CrossFit bulletin reveals strict semifinal reviews, scores changed and zeroed

CrossFit’s latest penalties-and-appeals bulletin turned the 2026 Age-Group Online Semifinals into a reminder that nothing is safe once the videos go under review. Scores that looked secure on the May 7 to May 11 leaderboard window were changed, reduced or zeroed after officials checked movement standards, tiebreaks and submission details against the rulebook.

The bulletin covered the internal review process for the online semifinals, where athletes had until Monday, May 11, at noon PT to submit all five workouts and where the leaderboard was set to become final no later than May 26. That made every rep matter for athletes chasing the last qualifying stage for the Masters CrossFit Games and Teenage CrossFit Games in San Jose, California, in July. In this format, a missed standard can cost far more than a workout win. It can cost a berth.

The penalties spanned the kinds of mistakes that separate a clean score from a broken one: depth faults where the crease of the hip did not drop below the top of the knee, penalties for hands or feet crossing the line improperly, score reductions for jumping instead of stepping down from the box, and corrections for incomplete double-under counts and tiebreak errors. Among the athletes named in the bulletin were Akira Taingahue, Alberto Toma, Enzo Gomes de Oliveira, Nikas Rakitanskis, Wanderley Pavan Gomes, Hector Martínez Valverde, Dawson Mitchell, Anaiah Danaher, Allie Eldein, Oscar Dautremer, Riley Taylor, Francis Corbeil, Emanuel Rojas, Michael Rabie and Jordan Furno.

Some scores were adjusted meaningfully. Others were zeroed outright when CrossFit could not verify all submitted workouts or when the judge name attached to a score was invalid. That is the harsh reality of online competition at this level: the video is not just a backup record, it is the arena. CrossFit’s video-review process says every penalized video has already been seen by multiple judges, with escalation through senior officials for final penalty calls. The review team also prioritizes top scores and results that affect advancement and prize money, which means the athletes closest to the cut line are often the ones under the brightest microscope.

CrossFit’s standards around submissions are equally unforgiving. Videos can be reviewed if they draw significant public downvotes, and editing a submission in any way, including adding a clock after recording, can bring a zero, invalidation or further sanction. Removing a workout video during the review period can also result in a zero. For age-group athletes, that leaves no margin for sloppy filming, loose judging or a rep that just barely misses depth. In this season, the qualifying window ended on the floor, but the final standings were rewritten in the review room.