CrossFit Reveals Open 26.2 in Cascais, Releases Full Standards and Duel Result

Three rounds and a 15-minute time cap defined Workout 26.2 when CrossFit revealed the second Open test at CrossFit Black Edition in Cascais, Portugal. The announcement ceremony invited three athletes to be the first to perform the workout: Lucy Campbell, Mirjam von Rohr, and Aimee Cringle, in keeping with the tradition of showcasing three of the world's fittest women at the reveal.

CrossFit labeled 26.2 as “For Time” across Rx’d, Scaled, and Foundations divisions, each carrying the same 15-minute cap. The organization and FitnessVolt coverage both noted that the workout is the second out of three 2026 CrossFit Open Workouts, summed up in the line, “The second out of three 2026 CrossFit Open Workouts has been revealed.”

FitnessVolt, which ran live updates from the Cascais ceremony and published a recap and how-to-watch summary on March 6, framed 26.2 against a difficult Week 1. FitnessVolt wrote, “The first week saw the Open competitors take on one of the most difficult workouts in recent years, with many elite athletes struggling to complete all exercises within the given time cap.” The outlet added, “However, Workout 26.2 has a different task in store.”

Standards and loads published in the FitnessVolt fragments delivered partial information only. A truncated Rx fragment reads “men 50 lb / wo,” but the full Rx weights, the complete movement list, and rep schemes for the three rounds were not present in the supplied material. Foundations guidance was included verbatim: “The loads are a suggested starting point. If you are completing all the workouts in the Foundations division, you are free to decrease or increase the load as your skill level allows.”

The Cascais matchup showcased the three invited athletes performing 26.2 live at CrossFit Black Edition, but the supplied notes do not include final times, placings, or a declared winner from that duel. FitnessVolt’s live updates and recap are the primary published accounts referenced in the material, and the name Vedad Tabakovic appears in the fragments near a headline, though author attribution should be confirmed on the original FitnessVolt pages.

For now, the facts on record are the venue, the format, the three athletes who performed the workout, and the 15-minute, three-round framework. The full Rx/Scaled/Foundations standards, the detailed movement list and rep scheme for each round, and the matchup results remain to be confirmed from CrossFit’s official workout announcement or the complete FitnessVolt coverage. Until those official standards and the ceremony times are posted, the CrossFit community will be parsing how 26.2 alters the Open leaderboard.