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2023 Rogue Invitational
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The 2023 Rogue Invitational is the fifth annual competition in CrossFit organized by Rogue Fitness and the 3rd to feature a strongman competition. It was held at the Dell Diamond in Austin, Texas from 26 to 29 October 2023. The Rogue Invitational also featured a Rogue Record Breaker event and a Legends competition for CrossFit veterans.[1] The winners are Patrick Vellner for the CrossFit men's competition, Laura Horvath for the women's, and Mitchell Hooper for the strongman.[2]
The prize purse was at a minimum of $1,275,000,[3] and reached over $1.6 million. With the winners of the crossfit competitions receiving $280,304.30 and the winner of the strongman competition receiving $146,159.14.[4][5] 20 men and 20 women competed in the CrossFit individual divisions, 10 men were invited for the Strongman competition.[6]
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Athletes may qualify for the Rogue invitational through the online qualifier, the Q, and 6 men and 6 women were selected from the qualifier.[7] All the other invitees were top athletes from the 2023 CrossFit Games, apart from Tia-Clair Toomey.[8][9] The 2022 Rogue Invitational champion Justin Medeiros chose not to take part.[10]
For the strongman competition, three of the most recent World's Strongest Man champions were invited, as well as additional three finalists from the 2023 World's Strongest Man. The defending champion Oleksii Novikov returned, but the 2021 champion Martins Licis chose not to take part.[11]
CrossFit men's division
Jeffrey Adler
Patrick Vellner
Roman Khrennikov A
Brent Fikowski
Dallin Pepper
Jonne Koski
Chandler Smith
Jay Crouch
Lazar Đukić
Jelle Hoste
Björgvin Karl Gudmundsson
Bayley Martin
Will Moorad
Noah Ohlsen
Ricky Garard (Q)
Victor Hoffer (Q)
Travis Mayer (Q)
Tudor Magda (Q)
Garrett Clark (Q)
Jayson Hopper (Q)
- ^A On March 1, 2022, CrossFit announced they will not recognise athletes from Russia or Belarus as a result of Russian violations of the Olympic truce through invasion of Ukraine during the binding truce. Athletes thereby will compete as neutral athletes. This rule continues to be in effect during the 2023 Rogue Invitational.[12]
CrossFit women's division
Laura Horvath
Emma Lawson
Arielle Loewen
Gabriela Migała
Tia-Clair Toomey
Alex Gazan
Paige Semenza
Bethany Flores
Emma Cary
Danielle Brandon
Paige Powers
Emily Rolfe
Karin Freyova
Dani Speegle (Q)
Manon Angonese (Q)
Elena Carratala Sanahuja (Q)
Lauren Fisher (Q)
Kyra Milligan (Q)
Christine Kolenbrander (Q)
Shelby Neal
^(Q) Qualified through the Q qualifier.[13]
Annie Thorisdottir withdrew due to pregnancy, and Alexis Raptis due to injury.
Strongman
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The CrossFit competitions were held over four days, from October 26 to 29, with 9 events scheduled. Bad weather conditions, however, led to a number of changes to some of the events for safety reason, for example, the front-rack lunges of Event 7 were changed to stationary lunges.[15]
Event 1: Texas Heavy
- 1 mile Ruck (100 lb [45 kg] / 80 lb [36 kg])
- 800m Ruck (45 lb [20 kg] / 30 lb [14 kg])
- 1 Mile Run
- Sled Bag Pull to finish (125 lb [57 kg] / 100 lb [45 kg])
Event 2: Seat at the Bar
- 20-15-10 (mens)
- 15-10-5 (womens)
- Log Muscle Up
- 5 Back Squats (375 lb [170 kg] / 260 lb [120 kg]) after each
Time cap: 9 minutes
Event 3: The Circus
- Ski Erg — (40/32 calories)
- Five Single-Arm Strongman Dumbbell Shoulder-to-Overhead (100 lb [45 kg] / 70 lb [32 kg])
- Killer Cage — down and back
Time cap: 15 min.
Event 4: 10th Inning
10 rounds for time:
- 4 Ring Muscle-ups
- 8 Handstand Push-ups
- 12 Power Snatch (95 lb [43 kg] / 65 lb [29 kg])
Time cap: 19 min.
Event 5: The Duel III
Bracket Style –
- Over Under Over Log
- 3 Sandbags to Teeter (200 lb [91 kg] / 150 lb [68 kg])
Event 6: Max Deadlift
- 1 RM Deadlift
Tie Break: Time determined prior to lifts of a run carrying jerrycans (100 lb [45 kg] in each hand).
Event 7: Hulk Hands
- 30 Echo Bike Cals
- 20 Double FatBell Ground to Overhead (70 lb [32 kg] / 50 lb [23 kg])
- Reverse Stationary Lunges with FatBell (70 lb [32 kg] / 50 lb [23 kg])
- Run
- Bag Drag Up Hill
- Run
- Reverse Stationary Lunges with FatBell (70 lb [32 kg] / 50 lb [23 kg])
- 20 Double FatBell Ground to Overhead (70 lb [32 kg] / 50 lb [23 kg])
- 30 Echo Bike Cals
Event 8: Big Cat
5 Rounds for Time
- 6 Box Jumps (42 in [110 cm] / 36 in [91 cm])
- 50 ft Handstand Walk
- Run
Time cap: 9 min.
Event 9: The Cleanup
- 3 rounds: 25 Double unders / 5 Power Cleans (225 lb [102 kg] / 155 lb [70 kg])
- 2 rounds: 25 Double unders / 5 Squat Cleans (225 lb [102 kg] / 155 lb [70 kg])
- 1 round: 25 Double unders / 5 Clean and jerks (225 lb [102 kg] / 155 lb [70 kg])
Final Standings
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Strongman
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Six events were planned to be contested over two days (October 27 and 28).[14] However, due to bad weather conditions, the event Apollon's Wheels was canceled, and the Ultimate Log Medley event was delayed and changed to Log Lift for repetitions which was held indoors.[18]
Event 1: Tower of Power
- Weight: 900 pounds (410 kg) deadlift for repetitions
- Time Limit: 60 seconds
Event 2: Iron Bull Sled Pull
- Weight: 1,000 pounds (450 kg)
- Course Length: 50 feet (15 m)
- Time Limit: 60 seconds
- After this event Trey Mitchell withdrew from the competition due to suffering a right achilles tendon tear.[20]
Event 3: Rogue-a-Coaster
- Weight: 600 pounds (270 kg)
- Time Limit: 1 minute 30 seconds
- Notes: 54 inch incline
Event 4: Log Lift
- Weight: 360 pounds (160 kg) log lift for repetitions
- Time Limit: 1 minute 30 seconds
- Notes: If athletes got the log to their lap and the time expired they were allowed to attempt to lift the log
Event 5: The Duel
- Weight: 3 sandbags weighing 325 pounds (147 kg), 350 pounds (160 kg) and 375 pounds (170 kg) to be picked up and loaded in to a teeter
- Time Limit: 60 seconds
Final Standings
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