Super Murph 2025 Open

Competitors must complete five rounds of each of the following exercises within a 25-minute time cap:

40 sit-ups
30 air squats
20 hand release push-ups
10 pull-ups

Registration

Registration for the Super Murph 2025 Open is $5 per competitor in the Living Donor and Transplant Recipient categories and $50 per competitor in the General category. Registration will close on May 14, 2025, and the competition will be held May 15–21, 2025.

*All registration dates subject to change.

Workout Rules

To be considered for the podium and cash prizes, all participants in the Super Murph 2025 Open must adhere to the following rules for the workout:

Competitors must perform five rounds each of these exercises in the following order within the 25-minute time cap:

40 sit-ups: Must be performed with the feet secured under a dumbbell or other heavy stationery item, back flat and hands cupping the ears. Hands must be in a cupped position around the ears at all times. Shoulder blades must touch the ground at the bottom of each sit-up, and both elbows must touch the legs within 6 inches of the kneecaps at the top of each sit-up. Butt cannot come off the ground at any point during the sit-up. Athletes must demonstrate the full range of motion on each sit-up. The video must show the athlete’s entire body and the full range of the exercise throughout.*
30 air squats: Competitors must perform a full squat with the hip crease below the knee at the bottom of the squat. Athletes must rise to their full standing height, which includes having ankles, knees, hips and shoulders in vertical alignment, and demonstrate a lockout with both knees on every rep. The video must show the athlete’s entire body and the full range of the exercise throughout. Camera angle must be from the side, at a 90-degree angle from the athlete.*
20 hand release push-ups: Hands must lift completely off the ground at the bottom of each push-up, the athlete must hold a rigid plank position during the push-up and arms must be fully extended at the top of each push-up. The athlete’s feet must remain on the ground and be less than or equal to shoulder width apart in distance. Athlete’s thighs and hips must NOT make contact during any repetition of the pushup. Those reps will be automatically DQ’d. The video must show the athlete’s entire body and the full range of the exercise throughout.*
10 pull-ups: Strict, butterfly and kipping pull-ups are all acceptable variations. Palms must face outward, chin must clear the bar at the top of each pull-up, and arms must be fully extended at the bottom of each pull-up. Banded pull-ups are acceptable, but your finish time will be placed after other competitors who performed the move unassisted. Hand protection is allowed, but athletes may not use any grip enhancement devices. Camera angle must be facing the athlete and must be higher than ground level in order to clearly show the chin relative to the bar.*

Athletes are responsible for self-timing their workout, either with an app (i.e. WOD Tracker, SmartWOD Timer, WETime) or by having a gym clock or iPad with a timer clearly in view throughout the workout. Links to timing apps can be found on the Guidelines for Video Submissions page.

*If you are unsure of your camera angle, you are welcome to submit a short sample video via the Donor Games app up to one week before the competition opens. Judges will review your video and either approve your camera angle or provide guidance on how to correct it.

Competition Rules

Registered athletes agree to and will comply with the following rules related to the Donor Games Open competition format.

Eligibility
1. All athletes must be 18 years or older as of the close of registration for the competition.
2. All athletes must agree to the Donor Games Consent Agreement and adhere to the Workout Rules and Competition Rules herein.
3. Athletes must submit their full workout video at any time during the competition window: from May 15 through May 21, 2025 at 11:59 ET.
4. Athletes may submit more than one workout video to improve their standings on the leaderboard.
  1. Competitors may submit no more than ONE video within any 24-hour period.
  2. Should an additional workout video be disqualified; it does not impact the rank/eligibility of a previously approved workout video.
5. Athletes must be willing to accept prize winnings via ACH. Failure to provide ACH payment information within one week of the official prize-winning notification will result in forfeiture of the cash prize. All prize winnings will be dispersed within two weeks of the official prize-winning notification from the Donor Games.
6. General athletes who compete a modified workout are not eligible for cash prizes.
Judging
1. Failure to perform the exercises according to the guidelines will result in disqualification.
2. Judges’ decisions are final.
3. Judges may reject an athlete’s workout video due to: (a) improper form; (b) failure to complete the workout; (c) copyright infringements; or (d) any other issues that arise in review of the workout.
  1. If a workout video is rejected, the competitor is allowed to submit a new competition workout video at any time during the competition window.
  2. For this workout, judges may disqualify any number of individual reps versus a full disqualification of the workout.

Cash Prizes

Category	1st Place	2nd Place	3rd Place	4th Place	5th Place
Donor: Men	$4,000	$3,200	$2,400	$1,600	$800
Donor: Women	$4,000	$3,200	$2,400	$1,600	$800
Recipient: Men	$4,000	$3,200	$2,400	$1,600	$800
Recipient: Women	$4,000	$3,200	$2,400	$1,600	$800
General: Men	$1,000	$800	$600	$400	$200
General: Women	$1,000	$800	$600	$400	$200
TOTAL	$18,000	$14,400	$10,800	$7,200	$3,600