CrossFit Open 2011 Overall Results
Bottom line: I achieved my goal. There were 947 male entrants in the Northern California region, and my final rank is 387, putting me in the top 40.65%. I’m pretty happy with this, even though I felt that most of my individual performances could have been better.
I would also have liked to have finished in the top 50% of those who did all six workouts, but that’s not the goal I set in January, and in any case I didn’t know in advance if I’d be able to make it through all six. Overall a success, and one I’m proud of—last year I finished 244/256, or in the “top” 95.31%, and an improvement of just under 55% in my placement is no small thing.
My performance definitely varied across the workouts, as this table shows:
| Workout | Rank | Raw % | Adj. % | Vs Best | Vs Target |
| DUs & Power Snatches | 385/947 | 40.65 | 40.65 | 41.24 | 4.44 |
| DLs, Pushups, Box Jumps | 279/902 | 30.93 | 29.46 | 37.89 | 3.05 |
| Squat Clean & Jerks | 539/827 | 65.17 | 56.91 | 72.23 | 26.47 |
| Burpees, OHSes, MUs | 320/782 | 40.92 | 33.79 | 43.75 | 0 |
| Power Cleans, T2Bs, Wall Balls | 586/727 | 80.6 | 61.87 | 52.21 | 9.76 |
| Thrusters & Pullups | 578/630 | 91.74 | 61.03 | 60.86 | 18.57 |
Lower is better.
“Adjusted percentage” is rank out of total entrants (947) rather than just those who did that workout; competitors dropped out as weeks went by, and mostly weaker ones—I rather doubt my week six performance would have been in the bottom 10% of the starting 947. Adjusted percentage gives a better read of how my results compared between weeks.
“Vs Best” is 100 minus (my score divided by the best score in my region for that workout), a lower-is-better way of comparing my performance against the best in my region.
“Vs Target” is 100 minus (my score divided by my target for that workout), a lower-is-better way of comparing my score versus my target.
The first, second, and fourth were clearly better for me than the others, and that matches how I felt about them subjectively. The second workout suited me extremely well, and the fourth was fine except for the muscle-ups, which a significant number of competitors didn’t manage to reach. The last two workouts felt subjectively weaker for me; I felt ill when getting ready to do them, and don’t think they reflect my best performances. On the other hand, given that I feel ill rather a lot of the time, it’s fair to include them as representative. Workout 3, on the other hand, I did poorly in due to overtraining; that’s the one I’d like to have back.
Overall ranking, regional: 387/947 (40.86%).
Overall ranking, global: 5425/13421 (40.42%).
I’m not fully committed to doing it again next year, but suspect I will. If I do, my goal will be top 20% of entrants.
08 May 2011 at 23:35
Congrats on reaching your goal. That’s cross-some! (Are non-native speakers allowed to make up words?)
09 May 2011 at 09:20
Well done. I ve been monitoring your workouts, which seem quite the task and no easy feat. Give your self a pat on the back.
09 May 2011 at 13:24
So do we know how many competitors finished all six in the region? Worldwide? It would be interesting to compare the final standings with the adjusted numbers.
09 May 2011 at 14:29
Monika: Thanks! Yes, you have as much leeway as native speakers to come up with cringeworthy new words and/or puns.
Garret: Thanks!
Zac: It appears that in NorCal 600 people did all six, so I was in the top 40.86% of entrants and top 64.5% of finishers; your rank of 320 puts you at 33.79% of entrants and 53.33% of finishers.
Worldwide there were 8615 finishers, so my rank of 5426 (which, suspiciously, was 5425 when I wrote this post yesterday) makes me top 40.42%/62.98% entrants/finishers, and your rank of 4571 makes you top 34.05%/53.05% entrants/finishers.
10 May 2011 at 11:55
There were 600 places, but that doesn’t include the ties. There are at least 20 ties in NorCal. Don’t know what that means for the data.
10 May 2011 at 14:09
Zac: I’m pretty sure it does include the ties; at the top of the linked NorCal page are two people tied at 541, after which the rank skips one to 543. The same is true for 550 and 552.