HYROX went to Phoenix (USA) for the first time, with an event held from 29th-31st January at the State Farm Stadium – home of the Arizona Cardinals – making it the first fitness racing event ever to be staged inside a full-scale American Football stadium.
Leveraging the scale and prestige of an NFL venue, the HYROX Phoenix Major transformed State Farm Stadium into a vast, purpose-built fitness racing colosseum, capable of hosting up to 50,000 spectators and accommodating up to 15,000 athletes – making it one of the largest HYROX events ever held in the United States.
The event came as part of significant momentum in the US, with HYROX participation surging more than 300% year-on-year and events selling out at unprecedented speed.
Douglas Gremmen, Chief Growth Officer at HYROX commented: “Staging HYROX inside an NFL stadium is not only a milestone for us, it’s a milestone for the entire sport. State Farm Stadium offers an unrivalled stage to deliver a race experience of a completely new magnitude. Phoenix represents everything we aim for as we continue expanding across the US: passionate community energy, world-class sporting infrastructure and an appetite for high-intensity competition. The HYROX Phoenix Major will set a new global benchmark for what a fitness racing event can be.”
The event hosted the third Elite 15 Major race of the 2025/26 season, which was livestreamed, with Rox Lyfe’s Greg Williams on the commentary team, as athletes battled it out on the Road to the HYROX World Championships in Stockholm in June 2026.
You can watch the livestreams here.
HYROX Phoenix Results
Read on for the main results from the USA event…
Elite Women
Joanna Wietrzyk won the women’s Elite 15 race after a dominant performance that saw her set an incredible new World Record. She took the lead from Lauren Weeks at the Sled push and did not relinquish it, looking calm and composed throughout. This is the third win of three from Wietrzyk in Majors this season as she seeks out an unprecedented grand slam of victories.
The top 3 had already qualified for the Stockholm World Championships, so the qualifying places went to current World Champion Linda Meier, Gabrielle Nikora-Baker and Lena Putters – who came into the wall balls in 9th and clawed back 6th place.
1. Joanna Wietrzyk – 56:03
2. Lauren Weeks – 58:31
3. Vivian Tafuto – 59:01
4. Linda Meier – 59:16
5. Gabrielle Nikora-Baker – 01:00:00
6. Lena Putters – 01:00:35
7. Emilie Dahmen – 01:00:54
8. Jess Pettrow – 01:01:02
9. Elli Stenfors – 01:01:06
10. Charlie Searle – 01:01:35
11. Seka Arning – 01:01:40
12. Melanie Maurer – 01:02:00
13. Manuela García Caparrós – 01:05:52
DNF Gabriella Moriarty
DNF Lauren Stockley
Elite Men
The Men’s Elite race was won by 2024 World Champion and current World Record holder Alexander Roncevic. The lead changed hands a few times, but Alex came into the wall balls in first and held on to take the win.
British athlete Luke Greer impressed on his debut E15 performance – taking the lead several times in the early stages, and looking especially strong on the runs. However he dropped to 5th on the Row and never recovered, ultimately finishing in 8th place.
James Kelly went into the wall balls in 6th place but overtook Rich Ryan, Sean Noble, Luke Greer and Tomas Tvrdik to bring home an impressive 2nd place finish, after a superb performance in the lunges and wall balls.
Alex had already secured his qualifying spot for the Stockholm World Championships, so the qualifying places went to James Kelly, Rich Ryan and Sean Noble.
1. Alexander Roncevic – 53:16
2. James Kelly – 53:39 – Q
3. Rich Ryan – 53:57 – Q
4. Sean Noble – 53:57 – Q
5. Tomas Tvrdik – 54:13
6. Alen Ploj – 54:22
7. Cole Learn – 55:10
8. Luke Greer – 55:19
9. Beau Wills – 55:40
10. Jonathon Wynn – 56:55
11. Louis Osselaer – 57:30
12. Dylan Scott – 57:39
13. Charlie Botterill – 58:54
DNF Emilio Aguayo
DNF Josh Van Zeeland
Elite Women’s Doubles
The Elite Women’s Doubles was won by Lauren Weeks & Vivian Tafuto in a dominant performance that saw them break their own World Record. Joanna Wietryzk & Jess Pettrow briefly took the lead at the sled pull, but they ultimately finished 2nd – also beating the previous world record time!
Joanna & Jess, Danel & Vicky and Manuela & Seka had already qualified for the Stockholm World Championships, so the 3 spots got to Lauren & Vivian, Melanie & Jennifer and Katherine & Morgan.
1. Lauren Weeks, Vivian Tafuto – 53:11 – Q
2. Joanna Wietrzyk, Jess Pettrow – 53:21
3. Danel Louw, Vicky Macintosh – 53:53
4. Manuela Garcia Caparrós, Seka Arning – 54:49
5. Melanie Maurer, Jennifer Nikolaus – 55:28 – Q
6. Katherine Fahsbender, Morgan Schulz – 55:41 – Q
7. Rachel O’Connor, Maire Mc Ginley – 56:51
8. Fern Gardner, Kate Hutchinson – 57:07
9. Gloria Corbetta, Camilla Massa – 57:07
10. Viola Oberlander, Jana Lebenstedt – 57:12
11. Rebecca Houard, Jezabel Kremer – 58:53
DNF Kris Rugloski, Kayti Simonson
Elite Men’s Doubles
Jake Williamson and Hunter McIntyre took first place in the Elite Men’s Doubles – moving into the lead at the Ski Erg and staying there for the entire race. It was their first Elite race together – Jake had already qualified for the World Championships with Alen Ploj, but he chose to turn down the spot in order to race with Hunter.
World record holders, Rich Ryan & Pelayo Menendez Fernandez came second in Pelayo’s return to racing after injury.
Third place was taken by Gustav Cordua & Sebastian Ifversen in just their second race together, having qualified for the Elite 15 in Stockholm in December.
The top three take the qualifying spots for the 2026 World Championships.
1. Jake Williamson, Hunter Mcintyre – 48:35 – Q
2. Rich Ryan, Pelayo Menendez Fernandez – 49:18 – Q
3. Gustav Cordua, Sebastian Ifversen – 49:30 – Q
4. Jake Dearden, James Kelly – 49:31
5. Stephen Pelkofer, Dylan Scott – 49:34
6. Marc Dean, Alan Cao – 50:30
7. Tom Franssens, Pieter Maes – 50:49
8. Ryan Hogan, Joe Bingham – 51:11
9. Ciaran Parkinson, Tony Revell – 51:15
10. Eugenio Bianchi, Beau Wills – 51:16
11. Ryan Douglas, Jack Driscoll – 51:27
12. Ben Sutherland, Harry Sutherland – 51:50
13. Marko Nicic, Alexis Bernier – 52:00
14. Jeremy McConnell, Fabian Eisenlauer – 52:21
15. Niall McMeeken, John Carlisle – 52:44
Women’s Pro
The Women’s Pro was won by Emilie Dahmen in a time of 01:00:18 (just 2 days after she’d finished 7th in the Elite 15 race).
Second was Katherine Fahsbender in 01:02:00, and third place was taken by Vicky MacIntosh in a time of 01:02:06.
Men’s Pro
The Men’s Pro was won by Dylan Scott in a time of 00:53:37. This was an impressive showing from the Elite athlete, finishing in one of the fastest times ever, after finishing 12th in the Elite 15 solo race 2 days before (4 minutes slower than this time), and also racing in the Elite doubles the prior night (finishing 5th).
Second was Hunter McIntyre in 00:54:28, and third place was taken by Marc Dean in a time of 00:55:46.
Pro Doubles
The Men’s Pro Doubles was won by Alen Ploj and Cole Learn in a time of 00:48:43 – just 12 seconds short of the world record on this debut performance for the pair.
The Women’s Pro Doubles was won by Charlie Searle and Lauren Stockley (both of whom had made their Elite 15 debut 2 days before) in a time of 00:55:34.
All other results can be found on the HYROX website.
We shared more pictures of the HYROX Phoenix event on our Instagram account here – where you can also see comments from some of the athletes who attended the race.
World Records
Congratulations to the following athletes for achieving overall World Record times:
Women’s Pro:
16-24 – Joanna Wietrzyk – 00:56:03
Women’s Pro Doubles:
30-34 – Lauren Weeks, Vivian Tafuto – 53:11
Mixed Relay:
U40 – Cole Learn, Kyra Milligan, Luke Ennis, Sydney Wells – 00:48:22
Congratulations to the following athletes for achieving age group World Record times:
Women’s Pro:
25-29 – Vivian Tafuto – 00:59:01
Men’s Pro:
35-39 – Rich Ryan – 00:53:57
40-44 – Tomas Tvrdik – 00:54:13
Women’s Pro Doubles:
25-29 – Joanna Wietrzyk, Jess Pettrow – 00:53:21
35-39 – Melanie Maurer, Jennifer Nikolaus – 00:55:28
45-49 – Amy Brown, Anne Marie McNiven – 01:01:57
65-69 – Amanda Wendel, Tina Dale – 01:42:12
Men’s Pro Doubles:
30-34 – Hunter McIntyre, Jake Williamson – 00:48:35
55-59 – Joze Kojc, Simon Passmore – 00:57:21
Women’s Open Doubles
60-64 – Julie Pangburn, Melissa Van Doren – 01:15:26
Mixed Open Doubles:
60-64 – Susanne Carney, Jeff Fisher – 01:11:22
