Event 5, The Duel VI is a classic inclusion for The Rogue Invitational.
Event 5 – The Duel VI
This classic event has featured many times at The Rogue Invitational. It is a fun bracket style event, starting with all 20 athletes, it progresses as follows through a knock out style:
- Top 15 move to round 2
- Top 10 move to round 3
- Top 5 move to round 4
- Top 2 move to round 5
Athletes must complete:
- Husafell Carry
- Sled pull
- 3 Bags in Teeter
The event itself is an all out sprint, with the potential to completely shake up the leaderboard.
Women Round 1
The weights and distances for the women went as follows:
- Carry Husefell bags 65 feet, 100lb / 45 kg
- Next is the 65ft sled pull 90 lb / 41 kg loaded on the sled
- The bags weigh 70, 100, and 150 lbs
Brandon won the first heat. Making light work of the sled pull and the bags. She won her heat in 42 seconds.
In the next heat Speegle was also quick with a time of 38 seconds. She has a history of working well with heavy sandbags, if we think back to her performance at The CrossFit Games and the 1RM heavy sandbag clean. Sturt and Loewen were also rapid.
The next heat featured Horvath, who had won this event twice before. She made it look easy and crossed the finish line in 00.37.35.
Heat 4 saw Campbell, Cringle, Migala and Lawson battling it out. Lawson won the heat, closely followed by Cringle.
Each round alternated between the men and women.
Men Round 1
Going into Event 5 Crouch was in first position. Hopper had won 2 of the last 3 duel events at The Rogue Invitational, so he looked like the favorite.
The male athletes had to complete a 65-foot Husafell carry with 150 lb (68 kg), followed by a 65-foot sled pull with 275 lb (125 kg). They then placed three bags into a teeter weighing 100 lb (45 kg), 150 lb (68 kg), and 200 lb (91 kg). The teeter stood 48 inches high.
In heat 1 Haapalainen won by a considerable margin with a time of 00.34.37.
Vellner helped commentate the event, and talked about how every athlete needed to create a difficult balance of making zero mistakes, going 100% at all time, and throwing caution to the wind to give yourself an edge over the other competitors.
Lightfoot was fast in the next round. Fiebig and Newman were also quick, with Newman securing the heat win.
The next heat was Adler, Hopper, Gui, Martin and Garard. Ricky and Gui were both rapid. The Aussie won the heat.
The final heat for the men was Crouch, Sprague, Pepper, Mertens and Magda. In an epic sprint, Sprague managed to edge out Pepper with his time of 00.34.64 to 00.33.80.
With the first round complete, Duel VI continued on and the times started getting closer and closer as the event progressed.
In round 4 for the women it came down to Gazan, Speegle, Horvath, Tall and Lawson. Horvath won with Alex Gazan in second.
The final 5 men were Hopper, Pepper, Sprague, Magda and Haapalainen. Hopper won with Pepper in second.
The Final heat for the women was Horvath vs Gazan. Laura won and secured her 15th event win at The Rogue Invitational.
The final heat for the men was Pepper vs Hopper.
Hopper put in an impressive time of 00.32.57 for the win. That was his 10th event win at The Rogue Invitational.
With the 2nd place finish, Pepper is now in first place on the overall leaderboard.
That makes it 15 event wins for Horvath, and 10 event wins for Hopper at The Rogue Invitational.
