CrossFit Open score fraud
A CrossFit Open competitor submitted scores for workout 26.3 that vaulted her to third‑fastest worldwide — but video showed fake weights and digitally altered clocks, triggering calls for stricter score verification (crossfitbrio.com).
Dutch athlete Ilse Boevink has been handed a four‑year sanction by CrossFit for submitting an edited video and using equipment that didn’t match her submission, with CrossFit’s email (posted to Boevink’s social accounts) saying the ban runs through February 26, 2030. (thebarbellspin.com) Content creator Andrew Hiller publicly dissected Boevink’s 26.3 footage, alleging the clock was spliced and that a training bar and mismatched plates were used to misrepresent weight and time; Hiller published multiple videos and livestreams walking through the edits. (youtube.com) (thebarbellspin.com) CrossFit initially invalidated Boevink’s 26.3 score for failing to meet video‑submission requirements — the outlet reports that even after the score was zeroed she ranked 26,878th worldwide, outside the Quarterfinals cutoff of the top 26,490 women. (thebarbellspin.com) CrossFit’s published submission guidance and Rulebook require that videos be unedited and that athletes show the weights used, and the Games’ internal review team can accept, modify, or invalidate video scores during the review process. (crossfit.my.site.com) (games.crossfit.com) Reaction across the CrossFit community was immediate: CF Network News reported Boevink admitted speeding up a redo on a livestream and challenged Hiller to a live session in London, while international outlets noted community division and CrossFit’s statement that the sanction is final. (cfnetworknews.com) (horadoburpee.com.br) The 26.3 contest itself was closed out officially with Colten Mertens and Afroditi Grigoriadi named winners of the workout, a result CrossFit confirmed as leaderboard disputes over individual submissions played out. (thebarbellspin.com) (games.crossfit.com)
