If someone at work has started saying words like "sled pull" and "wall balls" with a slightly haunted look in their eyes, congratulations. You know a HYROX person.
The format
HYROX is a fitness race. You run 1 km, then do a workout station. Then you do that seven more times. The stations are always the same and always in the same order, in every city in the world:
- SkiErg, 1,000 m
- Sled push, 50 m
- Sled pull, 50 m
- Burpee broad jumps, 80 m
- Row, 1,000 m
- Farmers carry, 200 m
- Sandbag lunges, 100 m
- Wall balls, 100 reps
That sameness is the whole point. A finish time in Toronto means the same thing as a finish time in London, so you can actually measure yourself.
Who is it for?
Honestly, more people than you would think. There is no qualifying, no cutoff, and you can race solo, with a partner (Doubles) or as a team of four (Relay). Most of our first-timers pick Doubles, because splitting 100 wall balls with a friend is a love language.
How do you train for it?
Get strong, build your engine, and practise the stations so race day isn't the first time you meet a sled. We're an official HYROX Training Club, so we have the gear and run race-specific classes every week. Read the full rundown on our HYROX & DEKA page, or check race dates on hyrox.com.
Thinking about your first race?
Come try a HYROX class. First one's on us.