Quarterfinals are over for the individuals
five tests over 72 hours stood between thousands of athletes and a spot in the semifinals
we've got the big numbers from a big weekend of competition coming up on inside the leaderboard
what's up everyone tommy marquez here with an individual quarterfinals recap edition of
inside the leaderboard presented by goad the official mobility partner of the noble crossfit
games and year two of quarterfinals it's off and running and this weekend alone for the individuals
more than 98 of all eligible athletes were eliminated from the competition and anytime
there's that much action going on there's bound to be some big numbers just waiting to be found
first up we're going heavy in fact 55 athletes went supremely heavy to
break some elite thresholds in the other total coming into the weekend 1100 pounds for the men
and 700 pounds for the women were the benchmark thresholds for the cream of the crop and 17 men
and 38 women weren't pretending and got their bars bending with enough weight to exceed those marks
for guys it's a 367 pound average per lift and for the women 234 pound average per lift which is just
nutty when you put it in perspective moving on and speaking of moving if you saw names shifting
on the leaderboard this weekend that's because our second number of 120 represents the 120 penalties
and counting handed out by crossfit through video review 106 of those came from workout 2 alone
and 90 of those penalties were for issues with single leg squats look this is always going to
be a contentious subject but the responsibility is always three-fold first for the games to provide
clear standards then and this is a big one for the athlete to hold themselves accountable
to that standard and then in the absence of that accountability for the judging team to act
accordingly it's always going to be a tightrope walk for athletes trying to ride that line
but that comes with the personal responsibility of knowing you're playing with fire our third
and final number is 7.5 which gives credit to our friends in south america looking at the worldwide
leaderboard for quarterfinals this weekend south american athletes occupy a combined 7.5 of the
top 300 athletes in each division making them the third highest continent behind the clear top two
of north america and europe but interestingly enough it places them ahead of oceania and the
rest of the continents who get the same number of semi-final spots with oceania getting one more
spot at the games as well so let's hit depth on that number because i think it's a valuable metric
one of many that could factor in to how game spots and semi-final events are ultimately
allocated across the globe remember only 300 men and 300 women move on to semifinals and here
we can see if we just ranked and sorted the top 300 globally after quarters how the demographics
would stack up relative to how the world is actually sorted based on semi-final spots and
game spots percentage-wise this is just one piece of the puzzle including open registration but it's
important to see how the broader performance and stages like quarterfinals stack up to each
continent's representation and in the event of europe and south america through quarterfinals
they are outperforming percentage-wise what their allocation of spots at the games is and for north
america they're basically on the money ultimately i think it is important to highlight and
investigate these types of metrics because in the long run they're going to help us fine-tune
this new system that's going to do it for this edition of inside the leaderboard presented by
gowod the official mobility partner of the noble crossfit games designed with one goal in mind to
help athletes perform at their best download the app now and enjoy a free mobility test and 14
day trial we've got two more rounds of quarterfinals still but we have a weekend off
and to keep you guys occupied season two of miles to madison debuts this thursday march 31st
it's gonna be released in three chunks the open semifinals and quarterfinals together
and lastly the games we're gonna see you guys next week because episodes will publish every thursday
and we're gonna leave you now with a sneak peek at the trailer for season two oh here we are again
i've always wanted to do that are you ready to get the potty starter we're back baby while the games
are fun and exciting to open is the reason that i started doing this whole thing it's my birthday
i feel like i should be able to choose the workout four reps remaining for justin medeiros
i want to win the games and a team is all we know they're the best they know they're the best they
can be beat this is what all the workers for all she does is eat sleep dream everything i
do is with intensity and purpose it's kind of a coach's dream i am constantly in pursuit of
helping people reach their maximum potential us together working together and pushing each other
it's going to be scary really scary i want to make it back to the games i want to have my
best year yet i'm ready to run through a wall man let's do it are you all ready let the games begin