Opening event · 2027 Season
Open CAL
One routine. One packed room. The moment when the season starts.
- Date
- 24 October 2026
- Registration
- Open
What it is
The start of the season
Open CAL is the league's opening event, and taking part is mandatory for every registered athlete. You perform a single competitive routine, different for each category. The result determines the division you'll compete in all season and your starting position in the national ranking.
One routine
A single competitive routine per category, published at least 30 days in advance.
One field
There are no divisions: at Open CAL every athlete in the same category competes together.
No points
Open CAL awards no points. It sets your division and your starting position in the ranking.
For all levels
You don't have to be able to finish the routine. Your division is based on what you do complete.
Classification
How you're ranked
Criteria are applied in this order, until the tie is broken.
- 01Most exercises fully completed
- 02Most valid repetitions performed
- 03Shortest total execution time
- 04A draw held by the organisation at the end of the event
Athletes are placed in descending order and split evenly across the open divisions, each of which holds an even number of athletes.
On the day
How it runs
01Arrival
You're advised to be at the competition area 30 minutes before your routine is scheduled.
02Warm-up
Every athlete warms up on their own, outside the competition area, on a space designated by the organisation.
03Call-up
After the call you get 5 minutes to prepare, and a maximum 10-minute grace period to present yourself.
04Execution
Exercises are performed in the prescribed order. Their execution only has to be unbroken if the routine says so.
05Timecap
After the time limit expires, execution stops and the result is recorded, even if the routine was not completed.
The rule unique to Open CAL
If you can't start or finish the repetitions of an exercise, you can finish it early and proceed to the next one, informing the judge of your decision. Valid repetitions up to that transition count. The decision is irreversible.
Technique
Exercise list
CAL routines may include the following exercises. Every repetition requires full range of motion, lockout, controlled movement and zero kipping.
- Muscle-Up
- Ring Row
- Pull-Up / Chin-Up
- Dip / Straight Bar Dip
- Push-Up / Low Bar Push-Up
- Squat
- Lunge
- Bar-Hang
The technical definition and the validation criteria for each exercise are in the Technical Appendix.
Equipment
What you can bring
Allowed
- Athletic footwear (mandatory)
- Solid or liquid chalk, brought by you
- Your own weight belt (chain or strap)
- Wrist wraps, tape and joint support
Forbidden
- Resins, glues and other grip aids
- Your own plates and weight vests
- Hook grips, suspension hooks and any strap fixing you to the bar
Official routines
The routines
Perform the exercises in the order shown. They do not have to be done unbroken, and you do not have to finish the routine: you can move on to the next exercise at any time by telling the judges, but you cannot go back.
Published on18 September 2026
Women
- 015Pull-Ups
- 0210Dips
- 034Pull-Ups
- 0420Low Bar Push-Ups
- 053Pull-Ups
- 0630Squats10 kg vest
- 072Pull-Ups
- 0820Lunges10 kg vest
- 0910″Bar-Hang + 1 Pull-UpUnbroken
Men
- 0120Pull-Ups
- 0230Dips
- 0315Pull-Ups
- 0440Squats20 kg vest
- 0510Pull-Ups
- 0650Low Bar Push-Ups
- 075Muscle-Ups
- 0810Straight Bar Dips
- 0910Pull-Ups
24 October, Caldas da Rainha
Places per category are limited. Athletes are admitted in pairs.