# What CrossFit HQ Isn't Telling You About the 2026 Open Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-process-podcast-833750/what-crossfit-hq-isn-t-telling-you-about-the-2026-open Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-process-podcast-833750/what-crossfit-hq-isn-t-telling-you-about-the-2026-open.md Podcast: [THE PROCESS PODCAST](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-process-podcast-833750) Published: 2026-03-23T08:45:00+00:00 Episode link: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/christopher-tuazon/episodes/What-CrossFit-HQ-Isnt-Telling-You-About-the-2026-Open-e3gragl Audio file: https://anchor.fm/s/107f66168/podcast/play/117336021/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-2-23%2F420575887-44100-2-fe90aa86faea9.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-process-podcast-833750/episodes/what-crossfit-hq-isn-t-telling-you-about-the-2026-open Duration seconds: 3971 ## Resource Did you feel like the 2026 CrossFit Open workouts favored one gender over the other? You aren't crazyโ€ฆand we have the data to prove it. Ed is joined by Mike Halpin (Known & Knowable), the ultimate CrossFit data whistleblower. Mike breaks down the shocking statistics from this yearโ€™s Open, revealing massive disparities in completion rates between men and women on workouts 26.1 and 26.3. We dive deep into the controversial 70% weight-scaling rule, why elite athletes are getting time-capped, and how the events of the 2024 Games permanently changed how Mike views the sport. Tune in to discover: ๐Ÿ“Š Why 5x more women finished 26.3 than men ๐Ÿ“Š The secret API code Mike uses to pull live data from the CrossFit leaderboard ๐Ÿ“Š Why programming time caps that crush the 1% might be ruining the Open for everyone else ๐Ÿ“Š How Mike went from a fan in his garage to a paid data analyst for the biggest fitness events in the world. ๐ŸŽง Tune in now to get the real numbers behind the noise. If you care about the future of CrossFit, hit subscribe, leave a review, and share this episode with your gym community. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-process-podcast-833750/episodes/what-crossfit-hq-isn-t-telling-you-about-the-2026-open/transcription-requests` โ€” Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-process-podcast-833750/what-crossfit-hq-isn-t-telling-you-about-the-2026-open.md` โ€” Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.