2026 HYROX World Championships

The 2026 HYROX World Championships took place in Stockholm, Sweden, at the Strawberry Arena – one of Scandinavia’s premier indoor venues.  The event ran from June 18th to 21st 2026.

The event marked the first time HYROX had 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 offered an iconic backdrop for what was the most competitive World Championships yet.  Check out this post for a more in-depth look at the venue.

The Elite races on Thursday, Friday and Sunday evenings were livestreamed – with Greg from Rox Lyfe on the commentary team. You can catch up with the races here.

World Championship Racing

The event featured two major competitions split across the four days:

1. Elite 15 World Championships (Professional Racing)

2. Age Group World Championships

Elite Women

The Women’s Elite race was won by American marathon runner Alyssa McElheny in just her 5th solo race (and 6th ever HYROX race). You can catch our podcats chat with her (before the World Championships) here.

Australian Joanna Wietrzyk went into the race as favourite after her unprecedented 4 Major wins during the season. Along with 3x World Champion Lauren Weeks, they pushed hard from the outset, swapping the lead between themselves at the start but with Weeks dropping to 4th after the Sled Push.

McElheny made her move on the run before the Sled Pull – coming into the station in first place and maintaining the lead until the end – arriving at the Wall Ball station 41 seconds ahead of Wietrzyk in 2nd place. McElheny had some no reps but held her nerve on the wall balls to take the win by 15 seconds.

English athlete Sinead Bent moved herself up into 2nd place at the BBJ station but was overtaken by Wietrzyk on the run going into the Farmer’s Carry. Bent held on to 3rd place, rounding off the podium and finishing just 10 seconds behind Wietrzyk and 25 seconds behind McElheny.

1. Alyssa McElheny – 56:59
2. Joanna Wietrzyk – 57:14
3. Sinead Bent – 57:24
4. Calypso Sheridan – 58:16
5. Lauren Weeks – 58:47
6. Lucy Procter – 59:05
7. Emilie Dahmen – 1:00:04
8. Lena Putters – 1:00:09
9. Gabrielle Nikora-Baker – 1:00:21
10. Stefanie Oswald – 1:00:31
11. Seka Arning – 1:00:41
12. Jess Pettrow – 1:01:05
13. Vivian Tafuto – 1:01:52
14. Linda Meier – 1:06:09
15. Morgan Schulz – DNF

Elite Men

An action packed Men’s race was ultimately won by American Dylan Scott in a time of 53:47 (who led for only the final 2 second of the race!). Scott went into the Wall Balls in 6th place, but dug deep and managed to take the win with a dramatic race to the finish line with 2025 World Champion Tim Wenisch. Scott crossed the line 1st, when it then transpired that Wenisch’s last wall ball was a no-rep, which gave him a 15 second penalty, dropping him to 3rd place overall.

There had been drama earlier in the race when Canadian Cole Learn was disqualified for stepping off of the Ski Erg before completing 1000m.

Wenisch, 2024 World Champion Alexander Roncevic, 3 x World Champion Hunter McIntyre and relative newcomer to the Elite 15, Luke Greer all pushed hard at the start, jostling for first place and swapping the lead between them. McIntyre took the lead on the Sled Push and stayed in the lead until Wenisch overtook him on the final run. McIntyre received a 15 second penalty on the BBJs for a second infringement of having his hands more than 30cm in front of his feet. He was given another 15 second penalty at the Sandbag Lunges for starting a lunge with his front foot on the line – this was, however, overturned after a video review.

Belgian Louis Osselaer quietly moved himself up into 4th place after a strong Sled Pull. He held strong through the remainder of the race and eventually finished a superb 2nd after Wenisch’s penalty was applied.

English athlete Charlie Botterill arrived at the Wall Balls in 3rd place, but his wall ball target was impeded by a piece of video equipment. VAR assessed that the impact was 7 seconds, which he was given back at the end of the race, where he finished in 4th place overall. 

1. Dylan Scott – 53:47
2. Louis Osselaer – 54:02
3. Tim Wenisch – 54:04
4. Charlie Botterill – 54:04
5. Hunter Mcintyre – 54:07
6. Alexander Roncevic – 54:18
7. Rich Ryan – 54:38
8. Luke Greer – 54:43
9. Tomas Tvrdik – 55:43
10. Dexter Buchanan – 56:16
11. Sean Noble – 56:20
12. James Kelly – 56:31
13. Hidde Weersma – 56:56
14. Sebastian Ifversen – 1:00:09
15. Cole Learn – Disqualified

Elite Women’s Doubles

The Elite Women’s Doubles was won by American duo – and current World Record holders – Lauren Weeks & Vivian Tafuto. They led from the outset and did not relinquish the lead in a dominant performance.

The Australian duo of Jess Pettrow & Joanna Wietrzyk were strong in the first half of the race, but dropped from 2nd to 5th at the BBJ station. They ultimately finished in 4th position.

England’s Sinead Bent & Lucy Procter made their move up to 2nd position at the BBJ station – retaining the position until the end to take 2nd overall.

The podium was rounded off by Charlie Searle & Lauren Stockley. They jostled for position throughout the race, but retained 3rd place from the Farmer’s Carry onwards.

1. Lauren Weeks, Vivian Tafuto – 53:31
2. Sinead Bent, Lucy Procter – 53:56
3. Charlie Searle, Lauren Stockley – 54:34
4. Jess Pettrow, Joanna Wietrzyk – 54:39
5. Meg Martin, Calypso Sheridan – 55:23
6. Danél Louw, Vicky MacIntosh – 55:30
7. Manuela García, Seka Arning – 56:01
8. Ida Mathilde Steensgaard, Elli Stenfors – 56:45
9. Jana Lebenstedt, Viola Oberländer – 56:50
10. Katherine Fahsbender, Morgan Schulz – 58:10
11. Gabriella Moriarty, Zara Piergianni – 58:39
12. Margot Vandenlindenloof, Charlotte Vandenlindenloof – 1:00:43
13. Melanie Maurer, Jennifer Nikolaus – 1:01:03
14. Jade Skillen, Kat Parnell – 1:01:58
15. Alandra Greenlee, Kris Rugloski – 1:04:12

Elite Men’s Doubles

The Elite Men’s Doubles was won current World Record holders, Alexander Roncevic (Austria) & Tim Wenisch (Germany). They faced stiff competition from Jake Williamson (England) & Hunter McIntyre (USA) throughout the whole race, but held on and took the win by 35 seconds.

Former World Record holders Rich Ryan (USA) & Pelayo Menendez Fernandez (Spain) made their move after the Farmer’s Carry and rounded off the podium – just 2 seconds behind Williamson & McIntyre.

The English duo of Charlie Botterill & Ollie Russell came agonisingly close to a podium spot. They finished the Wall Balls in 3rd place (completing 100 wall balls at almost exactly the same time that Williamson & McIntyre finished), but had received a 15 second penalty for touching the front line on the Sled Pull station. They therefore had to serve the penalty in the box which dropped them to 4th place.

1. Alexander Roncevic, Tim Wenisch – 48:57
2. Jake Williamson, Hunter Mcintyre – 49:32
3. Rich Ryan, Pelayo Menendez Fernandez – 49:34
4. Charlie Botterill, Ollie Russell – 49:48
5. Luke Greer, Harry Thompson – 50:18
6. Dylan Scott, Stephen Pelkofer – 50:24
7. Hidde Weersma, Thierry Willigenburg – 50:31
8. James Kelly, Jake Dearden – 50:35
9. Maarten Enthoven, Louis Osselaer – 50:57
10. Jeremy McConnell, Fabian Eisenlauer – 51:22
11. Gustav Cordua, Sebastian Ifversen – 51:30
12. Martin Lecorgne, Xavier Dufour – 51:41
13. Marko Nicic, Alexis Bernier – 51:44
14. Pieter Maes, Tom Franssens – 51:50
15. James Newbury, Dene Flude – 53:20

Age Group Women

Congratulations to the Women’s Age Group winners:

16-24 – Madelyn Eybergen – 00:57:37
25-29 – Saskia Millard – 57:15
30-34 – Gloria Corbetta – 01:01:50
35-39 – Tanja Stroschneider – 01:01:15
40-44 – Cathy Fitzgerald – 01:04:07
45-49 – Jezabel Kremer – 01:04:51
50-54 – Fay Morne – 01:10:01
55-59 – Anna Buxó Calzada – 01:14:32
60-64 – Elizabeth Schepis – 01:11:18
65-69 – Avril McClement – 01:25:43
70-74 – Kirsten Frederiksen – 01:34:04
75-79 – Rosa Sanchez Navarrete – 02:41:02

Age Group Men

Congratulations to the Men’s Age Group winners:

16-24 – Jude Reynolds – 00:56:06
25-29 – Ryan Douglas – 00:55:23
30-34 – George Martindale – 00:56:43
35-39 – Marc Dean – 00:56:54
40-44 – Guillaume Levoy – 00:57:28
45-49 – Eric Hinman – 01:00:37
50-54 – David Martin Peral – 01:04:45
55-59 – Joze Kojc – 01:07:18
60-64 – Sergio Benzio – 01:08:13
65-69 – Art Smith – 01:13:57
70-74 – Ian Redford – 01:30:38
75-79 – David Ridout – 01:57:11

Age Group Women’s Doubles

Congratulations to the Women’s Doubles Age Group winners:

16-24 – Apolline Cardon, Lola Gomes – 00:58:10
25-29 – Saskia Millard, Holly Archer – 00:55:00
30-34 – Camilla Massa, Gloria Corbetta – 00:56:43
35-39 – Maire Mc Ginley, Rachel O’Connor – 00:58:32
40-44 – Jezabel Kremer, Rebecca Houard – 00:59:56
45-49 – Anne Marie Mcniven, Amy Brown – 01:02:07
50-54 – Emma Reeve, Sam Bilbie – 01:04:42
55-59 – Lisa Louise Martin, Susan Gray – 01:16:11
60-64 – Edda Sterl-Klemm, Bridget-Anne Kirwan – 01:14:15
65-69 – Carol Bowker, Lesley Whiley – 01:20:29
70-74 – Kirsten Frederiksen, Celia Duff – 01:36:09

Age Group Men’s Doubles

Congratulations to the Men’s Doubles Age Group winners:

16-24 – Conor Maguire, Ewan Applewhite – 00:51:33
25-29 – Fabian Eisenlauer, Paul Weindl – 00:49:57
30-34 – Hakan Burton, Michael Stephens – 00:51:09
35-39 – Ciaran Parkinson, Tony Revell – 00:52:37
40-44 – Tom Hogan, Tiago Lousa – 00:52:15
45-49 – Walter Dorninger, Lukas Storath – 00:57:19
50-54 – Tony Curtis, Anthony Johnston – 00:59:41
55-59 – Simon Passmore, Joze Kojc – 01:01:14
60-64 – Kevin Marshall, Danny Wood – 01:06:13
65-69 – Dermot Mcnulty, Myles Mcnulty – 01:07:37
70-74 – Patton Leaver, Kent Smith – 01:34:54

Age Group Mixed Doubles

16-24 – Lindsay Bessegato, Ryan Douglas – 00:53:01
25-29 – Jesse Owen, Charlie Searle – 00:51:55
30-34 – Holly Archer, Luke Greer – 00:51:28
35-39 – Zara Piergianni, Tiago Lousa – 00:53:25
40-44 – Jezabel Kremer, Joffrey Voisin – 00:54:15
45-49 – Guy Portlock, Sabine Von Salis – 00:56:41
50-54 – Sébastien Auger, Virginie Auger – 01:00:03
55-59 – Sarah Holm Linnet, Christian Linnet – 01:05:53
60-64 – Norman Mawhinney, Amanda Perry – 01:08:57
65-69 – Andreas Bruns, Simone Trautzsch-Paustian – 01:21:21
70-74 – Marino Malinka, Carole Munro – 01:50:51

Adaptive

Congratulations to all of the Adaptive athletes who raced on Sunday. There are too many winners to list, but all results can be found on the HYROX website here.

Mixed Relay Invitational

The Elite Relay Invitational was once again an incredibly exciting event with the top three finishing within a few wall balls of each other.

It was won by defending champions Australia (Jon Wynn, James Kelly, Jess Pettrow, Calypso Sheridan). Second was Germany (Tim Wenisch, Jannik Czapla, Linda Meier, Stefanie Oswald), and third place was taken by England (Charlie Botterill, Harry Thompson, Lucy Procter and late stand-in Jess Towl).

1. Australia – 50:19
2. Germany – 50:30
3. England – 50:36
4. United States – 52:00
5. Belgium – 52:13
6. Canada – 52:23
7. Sweden – 52:53
8. Ireland – 52:59
9. Czech – 53:05
10. Denmark – 53:09
11. New Zealand – 53:18
12. South Africa – 54:25
13. Spain – 54:55
14. France – 55:00
15. Austria – 55:05
16. Scotland – 55:50
17. Netherlands – 56:07
18. Switzerland – 56:14
19. Italy – 56:31
20. Mexico – 1:03:00

2026 saw the debut of a new qualifying process for the Elite Relay, which used The National Performance Index (NPI) to determine the qualifying countries and athletes.

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

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

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

World Records

Congratulations to the following athletes for achieving age group World Record times:

Women’s Pro:

45-49 – Jezabel Kremer – 01:04:51

55-59 – Anna Buxó Calzada – 01:14:32

Women’s Open:

60-64 – Elizabeth Schepis – 01:11:18

Mixed Open Doubles:

16-24 – Lindsay Bessegato, Ryan Douglas – 00:53:01

We shared more pictures of the HYROX Stockholm World Championships event on our Instagram account here – where you can also see comments from some of the athletes who attended the race.

HYROX World Championships Schedule

Each day of the event saw 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

Elite 15 Women | 7pm

Elite 15 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:

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

Elite Men – Individual

The Elite Men qualified for the World Championships are:

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

Elite Women – Doubles

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

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

Elite Men – Doubles

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

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

World Championships History

Previous HYROX World Championships have been held at the following locations:

2019: Oberhausen, Germany
2021: Leipzig, Germany
2022: Las Vegas, USA
2023: Manchester, UK
2024: Nice, France
2025: Chicago, USA

The 2027 HYROX World Championships will be held in Hong Kong from 10th to 13th June 2027.