On March 17, 2022, CrossFit HQ held a press conference with the 2022 CrossFit Open winners from the Men’s and Women’s Elite divisions — Saxon Panchik and Mallory O’Brien. As part of that conference, CrossFit HQ announced the prize pool for the 2022 NOBULL CrossFit Games, which totals $2,845,000 across all divisions, including new payouts to the podium finishers of five Adaptive divisions for the first time — Vision, Intellectual, Seated Without Hip Function, Seated With Hip Function, and Short Stature.
The prize pool for the 2022 CrossFit Games is $330,000 greater than the prize pool from the 2021 CrossFit Games. The winners of the two Individual Elite divisions will each be awarded $310,000 — a $10,000 increase from 2021.
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2022 NOBULL CrossFit Games Prize Structure
Here is the full prize pool breakdown:
Individual Athletes
- First place — $310,000
- Second place — $120,000
- Third place — $80,000
- Fourth place — $55,000
- Fifth place — $40,000
- Sixth place — $35,000
- Seventh place — $31,000
- Eighth place — $29,000
- Ninth place — $27,000
- 10th place — $25,000
- 11th place — $20,000
- 12th place — $18,000
- 13th place — $15,000
- 14th place — $14,000
- 15th place — $13,000
- 16th place — $12,000
- 17th place — $11,000
- 18th place — $10,000
- 19th place — $9,000
- 20th place — $8,000
New prizes have been added in 2022 for Individual athletes who finish in 21st through 40th place:
- 21st place — $7,000
- 22nd place — $6,750
- 23rd place — $6,500
- 24th place — $6,250
- 25th place — $6,000
- 26th place — $5,750
- 27th place — $5,500
- 28th place — $5,250
- 29th place — $5,000
- 30th place — $4,750
- 31st place — $4,500
- 32nd place — $4,250
- 33rd place — $4,000
- 34th place — $3,750
- 35th place — $3,500
- 36th place — $3,250
- 37th place — $3,000
- 38th place — $2,750
- 39th place — $2,500
- 40th place — $2,250
Total for Individual Men’s and Women’s divisions: $1,949,000
Team Competition
- First place — $100,000
- Second place — $70,000
- Third place — $40,000
- Fourth place — $25,000
- Fifth place — $20,000
- Sixth place — $15,000 — New Prize
- Seventh place — $12,000 — New Prize
- Eighth place — $9,000 — New Prize
- Ninth place — $6,000 — New Prize
- 10th place — $3,000 — New Prize
Total for Team Competition: $300,000
Masters Athletes
- Masters 35-39
- First place — $25,000
- Second place — $10,000
- Third place — $5,000
- Masters 40-44, 45-49, 50-54, 55-59, and 60-64
- First place — $10,000
- Second place — $5,000
- Third place — $3,000
- Masters 65+
- First place — $5,000
- Second place — $3,000
- Third place — $2,000
Total for all Masters divisions: $280,000
Adaptive Athletes
- Upper extremity, Lower extremity, and Neuromuscular
- First place — $5,000
- Second place — $3,000
- Third place— $2,000
- Vision, Intellectual, Seated Without Hip Function, Seated With Hip Function, Short Stature
- First place — $5,000 — New Prize
- Second place — $3,000 — New Prize
- Third place — $2,000 — New Prize
Total for all Adaptive divisions: $160,000
Individual Events
- First place — $3,000
- Second place — $2,000
- Third place — $1,000
Total individual event prize purse: $156,000
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2022 CrossFit Open & Quarterfinals
The 2022 CrossFit Open leaderboard will be finalized by March 18, 2022, at 5 pm PST according to CrossFit Director of Competition Adrian Bozman. Saxon Panchik and Mallory O’Brien have been confirmed as the official winners of the 2022 CrossFit Open for the Individual Men’s and Individual Women’s divisions, respectively.
Athletes who finish in the top 10 percent worldwide on the Open leaderboard will qualify for the online Quarterfinals scheduled for March 24 through April 24, 2022. The 2022 NOBULL CrossFit Games will be held Aug. 3-7, 2022, in Madison, WI.
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