NorCal Classic schedules seven events

Northern California Classic organizers posted the 2026 competition schedule on May 13, laying out seven programmed events for elite individuals across the three-day Memorial Day weekend competition. The schedule, published through Competition Corner and reported Wednesday by The Barbell Spin, shows tests spread across Friday, Saturday and Sunday at Discovery Park in Sacramento. The event website lists May 29-31 for the live competition and says the NorCal Classic is a CrossFit Games qualifier. Competition Corner says the event includes elite, RX, intermediate, scaled, novice, pairs, masters and teen divisions. ### When does the seven-event slate actually start? Friday, May 29, is the opening day for the elite schedule, with Event 1 set for 12:25 p.m. to 1:57 p.m. on the Battlegrounds Stage and Event 2 scheduled for 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. on the Hele Trailside stage, according to the schedule cited by The Barbell Spin. The same report said heats for Event 1 are separated by 23 minutes and heats for Event 2 by 15 minutes. (thebarbellspin.com) Saturday, May 30, carries three events on the published slate. Event 3 is scheduled for 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. on the Riverside stage, followed by Event 4 from 11:50 a.m. to 1 p.m. on the Battlegrounds Stage and Event 5 from 5:10 p.m. to 6:20 p.m. on the Hele Trailside stage, the report said. Sunday, May 31, closes the elite program with Event 6 from 10:10 a.m. to 11:20 a.m. on the Battlegrounds Stage and Event 7 from 3:27 p.m. to 4:58 p.m. on the Hele Trailside stage. (thebarbellspin.com) ### What do the stage assignments say about the tests? The published schedule places events on three named competition areas: Battlegrounds, Hele Trailside and Riverside. The Barbell Spin reported that the Saturday morning event on Riverside is “the long one,” and said NorCal allotted 45 minutes between heats for that workout. Competition Corner’s event page does not list workout details in the excerpt available through search, and the NorCal Classic site says only that divisions will face similar workouts with different weights and reps. (thebarbellspin.com) The event information page describes the competition as a three-day outdoor event designed to test athletes across multiple areas of fitness. ### Which athletes and divisions are part of the field? Competition Corner lists the 2026 NorCal Classic as an onsite competition for individuals and teams in Sacramento, with divisions including Elite, RX, Intermediate, Scaled, Novice, Pairs, Masters and Teens. (thebarbellspin.com) The NorCal Classic homepage says the event is open to all levels of athletes and lists 30 divisions overall. The event information page says 50 athletes qualify for the Elite division, with 35 spots earned through the online qualifier and 15 at-large spots reserved for athletes who have won select competitions and finished in the top 2,000 of the CrossFit Quarterfinals. (thenorcalclassic.com) The same page says the next 50 athletes in the qualifier are invited to the RX division, while age-group divisions include athletes from 14-15 through 60-plus. ### How much is tied to the NorCal Classic beyond this weekend? The NorCal Classic website says the event offers $162,000 in cash prizes and that the top two elite division leaders qualify for the CrossFit Games. The event information page breaks that total down further, listing $90,000 in cash prizes for elite competitors and $44,000 for age groups. CrossFit’s regional page for Northern California was available online, though the page excerpt returned through search did not provide additional qualification detail. (thenorcalclassic.com) Organizers describe the event on their homepage as the largest-scale fitness event on the West Coast and position it as part of the route to the Games. ### Where can athletes and spectators track the next updates? The NorCal Classic website lists tickets, parking, livestream, hotels and leaderboard links on its homepage, while Competition Corner hosts the event details, schedule, workouts and leaderboard pages for registered divisions. (thenorcalclassic.com) The event page gives the venue as Discovery Park, 1600 Garden Highway, Sacramento. May 29 is the next date on the live-event calendar, according to the official event pages, with the three-day competition set to run through May 31 in Sacramento. (games.crossfit.com) Organizers have not yet published the full workout descriptions in the source material available through search, but the schedule now sets the timing and stage order for all seven elite events. (thenorcalclassic.com)