British Functional Fitness Championships 2024

Are you ready to put the British flag behind your back as you come to fight to be one of the top athletes representing the United Kingdom at the international scene? The British Functional Fitness Championships 2024 (BFFC 2024) online qualifier is an event for all athletes wishing to participate in the official functional fitness National Championships.

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The top athletes from each group category will have a chance to qualify for the live National Trials held at Forge Functional Fitness in Sheffield on 5th – 6th October 2024 where we will be selecting the athletes to represent our nation at the iF3 (International Functional Fitness Federation) Super Worlds held in Budapest, Hungary on 13th – 15th  December 2024.

HOW IT WORKS?

The event will run in a 1 month period across July and August 2024 with all athletes completing 3 tests in 1 hour timeframe. The aim of the Medley Hour is to start the selection process for the British Functional Fitness individuals to go to the iF3 World Championships in late 2024.

The Medley Hour will consist of 3 tests to be performed in a specific order in a one-hour time frame. The tests will comprise of the following tests:

• Strength
• Skill
• Endurance

All functional fitness gyms can run the test as part of their programming and introduce members to the BF3 who may not be aware of the organisation and our aims. The test is designed to be completed in 1 hour, including warm up and transition times and should be able to be fitted into the class structure of most functional fitness gyms. 

The hour will be segmented as follows:

0 – 10mins Warm Up

10 – 16mins Strength Test (6 min window)

16 – 20mins Rest & set up

20 – 30mins Skill Workout (10 Min window)  

30 – 40mins rest & set up

40 – 55mins Cardio (15 min window)

55 – 60mins Cool down

DIVISIONS

There are 28 divisions:

Youth* 

Under 12, Ages 13 – 14, Ages 15 – 16, Ages 17 – 18, Ages 19 – 20

Open

Individual Female 

Individual Male

Masters*

Ages 30 – 34, Ages 35 – 39, Ages 40 – 44, Ages 45 – 49, Ages 50 – 54, Ages 55 – 59, Ages 60 – 64, Age 65+

*Separate for Female and Male

HOW MUCH IT COSTS?

BFFC 2024 online qualifier is free of charge. We would like to encourage as many participants as possible to take part and help us achieve our goals of becoming a recognised sport in the UK. We can’t do it without our community support. If you want to become a voting member of our not-for-profit organisation and show Sport England the support for our mission, please consider becoming a member HERE.

HOW DO I SIGN UP?

Go to Competition Corner HERE to sign up.

FAQ

Which Home Countries does BF3 represent?

BF3 is a national governing body covering United Kingdom: England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland

Do I have to be a BF3 paid member to take part?

No, you don’t have to be a BF3 paid member to take part in the competition. By participating in the competition you are agreeing to become our mission supporter, which will help us in our efforts for functional fitness to become recognised by Sport England as sport in the UK. We highly encourage all participants to become paid members to gain voting rights and help shape the future of BF3 not-for-profit and for community organisation.

Do I have to be a British citizen to participate?

All British residents are welcome to participate in the online qualifiers. However, only British citizens are eligible to advance to National Trials, and consequently have a chance to represent the UK at the iF3 Super Worlds.

Do I have to do the workout at a BF3 affiliated gym?

No, you can do the workout at any location so long you record a video in line with our video submission criteria. Note that the video needs to be taken with a timestamp to allow us to verify that you’ve completed all 3 workouts within the Power Hour 1 hour domain. We have partnered with WODProof who timestamp all of their videos, hence we strongly suggest that athletes record their videos with WODProof and upload to YouTube for verification.

If you’re performing the workouts in a group as part of the gym’s programming you will need to submit your coache’s/judge’s name, email address and gym name for her/him to validate your score. Note that top athletes, in order to advance, all must submit their video for all workouts.

Can I change my score once entered?

Yes you can change your score and attempt the complete Medley Hour as many times as you wish until the deadline at 2359hrs on 7th August 2024 (BST). Note that you cannot repeat a single workout – the entire Medley Hour must be repeated and all new scores and videos entered with the timestamp for submission to be valid.

How can I record Medley Hour if I’m attempting the workouts by myself?

We have partnered with WODProof to ensure that athletes have an easy way to record their workouts. WODProof automatically timestamp all workouts. Please note you must record all 3 workouts separately. Each workout will be time stamped and we will be verifying if you adhered to the prescribed time domain of 1 hour for all 3 workouts. 

[EDIT 16 July] Note: WODProof timestamp the video as soon as you press your chosen event, rather than when the workout video recording starts. To avoid disappointment you may also want to use time.is website to show the date and time at the start or end of each of your videos (you will need to have a second device to do that). Alternatively you can also use WeTime who timestamp the videos, however their verification requires our judges to check each video encrypted code manually via their website, which will lengthen the time for us to verify all workouts. 

How many athletes will advance to National Trials?

• Top 8* athletes in the Open Division
• Top 5* athletes in the 19-20 division, and the seven divisions in the 30 – 65+ Masters age groups
• Top 3* athletes in the remaining four Youth Division age groups

*eligible athletes

What are age category cut off dates?

Age group athletes must be of certain age on 31st December 2024. For example, for 13 – 14 age group, the athlete has to be not younger than 13 years old, and no older than 14 years old on 31st Dec 2024. This means the athletes in that age group were born between 1st Jan  2010 – 31st Dec 2011.

COACHES CLASS PLAN

Coaches Class Plan is a collaboration between JST Class x BF3 that introduces simple to implement Medley Hour class plan for any coach and/or gym owner.

Wait, what is Medley Hour? Click here to find out more about our community event but also stage 1 of the Team UK selection process for iF3 World Championships 2024 or simply head down to Competition Corner and SIGN UP HERE!

If you want to download a PDF version of the Coaches Class Plan embedded below, head down here. 

International events

iF3 Super Worlds 2024

In 2024, Worlds will get a little bigger. In honour of the Olympic Year, we are combining all ages and divisions into one large “Super Worlds” event. This will serve the purpose of creating a quadrennium feel to our season calendar paralleling the Olympic quadrenniums, with every four years being a larger, combined event for all athletes.

The first Super Worlds will be held on 13-15th December at TFSE Dr. Koltai Jeno Sportkozpont, Budapest, Hungary.

How do I get to Super Worlds 2024?

1. Enter our BFFC 2024 Online qualifier between 12th July – 8th August 2024 
2. The top athletes from each group category will have a chance to qualify for the live National Trials held at Forge Functional Fitness in Sheffield on 5th – 6th October 2024 where we will be selecting the athletes to represent our nation at the iF3 (International Functional Fitness Federation) Super Worlds 
3. Top 3 athletes per division will be invited to represent Team UK at Super Worlds in Budapest, Hungary on 13th – 15th  December 2024.