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Table 1 Description of standards for five common benchmark workouts

From: Normative Values for Self-Reported Benchmark Workout Scores in CrossFit® Practitioners

Name

Workout

Repetitions scheme

Exercises

Male standards

Female standards

Scoring

Fran

3 consecutive rounds

Round 1 = 21 repetitions

•Thrusters

43.1 kg

24.5 kg

TTC (± 0.1 s)

Round 2 = 15 repetitions

•Pull-ups

  

Round 3 = 9 repetitions

  

Filthy 50

1 continuous circuit

50 repetitions for each exercise

•Box jumps

0.6 m box

TTC (± 0.1 min)

•Jumping pull-ups

Bar height set at a height equal to mid-forearm of fully extended shoulders and elbows

•“American” kettlebell swings

16.4 kg

•Walking lunges

  

•Knees-to-elbows

  

•Push press

20.4 kg

13.6 kg

•Back extensions

  

•Wall-ball shots

9.1 kg, 3 m target

6.4 kg, 2.7 m target

•Burpees

  

•Double-unders

  

Helen

1 continuous circuit completed three times in succession

400 m

•Sprint

  

TTC (± 0.1 min)

21 repetitions

•“American” kettlebell swings

24.0 kg

12 repetitions

•Pull-ups

  

Grace

1 round

30 repetitions

•Clean and jerks

61.2 kg

43.1 kg

TTC (± 0.1 s)

Fight Gone Bad

3 rounds of five 1-min stations with each round separated by a 1-min rest period

AMRAP

•Wall-ball shots

9.1 kg, 3 m Target

6.4 kg, 2.7 m Target

Total repetitions

•Sumo deadlift high-pull

34.0 kg

24.9 kg

•Box jumps

0.5 m box

•Push press

34.0 kg

24.9 kg

1 cal = 1 repetition

•Ergometer rowing for calories

  
  1. AMRAP as many repetitions as possible, TTC time to completion