THE KINETIC ARCHIVE

THE 2026
CROSSFIT OPEN

CrossFit Lotus • The Year of Grit

EST. 2012 / VOL 14

WEEK ONE

26.1

"Fuck my legs are sore"

For time:

‍20 wall-ball shots
18 box jump-overs

30 wall-ball shots
18 box jump-overs

40 wall-ball shots
18 medicine-ball box step-overs

66 wall-ball shots
18 medicine-ball box step-overs

40 wall-ball shots
18 box jump-overs

30 wall-ball shots
18 box jump-overs

20 wall-ball shots

‍Time cap: 12 minutes

‍♀ 14-lb (6-kg) medicine ball, 9-foot target, 20-inch box
♂ 20-lb (9-kg) medicine ball, 10-ft target, 24-inch box

The opening test was a masterclass in pacing. Athletes faced a relentless cycle that tested aerobic capacity and raw mental grit.

Woman jumping over a barbell in a gym with people watching and colorful weight plates in the background.

Muscular man lifting a dumbbell overhead during a workout in a gym with other people exercising nearby.

Man performing leg raises on a pull-up bar in a CrossFit gym while a trainer in a red CrossFit shirt watches and takes notes.

Person jumping over barbell plates in a CrossFit gym with coach observing and other people training in background.

Woman in athletic wear giving a high-five to a man in a CrossFit shirt inside a gym with colorful mural walls.

Woman in sportswear lifting a barbell with red weight plates in a gym with observers in the background.

Man in red CrossFit shirt holding yellow clipboard in gym with others in background.

Shirtless man in black shorts and orange shoes performing a kneeling dumbbell press in a gym while a trainer in a red CrossFit shirt observes with a clipboard.

Woman lifting a barbell with weights during a workout session in a gym with other people in the background.

Smiling woman in black workout attire standing in a gym near gymnastic rings and weightlifting equipment.

Group of people in a gym surrounding a man lying on a blue mat as they look at a green clipboard.

Smiling man sitting on a blue exercise platform in a gym with weights and equipment around.

Two men posing in a gym, one wearing a red CrossFit t-shirt making a fist and the other shirtless showing a thumbs up.

Smiling muscular man in a black Bulls 23 jersey and backward cap holding a weighted jump rope in a gym with colorful dragon mural.

Woman performing a one-arm dumbbell overhead lunge in a gym with others and a coach holding a clipboard nearby.

Smiling middle-aged man with gray hair and beard wearing a red CrossFit Lotus Danang shirt standing in a gym with people and fitness equipment in the background.

Smiling woman in workout attire with wrist wraps standing in a gym with others exercising in the background.

Woman with tattoos on her arm and red face paint lines working out intensely in a gym.

WEEK TWO

26.2

"I'll just look at the rings for a bit"

For time:

‍80-foot dumbbell overhead walking lunge
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20 alternating dumbbell snatches
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20 pull-ups
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80-foot dumbbell overhead walking lunge
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20 alternating dumbbell snatches
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20 chest-to-bar pull-ups
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80-foot dumbbell overhead walking lunge
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20 alternating dumbbell snatches
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20 muscle-ups

‍Time cap: 15 minutes

♀ 35-lb (15-kg) dumbbell
♂ 50-lb (22.5-kg) dumbbell

A test of structural integrity and pure strength. The descending ladder
hid a mountain of volume that crumbled even the strongest.

WEEK three

26.3

"No need for Weight 3..I won't get there"

For time:

‍2 rounds of:

12 burpees over the bar
12 cleans, weight 1
12 burpees over the bar
12 thrusters, weight 1

2 rounds of:

12 burpees over the bar
12 cleans, weight 2
12 burpees over the bar
12 thrusters, weight 2

2 rounds of:
12 burpees over the bar
12 cleans, weight 3
12 burpees over the bar
12 thrusters, weight 3

‍Time cap: 16 minutes

‍♀ 65, 75, 85 lb (29, 34, 38 kg)
♂ 95, 115, 135 lb (43, 52, 61 kg)