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World Fitness Project explained: Your quick guide
What is the World Fitness Project? Who's competing and how does scoring work? Here’s your go-to guide to the fitness competition that's reshaping the sport.
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The World Fitness Project (WFP) is a new competitive fitness league entering its inaugural season with a fresh approach to how fitness competitions are structured. Designed to bring professional and everyday athletes together, WFP features over 500 competitors at each event and aims to strike a balance between elite performance and community participation.
According to its founders, WFP is "bringing athletes of all fitness levels together", from seasoned professionals to ambitious newcomers. So, how exactly does the World Fitness Project work?
Noah Ohlsen in action at World Fitness Project stop two in Arizona
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What is the World Fitness Project?
WFP was founded by former CrossFit Games athlete Will Moorad, together with Isabella and Jackson Terry. Moorad, now the Director of Sport, describes WFP as a platform that values people over profit, integrity over shortcuts, and real achievement over empty recognition. The league has recruited 40 elite athletes as paid professionals, each receiving a set salary to compete in live events.
For those not under contract, online qualifiers will offer a chance to earn a spot on the competition floor. The season is built around transparency, athlete welfare, and a consistent format that many feel has been missing from other fitness competitions.
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Who competes at WFP?
One of the league's core innovations is its tiered structure: the Pro Division features 20 signed male and female athletes who compete throughout the season for points and rankings.
The World Fitness Project Tour athletes take on the Mesa exercises
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Below that is the Challenger Division, where athletes qualify through online events to compete alongside pros and fight for a coveted pro card for the following season. Additionally, the Competitive Field is open to community athletes, with divisions broken down by age group, skill level and team formats.
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Who are the WFP pro athletes?
The World Fitness Project is built on elite performance and its roster of signed athletes features some of the biggest names in functional fitness. The 2025 Pro Division includes 20 men and 20 women, all signed to compete across the season's events.
These elite competitors are joined by Challenger athletes – up-and-comers aiming to prove themselves and earn a pro card for 2026. The blend of pros and hungry challengers ensures high-level matchups and thrilling underdog stories throughout the season.
Men's Pro Roster
- Austin Hatfield – United States
- Noah Ohlsen – United States
- Ricky Garard – Australia
- Guilherme Malheiros – Brazil
- Jelle Hoste – Belgium
- Chandler Smith – United States
- Samuel Kwant – United States
- Chris Ibarra – United States
- Victor Hoffer – France
- Nick Mathew – United States
- Luka Đukić – Serbia
- James Sprague - United States
- Jonne Koski – Finland
- Aniol Ekai – Spain
- Nate Akermann – United States
- Patrick Vellner – Canada
- Colin Bosshard – Switzerland
- Tola Morakinyo - United States
- Björgvin Karl Guðmundsson – Norway
- Travis Mayer – United States
- Tanner Balazs – United States
- Fabian Beneito Selles – Spain
- Jayson Hopper – United States
- Dani Camacho – Spain
- Jeffrey Adler – Canada
- Dallin Pepper – United States
- Justin Medeiros – United States
- Jay Crouch – Australia
- Roman Khrennikov – United States
- Colton Mertens – United States
Jonne Koski and Victor Hoffer are two of the big Pro Male contenders
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Women's Pro roster
- Alex Gazan – United States
- Madeline Sturt – Australia
- Feeroozeh Saghafi – United States
- Emma Tall – Sweden
- Oda Lundekvam – Norway
- Anikha Greer – Canada
- Lexi Neely – United States
- Brooke Wells - United States
- Sydney Wells – United States
- Vår Thurmann-Moe – Norway
- Manon Angonese – Belgium
- Danielle Brandon – United States
- Sydney Michalyshen – Canada
- Linda Keesman – Netherlands
- Andrea Solberg – Norway
- Dani Speegle – United States
- Lydia Fish – United States
- Trista Smith – United States
- Ella Wilksinson – United Kingdom
- Emily Rolfe – Canada
- Paige Semenza – United States
- Emily Rethwill – United States
- Aimee Cringle – United Kingdom
- Bethany Flores – United States
- Lucy Campbell – United Kingdom
- Arielle Loewen – United States
- Haley Adams – United States
- Emma McQuaid – Ireland
- Emma Lawson – Canada
- Alexis Raptis – United States
- Olivia Kerstetter – United States
- Laura Horváth – Hungary
Laura Hoffer knows exactly what it takes to win
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Qualified Challenger athletes for World Final in Copenhagen
Here are the challenger athletes moving on to the Finals in Copenhagen to chase the Pro card for the next season.
Men
- Colton Mertens
- Aniol Ekai
- Nick Mathew
- Tudor Magda
- Jack Farlow
- Nate Ackermann
- Chris Ibarra
- Colin Bosshard
- Ty Jenkins
- Dani Camacho
Women
- Anikha Greer
- Andrea Solberg
- Fee Saghafi
- Oda Lundekvam
- Vår Thurmann-Moe
- Sydney Michalyshen
- Ella Wilkinson
- Hannah Black
- Lexi Neely
- Linda Keesman
- Lydia Fish
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What's the WFP calendar 2025?
Laura Horváth has worked hard to become 'the fittest woman in the world'
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The WFP season is made up of three key phases and events: Online Qualifiers, Tour Stops and the World Fitness Finals at the end of the year.
These are the WFP dates:
- WFP Tour Stop 1: Indianapolis, USA – May 9–11, 2025
- WFP Tour Stop 2: Mesa, Arizona – August 29–31, 2025
- WFP World Fitness Finals: Copenhagen, Denmark – December 18–21, 2025
Each Tour Stop is a three-day event featuring six workouts. The Finals expand to four days and include nine workouts. Before each Tour, athletes must qualify through an Online Challenger Qualifier (March and July). These are open for a week and include three workouts. The top 10 from each qualifier move into the Pro Division for the upcoming Tour Stop, while those placing 11–30 enter the Challenger Division.
Before the Finals, athletes go through the World Fitness Trials in October. This unique three-week online competition features six workouts (two per week) and is open to all. It serves as the final opportunity to qualify for the year-end event.
Tour events award up to 500 points to the winners. The Finals offer double points and athletes with the highest cumulative score across the season are crowned World Fitness champions.
Stop 1 results
Pro Men
- Austin Hatfield – United States
- James Sprague – United States
- Jayson Hopper – United States
Pro Women
- Alex Gazan - United States
- Danielle Brandon – United States
- Aimee Cringle – United Kingdom
Jonne Koski powers through the Snatches workout in Mesa
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Victor Hoffer takes on the Dumbell Farmer Carry Lunges
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Laura Horváth gets into the swing of skipping
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Noah Olsen digging dep
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Stop 2 results
Pro Men
- Colton Mertens – United States
- Dallin Pepper –United States
- Ricky Garard – Australia
Pro Women
- Manon Angonese – Belgium
- Anikha Greer – Canada
- Laura Horváth – Hungary
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How does WFP scoring work?
WFP uses a points-based system designed to reward consistency across all events. Each workout in a competition is worth up to 100 points. Total event scores determine an athlete's placement.
- Pro Division Scoring: 1st = 500 points, 2nd = 485, 3rd = 470, down to 20th = 320
- Challenger Division Scoring: 1st = 250 points, 2nd = 245, 3rd = 240, down to 20th = 155
Points are cumulative across the season. Top-performing Challengers can earn a spot in the Finals and a shot at a 2026 pro contract. For full scoring details, workout standards and rulebooks, WFP directs all athletes to their official website.
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What are WFP workouts?
The deadlift awaits...
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WFP workouts are designed to test a wide spectrum of fitness attributes: strength, stamina, gymnastics, power and mental grit. The workouts are released in advance on WFP's platforms, giving athletes a chance to mentally prepare for what lies ahead on competition day.
Here are two examples from Tour Stop 1 in Indianapolis:
- Workout 1: Five rounds for time of a 600m run, six ring muscle-ups and six snatches. Time cap: 24 minutes.
- Workout 6: 40/30 calorie row, 30 burpees over a block, 30 dumbbell thrusters and a 15-meter double dumbbell overhead walking lunge. Time cap: eight minutes.
Workout weights and standards vary between the Pro and Challenger divisions, and each event is designed to highlight both skill and strategy.
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How to watch WFP live?
Fans can watch WFP events live and for free at worldfitnessproject.com. The tour events are streamed with multi-language subtitles and real-time translation in Spanish, French, Portuguese, German, Italian, Russian, Arabic and Korean.
While there's nothing quite like being in the arena, the livestream brings the action to global fans in an accessible, high-quality format. If you can't make it to a Tour Stop in person, tuning in online is the next best way to experience this elite fitness competition.
Revolutionising the functional fitness scene
As the competitive fitness scene continues to evolve, new formats are emerging that blend elements from traditional sports – like season-long leagues, qualification systems and multi-level divisions. The World Fitness Project reflects this shift, offering constantly varied workouts that test strength, skill and endurance at a high level.
Noah Ohlsen is one of competitive fitness's big characters
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WFP vs HYROX: Key differences
WFP shares some similarities with HYROX. Both challenge athletes with a blend of endurance and strength, but the two sports take very different approaches. WFP raises the technical ceiling with advanced movements like ring muscle-ups, snatches, and Olympic lifts, making its Pro and Challenger divisions better suited for seasoned athletes.
Like HYROX, running is part of the format, but WFP changes its strength elements from event to event, while HYROX sticks to the same eight stations every time. Another key distinction is WFP’s league system: athletes collect points across a full season rather than relying on the outcome of a single race. Still, both sports share a tiered structure, with divisions for elite competitors, aspiring athletes, and an amateur competition.
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