Fraser: "It's just a year of hard work paying off."

"Feels great. It's just a year of hard work paying off." - Mat Fraser (Fittest Man on Earth, 2016)With the final men's heat of Redemption, the 2016 Reebok C

Jul 25, 2016 by Paige Bayer

Fraser: "It's just a year of hard work paying off."

"Feels great. It's just a year of hard work paying off." - Mat Fraser (Fittest Man on Earth, 2016)

With the final men's heat of Redemption, the 2016 Reebok CrossFit Games to an end and Mat Fraser is crowned the Fittest Man on Earth. He took the lead in the first event of the week and only widened it as the competition continued. He finishes the 2016 Games with 1096 points- made up of one event win, seven second place event finishes, and an average event finish of 5.3.

The real battle in the final event was between Games rookie Brent Fikowski and Patrick Vellner for the third place podium spot. Fikowski finished the event in third and Vellner finished in ninth, but the points weren't enough for Vellner to give up his podium spot. Fikowski finished the weekend fourth overall, but with four event wins. The highest number of event wins of any Games rookie.

In the heat before Fikowski and Vellner we saw Josh Bridges struggle on the pegboard, finishing tied for 33rd in the event. He finishes the weekend in 13th place overall, his lowest Games finish. His previous lowest finish was a seventh place finish in 2013.

Well. That was fun.

"I'm going to keep doing what I'm doing- always working my weaknesses and doing the best I can. That's all you can do." - Mat Fraser (Fittest Man on Earth, 2016)

Leaderboard (Men):

(1096) Mathew Fraser
(899) Ben Smith
(863) Patrick Vellner
(861) Brent Fikowski
(803) Cole Sager
(800) Scott Panchik
(797) Jacob Heppner
(735) Björgvin Karl Guðmundsson
(707) Alex Vigneault
(702) Travis Mayer
(696) Alex Anderson
(683) Marcus Filly
(678) Josh Bridges
(640) Lukas Högberg
(608) Noah Ohlsen
(588) Samuel Kwant
(573) Rob Forte
(569) Christian Lucero
(535) Travis Williams
(530) Garret Fisher
(511) Lukas Esslinger
(507) Lucas Parker
(504) Zak Carchedi
(503) James Newbury
(497) Rasmus Wisbech Andersen
(489) Albert-Dominic Larouche
(479) Gary Helmick
(473) Ben Stoneberg
(441) Jacob Anderson
(420) Sean Sweeney
(420) Logan Collins
(418) Sam Dancer
(390) Spencer Hendel
(381) Adrian Mundwiler
(378) Roy Gamboa
(356) Joseph Guesnier
(337) Mitchell Sinnamon
(328) Khan Porter
(219) Zeke Grove
(142) Jonne Koski