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Masters Online Qualifier Starts Today at 5 p.m. PT

The Masters Online Qualifier workouts will be released today (Thursday, April 21, 2016) at 5 p.m. PT. Masters athletes will have until Monday, April 25, 2016, at 5 p.m. PT, to submit their scores and/or videos for these four workouts.

The Masters Online Qualifier is the second stage of the CrossFit Games season for athletes 40 years old and older. These athletes have already competed in the Open (February 25 – March 28), and earned a top-200 finish worldwide in their age division. All Masters athletes who finished in the top-200 worldwide are automatically entered to compete this weekend.

The workouts will be released here.

Please note that Masters athletes submitting scores must use a registered judge for each workout and have their performance validated by a validly licensed CrossFit affiliate in good standing. In addition, all four workouts must be videotaped. The top 40 Masters athletes will be asked to submit one to four of these videos for review (April 26, 2016). Alternatively, Masters athletes may elect to submit videos of the four workouts online for judging and validation. All videos submitted for review must adhere to standard Open video submission guidelines.

Masters athletes will have five scores tabulated in order to determine their final rank in the Online Qualifier: four scores from the Online Qualifier workouts and one score based on their finish in the Open. If an athlete is unable to complete a Qualifier workout, they will not receive a score for that workout and they will be ranked below every other athlete who completed the four workouts.

Only after the video review process is complete will the Masters Leaderboard be set. The top 20 male and female athletes in each age division will be invited to compete at the Games starting on May 5, 2016. If Masters athletes ranked in the top 20 in any age division decline their invitation to the Games, the next highest-ranked athlete in that division may be invited. The Games invitation process for Masters athletes will be completed by June 4, 2016.

Where to Buy CrossFit Games Tickets

CrossFit Games tickets will be sold on AXS.com starting April 22 (Affiliate Pre-Sale) and again on April 28 (Public Sale). Both days the tickets will be released at 12 p.m. PT.

Before ticket sales begin, you can go to the ticket sales page on AXS.com and sign up for an email reminder. CrossFit Games tickets have a history of selling out fast.

GO TO TICKET SALES PAGE

The Affiliate Pre-Sale is limited to those affiliates with 12+ members in the 2016 Open. Qualified affiliates can get their single-use code that will allow them to purchase up to eight All Access Packages by having their Affiliate Manager login to Games.CrossFit.com.

Games Tickets Released to Affiliates This Friday

CrossFit affiliates that had 12 or more members register for the 2016 Open will get early access to the ticketing website, AXS.com. The Affiliate Pre-Sale starts this Friday, April 22, at 12 p.m. PT.

Access will be limited to those with a code.

To find your affiliate’s code, have your Affiliate Manager:

1. Login.

2. Click “Affiliate: Manage.”

3. Record code.

The codes are transferrable. Anyone can use a code to make a single purchase of up to eight All Access Packages. (Not sure what “All Access Package” means exactly? Learn more about the new ticketing system here.)

Contact [email protected] if you do not have a code and you know your affiliate meets the 12-person minimum. (Keep in mind that these codes are only on the Affiliate Manager’s competition page. The Affiliate Manager is the person who oversaw the Open at your affiliate and validated your scores).

Tickets may still go fast. Over 7,800 affiliates qualified for the Pre-Sale, and there are approximately 9,000 All Access ticket packages available. For the best odds at getting your ideal seats, we recommend being ready to buy when tickets are released at noon on April 22 (Pacific Time).

All remaining ticket packages will be released to the general public on April 28.

[See the original announcement.]

Timeline for Masters and Teenagers

MASTERS

Following the Open, the top 200 Masters athletes worldwide in each age division are automatically invited to compete in the Masters Online Qualifier. In this competition, Masters athletes will submit scores and/or videos for four additional workouts.

The Online Qualifier workouts will be released on Thursday, April 21, 2016, at 5 p.m. PT. Masters athletes will have until Monday, April 25, 2016, at 5 p.m. PT, to submit their scores and/or videos for these workouts.

Masters athletes submitting scores must use a registered judge for each workout and have their performance validated by a validly licensed CrossFit affiliate in good standing. In addition, all four workouts must be videotaped. The top 40 Masters athletes will be asked to submit one to four of these videos for review (April 26, 2016). Alternatively, Masters athletes may elect to submit videos of the four workouts online for judging and validation. All videos submitted for review must adhere to standard Open video submission guidelines.

Masters athletes will have five scores tabulated in order to determine their final rank in the Online Qualifier: four scores from the Online Qualifier workouts and one score based on their finish in the Open. If an athlete is unable to complete a Qualifier workout, they will not receive a score for that workout and they will be ranked below every other athlete who completed the four workouts.

Only after the video review process is complete will the Masters Leaderboard be set. The top 20 male and female athletes in each age division will be invited to compete at the Games starting on May 5, 2016. If Masters athletes ranked in the top 20 in any age division decline their invitation to the Games, the next highest-ranked athlete in that division may be invited. The Games invitation process for Masters athletes will be completed by June 4, 2016.

April 21: Masters Online Qualifier workouts released.
April 25: MOQ scores due before 5 p.m. PT.
April 26 – May 3: Video submission and review period.
May 5 – June 4: Games invitations sent to qualifiers.

Learn more about the Masters season by reading the Rulebook. The section about the Masters Online Qualifier starts on page 18.

TEENAGERS

The world’s top 10 teenagers in each age division (14-15, 16-17) will be invited to compete in the Games in early May.

Timeline for Regional Qualifiers

*Dates subject to change.

March 31 – April 11: Video submission and review (Individual Division).

April 14 – 19: Invites sent to qualifiers for the Individual Division. Must choose between the Individual or Team competition, where applicable.

April 20 – 24: Invites sent to qualifiers for the Team Division. Must accept or decline.

April 28: Team deadline to submit roster of 4 men, 4 women.

Codes Released for April 22 Pre-Sale of Games Tickets

CrossFit Games tickets have a history of selling out fast.

That’s why we’ve decided to offer a chance at the best seats in the house to CrossFit affiliates that had 12 or more members register for the 2016 Open.

These affiliates qualify for the April 22 Pre-Sale of CrossFit Games tickets. The Pre-Sale will operate through the ticketing website, AXS.com, and function the same as the Public Sale with one exception: you’ll need a code.

Today, we added these codes to Affiliate Managers’ competition pages. We recommend finding your code now and recording it so that you’ll have it available on April 22.

To find your affiliate’s code, have your Affiliate Manager:

1. Login.

2. Click “Affiliate: Manage.”

3. Record code.

The codes are transferrable. Anyone can use a code to make a single purchase of up to eight All Access Packages. (Not sure what “All Access Package” means exactly? Learn more about the new ticketing system here.)

Contact [email protected] if you do not have a code and you know your affiliate meets the 12-person minimum. (Keep in mind that these codes are only on the Affiliate Manager’s competition page. The Affiliate Manager is the person who oversaw the Open at your affiliate and validated your scores).

Tickets may still go fast. Over 7,800 affiliates qualified for the Pre-Sale, and there are approximately 9,000 All Access ticket packages available. For the best odds at getting your ideal seats, we recommend being ready to buy when tickets are released the morning of April 22 (Pacific Time).

All remaining ticket packages will be released to the general public on April 28.

[See the original announcement.]

Regional Tickets for Affiliate Owners at Will Call

Each affiliate owner (Licensee of Record) will receive a complimentary three-day ticket to their local regional.

Due to a technical difficulty, we cannot send the complimentary three-day tickets via email to affiliate owners. Instead, all complimentary tickets will be held at the venue’s Will Call under the name of the LOR. The LOR will need to show ID to receive the ticket.

An Ideal Villa Makeover

“We are 251 steps to the beach,” Donna Porritt says as I step into her Mariner’s Watch villa, “but who’s counting?”

At 625 square feet, there is a lot about the villa that could rely on numbers. Whether you attribute the tiny house movement or reducing your carbon footprint, the art of downsizing—living full time in a significantly small space without sacrificing the luxuries and belongings that matter to you most—is fun, and Donna and husband Sam Bromage perfected it by having “right-sized” living in mind from the start of their renovation until the day they brought the last of their belongings from Connecticut.