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and the 3rd to feature a strongman competition. It was held at the

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from 26 to 29 October 2023. The

Rogue Invitational The Rogue Invitational is an annual sporting event that includes a CrossFit competition and a Strongman competition. The event, organized by Rogue, started in 2019 as a CrossFit sanctioned competition, but has since become a major competition ...

also featured a Rogue Record Breaker event and a Legends competition for CrossFit veterans. The winners are

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for the CrossFit men's competition,

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for the women's, and Mitchell Hooper for the strongman. The prize purse was at a minimum of $1,275,000, and reached over $1.6 million. With the winners of the crossfit competitions receiving $280,304.30 and the winner of the strongman competition receiving $146,159.14. 20 men and 20 women competed in the CrossFit individual divisions, 10 men were invited for the Strongman competition.

Competitors

Athletes may qualify for the Rogue invitational through the online qualifier, the Q, and 6 men and 6 women were selected from the qualifier. All the other invitees were top athletes from the

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, apart from

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. The 2022 Rogue Invitational champion

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chose not to take part. For the strongman competition, three of the most recent

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champions were invited, as well as additional three finalists from the 2023 World's Strongest Man. The defending champion

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returned, but the 2021 champion

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chose not to take part.

CrossFit men's division

* On March 1, 2022, CrossFit announced they will not recognise athletes from Russia or Belarus as a result of Russian violations of the

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through invasion of Ukraine during the binding truce. Athletes thereby will compete as neutral athletes. This rule continues to be in effect during the 2023 Rogue Invitational.

CrossFit women's division

^{Qualified through the Q qualifier.} ^{Annie Thorisdottir withdrew due to pregnancy, and Alexis Raptis due to injury.}

Strongman

CrossFit

The CrossFit competitions were held over four days, from October 26 to 29, with 9 events scheduled. Bad weather conditions, however, led to a number of changes to some of the events for safety reason, for example, the front-rack lunges of Event 7 were changed to stationary lunges.

Event 1: Texas Heavy

* 1 mile Ruck ( / ) * 800m Ruck ( / ) * 1 Mile Run * Sled Bag Pull to finish ( / )

Event 2: Seat at the Bar

* 20-15-10 (mens) * * Log Muscle Up * 5 Back Squats ( / ) after each Time cap: 9 minutes

Event 3: The Circus

* Ski Erg — (40/32 calories) * Five Single-Arm Strongman Dumbbell Shoulder-to-Overhead ( / ) * Time cap: 15 min.

Event 4: 10th Inning

10 rounds for time: * 4 Ring Muscle-ups * 8 Handstand Push-ups * 12 Power Snatch ( / ) Time cap: 19 min.

Event 5: The Duel III

Bracket Style – * Over Under Over Log * 3 Sandbags to Teeter ( / )

Event 6: Max Deadlift

* 1 RM Deadlift Tie Break: Time determined prior to lifts of a run carrying

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s ( in each hand).

Event 7: Hulk Hands

* 30 Echo Bike Cals * 20 Double FatBell Ground to Overhead ( / ) * Reverse Stationary Lunges with FatBell ( / ) * Run * Bag Drag Up Hill * Run * Reverse Stationary Lunges with FatBell ( / ) * 20 Double FatBell Ground to Overhead ( / ) * 30 Echo Bike Cals

Event 8: Big Cat

5 Rounds for Time * 6 Box Jumps ( / ) * 50 ft Handstand Walk * Run Time cap: 9 min.

Event 9: The Cleanup

* 3 rounds: 25 Double unders / 5 Power Cleans ( / ) * 2 rounds: 25 Double unders / 5 Squat Cleans ( / ) * 1 round: 25 Double unders / 5

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s ( / )

Final Standings

Strongman

Six events were planned to be contested over two days (October 27 and 28). However, due to bad weather conditions, the event Apollon's Wheels was canceled, and the Ultimate Log Medley event was delayed and changed to Log Lift for repetitions which was held indoors.

Event 1: Tower of Power

* Weight: deadlift for repetitions * Time Limit: 60 seconds

Event 2: Iron Bull Sled Pull

* Weight: * Course Length: * Time Limit: 60 seconds

Event 3: Rogue-a-Coaster

* Weight: * Time Limit: 1 minute 30 seconds * Notes: 54 inch incline

Event 4: Log Lift

* Weight: log lift for repetitions * Time Limit: 1 minute 30 seconds * Notes: If athletes got the log to their lap and the time expired they were allowed to attempt to lift the log

Event 5: The Duel

* Weight: 3 sandbags weighing , and to be picked up and loaded in to a teeter * Time Limit: 60 seconds

Final Standings

References

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External links

Rogue Invitational Leaderboard
International sports competitions in Texas CrossFit Strongmen competitions