Immediately after 23.2a: 5 minutes to establish a 1-rep-max Thruster from the floor. Score is the heaviest successful lift.
Primary movement: 1RM Thruster
Open 23.2b continued the Open's post-fatigue max-lift lineage with its cruelest choice of lift yet: the thruster - a movement that demands exactly the legs and lungs that 15 minutes of burpee pull-ups just confiscated. Five minutes, bar from the floor, squat-clean-thruster allowed. Where 15.1a asked for power and 18.2a for pulling, 23.2b asks for the full engine one more time, dressed as a strength test.
| Level (Weight) | Men | Women |
|---|---|---|
| beginner | 115 lb (52 kg) | 65 lb (29 kg) |
| intermediate | 155 lb (70 kg) | 95 lb (43 kg) |
| advanced | 205 lb (93 kg) | 130 lb (59 kg) |
| elite | 255+ lb (116+ kg) | 165+ lb (75+ kg) |
Heaviest thruster within 5 minutes, post-23.2a.
Squat-clean the first attempt to save a movement: clean deep, stand into the thruster - one fluid rep. Opener at 80% ninety seconds in (never immediately - the first minute belongs to your heart rate), second at 90%, final attempt with 60 seconds left. Brace like a front squat max and drive the head through aggressively; fatigue thrusters die at the sticking point, so speed through the middle is everything. Plates staged in jump order before 23.2a even starts.
Scaled: heavy single thruster at a confident load within the same window.
Log every result, see your progress over time, and know exactly where you stand.