Syndicate Crown releases 2026 events

Syndicate Crown released the 2026 individual event workouts on May 13, laying out the tests that will determine which athletes move on from one of CrossFit’s in-person semifinal competitions. The event is scheduled for May 29-31 at the Knoxville Civic Coliseum in Tennessee, according to the competition’s website. Competition Corner and the Syndicate Crown site say the main event will host 40 men, 40 women and 40 teams. Three men, three women and three teams will qualify from Knoxville to the 2026 CrossFit Games in San Jose, California. ### Which workouts were released this week? The May 13 release covered the individual side of the competition after team workouts were announced the previous week, according to The Barbell Spin and Competition Corner. The six individual events are listed as “Ball Till You Fall,” “Combo Climb,” “Bicarb,” “Semifinal Nate,” “Trip Advisory” and “Perfect Square.” Event 1, “Ball Till You Fall,” opens with 50 D-Ball squat cleans and 50 box jump-overs, moves through rowing and burpees to target, and carries a 22-minute cap, according to the published workout sheet. Event 2, “Combo Climb,” is a three-round test of a 400-meter run, 40 GHD sit-ups and seven rope climbs for time with a 15-minute cap. ### How many Games spots are on the line in Knoxville? Syndicate Crown says three men and three women will “punch their ticket” to the 2026 CrossFit Games through the individual competition in Knoxville. The same number of qualifying spots — three — is available in the team division, according to the event overview on Competition Corner and the event’s “Compete” page. Visit Knoxville’s event listing says the 2026 CrossFit Games destination is San Jose, California. The Syndicate Crown site also says athletes who have already qualified for the Games are not eligible to compete at the main event. ### How do athletes get into Syndicate Crown in the first place? Syndicate Crown lists two paths for individual qualification. The first is a worldwide route through CrossFit Quarterfinals, with 20 of the 40 individual spots reserved for top finishers there, according to the event’s “Compete” page. The second path is through an online qualifier run by Syndicate Crown itself, the site says. For teams, the route is narrower: the top 40 teams worldwide in the CrossFit Open earn invitations, with no wild cards or special invitations, according to the same page. ### What do the published events test? Event 3, “Bicarb,” combines progressively larger deadlift sets with 50-foot front-rack lunges and has a nine-minute cap, according to the workout release. Event 4, “Semifinal Nate,” is 10 rounds of ring muscle-ups, strict handstand push-ups and dual-kettlebell hang snatches with an 18-minute cap. Event 5, “Trip Advisory,” includes handstand walks, a 200-foot wheelbarrow push and pull, and double-unders, with one-minute rest breaks built into the format, the release shows. The Barbell Spin reported that the wheelbarrow is the same implement used at the 2021 Rogue Invitational. Event 6, “Perfect Square,” pairs 49 toes-to-bar with seven overhead squats at 255 pounds for men and 175 pounds for women. ### Where were the workouts posted? Competition Corner hosts the official workout and schedule pages for Syndicate Crown, and the event’s home site links athletes and spectators to those materials. The Syndicate Crown homepage identifies the competition as a CrossFit Games semifinal event and lists Knoxville Civic Coliseum as the venue. The Barbell Spin, which first reported the individual workout release on Wednesday, said the event is just over two weeks away. A separate Barbell Spin item published last month said James Hobart would join the event livestream team in Knoxville. ### What happens next in the 2026 season? Thursday, May 14, is the start of the Online Semifinals window for specified age-group divisions, according to the context around this stage of the season and reporting by The Barbell Spin. Syndicate Crown’s in-person competition follows on May 29-31 in Knoxville, where the final three men, three women and three teams from that event will secure places at the 2026 CrossFit Games in San Jose.