2026 HYROX World Championships

HYROX has officially announced that the 2026 World Championships will take place in Stockholm, Sweden, at the Strawberry Arena – one of Scandinavia’s premier indoor venues. The event will run from June 18th to 21st 2026.

The event will mark the first time HYROX has brought its season finale to Sweden, signalling the sport’s continued global expansion. Known for its sleek design and top-tier facilities, the Strawberry Arena offers an iconic backdrop for what’s expected to be the most competitive World Championships yet. Check out this post for a more in-depth look at the venue.

Following the record-breaking event in Chicago in 2025, all eyes will now turn to Stockholm – where athletes from around the world will battle it out for the title of HYROX World Champion across all age groups and singles and doubles divisions.

World Championship Racing

The event will feature two major competitions split across the four days:

1. Elite 15 World Championships (Professional Racing)

2. Age Group World Championships

Both competitions required athletes to qualify during the regular HYROX season…

Elite 15

HYROX introduced a new season structure and qualification process for its Elite 15 Series for the 2025/26 season.

The Elite 15 series is the professional racing division in the sport, featuring the top 15 female and top 15 male athletes during any season competing in various Elite 15 races. This season’s Elite 15 Series consisted of the following key events:

4 Regional Major Races – Qualification to the Majors is earned via time placings or previous performances in a championship event. Top 3 at each Major qualify for the HYROX World Championships. If these athletes have already qualified, the slot will roll down to the next 3 athletes in line, so that at every Major, 3 athletes will qualify for the Elite15 race at the World Championships. The Winner of each Major will qualify for all remaining Majors.

3 Regional Championships – Qualification to the Regional Championships is earned via time placings. The winner of each regional championship race will qualify for the HYROX World Championships. Athletes must hold a passport from a country in the relevant location in order to compete (Americas, APAC, EMEA – see the HYROX rulebooks for more information). If these athletes have already qualified, the slot will roll down to the next athlete in line, so that at every Regional Championship 1 athlete (or 1 pair in case of Elite Doubles) will qualify for the Elite15 race at the World Championships.

The HYROX World Championship – The only route of qualification to the World Championships is via placing at a Major race or winning one of the regional championships. There is no direct qualification to the World Championships via time in a regular season race.

To get a better idea of how strong and fast these Elite 15 athletes are, check out this article.

Age Group Athletes

At each regular HYROX event, there are World Championship qualifying spaces available for the fastest athletes in the Pro division, by age group.

There are 2 exceptions to this – Regional Open Championships and the over 60’s…

Regional Championships (European, US & Asia-Pacific) – Since these events do not include Pro Divisions, qualifying slots will still be available in the Open Division.
60+ Age Categories – Athletes in these categories will continue to qualify through the Open Division, as they race with Open Weights at the World Championships.

There are limits by location; just because one event is twice as large as another, that does not mean there will be double the number of qualifying spots. Therefore, larger events may see less than 1% of athletes qualifying.

For further details on how to qualify for the HYROX World Championships in the age group divisions (i.e. the non Elite race) then check out this article.

Mixed Relay Invitational

2026 debuts a new qualifying process for the Elite Relay, which will use The National Performance Index (NPI) to determine the qualifying countries and athletes.

There will be 20 teams competing (1 host nation – Sweden, and 19 qualify via the NPI).

The NPI will combine the top five Singles results from each nation’s top two men and top two women. The 19 highest scoring nations will qualify (ties will be decided by strength of field).

The competing athletes will also be decided in this way, rather than the Team Captain choosing, as happened in previous years.

HYROX World Championships Schedule

Each day of the event will see the HYROX Fan Village open with stage program, partner activations and food & drinks all day.

Thursday June 18th: Early Registration (10am – 5pm), Walk-In Of Nations & Opening Ceremony (5pm), Elite15 Women (7pm) & Men (8.30pm).

Friday June 19th:

HYROX Pro Women | 7:30am – 11:35am

HYROX Pro Men | 11:55am – 4:05pm

HYROX Men (Age Groups 60+) | 4:20pm – 4:50pm

HYROX Women (Age Groups 60+) | 5:05pm – 5:15pm

Elite 15 Pro Doubles Women | 8:15pm

Elite 15 Pro Doubles Men | 9:30pm

Saturday June 20th:

HYROX Pro Doubles Men | 7:30am – 11:55am

HYROX Pro Doubles Women | 12:25pm – 5:00pm

HYROX Doubles Men (Age Groups 60+) | 5:30pm – 6:00pm

HYROX Doubles Women (Age Groups 60+) | 6:30pm – 6:40pm

Sunday June 21st:

HYROX Doubles Mixed | 7:30am – 1:00pm

Adaptive Invitational Women | 2:40pm

Adaptive Invitational Men | 4:30pm

Mixed Relay Invitational | 7:45pm

Elite Women – Individual

The Elite Women qualified for the World Championships are:

Joanna Wietrzyk (Hamburg Major – 1st place)
Vivian Tafuto (Hamburg Major – 2nd place)
Lauren Weeks (Hamburg Major – 3rd place)
Lucy Procter (Melbourne Major – 3rd place)
Jess Pettrow (Melbourne Major – 4th place)
Sinéad Bent (Melbourne Major – 5th place)
Linda Meier (Phoenix Major – 4th place)
Gabrielle Nikora-Baker (Phoenix Major – 5th place)
Lena Putters (Phoenix Major – 6th place)
Morgan Schulz (Americas Regional – Washington DC – 3rd place)
Seka Arning (EMEA Regional – London – 2nd place)
Calypso Sheridan (APAC Regional – Brisbane – 1st place)
Alyssa McElheny (Warsaw Major – 3rd place)
Emilie Dahmen (Warsaw Major – 8th place)
Stefanie Oswald (Warsaw Major – 9th place)

Elite Men – Individual

The Elite Men qualified for the World Championships are:

Alexander Roncevic (Hamburg Major – 1st place)
Dylan Scott (Hamburg Major – 2nd place)
Hidde Weersma (Hamburg Major – 3rd place)
Tim Wenisch (Melbourne Major – 1st place)
Hunter McIntyre (Melbourne Major – 2nd place)
Charlie Botterill (Melbourne Major – 3rd place)
James Kelly (Phoenix Major – 2nd place)
Rich Ryan (Phoenix Major – 3rd place)
Sean Noble (Phoenix Major 4th place)
Cole Learn (Americas Regional – Washington DC – 1st place)
Tomas Tvrdik (EMEA Regional – London – 3rd place)
Dexter Buchanan (APAC Regional – Brisbane – 2nd place)
Sebastian Ifversen (Warsaw Major – 3rd place)
Louis Osselaer (Warsaw Major – 6th place)
Luke Greer (Warsaw Major – 7th place)

Elite Women – Doubles

The Elite Women’s Doubles qualified for the World Championships are:

Joanna Wietrzyk / Jess Pettrow (Hamburg Major – 2nd place)
Zara Piergianni / Gabriella Moriarty (Hamburg Major – 3rd place)
Margot Vandenlindenloof / Charlotte Vandenlindenloof (Hamburg Major – 4th place – roll down)
Sinéad Bent / Lucy Procter (Melbourne Major – 2nd place)
Danél Louw / Vicky MacIntosh (Melbourne Major – 3rd place)
Seka Arning / Manuela García Caparrós (Melbourne Major – 5th place – roll down)
Lauren Weeks / Vivian Tafuto (Phoenix Major – 1st place)
Melanie Maurer / Jennifer Nikolaus (Phoenix Major – 5th place)
Katherine Fahsbender / Morgan Schulz (Phoenix Major – 6th place)
Alandra Greenlee / Kris Rugloski (Americas Regional – Washington DC – 3rd place)
Ida Mathilde Steensgaard / Elli Stenfors (EMEA Regional – London – 2nd place)
Meg Martin / Calypso Sheridan (APAC Regional – Brisbane – 1st place)
Charlie Searle / Lauren Stockley (Warsaw Major – 2nd place)
Jade Skillen / Kat Parnell (Warsaw Major – 3rd place)
Jana Lebenstedt / Viola Oberländer (Warsaw Major – 5th place)

Elite Men – Doubles

The Elite Men’s Doubles qualified for the World Championships are:

Alexander Roncevic / Tim Wenisch (Hamburg Major – 1st place)
James Kelly / Jake Dearden (Hamburg Major – 3rd place)
Hidde Weersma / Thierry Willigenberg (Hamburg Major – 4th place – roll down)
Charlie Botterill / Ollie Russell (Melbourne Major – 2nd place)
Pieter Maes / Tom Franssens (Melbourne Major – 4th place)
Jeremy McConnell / Fabian Eisenlauer (Melbourne Major – 6th place)
Jake Williamson / Hunter McIntyre (Phoenix Major – 1st place)
Rich Ryan / Pelayo Menendez Fernandez (Phoenix Major – 2nd place)
Gustav Cordua / Sebastian Ifversen (Phoenix Major – 3rd place)
Dylan Scott / Stephen Pelkofer (Americas Regional – Washington DC – 1st place)
Luke Greer / Harry Thompson (EMEA Regional – London – 3rd place)
James Newbury / Dene Flude (APAC Regional – Brisbane – 2nd place)
Maarten Enthoven / Louis Osselaer (Warsaw Major – 4th place)
Martin Lecorgne / Xavier Dufour (Warsaw Major – 5th place)
Marko Nicic / Alexis Bernier (Warsaw Major – 7th place)