News & UpdatesThe 2026/27 HYROX Elite Series is now complete with the addition of Bangkok, Las Vegas and Lyon. After the opener in Hamburg (28 October to 1 November) and London ExCeL (2 to 6 December), the series heads to Bangkok (11 to 14 February 2027), Las Vegas (12 to 14 March) and Lyon (12 to 16 May), before the season closes at the World Championships in Hong Kong (10 to 13 June). "Five races. One World Championship," is how HYROX puts it, and the top 3 finishers at each Elite Series race earn direct entry to Worlds. Spots in each field are decided on points, with the cut off landing roughly 21 days before race day, and you can track the qualification race on our Elite Rankings. Via HYROX. A new Challenger 15 division debuts this season, providing the next 15 athletes a direct opportunity to compete against the Elite 15 field. The winner of the Challenger 15 race earns a promotion into the subsequent Elite 15 event. Each Elite Series stop will span two days, with Singles on day one and Doubles on day two. The schedule is the same both days in local time: Challenger 15 women race at 2:00pm and men at 4:00pm, then Elite 15 women go at 6:30pm and men at 8:00pm, and every one of those races streams live on YouTube. Via HYROX. Elite Series prize money is bigger than first reported. The payouts we covered in August, an $18,000 win and $75,850 across an Elite 15 Singles field, came from a Hybrid Fitness Media post that has now been corrected. An Elite Series Singles win now awards $23,250, with $15,500 for second, $10,250 for third and $2,000 for 15th place. That totals $98,250 per gender at each race, 30% more than the figure first reported and 65% more than the $59,700 paid at a Major last season. Elite 15 Doubles has its own scale, from $15,500 for the win down to $1,750 for 13th to 15th, or $66,500 across the field. Via @hybridfitnessmedia. The World Championships in Hong Kong will offer the largest payouts of the season, with every Singles place paying more than double the amount of an Elite Series race. The Singles winner will receive $58,250, while second place earns $38,750 and third place takes home $26,000. Every position down to 15th is guaranteed at least $6,000, totaling $247,250 across the field. Doubles at Worlds is steeply weighted to the top, with $49,250 for the win, $24,750 for second and $16,250 for third, then a drop to $8,250 for fourth, $132,250 in all. Every figure is what one race pays out, not a season total. Via @hybridfitnessmedia. |
