The 2026 CrossFit Semifinal block has produced its first wave of Games qualifiers across multiple in-person events, with the field for the championship taking firmer shape across the weekend.
The Mayhem Classic in Cookeville, Tennessee, run April 17-19, qualified Victor Hoffer, Roman Khrennikov and Jeffrey Adler in the men's individual division. Hoffer edged Khrennikov on a third-place countback after both finished tied on 525 points, with Adler taking the third spot on 520. The women's qualifiers were Paige Rodgers (530 points), Emma Lawson (500) and Lucy Campbell (450).
The Far East Throwdown qualified Italy's Siria Meha (594 points) in the women's individual race, while Finland's Henrik Haapalainen (567) earned the men's qualifying spot after Belgian Sven Geens missed the final rep on a 225-pound hang power clean during the closing event. The team event went to UK side CrossFit Aylesbury (573 points).
The Magic City CrossFit Semifinal, held May 4 as the Masters-only in-person event, qualified athletes across all ten age divisions. Standout names from that field included Marquan Jones (Men's 35-39), Marisa Flowers (Women's 35-39), Ross Bradley (Men's 40-44), Megan Apostoleris (Women's 40-44), Chris Reil (Men's 45-49) and Lauren Cullen (Women's 45-49).
The Legends Championship Del Mar, run April 27, also fed Masters qualifiers into the system one week before Magic City. The two events combined now form the bulk of the in-person Masters qualifying field for the 2026 Masters Games.
The Online Age Group Semifinal opens May 7 for Masters and Teen athletes who don't have access to the in-person events, with the five-workout block running until submissions close at 3:00pm ET on Monday, May 11. The five tests cover Olympic lifting, gymnastics, mid-distance erg and pacing-driven AMRAP formats across the time domains the program has prioritised in recent seasons.
The semifinal block continues across the next several weekends with additional in-person qualifiers, including the upcoming NorCal Classic on May 29-31. The Masters CrossFit Games are scheduled for July 21-23.
The in-person individual semifinal route will feed approximately 30 men and 30 women into the elite competition at the CrossFit Games later in the year, with each in-person event producing three qualifiers per division. The remaining qualifying spots are expected to come through additional in-person semifinals and the program's points system.
With the Mayhem Classic, Far East Throwdown, Legends Championship Del Mar and Magic City all now in the books, the early field is shaping with experienced Games campaigners (Khrennikov, Adler, Lawson) joined by newer names (Meha, Haapalainen) and a deep Masters qualifying class. Further in-person semifinal weekends and the Online Age Group block will round out the field through the rest of May and into June.