2025 CrossFit Games, Men’s Event 8, Final Heat

Watch the final heat of every event at the 2025 CrossFit Games, where the fittest athletes on Earth put everything on the line on their quest for a championship title in Albany, New York. This video series captures the deciding moments of the finals — including never-before-seen footage — featuring the top men as they battled through each event to steal points, inch toward a podium spot, and earn the title of Fittest on Earth®.

In Event 8, Going Dark, presented by ‪@PBfit.‬, the men kicked off the final day of competition with a fast-paced down-and-back chipper featuring calories on the Echo bike, yoke carries, and deficit handstand push-ups. The leaders, including James Sprague, Jay Crouch, Ricky Garard, Jayson Hopper, and Austin Hatfield, traded the lead multiple times, keeping the race tight from start to finish. Tudor Magda set the time to beat in an earlier heat, but who would take the win in a last-ditch effort to earn a podium spot?
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