Fresh Coast Games Online Qualifier 2026

Fresh Coast Games 2026 - Online Qualifier Details

Earn your spot at the beach by completing the Fresh Coast Online Qualifier (FCOQ). Instead of rushing to the website on registration day, participants can complete a series of workouts with friends for early registration via invitation. The top 12 teams in each standard division, top 5 teams in each masters division and at least one randomly selected team from each division will receive early access to register for our 2026 in person event.

Event Calendar

Registration Opens: Monday January 5th, @ Noon
Qualifier Begins: Thursday, January 22nd, @ 3PM (Deadline to sign up is Feb 1st - end of qualifier submission window)
Qualifier Ends: February 1st @ 11:59 PM
Leaderboard Finalized: Feb 9th
Invitations Sent: February 9th
Public Registration Opens: February 14th @ 8 AM
Fresh Coast Games 2026: July 18/19th

Qualifier Details

Workouts: 4 workouts over 11 days
Team Size: You do not need your full 3 person roster set, you may register with 2 or 3 athletes (2 best scores per workout will be used)
Scoring: Best 2 scores for each workout
Location: Teammates do not need to be in the same physical location to complete workouts
Communication: Workouts released on website, Instagram, and Facebook
Responsibilities: Team captain inputs scores/videos
Invitation: Qualifying team's captain is the sole recipient of the FCG 2026 invitation

Qualifying Positions

Top 12 Placing Teams receive an invitation to early registration for the 2026 Fresh Coast Games and are placed in the final heat according to placement.  Top 5 Masters Teams in each Division receive an invitation to early registration also.
Random Selection: At least one non-qualifying team from each division will be randomly selected for early access to register for Fresh Coast Games 2025.  We reserve the ability to invite more random teams based on qualifier participation.  The more teams that register and complete the qualifier, the more teams we may extend invites to.  This should incentivize you to invite friends and share our qualifier far and wide. We appreciate it!  Affiliate with the most teams registered for the qualifier IN EACH DIVISION will also receive 1 early access invitation to use as they wish.

Divisions

RX Men: Clean 200+ | Snatch 150+ | C2B Pull-Ups, T2B, Muscle-Ups
RX Women: Clean 135+ | Snatch 100+ | C2B Pull-Ups, T2B, Muscle-Ups
INT Men: Clean 155+ | Snatch 115+ | Pull-Ups, T2B
INT Women: Clean 95+ | Snatch 75+ | Pull-Ups, T2B
Masters: Will complete the same qualifier workouts but will register as masters and have seperate leaderboard for the online qualifier.

RX MASTERS: Age must total 110 years on day of main event and no athlete may be under 30 years old.

INT MASTERS: Age must total 120 years on day of main event and no athlete may be under 35 years old. 

Rules

Video Submission Standards:

Each workout score must be accompanied by a link to a YouTube video.
Video requirements include a visible timer, proper angles, and athlete introduction.
The video recording should be uninterrupted and the athlete must remain within the frame throughout the workout including any rest periods.
At the beginning of each workout the athlete must state their name and division as well as show the weight of the bar, plates or other implements as well as measurements of any specified equipment.
Teams with score changes will be contacted with an explanation.

Eligibility:

Athletes must register and submit scores for all qualifying workouts on the Competition Corner Leaderboard.
Missing videos or scores after the Feb 1st deadline are the team captain's responsibility.
We are unable to offer any invites to teams with missing scores or videos after the deadline of Feb 1st 2026.

Equipment List

Barbell 20/15kg (45lb/35lb) + Bumper Plates 
Dumbbells: RX: 50/35 INT: 40/25
Pull-Up Bar
Concept 2 Rower or Rogue Echo Rower

Box 30/24/20"

Medicine ball 20/14lb

Pricing / Refund Policy

Qualifier: $30 Per Team
No refunds; all proceeds will go towards supporting our in person event.