Did you feel like the 2026 CrossFit Open workouts favored one gender over the other? You aren't crazy…and 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 year’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:

📊 Why 5x more women finished 26.3 than men

📊 The secret API code Mike uses to pull live data from the CrossFit leaderboard

📊 Why programming time caps that crush the 1% might be ruining the Open for everyone else

📊 How Mike went from a fan in his garage to a paid data analyst for the biggest fitness events in the world.

🎧 Tune in now to get the real numbers behind the noise.

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