The second exercise of the 2026 CrossFit Open, introduced by Air National Guardfeatured alternating dumbbell snatches, dumbbell overhead strolling lunges, pull-ups, chest-to-bar pull-ups, and muscle-ups. The muscle-ups have been on the rings, which is a change in comparison with the bar muscle-ups we noticed over the last two Opens. The exercise had a stiff 15-minute time cap, and athletes who didn’t end posted scores of what number of reps they accomplished together with tiebreak instances.
There have been some apparent similarities between this exercise and Open Workout 25.2, which additionally included these pulling actions with growing issue, however paired with a distinct set of supporting actions.
By far, the largest problem of this exercise was the muscle-ups. An spectacular 9,918 ladies and 41,773 males have been in a position to carry out not less than 1 ring muscle-up.
The chest-to-bar pull-ups didn’t trigger an excessive amount of issue for athletes this 12 months with over 58,000 ladies and 100,000 males in a position to carry out not less than 1 rep. This was throughout all divisions.
Performance by Country
Similar to Week 1, there have been vital variations in exercise model participation throughout prime international locations. The prime three international locations by Rx’d participation charge have been South Korea with 88%, Australia with 84%, and the United States with 78%.
This was a difficult exercise to complete throughout the time cap, so we’ll check out what proportion of athletes have been in a position to end the Rx’d model. The prime international locations to complete 26.2 Rx’d have been Spain with 10.1%, adopted by Australia and Italy, each with 8.4%.
The muscle-ups have been an enormous roadblock on this exercise, so we will additionally take a look at the share of athletes who received not less than 1 muscle-up. Based on this metric, the highest international locations have been Australia with 29.5%, Spain with 28.8%, and France with 28.2%.
Workout Analysis by Division
The superior pulling actions on this exercise led to fewer athletes selecting the Rx’d model in comparison with 26.1. For ladies aged 18-34, 70% carried out 25.2 as Rx’d in comparison with 78% on 26.1. For males aged 18-34, 88% carried out 26.2 as Rx’d in comparison with 92% on 26.1.
Given the problem of the muscle-up, we noticed an enormous pile-up on the 112th rep. The majority of athletes who have been in a position to get previous this level received time-capped through the first 10 muscle-ups.
Finishing the Rx’d model of this exercise was very difficult, with solely 4% of ladies and 13% of males finishing all of the reps throughout the time cap.
Community Cup Tiers
For the 2026 CrossFit Games season, the Community Cup is the following step after the Open. The tier you compete in opposition to within the Community Cup relies on the extent you obtain after finishing and submitting scores for all three exercises within the Open.
The desk beneath provides you an thought the place your rating on 26.2 would put you by way of tiers. For instance, Women aged 55+ want a rating of not less than 117 reps to make it into the Advanced tier on 26.2.
Percentiles by Division and Version
Below are percentile tables for Individuals, Masters, and Teenagers, with particulars for every model of the exercise. You can see the breakdown of what number of reps it took to attain a selected percentile. For instance, for Rx’d Men aged 18-34, a rating of 127 reps received you into the seventy fifth percentile.
These percentiles are evaluating you in opposition to your division and exercise model, which is completely different out of your total division percentile (in contrast in opposition to all variations mixed).
*The knowledge used for this text is from the official CrossFit Open submissions.
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