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Normative scores for CrossFit® Open Workouts: 2011 - 2022
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: Received: 16 December 2022 / Approved: 22 December 2022 / Online: 22 December 2022 (06:34:53 CET)
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Mangine, G.T.; Grundlingh, N.; Feito, Y. Normative Scores for CrossFit® Open Workouts: 2011–2022. Sports 2023, 11, 24. Mangine, G.T.; Grundlingh, N.; Feito, Y. Normative Scores for CrossFit® Open Workouts: 2011–2022. Sports 2023, 11, 24.
Abstract
To create normative scores for all CrossFit® Open (CFO) workouts and compare male and female performances, official scores were collected from the official competition leaderboard for all competitors of the 2011-2022 CFO competitions. Percentiles were calculated in athletes (18 – 54 years) who completed all workouts within a single year ‘as prescribed’ and met minimum scoring thresholds. Independent t-tests revealed significant (p < 0.05) sex differences for 56 of 60 workouts. In workouts scored by repetitions completed, men completed more repetitions in 18 workouts by small-to-large differences (d = 0.22-0.81), whereas women completed more repetitions in 6 workouts by small-to-medium differences (d = 0.36-0.77). When workouts were scored by time-to-completion, men were faster in 10 workouts by small-to-large differences (d = 0.23-1.12), while women were faster in three workouts by small differences (d = 0.46). In three workouts scored by load lifted, men lifted more weight by large differences (d = 2.00-2.98). All other differences were either trivial or not significant. Despite adjusted programming for men and women, the persistence of performances differences across all CFO workouts suggest resultant challenges are not the same. These normative values may be useful to training and research in male and female CrossFit® athletes.
Keywords
fitness assessment; sport-specific; athlete classification; high-intensity functional training; sex differences
Subject
Medicine and Pharmacology, Orthopedics and Sports Medicine
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