Team quarterfinals are over, the results have been published on CrossFit’s website and are still being reviewed before making them official, but it is safe to draw a few conclusions from the preliminary placing. Who was the dominant team in its continent, who was the best overall team, and why did Africa manage to sneak an extra team to the Semifinals?
CrossFit Mayhem Freedom changed three of the four athletes due to new rules regarding the Affiliate Cup and everybody was eager to know if this would become an obstacle. The team, led by Rich Froning, is the most successful in the CrossFit Games with four Affiliate Cup wins to date.
After the preliminary results have been posted, we can agree that Mayhem Freedom is the main contender to win this year’s championship once more. It finished 1st in North America, and managed to get all five workouts in the top 5 in the continent.
Compared to the rest of the world, CrossFit Mayhem Freedom also took first place overall. Workouts 2 and 5 were the best across the globe. The worst positioning was workout 1 that placed Rich Froning’s team 7th in the world, while workout 4 saw the team lift the 5th heaviest load and workout 3 with the 2nd fastest time worldwide.
The Most Dominant In Its Continent – Team Quarterfinals
Although team Mayhem Freedom was the best overall in the United States and the world, the most dominant team was Eikestad Mighty Oaks from South Africa.
They might have finished 29th in the world, but the team dominated in Africa. They managed to get the best results in the continent in workouts 1, 2, 3 and 5. Workout 4, where athletes had to front-squat for highest combined load, saw they lifting 1096 pounds, the second heaviest load in the continent.
Team Quarterfinals’ Hardest Workout
We can assume that workout 2 was the hardest in this year’s Team Quarterfinals because only four teams managed to complete the workout in the entire world. Yes, you read it correctly. In the entire world, only four teams managed to finish the workout within the 25 minute time cap.
Interestingly the four teams who managed to finish the workout are from North America: CrossFit Mayhem Freedom, i1uvit, Pro1 Montreal, Gold Standard Athletics.
Africa Sneaks One Extra Team Into Semifinals
When CrossFit first announced the road to the CrossFit Games, it was understood that every continent, except for Europe and North America, would have 20 teams qualified to the Semifinals, but that is not what happened to Africa.
No, the teams did not cheat but rather got lucky, because the 20th and 21st team in the rank finished with exactly the same points. That means that both teams ended up in the 20th position and should both be through to the Semifinals if there is no change in the leaderboard after CrossFit has reviewed all videos submitted.
Team FirstPower is from Kenya and Firebolt Dragons is from South Africa.
Team Quarterfinals Qualified to the Next Stage
The list is not official as CrossFit Inc still has to review all videos submitted. Nevertheless, here are the teams that qualified for the Semifinals this year.
North America
Rank | Name |
1 | CrossFit Mayhem Freedom |
2 | Invictus |
3 | I1 uvit |
4 | On Track |
5 | Pro1 Montreal |
6 | CrossFit Resurrection |
7 | MoveFastLiftHeavy Crew |
8 | CrossFit Westchase |
9 | Team Man Made |
10 | Invictus Unconquerable |
11 | 1855 |
12 | Ocean States Finest |
13 | Venture CrossFit |
14 | Lone Star CrossFit |
15 | Three Kings Keystone – Alpha |
16 | The Grit Haus Black |
17 | Ohio Brutes |
18 | Fitness Like a Pro |
19 | Training Think Tank |
20 | Undefeated CrossFit |
21 | Spicy Lil Mamas |
22 | Backcountry Black |
23 | CrossFit Boynton Beach |
24 | Blues City Athletics |
24 | Novative Lab |
26 | Team Koda |
26 | Omnia |
28 | 3 Bridges CrossFit |
29 | Rhapsody |
30 | #TeamDensity |
31 | CrossFit Complete |
32 | Fulcrum Fitness |
33 | Timberwolf CrossFit |
34 | Team COI |
35 | CrossFit Grandview |
35 | CrossFit Kinesis |
37 | Gold Standar Athletics |
38 | CrossFit Fortius |
39 | CrossFit Reignited Wilmington |
40 | 12 Labours |
41 | CrossFit Crag |
42 | CrossFit Hype |
43 | Koda CrossFit |
44 | Renewed Strength CrossFit |
45 | Gambit CrossFit |
45 | CrossFit Progression |
47 | 8th Day Gym |
48 | Ocean State Gold |
49 | C2X CrossFit |
49 | CrossFit Nashville |
51 | Jump Ship Kailua |
52 | CrossFit 321 |
53 | CrossFit Kemah |
54 | CrossFit Abilene |
55 | CrossFit Omaha |
56 | CrossFit Blade |
57 | Koda CrossFit Norman |
58 | Northstate CrossFit |
59 | CrossFit Mentality |
60 | Cristini Athletics |
61 | Koda CrossFit Iron View |
62 | Man O War CrossFit |
63 | Invictus Sorrento Valley |
64 | CrossFit Fort Vancouver |
65 | Fit To Prove Stadd |
66 | Black Flag Compete |
67 | CrossFit Lethal |
67 | CrossFit Invigorate |
69 | The W Pack |
70 | CrossFit Laminin |
71 | Black Bear Athletics |
72 | CrossFit 8035 |
73 | Slice Slice Baby |
73 | Koda CrossFit Native |
75 | CrossFit Westchase – Largo |
76 | CrossFit Redzone |
77 | West LA Athletics |
78 | Team Driving Force |
79 | CrossFit Greater Heights Apex |
80 | Crash Black |
Europe
Rank | Name |
1 | CrossFit Zurriola Training Culture |
2 | From The Port |
3 | Team Butchers Lab T-Bone |
4 | CrossFit Oslo Wolfpack |
5 | Team CrossFit Holistic |
6 | CrossFit 8020 |
7 | Team CrossFit Genas |
8 | CrossFit Fabriken |
9 | Motion |
9 | AOD Fitness |
11 | Bergen Limitless |
12 | Heart N Heavy CrossFit |
13 | Team Genius |
14 | The Athlete Program |
15 | Team CrossFit Walleye |
16 | CrossFit Caen |
16 | Team Norce Thor |
18 | CrossFit Hull And Humber |
19 | CrossFit Oslo Wolfpack 2 |
20 | Team Butchers Lab |
21 | CrossFit Serval |
22 | CrossFit Grillen |
22 | Dauntless Fitness |
24 | Team Boundary |
25 | CF JKL |
26 | Team Aarhus CrossFit |
27 | CrossFit Falun Mandagsklubben |
28 | Team Norce Fenris |
29 | CrossFit Atford |
30 | CrossFit Nordic |
31 | CrossFit Witham |
32 | CFS Sport |
33 | NECF |
34 | CrossFit Chester |
35 | CrossFit Hexis |
36 | C2F |
37 | CFR Black |
38 | CrossFit Trondheim |
39 | Team DK |
40 | CrossFit Pilatus |
Africa
Rank | Name |
1 | Eikestad Mighty Oaks |
2 | CrossFit Tijger Valley |
3 | Lions Bay CrossFit |
4 | Eikestad Golden Oaks |
5 | CrossFit Engine38 |
6 | CrossFit Pharaohs |
7 | Howling Commandos |
8 | Kyma Kaos |
9 | CrossFit Resuelto |
10 | Motley Crew |
11 | RTF CrossFit |
12 | ATG A Team |
13 | Cape CrossFit Wolfpack |
14 | CrossFit PBM |
15 | Black Mountain CrossFit |
16 | CrossFit Damascus |
17 | Pack Life CrossFit Wanderers |
18 | CF360V |
19 | CrossFit Tsumeb |
20 | First Power |
20 | Firebolt Dragons |
Asia
Rank | Name |
1 | Team Dubai |
2 | Kolesnikov Team |
3 | MacPherson |
4 | Sour Patch Kids |
5 | Redyar |
6 | MVMT Dumbai |
7 | CrossFit Sprut |
8 | CrossFit Muharraq |
9 | Terfit |
10 | Team Erada |
11 | WOD Friends |
12 | Team Panda |
13 | Team Conan |
14 | Stadion Team Koco |
15 | Drama Guns of Ryukyu |
16 | Team One |
17 | Alioth X |
18 | Shogun CrossFit |
19 | Team K-Pop |
20 | Base 3 |
Oceania
Rank | Name |
1 | 64 Army Gold |
2 | Reebok CrossFit Frankston |
3 | Urban |
4 | Awaside |
5 | Wiser1 Phoenix |
6 | Injustice Crew |
7 | Starr Strength Botany |
8 | CrossFit Underway |
9 | 64 Army Steel |
10 | 64 Army Smoke |
11 | 64 Army Indigo |
12 | CrossFit 121 |
13 | CrossFit Newstead |
14 | Breakwater Athletics |
15 | CrossFit Norwest |
16 | Urban Rookies |
17 | Ruark |
18 | Freezing Hot CrossFit |
19 | Rec Gym Black |
20 | Greater West |
South America
Rank | Name |
1 | Fourmixx Brazil |
2 | Q21 |
3 | CrossFit Villa Luro |
4 | Team SP |
5 | Team Punk |
6 | Team Treta |
7 | Team Kingbull |
8 | CFP9 |
8 | Q21 Hormiguero |
10 | Vittoria Morereps Classic |
11 | Team Templo SA |
12 | Ignorantes |
13 | Team Celeiro |
14 | Aldeota V Strong |
15 | Team Treta Kids |
16 | Team Samurai |
17 | Vittoria Morereps New Blood |
18 | Team Macha Laranja |
19 | MPNA Flow |
20 | Team Tyranno |
Image Sources
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- Team-Quarterfinals-Workout-2: CrossFit
- Team-Quarterfinals-Qualifying: Courtesy of CrossFit Inc.
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