Crossfit Total- What Does it Mean?!

Every 3 months, we do the Crossfit Total Benchmark. There are a few reasons why we do this. The first one is to see our strength improvements over time.

The reason it is called Crossfit Total is because you add up the total of your 1RM (1 rep max) of the 3 lifts you performed. That is your Crossfit Total score. Mark Rippetoe, author of Starting Strength and owner of Crossfit Witchita Falls, developed a table that determines your ranking based on bodyweight (Bwt) and Total score.

To read more about Crossfit Total, check out this article from the Crossfit Journal.

based on tables by Kilgore, Rippetoe, et al. (Aasgaard Co, 2006)

Men’s Class Rankings
Bwt	Untrained	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
114	228	395	468	646	836
123	246	427	510	695	901
132	265	461	546	745	848
148	296	516	618	833	1061
165	322	560	672	906	1149
181	348	604	722	969	1245
198	366	637	764	1017	1305
220	385	671	807	1071	1373
242	402	700	833	1102	1411
275	413	718	856	1128	1441
319	422	733	874	1150	1466
320+	430	748	891	1169	1494
Women’s Class Rankings
Bwt	Untrained	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
97	134	231	270	370	480
105	143	251	291	400	507
114	155	269	314	426	537
123	164	284	333	452	566
132	173	302	351	473	594
148	190	332	389	520	648
165	206	357	417	560	709
181	220	383	451	598	737
198	237	412	474	630	788
199+	250	434	506	662	826