So we know that Jacob Heppner is out in 2017 due to bursitis in his knee and Marcus Filly made the decision to sit out 2017 after the birth of his daughter. But how are the rest of the 2016 CrossFit Games men doing after week 1 of the CrossFit Open?
Here are the worldwide and region rankings for each of the 40 men that competed at the 2016 CrossFit Games. The yellow highlighted rows indicated that the athlete is sitting outside a qualifying spot.
| Athlete | 2017 Open Ranking | |
| Worldwide | Region | |
| Mathew Fraser | 21 | 3 (North East) |
| Ben Smith | 585 | 33 (Mid Atlantic) |
| Patrick Vellner | 14 | 1 (Canada East) |
| Brent Fikowski | 243 | 4 (Canada West) |
| Cole Sager | 1,009 | 45 (North West) |
| Soctt Panchik | 259 | 15 (Central East) |
| Jacob Heppner | WD | |
| Bjorgvin Gudmundsson | 107 | 30 (Europe) |
| Alex Vigneault | 50 | 2 (Canada East) |
| Travis Mayer | 446 | 22 (South East) |
| Alex Anderson | 368 | 23 (Central East) |
| Marcus Filly | WD | |
| Josh Bridges | 14 | 1 (Southern California) |
| Lukas Hogberg | 149 | 37 (Europe) |
| Noah Ohlsen | 50 | 4 (South East) |
| Samuel Kwant | 40 | 3 (North West) |
| Rob Forte | 112 | 13 (Australia) |
| Christian Lucero | 329 | 15 (Southern California) |
| Travis Williams | 114 | 1 (South Central) |
| Garret Fisher | 615 | 30 (Southern California) |
| Lukas Esslinger | 203 | 52 (Europe) |
| Lucas Parker | 955 | 56 (Canada East) |
| Zak Carchedi | 133 | 6 (North Central) |
| James Newbury | 251 | 26 (Australia) |
| Rasmus Anderson | 349 | 14 (Africa) |
| Albert-Dominic Larouche | 282 | 15 (Canada East) |
| Gary Helmick | 25 | 1 (Mid Atlantic) |
| Ben Stoneberg | 243 | 12 (North West) |
| Jacob Anderson | 125 | 8 (South East) |
| Sean Sweeney | 585 | 14 (South West) |
| Logan Collins | 164 | 3 (South West) |
| Sam Dancer | 71 | 5 (North Central) |
| Spencer Hendel (going team) | 1,279 | 133 (North East) |
| Adrian Mundwiler | 189 | 7 (Africa) |
| Roy Gamboa | 276 | 10 (South Central) |
| Joseph Guesnier | 988 | 55 (South Central) |
| Mitchell Sinnamon | 37 | 6 (Australia) |
| Khan Porter | 84 | 8 (Australia) |
| Zeke Grove | 121 | 16 (Australia) |
| Jonne Koski | 121 | 5 (Africa) |
