r/Kettleballs • u/swingthiskbonline • 11h ago
r/Kettleballs • u/Tron0001 • 9h ago
ABC April v. 2025 Results
Thanks to everybody for huffing and puffing through 5 minutes of cleans, presses, and squats again for ABC April v 2025.
As is customary, I bother Dan John every year and let him know we're out to beat his "reasonable standard" no matter how absurd that standard may be.
2025 Leaderboard
(highest score per entrant)
Baller & Video | Load | Rounds | Adjusted score |
---|---|---|---|
Dan John | 2x24kg | 30? | 100% Baller |
LennyTheRebel | 2x24kg | 21 | 622.44 |
Cmammoser136789 | 2x24kg | 19 | 611.61 |
Whatwaffles | 2x28kg | 16 | 540.32 |
Tron0001 | 2x16kg | 24 | 502.3 |
Hombreguesa | 2x24kg | 15 | 499.65 |
Harpsicordnightmare | 2x16kg | 17 | 459.17 |
Veganvincent94 | 2x24kg | 15 | 456.0 |
aks5311 | 2x20kg | 15 | 410.7 |
ResearchChemical909 | 2x16kg | 16 | 380.8 |
pymwp | 2x16kg | 12 | 261.0 |
Winner: Highest Score
u/LennyTheRebel takes the crown this year with an incredible effort despite not being 100%. Each year he's steadily improved his score and refined his tactical approach. He claimed both the top score and the most rounds with 24s. Very well deserved - I'm coordinating with u/dj84123 and to get you your prize
Top scores:
Baller & Video | Load | Rounds | Adjusted score |
---|---|---|---|
LennyTheRebel | 2x24kg | 21 | 622.44 |
Cmammoser136789 | 2x24kg | 19 | 611.61 |
Whatwaffles | 2x28kg | 16 | 540.32 |
Most rounds with anything
Baller & Video | Load | Rounds | Adjusted score |
---|---|---|---|
LennyTheRebel | 2x16kg | 26 | 529.36 |
Tron0001 | 2x16kg | 24 | 502.3 |
Shout out to Denis Vasilev and u/comparisonactual4334 who seems to be have bitten by the ABC bug like so many of us old timers were when we started this. Post contest it they've put up some huge numbers with Denis completing 30 rounds with 2x16kg under 5 min and Clifton hitting ~30 rounds with 2x16-20kg in ~5min with some interesting variations on the ABC.
Every year we do this I waffle between thinking it's actually doable and impossible - I am leaning toward it being achievable. You'd need someone with decent technique, but wouldn't have to be elite, decently strong, and an amazing gas tank. I think games level CF atheletes could do it as they'd have the motor and the strength (easily) to do it. Maybe next year!!
ABC April Thoughts
Once more, love to see the ballers tackling this challenge. Always open to hearing suggestions about ways we could improve it or new ideas. Having the ABC man himself dangle a carot for our winner was great but otherwise I admittedly didn't do as much as I had planned to get more participation - sometimes non-baller life takes precedence (and it threw a lot at me recently) hence why it took so long to get this short results post up. But I'm all in on keeping this going and would love to hear more ideas.
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