[2] In 2009, he earned a volleyball scholarship at Lethbridge College where he studied for a diploma in business administration, majoring in accounting.

[3] He played for Lethbridge College Kodiaks, and his volleyball coach introduced him to CrossFit, which he then incorporated into his training.

[4] In 2011, he moved to Griffith University in the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, to continue his education, and earned a Bachelor of Commerce degree in 2013.

[1] He worked as a financial controller in British Columbia after completing his studies, but left the job in 2018 to concentrate on CrossFit.

[8] To cap off the season, Brent competed on Team Canada at the CrossFit Invitational, earning a 4th-place finish alongside Michele Letendre, Carol-Ann Reason-Thibault, and Patrick Vellner.

[11] Brent would achieve his highest career Games finish with a 2nd place overall,[12] including his first White Leader's Jersey, earned by winning the first event.

[5][13] With a myriad of changes to the sport of CrossFit, Brent again did not live up to his earlier Open success, initially failing to qualify as either a Top 20 on the worldwide leaderboard or a national champion.

Brent again improved his performance in the Opening, finishing 22nd worldwide and 14th in North America, earning a spot to a new online qualifying round, the Quarterfinals.

Due to travel restrictions, Brent was forced to compete in the Atlas Games, which had been moved to a four-event virtual format.

Despite being out of qualifying contention after Day 1, Fikowski secured two wins in the final two events to finish 5th and earn an invite to the 2021 Crossfit Games.