HYROX Articles
All the latest news, training tips, and more for HYROX, the Sport of Fitness Racing.
HYROX World Championship Stats
The 2025 HYROX World Championship is going down this weekend, starting with the individual Elite 15 race Thursday night. We’ve compiled a bunch of stats about the athletes involved, the countries being represented, previous & current champions, and everything in-between....
HYROX in the Olympics in Brisbane 2032?
On May 29, 2025, HYROX co-founders Christian Toetzke & Moritz Fürste were interviewed on CNBC’s Squawk Box about their recent growth, as well as the future of HYROX as a global sport. Christian talks about the elements needed to solidify...
New HYROX Turf Debuting at 2025 World Championships in Chicago
HYROX has just announced they’ll be using a new turf at all global events, starting with the 2025 HYROX World Championships in Chicago, USA. The Centr x HYROX Perform Turf is now the official competition turf of HYROX. Gone are...
9 Reasons HYROX is NOT CrossFit Lite: An Honest Comparison
I’ve seen many online discussions where CrossFitters downplay or belittle HYROX, and vice versa. In this article, I’ll dive into why comparing HYROX to CrossFit isn’t an apples to apples comparison. CrossFit, first and foremost, is a methodology. HYROX is...
Elite CrossFit Athletes Take on HYROX
Over the past few years, elite-level CrossFit athletes have started to see what this HYROX thing is all about. Sam Briggs & Adam Klink paved the way back in 2020, but it took until 2023 for us to see a...
HYROX Doha in Qatar Announces 35k in Prize Money
HYROX recently announced a multi-day event in Doha, Qatar on May 10-11, 2024. May 10th will be exclusively for women (both racers & spectators). It looks like no men are allowed at the event on Saturday. On Sunday, May 11th,...
HYROX Drug Testing & Anti-Doping Policy: Here’s What We Know
On February 22, 2024, the Fitness Racing Podcast on Instagram broke the news that an anti-doping policy was added to the HYROX rulebook. We don’t know exactly when it was added, but we suspect sometime in Jan/Feb of 2024. Currently,...
HYROX Last Chance Qualifiers
A last chance qualifier (LCQ) event is typically the last chance that an athlete has to qualify for a future event. In the case of HYROX, when the full list of athletes has not been filled for HYROX World Championships...
HYROX Toronto Announced. HYROX is Coming to Canada! 🇨🇦
🍁 HYROX Toronto, the first ever HYROX in Canada, will take place on October 5th, 2024 at the Enercare Centre. HYROX made the official announcement on February 9th on the @hyroxca Instagram account. This will be part of the HYROX...
The Club Launches a 4-Part HYROX League Beginning March 19th
The Club, a fitness centre based in Malta and owned by Julian Briffa, is launching a 4-part HYROX event series called the HYROX Attempt League. Points will be awarded at each of the 4 events, and an overall winner will...
The Progrm Launches New HYROX Training Course
Long-time CrossFit training group, The Progrm, just launched a new HYROX training program called “HYROX Preparation Course.” It’s available for purchase on The Progrm’s website for a one-time fee of €59.99 (~$65 USD). As far as we know, they are...
HYROX Prize Money
Is there prize money in HYROX? The simple answer is yes, but only in some races, and the prize money varies from event to event. You also need to qualify to race in the top 15 (known as the “Elite...
