[5] The women's competition had one of the closest finishes in the Games history, when Toomey won by only 2 points over fellow Australian Kara Webb.

[6] For the men's competition, Fraser dominated and extended his record winning margin to 216 points over second place Brent Fikowski.

[7] This year CBS Sports started its coverage of the Games on CBS Sports Network with live broadcast and a two-hour show of the main competition every night and a recap show on Saturday, as well as up to 40 hours of live streaming on its digital service.

[12] Mat Fraser and Sara Sigmundsdóttir were the respective winner of the men's and women's competitions,[12] Fraser won convincingly with two event wins, while Sigmundsdottir won by only four points over second-place Kari Pearce.

[13] This year, minimum work requirements were introduced for two events at the Games: Run Swim Run and Sprint O-Course where athletes would be eliminated if they cannot finish a movement or complete the event within a set time.

[14] Athletes ran to Lake Monona from the Alliant Energy Center, swam around a set of buoys, and then back to the arena.

Later in 2021, a coach said that Mat Fraser almost drowned during the swim portion of this event, but he was helped by Fikowski.

[15] The event was held nearby in Quann Park and had bikes supplied by Wisconsin-based Trek Bicycle Corporation.

[20] The event was a "chipper," a workout involving multiple exercises done sequentially without returning (as in "chipping away" at the number of repetitions) for the fastest time.

After the sit-ups, athletes performed 60 one-legged squats, also called "pistols", alternating the movement between each leg.

After the bike, the athletes used a sledgehammer to hit a weighted block on a recessed track until it had moved 20 feet.

The objects had to be taken halfway down the field (60 feet) and then the competitor returned using a handstand walk.

Brent Fikowski won the event for the men and Katrin Tanja Davidsdottir for the women.

The athletes would enter the stadium and clean a sandbag up and toss it over the hay bale wall.

[6] Teams were cut to 10 after the Burpee Litter event, Ricky Garard, who was placed third in the men's competition, tested positive for two performance enhancement drugs, testolone and endurobol, after the Games were complete.

[5] As the Games had already concluded, all his finishes were simply voided with all other competitors moving up one position in the final standings.