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Magic City Games 2025

Birmingham · Jul 19 – 20, 2025

Magic City Games 2025: results, qualifiers and workouts

The 2025 Magic City Games finals were held on July 19-20 in Birmingham, Alabama, based at the Bill Harris Arena with events in a pool and at Legion Field. It was not part of the CrossFit Games qualifying path: individuals in Rx and Intermediate qualified through the event's own online qualifier, alongside pairs divisions. Ryan Haynes and Taryn Lynch won Rx Individual.

The essentials

Dates
Jul 19 – 20, 2025
City
Birmingham
Venue
Bill Harris Arena (with events at a natatorium and Legion Field)
Type
Not a qualifier in the 2025 CrossFit season: an independent two-day competition for individuals and pairs, with no masters individual divisions
Games spots
None
divisions (4 individual, 6 pairs)
10
individual events
6
individual entry fee
$249

No CrossFit Games spots were awarded; its first CrossFit Semifinal (masters) came in 2026.

Podiums

Top of the final leaderboard, as the organiser published it.

Individual · Men

  • Ryan Haynes #1
  • Josh Felix #2
  • Noah Voyles#3
  • Brandon Fabry#4
  • Rye McGlothin#5
  • Roman Berkhan#6
  • Connor Micklo#7
  • Charlie Jones III#8
  • Barrett Koerselman#9
  • Jacob Stolar#10

Individual · Women

  • Taryn Lynch#1
  • Billie Dodd#2
  • Lexi Colabianchi#3
  • Alexa McAuliffe#4
  • Sydney Pawlak#5
  • Lou Knapp#6
  • Caroline Brantley#7
  • Anastasia Fish#8
  • Caroline Versluis#9
  • Sophia Sobota#10

Workouts

  • Event 1

    Swim N' Run

    FormatFor timeTime cap8 min

    Scoring: Time; the 8-minute cap applies to the swim only, no cap on the run; tiebreak is the swim time

    1. 200 mswim
    2. 1 milerun

    Standards

    All divisions

    Saturday, natatorium

  • Event 2

    JT 2.0

    FormatFor time, 21-15-9 (women 18-12-9)Time cap12 min

    Scoring: Time; tiebreak after the first set of dumbbell bench press

    1. 21-15-9deficit handstand push-ups (women 18-12-9)
    2. 21-15-9ring dips (women 18-12-9)
    3. 21-15-9dumbbell bench press, 2 x 50/35 lb (women 18-12-9)

    Standards

    Rx: deficit published as 2.8" men / 1.8" women; dumbbells 2 x 50 lb men / 2 x 35 lb women

    Saturday, Bill Harris Arena

  • Event 3

    40yd Sandbag Dash

    FormatFor timeTime cap1 minScoringTime; worth half an event
    1. 40yd sandbag dash (100/75 lb)

    Standards

    Sandbag 100 lb men / 75 lb women

    Saturday, Legion Field

  • Event 4

    Legion Eliminator

    FormatElimination ladder, max repsTime cap2 minScoringReps (more is better)
    1. ·Round 1 (all athletes): 3 @ 100/25 lb, 2 @ 125/50, 2 @ 150/75, 1 @ 175/100, 1 @ 200/125
    2. ·Round 2 (top 18): 1 @ 150/75, 1 @ 175/100, 1 @ 200/125, 1 @ 225/150
    3. ·Round 3 (top 6): 1 @ 200/125, 1 @ 225/150, 1 @ 250/175

    Standards

    Rx loads men/women in lb; the implement or movement is not named in the published description

    Saturday, Legion Field

  • Event 5

    Rope, Ride, Repeat

    Format5 rounds for timeTime cap19 minScoringTime
    1. 30drag-rope double-unders
    2. 600 mbicycle ride
    3. 3/2rope climbs

    Standards

    Rope climbs to the 15 ft crossbar; 3 men / 2 women per round

    Sunday, Bill Harris Arena (outdoor bike course)

  • Event 6

    Overhang

    FormatFor timeTime cap8 minScoringTime
    1. 30toes-to-bar
    2. 60overhead squats (95/65 lb)
    3. 30toes-to-bar

    Standards

    Barbell 95 lb men / 65 lb women

    Sunday, Bill Harris Arena

Frequently asked questions

Who won 2025 Magic City Games (Finals)?

Ryan Haynes (men) and Taryn Lynch (women).

Did it award 2025 Games spots?

Not a qualifier in the 2025 CrossFit season: an independent two-day competition for individuals and pairs, with no masters individual divisions.

Where and when was 2025 Magic City Games (Finals)?

Bill Harris Arena (with events at a natatorium and Legion Field), Birmingham, Jul 19 – 20, 2025.

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