Frequently Asked Questions

The qualifier is a series of two or three workouts that can be done on different days. The qualifier WODs are announced via:

  1. The website
  2. The Facebook and Instagram of Deutschland Showdown
  3. Competition Corner

Athletes have to complete and film all workouts and enter their scores in Competition Corner to be included in the ranking.

The best athletes of all divisions will receive an invitation for the Deutschland Showdown finals.

Each athlete must register via Competition Corner.

There are 4 different categories for which you can register:

  • Scaled: You have never done a competition before at any level. You are new to the olympic lifts, can’t do kipping pull-ups yet. Scaled WODs will have for example single unders, ring rows, knee/leg raises and a workoutweight of 40/25 kg.
  • Regular: If you have been doing this sport for a while, have already mastered the scaled weights & skills and are looking for an extra push, then you should sign up in this division.
  • Advanced: You may have done a Scaled competition before, but not advanced/rx/elite. You know the olympic lifts a bit, can do kipping pull-ups, t2b but not yet muscle ups/hspu. Advanced WODs will have for example double unders, pull-ups, toes to bar, and a workou tweight of 60/40 kg for cleans or deadlifts.
  • RX: You may have done a Scaled or Advanced competition before, but not elite. You can do almost everything, maybe no muscle ups or handstand walk yet. RX WODs will have for example double unders, chest to bar pullups, handstand pushups, and a workoutweight of 60/40 kg for snatches and clean & jerks.

Any athlete with a minimum age of 6 years can participate, provided he / she has never been placed before national and international tournaments, individual and / or team, such as Lowlands Throwdown, Beach Throwdown, Belgium Throwdown (elite divsion) etc.

Are you not sure about your case? E-mail to info@deutschlandschowdown.com and the organisation will help you out.

If you qualified for the main event at Deutschland Showdown last year, you have to participate in a higher division this year! So Scaled -> Regular, regular -> Advanced, Advanced -> Rx and Rx can unfortunately no longer participate.

All athletes have to go through the qualifier to eventually participate in the main event. All workouts must be filmed and also logged. The organisation reserves the right to exclude athletes from the main event without giving any reason. The organisation also has the right to validate scores or declare them invalid. The organisation has the right to disqualify significant scores that deviate from the average of the event.

All workouts are released by Deutschland Showdown and are communicated online to the athletes. The workouts will contain the following:

  • The movements
  • Start and end position of the movement
  • Permitted techniques, accessories and / or equipment
  • The number of required repetitions
  • Required materials and / or weights
  • Timecap or time limit
  • Details about scoring
  • Film regulations

Judging and entering scores are required to make every workout official. You are responsible for the ‘movement and workout standards’. It is the responsibility of the athlete to enter their scores in Competition Corner in time and to make videos of their workout. Scores or videos that are not fully entered will not be accepted. The organisation reserves the right to request random videos from athletes.

There are four outcome measures for the requested videos:

  1. Good video – the athlete achieves the prescribed movement standards during each repetition during the workout and the score that is entered is correct. The score is accepted.
  2. Valid with a minor penalty – the athlete shows 1 to 2 ‘no reps’ over the entire video, which of the entered score are collected. When the score is displayed in time, this time is corrected proportionally.
  3. Valid with major penalty – the athlete shows 3 to 4 ‘no reps’ throughout the video. In this case 15% of the final score is collected. When the score is displayed in time, this time is corrected proportionally.
  4. Invalid – the athlete can not do the prescribed workout according to the movement standards, a significant and unacceptable number of repetitions ‘no reps’ or the video does not comply with the film regulations. The athlete’s score is refused in this case. The athlete can deliver a new video within current terms.

When uploading the workout to You Tube you need to set the video as hidden. This related to rights of such as music. Note: Do NOT set the video as private.

Competition Corner hosts the official Leaderboard for Deutschland Showdown. Scores are visible after the deadline. but are only official when the organisation has assessed them and made the leaderboard official.

We do everything we can to let all the kids from age 6 to 12 be part of the finals… however, if there are too many kids who signed up, we will make a cut based on scores.

The exact number of athletes who are advancing to the finals will be communicated on the ‘finals’ page. This will be based on the total number of registrations in each category.

We have a strict no-refund policy. However, Competition Corner offers a refund insurance when you register. You can read about here.

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