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It’s Open Season 2025!
The Open is your chance to join CrossFit athletes from all around the world for 3 WODS over 3 weekends.
Click here to read our blog post on what the Open is all about!
At Big Dane, we’ll run a fun in-house competition. Everyone in our gym is encouraged to participate in our free in-house competition regardless of how experienced you are, and regardless of whether you’re officially signing up for the worldwide competition with CrossFit. We will all be in one gym-wide, local experience together, with scaled options as always! We’ll celebrate with a leader board as well as some community awards.
The highlight will be our Friday Night Lights (FNL), where you can come sweat and cheer on your fellow athletes! These take place on Feb. 28, Mar. 7, and Mar. 14, starting at 4:30. We’ll warm up then begin heats until all athletes have had a turn.
We’ll have an adjusted schedule on those days, with classes at 5:30am and 9am, followed by FNL at 4:30pm. Note that FNL will run for well over an hour, so even if you can’t come right at 4:30, you can join a later heat. All class times will do the Open workout for their WOD, though we encourage athletes to come to FNL if at all possible, to do the WOD then or at least to cheer on their friends. There are no classes at 6:30am or noon on these three Fridays. You can also make up the Open workout over the weekend if you coordinate with a judge.
We have a lot of fun planned for FNLs, with themed nights, community awards, and more. Stay tuned!
You have two options to participate:
- “In-House Only” track: free! Regardless of whether you sign up for the worldwide Open with crossfit.com, you can participate fully in our in-house experience. You’ll complete each Open WOD with a peer acting as your judge, submit your score in StreamFit, and be eligible for prizes. You’re encouraged to complete your WOD during Friday Night Lights each week, though we’ll also run heats at 5:30am and 9am those Fridays if you need an alternative.
- “Worldwide” track: this is for those who want to also join the worldwide Open by paying the $20 fee at games.crossfit.com (see this site to learn about the Open and why to participate). If you wish to be eligible to advance to later rounds of competition, or simply want to see how you stack up with other athletes outside our gym or track your progress year over year, this track is for you. Worldwide athletes also participate fully in our unified In-House experience alongside In-House-Only athletes. In addition, Worldwide athletes need to have each workout judged by someone who has completed the judges’ course; it will then be verified by Barrett and submitted to CrossFit.com. Judges are available each Friday night of the competition, though makeups are available upon request after classes Saturday and Sunday. Judges may not be available at the 5:30am and 9am classes.
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Next Steps
- If you’re in the Worldwide track, then in addition to signing up above for our in-house competition, please click here to sign up at https://games.crossfit.com/
- If you wish to contribute $5 or so to our prize pool / food fund, click here to Venmo Julie (last 4 digits: 6798). There is absolutely no obligation to contribute, and this is not a requirement in order to win prizes.
- Stay tuned for details about Friday Night Lights themes!
