The first ever HYROX Abu Dhabi event was held at the ADNEC Centre on Saturday 19th July 2025, with 3500 athletes competing, and an impressive 124 different nationalities represented.
A number of top athletes in the sport were in attendance, many of them presumably hopeful of setting a time that would help them secure a place in the upcoming Elite 15 major races. Read on for the main results from the day…
Men’s Pro
The Men’s Pro was won by former Triathlete, Fabian Eisenlauer in a time of 00:58:21. He has only raced 12 times in HYROX so far but is proving to be an incredibly impressive competitor – having set the second fastest time ever in the Men’s Open and holding the Men’s Open Doubles World Record with Jake Williamson. Fabi has been on the Rox Lyfe podcast recently – you can catch it here.
Second was Scottish athlete Graham Halliday – who finished 10th in the Elite race at the 2025 World Championships – in 00:58:56. You can catch our chat with Graham here.
Third place was taken by Danish athlete Sebastian Ifversen in a time of 00:59:17
Women’s Pro
The Women’s Pro was won by UK based Jade Skillen in a time of 01:04:18
Second was Jess Towl in 01:05:24. Jess has been on the Rox Lyfe podcast, which you can catch here.
Third place was taken by Leanne Miles in a time of 01:08:50
Pro Doubles
The Men’s Pro Doubles was won by Johnny Daly and Damien Bourke in a time of 00:53:32
The Women’s Pro Doubles was won by Hannah Davies and Kelly-Lei Lowry in a time of 01:02:05
All other results can be found on the HYROX website.
We shared more pictures of the HYROX Abu Dhabi event on our Instagram account here – where you can also see comments from some of the athletes who attended the race.
Other Middle East and Africa events are held in Dubai, Johannesburg, Sharjah, Qatar and Cape Town.
