The CrossFit Open is not something that most can just train through and not worry about. Everyone is only one bad workout away from going from 1st in a region to sitting on the outside looking in.
After 17.1 there were a handful of athletes that competed at the 2016 CrossFit Games who were sitting outside the top 20 (or 30 in Australia and Europe). However, it was early and it was only one workout. Now after three weeks, the top athletes have settled in and where they need to be. The only exception is Spencer Hendel, but he has already declared that he is going team with Austin Malleolo.
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 | 1 | 1 (North East) |
| Ben Smith | 77 | 2 (Mid Atlantic) |
| Patrick Vellner | 12 | 3 (Canada East) |
| Brent Fikowski | 23 | 1 (Canada West) |
| Cole Sager | 263 | 10 (North West) |
| Soctt Panchik | 55 | 4 (Central East) |
| Jacob Heppner | WD | |
| Bjorgvin Gudmundsson | 6 | 1 (Europe) |
| Alex Vigneault | 5 | 1 (Canada East) |
| Travis Mayer | 137 | 8 (South East) |
| Alex Anderson | 54 | 5 (Central East) |
| Marcus Filly | WD | |
| Josh Bridges | 26 | 1 (Southern California) |
| Lukas Hogberg | 42 | 8 (Europe) |
| Noah Ohlsen | 1 | 1 (South East) |
| Samuel Kwant | 24 | 1 (North West) |
| Rob Forte | 45 | 4 (Australia) |
| Christian Lucero | 116 | 5 (Southern California) |
| Travis Williams | 51 | 1 (South Central) |
| Garret Fisher | 170 | 9 (Southern California) |
| Lukas Esslinger | 46 | 10 (Europe) |
| Lucas Parker | 246 | 18 (Canada East) |
| Zak Carchedi | 25 | 2 (North Central) |
| James Newbury | 52 | 5 (Australia) |
| Rasmus Anderson | 118 | 9 (Africa) |
| Albert-Dominic Larouche | 134 | 8 (Canada East) |
| Gary Helmick | 194 | 11 (Mid Atlantic) |
| Ben Stoneberg | 168 | 7 (North West) |
| Jacob Anderson | 12 | 2 (South East) |
| Sean Sweeney | 140 | 3 (South West) |
| Logan Collins | 61 | 3 (South Central) |
| Sam Dancer | 32 | 5 (North Central) |
| Spencer Hendel (going team) | 450 | 55 (North East) |
| Adrian Mundwiler | 56 | 2 (Africa) |
| Roy Gamboa | 37 | 1 (South Central) |
| Joseph Guesnier | 385 | 18 (South Central) |
| Mitchell Sinnamon | 34 | 2 (Australia) |
| Khan Porter | 63 | 6 (Australia) |
| Zeke Grove | 74 | 10 (Australia) |
| Jonne Koski | 14 | 1 (Africa) |
