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.