@damj 12th of CrossFit, 11th Open. It’s OK to be disappointed with your result for a short time, but the best thing I’ve learned is the following.
Make a plan for your workout with your coach and seek to execute it to the best of your ability. Plan to do the workout once and give it all you have. If your coach thinks it’s smart, then go ahead and do it again.
Enter your score on the Games site and then forget about it. Rest up and recover and prepare for the next workout. Don’t be a leaderboard gawker. Don’t constantly refresh and check your score and ranking throughout the day. This will do nothing to change the results and will simply stress you out.
Once the final workout of the Open is done, then rest and recover and celebrate your hard work. I would wait at least a week to check the leaderboard and then simply wait for your invitation to come from the quarterfinals. If it does, congratulations and prepare for the next step.
If the invitation does not come, the let yourself feel sad for a week at most, but move on with your life and begin the preparation again for the next season.
I’m 59 years old and so I am playing the long game of health and longer life through doing CrossFit
I would suggest unless you’re a top level athlete, who is making money off of this, that you do the same. Focus on your increased health, mobility, and fitness for your overall life. Realize that you are benefiting greatly, as are your family and others who love you. Fall in love with the process and let the results take care of themselves. You are not the result of your open ranking, nor whether you make quarterfinals or not. You are all so much more in the big picture of life.
Be disappointed for a little bit, but also keep perspective.