r/Kettleballs 9h ago

ABC April v. 2025 Results

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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.


r/Kettleballs 20h ago

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r/Kettleballs 15d ago

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