The second week of the 2024 CrossFit Open featured three events in the classic 20-minute AMRAP format: rowing, deadlift, and double under. This reminds me of his two open trainings in the past. 18.1 — 20 minute AMRAP triplet with boat, and 20.2 — 20 minute AMRAP triplet with double under.
Similar to week 1, the movements prescribed in Open Workout 24.2 were also very easy to understand. In the past, the double-under has been a blocker, but it doesn’t seem to be as important a factor this year. Slightly fewer athletes chose the Rx’d version this week, with only 1% of his Rx’d athletes ages 16-54 having a double-under less than her 100. Deadlift weights are also lower than the more common CrossFit benchmark deadlift loads of 155 lb (70 kg)/225 lb (102 kg), with loads of 125 lb (56 kg)/185 lb (83 kg) It was manageable for the athlete.
This workout, which included two single-structure exercises and one weightlifting exercise, was primarily a test of cardiovascular endurance and pacing. The difference between a 500 meter pace of 1 minute 45 seconds and a 2 minute 05 second pace is only about 10 seconds in the 300 meters, but the faster the pace, the greater the fatigue, so proper pacing of the row is very important. is. Minimizing the transition time between movements also played an important role. For example, if it took him an extra 5 seconds to strap his foot in, he might have been better off running 10 seconds slower than his 500 meter pace. For deadlifts, choosing how to break sets to survive the 20-minute time domain was especially important for athletes who can’t complete a full round seamlessly.
Performance by country
Let’s once again compare the rankings of the top 10 countries by number of participants. 24.2 uses 630 receptions (7 completed rounds) as a measure of competitiveness. The graphs below show the percentage of athletes who performed Rx over and below 630 reps, and the percentage of athletes who performed the scaled or foundation versions.
Based on the percentage performing 630 or more reps of the Rx’d version, the top country was once again South Korea, with 46% performing more than 7 rounds. Spain comes next with 35% and Italy with 29%.
Looking at the percentage of athletes choosing to attack the Rx’d version, South Korea comes first with 91%, followed by Australia with 81% and the UK with 74.2% (narrowly ahead of France with 72.0%) .
Workout analysis by department
In week 2, 84% of men aged 18-34 chose the Rx’d version, down slightly from 87% in week 1. For women 18-34, 70% chose her Rx’d version, down from 73% in week 1. 1. For masters and teenagers, 70% and 64% respectively chose the Rx’d version.
The most competitive group was men aged 18-34, with almost half of the players making it past the seventh round. A quarter of women aged 18-34 made it past the seventh round, followed by masters at 22% and teenagers at 17%.
Similar to what we saw last week, 24.2 also had a smooth distribution of Rx’d scores. This is due to different training without major obstacles.
For Rx men ages 16 to 54, scores were most concentrated around eight rounds, with 24% finishing between 631 and 720 repetitions. For women who received Rx, it centered around the 7th round, with 23% finishing with her 541-630 reps.
Below are individual, master, and teenager percentile tables with details for each version of the workout. See a breakdown of the reps it took to reach a certain percentile. For example, the 727 rep score was in her 90th percentile of women (ages 18-34) who received Rx.
These percentiles compare each version (Rx’d, Scaled, Foundation) separately by department. It will show you how well you did your version of the workout for your age group. These are different from game app percentiles, which combine all versions into an overall percentile for each department. It has nothing to do with the quarterfinal cut score.
*Data used in this article is from official CrossFit Open submissions.
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