2010 CrossFit Games
The 2010 CrossFit Games were the fourth CrossFit Games, held on July 16–18, 2010. This year's Games were the first to be staged at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California after three years at the ranch in Aromas. The men's competition was won by Graham Holmberg, the women's by Kristan Clever, and the Team by CrossFit Fort Vancouver. This year the qualification was expanded to a two-stage process with the introduction of Sectionals, a precursor to the online CrossFit Open introduced the following year. Individual athletes had to compete in local Sectionals  to qualify for the Regionals. This was also the first time that regional qualifiers were required for all games participants including individuals, affiliate teams, and masters. The masters competition was introduced this year for male and female participants over the age of 50. The number of scored events in the Games was increased to nine spread over three days of competition. With sponsorship from Progenex, each individual winner was awarded $25,000. The 2010 Games featured the debut of Rich Froning Jr., who would go on to win the Games the following four years. He had a lead going into  the final event of the 2010 Games, but climbed the rope legless when he could use his legs to help with the climb, and ended up 12th in the event, allowing Holmberg to emerge the winner of the Games. This was the first time the Games were streamed online. Qualification. The qualification process was expanded this season to two stages with the introduction of Sectionals, which were subdivisions of most of the Regional competitions. There were around 30 Sectionals, and the top men and women from the Sectionals were funnelled into the Regionals to qualify for the Games. An online  qualifier was arranged for military personnel who cannot attend the Sectionals. The number of Regionals was reduced to 13 this year by amalgamating some regions. The workouts for the Regionals were not standardized, and each region had their own workouts. 50 men and 50 women can qualify for the finals, and these include the top 5 men and women from the 2009 Games and previous champions, but only 45 men and 41 women went on to compete in the individual competitions in this Games. Individual events. There were 9 scored events held over 3 days at the Games this  year. The scoring was the same as the 2009 CrossFit Games, with the score identical to the placing (i.e. one point for first, two for second, etc.), and the athlete with the lowest total score would win the competition. The field was reduced to 24 athletes after event 3 on Saturday, then to 16 after event 5 on Sunday.