CrossFit reveals Open Workout 26.2 in Cascais: three-round dumbbell gymnastics ladder

Twenty ring muscle-ups close Open Workout 26.2, a compact three-round dumbbell and gymnastics ladder that pairs 80-foot dumbbell overhead walking lunges with 20 alternating dumbbell snatches and progressively harder pull variations, all under a 15-minute time cap. CrossFit unveiled the workout live at CrossFit Black Edition in Cascais, Portugal, on March 5, 2026.

CrossFit billed the reveal this way: "The 2026 CrossFit Open, presented by Air National Guard, continues with Open Workout 26.2, presented by Velites. Watch the live reveal of the workout followed by an epic matchup with CrossFit Games athletes Lucy Campbell, Aimee Cringle, and Mirjam von Rohr." The live segment featured those three athletes after the reveal and CrossFit’s official pages and the Games site point users to downloadable workout descriptions and scorecards for division-specific details.

The version reproduced across CrossFit, Wodprep, and GOWOD presents the workout as three identical movement blocks with escalating gymnastics: Round 1 - 80-foot dumbbell overhead walking lunge, 20 alternating dumbbell snatches, 20 pull-ups; Round 2 - 80-foot dumbbell overhead walking lunge, 20 alternating dumbbell snatches, 20 chest-to-bar pull-ups; Round 3 - 80-foot dumbbell overhead walking lunge, 20 alternating dumbbell snatches, 20 ring muscle-ups. Time cap is 15 minutes. Wodprep lists Open Scaled (Ages 16–54) dumbbell weights as female 35-lb (15-kg) and male 50-lb (22.5-kg), and Teenagers (14–15) as female 20-lb (10-kg) and male 35-lb (15-kg).

The Games CrossFit workout page in the supplied excerpt conflicts with that version. That page lists a different gymnastics ladder - jumping pull-ups, then pull-ups, then chest-to-bar across rounds - and shows dumbbell weights of female 20-lb (10-kg) and male 35-lb (15-kg). The Games page also directs readers to the rulebook for equipment and video standards: "Refer to APPENDIX D in the 2026 CrossFit Games Rulebook for complete equipment details, weight conversions, and video submission standards." CrossFit’s official release and the Wodprep/GOWOD reproductions agree with each other on ring muscle-ups, so the discrepancy on the Games page stands out and should be reconciled with the downloadable scorecard.

For practitioners looking to prepare, Wodprep’s warm-up and primer landed immediately after the reveal: "1–2 sets (depending on feel and need): 25’ DB (1) goblet walking lunge; 5 DB windmills/side; 10 kip swings; :15 ring support hold" and "3 sets: 2–3 steps/leg DB (1) overhead walking lunge; 6 alternating DB snatches; Round 1: 5 pull-ups; Round 2: 3 chest-to-bar pull-ups; Round 3: 1 ring muscle-up." GOWOD’s read on the test is blunt and specific: "Shoulder stability, grip endurance and efficient pulling mechanics will become increasingly important as the workout progresses from pull-ups to chest-to-bar pull-ups and finally ring muscle-ups."

CrossFit’s release text in the supplied excerpt is truncated at one point, and the explicit tiebreak wording and some equipment notes were not included in those excerpts. The authoritative clarifications will live in the official downloadable scorecard and Appendix D of the 2026 CrossFit Games Rulebook, which the Games page flags for equipment, weight conversions, and video-submission standards; expect those downloads to resolve the weight and movement-order discrepancies.