their timing is on point for those pull-ups. Event 2 is all about sharing the workload. The barbell is going to be passing hands often as all male team members, then all female members, have to get through a heavy workload. Strategy, rep and rest schemes will be key. The first event of Saturday will be event 3, and the TrueForm runner will feature heavily. While not an all-out sprint, athletes will be moving quickly on the hybrid treadmill before working their way through a relatively small amount of wall balls.
Saturday will finish up with arguably the two most exciting events of the competition. With a two-minute recess between events, teams will first have to post their max total for the snatch before moving on to a 6×100-ft handstand walk. While teams have 6 minutes in total to post their total snatch score, each athlete only has 1 minute to post their 1-rep-max snatch. So athletes need to tread the line between a safe weight and a high score, because they’ll likely only have one shot at a lift.
The Team competition rounds off with Events 6 and 7 on Sunday, and Event 7 in particular looks to be as complicated as it may be fun. With a ‘follow the leader’ style similar to Event 4 of the 2014 CrossFit Invitational, teams will need to be on point with their strategy to ensure that they put their athletes in the right positions for success.
Best of luck to all the Teams competing at the 2015 CrossFit Regionals!
Photo courtesy of CrossFit Inc.
