Registration for the 2026 CrossFit Open is now…open. Today at 12pm Eastern Time athletes from around the world can begin to register for the 2026 CrossFit Open.

The CrossFit Open is the world’s largest fitness competition and marks the official start of the 2026 CrossFit Games season. Beginning on February 26, athletes will take on three workouts over the course of three weeks.

A new workout will be released every Thursday (February 26, March 5 and March 12) at 3pm Eastern Time. Athletes will have until the following Monday at 8pm Eastern Time to submit their workouts and ranked on the worldwide CrossFit Games leaderboard.

While the elite athletes will be using the Open to advance to the next stage in the CrossFit Games season, athletes of all levels can participate. There are various division, including age groups (teens and masters) as well as adaptive divisions.

Last year over 233,000 people registered for the 2025 CrossFit Open.

To register, head over to games.crossfit.com/open/registration and sign up today. Oh, and when you do, make sure to add #thebarbellspin in the hashtag section to be included in our Open leaderboard.

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