2026 CrossFit Open: All You Need to Know
Get ready for the 2026 CrossFit Open with key dates, workout announcements, score submission rules, Quarterfinals qualification, and season format updates.
Get ready for the 2026 CrossFit Open with key dates, workout announcements, score submission rules, Quarterfinals qualification, and season format updates.
After experiencing the lowest Open registration in 10 years last year, this season CrossFit switched it up and started the Open hype early.
In an unprecedented move, last October, CrossFit announced where each of this year’s three workouts—26.1, 26.2 and 26.3—will be announced.
January 14: Registration Opens
February 26th: 26.1 Workout Announcement at 12 pm PST from Moffet Air National Guard Base
February 26-March 2: Score Submission Window (You have until 5 pm on March 2nd to submit your score for 26.1).
March 5: 26.2 Workout Announcement at 12 pm PST at CrossFit Black Edition in Cascais, Portugal
March 5-March 9: Score Submission Window (You have until 5 pm PST on March 9 to submit your score for 26.2).
March 12: 26.3 Workout Announcement at 12 pm PST from Wodapalooza in Miami, Florida
March 12-March 16th: Score Submission Window (You have until 5 pm PST on March 16th to submit your score for 26.3).
You do not need to film their workout if you perform the workout with a judge at a validly-licensed CrossFit affiliate in good standing.
If you do not complete the workout at a validly-licensed CrossFit affiliate, then you are required to upload a working YouTube link of your workout to the CrossFit Games website.
Check out the 2026 CrossFit Games rulebook for more.
After discontinuing Quarterfinals last season, they are back this year, and serve as the second stage of the CrossFit Games season.
This year, like the 2024 season, the top 25 percent of athletes from the worldwide Open leaderboard will advance to Quarterfinals.
Quarterfinals Dates: March 26-30 (for individuals and age group athletes
This season, each participant on a team needs to be registered on the affiliate’s roster by March 2. Each member must complete the Open workout at the same physical location as the team’s affiliate, except athletes who are competing at Wodapalooza, as they will do 26.3 during that competition.
26.1 TBA
26.2 TBA
26.3 TBA
One more thing: Like last season, CrossFit Games prize money will be directly tied to Open registration numbers. If you’re interested in staying up-to-date with registration numbers, Mike Halpin with Known & Knowable is your guy.
Can we hit 300,000 this season?
Emily Beers is a fitness writer and journalist with more than 15 years of experience in the industry, including six years as a senior writer for the Morning Chalk Up, a position she still holds. Emily also spent a decade-and-a-half coaching CrossFit, and competed at the CrossFit Games twice with a team and once as an individual.
