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Here we go. CrossFit Games athletes are getting engaged. New shows are being promised, but not delivered.

The Quarter Final Leader Board is up on the CrossFit Games website. And the No Rep videos just keep on coming.

The Quarter Final Leader Board went live Monday, and I was a little surprised to see Kyra Milligan and Jay Crouch at the top of the Leader Board.

Not because they didn't think they weren't capable, but just because after watching Colton Merton's and Boys Interrupted do all those workouts, I thought, wow, I don't think people could go any faster.

But they proved us wrong.

Now, when the Leader Board first went live, it was a little bit messy. There were just random athletes who were somewhere between 4,000 and 7,000 plays on some workouts, winning other workouts, which is kind of crazy.

This is likely due to them entering their time incorrect. Maybe they entered a tie break time instead of their actual time.

Other scores not validated yet. So I'm assuming once some of the affiliate owners looked at this, they made some corrections or CrossFit already had a chance to go in and start scrubbing some of these.

The Leader Board has since been cleaned up. So I would imagine what we see now is what we will see once it's finalized, give or take, maybe a few scores here and there, depending on the video review that CrossFit is doing.

I know a few athletes have mentioned that CrossFit has asked for videos Colton Merton said posted to his story that CrossFit had asked for a video.

I know personally of athletes at my gym who had to submit a video. So barring any crazy penalties from CrossFit, this should stand.

Notable names in the age group categories, winning their divisions, Caroline Frivo and Noah Olson winning the 35 to 39.

Frequent contestant on Kill Taylor, M.D. Gooch winning the 40 to 44 year old age group division and then on the men's side Rudy Berger.

Also another familiar face on that Leader Board, James Hobart in third place, Becca Voey, one of my all time favorite CrossFit games athletes winning her 45 to 49 year old division, which is the division that I'm in.

I just didn't do quarter finals. So you will not find me on that Leader Board. Let me crack that. I did not qualify for quarter finals.

Now the Leader Board for the mass majority of people that participated in corner finals is a bit questionable.

This year you did not have to submit a video with your score. Therefore it's on the honor system. Anybody could put in any score they wanted.

But lucky for Andrew Hiller, there is not a shortage of people posting their videos to social media or to their YouTube channels.

And if you were paying attention at all, there are plenty of no reps out there to be found.

For instance, this athlete here from Canada clearly not going below parallel on her squat cleans overhead squats not getting below depth people lowering the dumbbells before fully standing up at full hip and knee extension.

But you have to assume that this is happening with hundreds maybe even thousands of people out there.

The honor system is really not a great system for an online competition. And it's not one that the community is really appreciating when you read through the comment section.

At this point, I'm not even going to mention the opener quarter finals in my gym next year. That should be concerning even some media people posting their videos and getting heat for it.

This comment said can't believe text isn't on here for his squats. Friends of pillar are exempt maybe comments about J white not walking out his bar muscle ups having soft elbows. And then also him not fully extending at the top before starting to lower his dumbbells, which is crazy because he did actually advanced to semi finals.

He even went as far as asking Wilson pack for a special invite to compete at the syndicate crown.

I curious to know he's somebody I called. He said hard pass. He goes, well, we're going to go by protocol and we're going to go in order.

So I don't think I do. I don't think he knew.

He knew like where I was or anything. He goes, but like, there's a chance how far how far are you? And I go, oh far, like real far.

Like it's going to be a special invite type of a deal if it happened. He goes, I mean, then probably probably not. I'm like, that's cool.

No worries. No worries. I just, you know, we shoot my shot. Aren't you doing broadcast commentary with the barbell spin for syndicate live stream?

Are you just going to bail on your friends for an opportunity to take last place at syndicate?

On par, I guess for J.Y. Other comments on some of Pillars Reels affiliates who allow this should not be accredited or in good standing.

They are failing their athletes by allowing this. It's infuriating. I'm then giving crossfit my money to participate in a competition that apparently only matters for the top 0.1%.

It makes the entire thing for everyone else pointless. There's also the sentiment amongst outside media that the quarterfinals really didn't matter and that the athletes weren't taking it seriously on the crossfit games update show.

It's just a step they have to take. It doesn't really matter in the big picture. The people who are fighting to get to semis also don't really matter on the bubble because a the way the current systems built.

You can't even get to semis because most of them are freaking invites now or you have to be on this leaderboard.

Like if the boys interrupted who are playing games on these four streams which don't get me wrong.

Loved it. Appreciate it that they did that freaking awesome. That's not the way they would approach these workouts for entertainment value.

You would see some very different times and scores from them if this mattered one bit.

Seven really with the only difference of opinion.

I do think that these girls tried their hardest on this workout.

I think that the example that you gave with the boys interrupted pulling fucking rabbits out of a hat was a fucking mistake because or super outlier.

And also I think those guys competed at their peak because they were there competing against each other.

None of those guys want to lose on camera.

Did you see them competing at the ranch with Dave? They didn't try there either.

Dude, those are the kings of not trying hard.

Kings know something else always finish within a couple seconds of each other.

It's like they have a fucking secret packed.

Hey, we'll make.

Now the top 2000 individuals from quarter finals will move on to semifinals.

They can do an in-person event or they can do the online semifinal or they can do both if they so choose.

Age group divisions are either taking 300 or 400 athletes.

And all of the adaptive categories are taking the top 20 men and women.

Here's how all the athletes can qualify.

It is interesting that the individual online semifinals is the end of the road last chance to make it to the games,

whereas the age group online semifinal is sandwiched in the middle of the semifinals.

That being the one that offers more spots than if you were to compete in person.

We will be watching how it all plays out and keeping you updated on the season as it moves forward.

And speaking of season reports.

This is Tyler Watkins from the VAR bell spin saying sometimes people lie, numbers don't,

and the leaderboard never does. We'll see you next week. See you next week. See you next week.

It's been seven hours and fifty.

So I guess not next week. Set himself up for failure with that one. Don't make promises. You can't keep.

What was that about kill Taylor needing to be consistent?

Consistency of the show is something that you said was important in kill Taylor. And I thought it was important in kill Taylor.

I guess that doesn't apply to you or even the regular weekly Wednesday barbell spin shows now.

Almost missed the last one. It was on Tuesday again on Dave Castro's most recent weekend review.

He responded to some comments about the open test.

Do you think the open tests were too skewed to favor athletes who are the best metabolic conditions?

The fucking guy who won the open Colton Merton's has a five hundred and seventy pound back squat.

So the guy who won the open is arguably the strongest one of the strongest brush strength guys in the entire field.

Taylor actually clip this and basically hiller saying that he's not wrong, but his reasoning is wack.

There have been repeated questions about broad gym affiliation where he mentioned that there are multiple models that they are considering.

If you have not watched that, you can check that out on Dave Castro's YouTube channel.

The CrossFit Games update show with Chase Ingram had guest Angelo DeChico on to talk about the mayhem classic.

The barbell spin had ranked the athletes from quarterfightals that will be competing at the mayhem classic.

Whoops, Erica Folo wrong. Angelo did mention that mayhem classic is going to be putting out another workout graphic.

He also did mention that a PBS will be broadcasting the live stream guys will have viewing opportunity for the public.

Yeah, I believe we have a broadcast with PBS. I have a DVD on the details.

Just because that's not my scope like that PBS real PBS like PBS like real PBS. Yeah.

All right. This is a this is a Rory McCurden question here this mayhem classic is just two weeks away.

And there are a lot of big name athletes in contention for those games tickets.

And if you would like to attend the event in person tickets still are on sale at ticket Taylor.

I will link that down below. It seems another training thing team coach has left the camp.

What is going on over there?

First Kyle Ruth. No, first brain and dormant.

Then Kyle Ruth. And now this guy Ryan Ryan.

Are why any never seen it's felt like that. Don't know much about him if I'm being honest.

But in his Instagram post I'm making a change. I'm going independent.

I made the decision to pursue a different path in my coaching career. And I'm excited to see where that leads.

I'm now taking on athletes. So I have to see what my coaching process looks like.

Some of the comments onward and upward. I'm so proud of you can't wait to see what you accomplish.

You are the best better believe I'll be reaching out.

Congratulations probably one of the best crossfit coaches. If not the best I've learned from.

Wow. That's awesome. The humans you get to directly impact will be better for it strongly recommended.

So it sounds like very well respected in the space.

It is interesting. All of these coaches from training thinking drop in like flies.

Max is over here going on podcasts this last year.

Criticizing Dave Castro and Crossfit leadership.

But I guess he should have been a little bit more focused on the leadership at his business.

That indicates a pattern or shared experience.

Suggesting problems with the leadership and management.

I was on this week with Christian and Jason of the best hour of their day podcast.

Jason is a funny, funny guy, etc.

And it's like so if they're finding Jenny.

Oh, they wanted something that you weren't providing or providing good enough.

Like, you know, they they found a side check for lack of better terms.

I wasn't Jenny was anyone I could be it you could be it right.

We were looking at the pictures on my wall here.

And I actually pulled down the one of fitness Lonnie.

And then after the podcast, I was looking at Christian and I thought oh my god.

You actually look like fitness Lonnie.

Are you related here at the Northwest regionals?

And you know what?

We all know that Crossfit is love.

Not a great time best hour of their day.

Our gym actually works with them.

So that was an easy yes.

And then of course, I've heard so many good things about them from the people on our team.

So if you have not watched that, you can check that out on their YouTube channel.

And every box no more name yet.

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