General: The competition will be back to having 2 divisions this year! A man/man and a woman/woman division. If you identify as non binary and would like to participate, send us a message and we will accommodate you. To join in on the action, your team is required to complete the registration form (only one buddy needs to fill out): https://forms.gle/XzaZVwZmPBz8aDT26
Qualification:
The qualifier workouts will be hosted in our Friday and Saturday CrossFit classes at all locations. The classes will appear under “Events” in Gymly, so you can sign up for them regardless of the membership you have. Qualifier workout 1 will be held on 28th & 29th of August.
Qualifier workout 2 will be held on 4th & 5th of September. If you want to compete you have to sign up for BOTH qualifiers together with your buddy. Additionally, a final opportunity to complete a missed qualifier will be provided on September 12th and 13th, outside of the regular class hours at Vondelgym Zuid. Further details about the exact time for the makeup session will be sent out to all registered athletes via email at a later point! Scores will only be taken into account if you performed them during the official time slots. It is also possible to do both workouts on the “makeup” weekend.
Finals:
The finals will take place on October 3rd and 4th at Vondelgym Zuid. Athletes will compete on Saturday AND Sunday, it is a 2 day competition for all divisions. Upon the conclusion of the qualifiers, all teams' performances will be ranked and invites to the finals will be sent out. Teams will be categorised into different skill levels based on their rankings. The workouts for the finals will be curated according to the skill levels, making this event inclusive for everyone! The divisions will be made up the following way:
Places 1-10 in the women’s division will qualify for “Division 1”
Places 11-20 in the women’s division will qualify for “Division 2”
Places 1-20 in the men’s division will qualify for “Division 1”
Places 21-40 in the men’s division will qualify for “Division 2” Every athlete competing in the finals will be asked to pay 50€ for participating in the event.
More details about the qualifier workouts will follow soon on Instagram. Before you sign up, be sure you have read and understood the rulebook! (see below) If you have any other questions regarding the event please reach out to crossfit@vondelgym.nl or Niklas. See you on the competition floor!
Rulebook VondelGames 2026
Eligibility
- You have to be a member of Vondelgym Amsterdam.
- Vondelgym CrossFit coaches with permanent hours on the schedule are NOT eligible to compete.
- Vondelgym staff members who regularly compete in CrossFit competitions or members of “Team Vondelgym” are NOT eligible to compete.
- Qualifiers have to be performed in the classes designated to them.
- To compete, you have to be available on both days, October 3rd and 4th. It’s a two day event, it is not possible to compete on only one of those days.
- The finals have to be done together with the buddy that the qualification was done with. Switching out your buddy is NOT allowed. In case of an injury, inform Niklas and he will match you in a fair manner, only if there’s another team that qualified for THE SAME division that also has 1 buddy that cannot make the finals.
Ranking system
- Teams earn points based on their performance in each workout, with higher rankings receiving fewer points. (1st gets 1 point, 2nd gets 2, 3rd gets 3 etc.)
- Team with fewest accumulated points ranks highest.
- In case of a tie between two teams having the same number of points, the tiebreaker will involve a head-to-head comparison of events. If Team A outperforms Team B in 3 out of 5 workouts in a tied situation, Team A will secure the higher ranking.
- If the tie still remains, the tiebreaker will shift to looking at the highest-ranked individual event, similar to how it’s done at the CrossFit Games. If Team A and Team B are tied in event wins over one another and Team A’s best finish is a 3rd place while Team B’s best finish is a 2nd place, Team B will be declared the winner.
