Which workout is associated with a time-to-beat of 12 and 2/3 rounds?

Which workout is associated with a time-to-beat of 12 and 2/3 rounds?

• A. Chelsea
• B. Elizabeth
• C. Mary
• D. Nancy

Answer: (C)

The idea being tested is how benchmark workouts are scored and how performance targets are described. Some benchmarks are run for time, others are AMRAP-style; when a target is given in terms of rounds completed, it usually points to a workout whose structure is broken into repeatable rounds. Mary fits this pattern because it is built around completing rounds that contain the same set of movements. Each round has a fixed sequence, so athletes track progress by how many rounds they can finish in a given time. A time-to-beat phrased as 12 and 2/3 rounds means you’re aiming to complete a little over twelve full rounds within the target window, which matches how Mary is commonly measured. That makes it the best match for a metric expressed in rounds. The other workouts are typically described by fixed rep schemes or fixed time structures that don’t as naturally align with a “rounds completed” time-to-beat metric, so they wouldn’t be described this way.

The idea being tested is how benchmark workouts are scored and how performance targets are described. Some benchmarks are run for time, others are AMRAP-style; when a target is given in terms of rounds completed, it usually points to a workout whose structure is broken into repeatable rounds.

Mary fits this pattern because it is built around completing rounds that contain the same set of movements. Each round has a fixed sequence, so athletes track progress by how many rounds they can finish in a given time. A time-to-beat phrased as 12 and 2/3 rounds means you’re aiming to complete a little over twelve full rounds within the target window, which matches how Mary is commonly measured. That makes it the best match for a metric expressed in rounds.

The other workouts are typically described by fixed rep schemes or fixed time structures that don’t as naturally align with a “rounds completed” time-to-beat metric, so they wouldn’t be described this way.