CrossFit Open 2027: dates, times by time zone (CET included), registration and Pairs

It is a worldwide online competition: thousands of people do the same workout in the same week and compare their score on one shared leaderboard. You don’t have to be an elite athlete. Every workout comes in an Rx version (as written), a Scaled version (lighter) and a Foundations version (for people just starting out).

For many people the season ends here, as a yearly challenge. For others it is the first qualifier on the way to the Games or the National Championships. CrossFit’s own pitch is that it is a way to “check in on your fitness” and “celebrate with your community”. The Open debuted in 2011.

A new workout is released every week on Wednesday at 12:00 (noon) Pacific Time, which is 20:00 UTC while Pacific Standard Time applies. You have until Monday at 5:00 p.m. PT (01:00 UTC on Tuesday) to do it and submit your score. That is a change from 2026, when workouts came out on Thursdays.

A note on transparency: one CrossFit calendar shows a different close date for 27.2 (14 March). We use the one CrossFit set in its 21 October 2026 announcement, Monday 1 March, and will re-check when the 2027 rulebook is out. Want the times in your own zone? See “2027 Open dates and times by time zone”.

The process is short. Anything that changes in the 2027 rulebook will be flagged here.

The 2027 Open has four big blocks:

• Individual (men and women). This is the general division. The Open page says Individual is for athletes aged 18-34; which ages qualify for Individual in 2027 is to be confirmed. What is confirmed is that you can qualify for Individual and for your age group at the same time and compete in both, at least in the Quarterfinals, with a single registration fee.
• Age groups: Teenagers 14-15, 16-17 and 18-19 (the last one is new) and Masters 35-39, 40-44, 45-49, 50-54, 55-59, 60-64, 65-69 and 70+.
• Teams: an affiliate can register as many as it likes, each with at least two men and two women registered for the Open. Every athlete does the workouts individually.
• Adaptive: the Adaptive Open is run by WheelWOD, with 16 divisions, in the same weeks as the Open. You can join for fun (no video) or to qualify (classification, score and video).

The Open is scored by placings, not by fixed points: your finishing positions in each workout are added up, and the lowest total wins. The 2026 rulebook explains it with an example that is still the clearest way to get it. The 2027 rulebook is yet to be published, but CrossFit has already confirmed rankings can be viewed by affiliate, age group or worldwide.

Anyone who does the Scaled version ranks below everyone who did the workout Rx, and Foundations ranks below Scaled. Not submitting a score earns a zero and puts you last.

When the Open closes, the top 25% in the world — in the individual division and in each age group — receive an invitation to the Quarterfinals, held 15 to 22 March. You have to accept it and register; it is not automatic.

If you miss the cut, your Games season ends, but you keep your score as a benchmark and can move on to community competitions. Other paths that start at the Open:

• Teams: go to the in-person Team Qualifiers (every Open team is eligible, and athletes need a valid score in all three workouts).
• National Championships: Open → Quarterfinals → national event.
• Adaptive: the top 20 in each division go to WheelWOD’s online Adaptive Semifinals.