The qualifying process starts in the winter with the Open, a five-week, five-workout competition held in CrossFit affiliates and garage gyms around the world. In 2016, 302,000 people from 120 different countries participated. The top forty men and top forty women from eight regions then advance to the next stage, Regionals, which take place over a three-day period in May. Only the top five men and top five women from each region advance to the Games, which is held in late July of each year.
