CrossFit quarterfinal WOD
The 2026 CrossFit Games quarterfinal posted a brutal WOD: rowing, heavy power clean-and-jerks and strict handstand push‑ups, all under a 20‑minute cap — a tough spring challenge for athletes and gym‑goers alike (crossfitforte.com). If you’re training for strength this spring, the workout is a brutal, time‑capped template to test conditioning and technique (crossfitforte.com).
Quarterfinals run March 26–30, with invites sent to the top 25% of Open finishers and athletes required to accept an invite and register to compete. (games.crossfit.com) The movement set in question is released as Individual Quarterfinal Workout 4 — one of four official Quarterfinal workouts published by the CrossFit Games and presented in the event materials. (games.crossfit.com) Rx loads for the barbell portion are 135 lb for men and 95 lb for women, and the rules also require men to use a 45‑lb (20‑kg) bar and women a 35‑lb (15‑kg) bar. (games.crossfit.com) Equipment and setup are prescribed: the rower must be taped 5 feet from the barbell and the handstand‑push‑up wall, only Rogue Echo or Concept2 rowers are permitted, and gymnastics grips are banned. (games.crossfit.com) Scoring and tiebreak procedures are explicit: a tiebreak time is taken after each 1,000‑meter row, if an athlete hits the cap every 100 meters completed (rounded down) counts as one rep, and ties on reps are resolved by the faster tiebreak time. (games.crossfit.com) Athletes complete Quarterfinal workouts at their affiliates and must submit scores online by the event deadlines; the Quarterfinal stage narrows the field toward Semifinals after the Open advanced roughly 31,779 men and 26,490 women into Quarterfinals. (games.crossfit.com) Coaching and media outlets have already published breakdowns and strategy guides tied to the published scorecards and movement standards, and the official Games site hosts the downloadable workout descriptions and scorecards used for submissions. (wodprep.com)
