Your Complete Guide to HYROX North America Fall 2026 (And How to Actually Be Ready)

Eleven HYROX races land in North America between September and December, four of them in cities that have never hosted one. If you already have a bib, the useful question is what the race actually asks of you and where most people come apart. If you're still choosing a city, start with the calendar.

The HYROX Fall 2026 Schedule 

September

• Washington, DC. Sep 3 to 7, Walter E. Washington Convention Center

• Salt Lake City, UT. Sep 18 to 20, Salt Palace Convention Center (new city)

October

• Toronto, ON. Oct 1 to 4, Enercare Centre, Exhibition Place

• Boston, MA. Oct 8 to 11, Boston Convention and Exhibition Center

• Tampa, FL. Oct 22 to 25, Tampa Convention Center (new city)

• Mexico City, CDMX. Oct 30 to Nov 1, Centro Citibanamex

November

• Denver, CO. Nov 12 to 15, Colorado Convention Center (new city)

• Dallas, TX. Nov 18 to 22, Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center

December

• Anaheim, CA. Dec 3 to 6, Anaheim Convention Center

• Nashville, TN. Dec 9 to 13, Music City Center (new city)

• Vancouver, BC. Dec 18 to 20, Vancouver Convention Centre

What You're Actually Signing Up For

HYROX never changes its format, which is the whole point. Every race, in every city, is the same: 8km of running split into eight 1km segments, each one followed by a workout station. The order is fixed everywhere in the world.

1. SkiErg, 1,000m

2. Sled Push, 50m (152kg men's Open, 102kg women's Open, sled included)

3. Sled Pull, 50m (103kg men's Open, 78kg women's Open)

4. Burpee Broad Jumps, 80m

5. Rowing, 1,000m

6. Farmers Carry, 200m (2 x 24kg men's Open, 2 x 16kg women's Open)

7. Sandbag Lunges, 100m (20kg men's Open, 10kg women's Open)

8. Wall Balls, 100 reps (6kg to a 3m target for men, 4kg to a 2.7m target for women)

Those are Open weights. Pro is the same race with heavier loads at every one of those stations, and it's not where you start.

Average finisher times land around 1.5 hours. Elite athletes come in closer to 55 to 75 minutes. If this is your first race, Open is the standard entry point and is built to be achievable on a real but non-elite fitness base. Doubles, where you and a partner split the eight stations "you go, I go" while both running the full 8km, is a good option if racing solo feels like a lot for a first event.

The Part Most Plans Miss

Look at the station order again. Sled pull and burpee broad jumps sit at stations 3 and 4, so your grip and your legs are already compromised before you're a third of the way through. Farmers carry and sandbag lunges then show up at 6 and 7, on hands that have already dragged a sled and legs carrying six-plus kilometers of running. Wall balls close it out, 100 reps deep, on quads with nothing left.

Athletes who fall apart mid-race usually aren't undertrained on any single station. They're undertrained on the transitions. Running hard and then immediately gripping a sled rope or a kettlebell is a different skill from running fresh or lifting fresh, and most training plans never rehearse it.

How to Prepare

Give yourself 8 to 12 weeks minimum. Most structured HYROX plans run in that range, and longer is fine if you're newer to training. You can't cram it. You can absolutely overtrain your way into a bad race by skipping the taper.

Train the overlap, not just the pieces. Don't isolate your sled work from your running. Build sessions where you go straight from a hard effort into a loaded carry or a sled push. That's compromised training, and it's the most race-specific thing you can do. A simple version: 50 burpee broad jumps into a 1km run, three rounds, once or twice a week from eight weeks out.

Respect the grip. Sled pull, farmers carry and sandbag lunges all come down to how long your hands hold, and the fatigue is cumulative. Every time you set a kettlebell down and re-grip, you're paying for endurance you didn't build.

Worth knowing before you plan your kit: HYROX bans straps, hooks and tacky compounds. Gloves and tape are legal. Chalk is legal but only at the station you're racing. So there's no race-day shortcut here, which makes grip endurance something you build in the eight to twelve weeks beforehand or not at all. This is where Angles90 earns its place in training rather than in your race bag. The grips rotate freely, so your hands have to stabilize the load through every rep. Put them on your rows, pull-ups and deadlift holds and grip becomes a thing you're training on purpose instead of the thing that quits at station 6.

Don't skip wall balls. They're the last station for a reason, and they're where the most races are lost. Practice sets on pre-fatigued legs, after lunges or a run, so squat depth and rhythm survive when you're wrecked.

Taper the final week. Cut volume by roughly 30 to 40% in the seven to ten days before your race, keep intensity light, sleep, and bump carbs slightly in the final 48 hours. Race week is about staying sharp, not proving fitness you should already have.

Race Week Checklist

• Walk or look up the venue floor plan so the Roxzone layout isn't a surprise

• Know the movement standards for burpee broad jumps and wall balls. No-reps here are avoidable and costly

• Pack gloves or tape for the sled pull and farmers carry. Straps and hooks will get you pulled up by a judge

• Hydrate consistently in the days leading in, not just race morning

• Arrive early enough for a full dynamic warm-up before your heat

Wherever you're racing this fall, a returning city or one of the four new stops, the format won't surprise you. The only open question is whether your training matched it. Train the transitions, and build the grip before you need it.