2026 CrossFit Open · Week 2
26.2 Drops
From Cascais
The second of three Open workouts is out. Campbell, von Rohr, and Cringle took it on live. Here’s everything — times, movements, tickets, leadership, and what’s next.
The Announcement
What Happened at CrossFit Black Edition
Open Workout 26.2 was revealed live on March 5 from CrossFit Black Edition in Cascais, Portugal. The stream went out free on the CrossFit Games YouTube channel and at games.crossfit.com — the same dual-platform setup used for 26.1.
After the reveal, Lucy Campbell, Mirjam von Rohr, and Aimee Cringle performed the workout on stage. Score submission for 26.2 opened at the reveal and closes at 5 p.m. PT on Monday, March 9 — the same five-day window that applied to 26.1.
Following Week One, Mirjam von Rohr and Bjarni Leifs were declared the official winners of 26.1. Von Rohr posted 9:50 — the only time under 10 minutes among all competitors — while Leifs finished in 10:59. Rankings can shift fast in the Open. The live leaderboard at CrossFit Games updates as scores are validated.
Interactive Workout Breakdown
Tap Each Round to Explore 26.2
Three rounds, one 15-minute cap. Each round escalates the pull-up demand — grip is the deciding factor.
Foundation
- 80-ft DB Overhead Walking Lunge
- 20 Alternating DB Snatches
- 20 Pull-ups
Escalation
- 80-ft DB Overhead Walking Lunge
- 20 Alternating DB Snatches
- 20 Chest-to-Bar Pull-ups
Finish
- 80-ft DB Overhead Walking Lunge
- 20 Alternating DB Snatches
- 20 Ring Muscle-ups
The Live Duel
Three Athletes, One Stage
Each of these competitors brings a different reason to watch — scroll their profiles and see where they came from.
The live broadcast is free and remains available on the CrossFit Games YouTube channel. Athletes planning their own attempt can watch the duel to observe set sizes, rest intervals, and pacing cues before entering the CrossFit Games dashboard to log their score.
Score Submission Guide
How to Submit Your 26.2 Score
Click each step as you complete it. Deadline: 5 p.m. PT, Monday March 9.
For additional guidance on athletic preparation and mental health support during competition, see our coverage on athletes and mental wellness and immunity and recovery after intense training.
Week One Results
26.1 — How the Field Finished
After a high-volume wall ball and box jump-over workout, these names led the global standings. View live leaderboard →
26.1 featured a pyramid-format sequence of wall balls and box jump-overs — with medicine-ball box step-overs mid-workout — under a 12-minute time cap. Sara Sigmundsdottir, who had planned to participate, sat out based on a coach’s call — the box jump-overs in particular were flagged as a risk to her ongoing rehabilitation. She did not submit an official score. Her decision was covered in her own posts via her official Instagram. For background on athletes overcoming long-term setbacks, see our piece on resilience through injury and illness.
2026 CrossFit Games · San Jose
Ticket Dates, Prices & Access — SAP Center
The 2026 CrossFit Games runs July 24–26 at SAP Center, San Jose, California. Only three-day packages are available initially. Hover or tap any date card for details.
Arena Ticket Package — 3-Day Reserved Seating
Royal Blue Upper Sideline
Green Upper Finish
Organisation Update
CEO Transition at CrossFit HQ
Don Faul Ends Tenure as CrossFit CEO
Don Faul, who became CEO in August 2022, concluded his tenure at CrossFit on March 6, 2026 — during the second week of the Open. CrossFit’s Board of Directors has commenced the process of identifying a new CEO and plans to engage an executive search firm. The transition arrives as the company is actively pursuing a sale. Official updates are available at crossfit.com.
CrossFit Medical Society
When the Gym Becomes a Health Hub
The CrossFit Medical Society (CFMS) is building infrastructure to connect affiliates with clinical healthcare — through a structured framework called the Health Hub model. Explore each pillar below.
Enrollment for the Community Care model is open at enroll.cfmscommunitycare.com. Related reading: our coverage of diet and long-term disease risk.
The Health Hub model does not require affiliates to build a medical facility. Instead, it provides a documented framework for integrating existing health levers — blood work, lifestyle coaching, physician referrals — into the affiliate’s current operations, without requiring major capital expenditure.
Jeremy, a CrossFit Level 4 coach and owner of Ralston Creek CrossFit in Arvada, Colorado, outlined the flexibility built into the model. His market supports premium health memberships with quarterly blood work and structured coaching. He noted that the same model can work in economically different regions if messaging is adapted to local health priorities — heart disease, diabetes, cancer risk — rather than performance optimization.
For years, CrossFit affiliates shared a clear, public fight against ultra-processed food and broken nutritional science. That cohesion built community identity — signing up for the Open felt like joining something with a larger purpose. As competitive sport expanded and affiliates focused increasingly on operational survival, that shared external mission became less visible.
The Health Integration Summit, organized through CFMS, is aimed at restoring a collective direction: structured, measurable, community-based healthcare integration. It provides affiliate owners with direct physician collaboration networks, scalable biomarker pathways, structured health onboarding, and a renewed shared goal.
Jeremy described what he planned to take back after attending: “To get fired back up — to have a mission again.” Amy Posadas said she had already enrolled in Community Care and begun her own lab testing to understand the process before rolling it out with clients. More on physical resilience and long-term health at Unseen Champions.
World Fitness Project · London
Sara Sigmundsdottir Targets May — Not March
Drumsheds,
London
May 1–3
Sara Sigmundsdottir will not appear on the 2026 Open leaderboard. The decision was made after 26.1 was revealed — the workout’s box jump-overs were identified by her coaching team as too high a risk to her ongoing rehabilitation, which she has been conducting in Arizona at Jump Ship Phoenix.
Her focus is a return to competition at World Fitness Project Tour Stop 1 in London. She received a special invitation from WFP ahead of the event.
Noah Ohlsen also received a special WFP invite. Ohlsen had been on track to finish inside the top 20 for the 2025 WFP season but withdrew from the Finals the morning before the competition started to fly home and spend time with his dog, Max, who was nearing the end of his life. The withdrawal dropped him to 33rd in the standings, outside the top 20 needed to retain his Pro Card.
What Was Covered
The Full Picture — Week 2 of the 2026 Open
This piece covered Workout 26.2, announced March 5 at CrossFit Black Edition in Cascais. The workout — a three-round gymnastics ladder ending in ring muscle-ups — was performed in a live duel by Lucy Campbell, Mirjam von Rohr, and Aimee Cringle. Score submission for 26.2 closes at 5 p.m. PT on March 9 via the CrossFit Games dashboard.
The 2026 CrossFit Games ticketing timeline was outlined — public sale begins March 24 at 1 p.m. ET via SAP Center. The CrossFit Medical Society’s Health Hub framework, athlete responses from the Health Integration Summit, the CEO transition at CrossFit HQ, and Sara Sigmundsdottir’s decision to sit out the Open in favour of her WFP London preparation were all covered using first-hand sources.
For further reading, see our coverage of CrossFit Open 26.1 and athletes and mental health.
