Thank you for your explanation Wykie! I want to tell you I love your videos and how genuine you are. I am sure you are just as genuine in real life. Keep roaring love!
Positions in the top 100 has to count for the strength of field... If you become 2nd in Oceania behind Tia then that means more than being 2nd in Europe for example... They could just add up all the points of the athletes in te top 100 from a region and that number determines the amount of spots. If you then have only 5 athletes in the top 100 but they all are placed very high, that region can get more places than a region with more athletes but with way lower points total.
I feel it is still flawed against smaller regions as they have previously had less opportunity to gain points to get higher strength in field ?! Am I wrong?
I have thoughts and am skeptical about the fairness of the allotment of points via each region. However, I think we should all just take a breath and see what happens with how things shake out this year. The only reason the semifinals can’t be ranked world wide, this year is because they are using last years which weren’t all programmed the same.
Good explanation. What hasn't been discussed is if you're a "new" athlete who competed in the teen divisions, you're screwed because your ranking would NOT be factored among the adults. Teens will need to place high in the strength of field in the top few spots -- especially in the "weaker" regions -- just to make it to the games. Also, in theory, and this hasn't been explained, Tia could score poorly in the open etc. and compete in the 2023 semifinals, do the bare minimum, and still have enough points to make it to the 2023 games since the points carry over. (Isn't she due in early May?)
Since they have previously restricted the number of athletes coming from the smaller regions (rightly or wrongly), that will directly affect the worldwide rankings because people from those regions never had a chance to gain the larger points available at the CrossFit Games. Like Jamie Simmons, she didn't compete last year at the CrossFit Games because she came in 4th at Torian and they only allocated 3 spots. Yes, she'll gain the Semi-final points, but she gets NO POINTS for the CrossFit Games because of previous decisions made by CrossFit. So, it's a self-defeating circle. This favors the regions that had larger representation at the Games in the past. So, yeah, I'm not sure that basing it on being in the top 100 is best either. If you have Tia and Cara in the top 10, that's different than Victoria Campos and Julia Kato at 33 & 37 out of South America. But by equating people in the top 100, you lose that differentiation.
Thank you for your explanation Wykie! I want to tell you I love your videos and how genuine you are. I am sure you are just as genuine in real life. Keep roaring love!
Positions in the top 100 has to count for the strength of field... If you become 2nd in Oceania behind Tia then that means more than being 2nd in Europe for example... They could just add up all the points of the athletes in te top 100 from a region and that number determines the amount of spots. If you then have only 5 athletes in the top 100 but they all are placed very high, that region can get more places than a region with more athletes but with way lower points total.
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I feel it is still flawed against smaller regions as they have previously had less opportunity to gain points to get higher strength in field ?!
Am I wrong?
I have thoughts and am skeptical about the fairness of the allotment of points via each region. However, I think we should all just take a breath and see what happens with how things shake out this year. The only reason the semifinals can’t be ranked world wide, this year is because they are using last years which weren’t all programmed the same.
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Good explanation. What hasn't been discussed is if you're a "new" athlete who competed in the teen divisions, you're screwed because your ranking would NOT be factored among the adults. Teens will need to place high in the strength of field in the top few spots -- especially in the "weaker" regions -- just to make it to the games. Also, in theory, and this hasn't been explained, Tia could score poorly in the open etc. and compete in the 2023 semifinals, do the bare minimum, and still have enough points to make it to the 2023 games since the points carry over. (Isn't she due in early May?)
Any time you take off will screw you over. Tia is going to have a bunch of zeroes this year because of having her baby.
Since they have previously restricted the number of athletes coming from the smaller regions (rightly or wrongly), that will directly affect the worldwide rankings because people from those regions never had a chance to gain the larger points available at the CrossFit Games. Like Jamie Simmons, she didn't compete last year at the CrossFit Games because she came in 4th at Torian and they only allocated 3 spots. Yes, she'll gain the Semi-final points, but she gets NO POINTS for the CrossFit Games because of previous decisions made by CrossFit. So, it's a self-defeating circle. This favors the regions that had larger representation at the Games in the past. So, yeah, I'm not sure that basing it on being in the top 100 is best either. If you have Tia and Cara in the top 10, that's different than Victoria Campos and Julia Kato at 33 & 37 out of South America. But by equating people in the top 100, you lose that differentiation.