HYROX Mixed Relay Invitational 2026: The 20 Teams Heading to Stockholm
The qualification window has closed. Here are the 20 nations racing for Mixed Relay Invitational glory at the HYROX World Championships in Stockholm on Sunday, June 21, 2026.
The qualification window has closed and the field is set. On Sunday, June 21, 2026, twenty nations will line up at Strawberry Arena in Stockholm to contest the Mixed Relay Invitational at the HYROX World Championships, the headline team event of the weekend and the first running of the format under the new nation-based qualification system.
This isn't the standard Team Relay where four club mates split a course between them. The Invitational pits the best individual performer of each gender against everyone else's best, two men and two women per nation, racing as one unit. Seedings are set by the National Performance Index, which combines each athlete's best five Singles results into a single nation total — see how the points system works and the full Mixed Relay qualification breakdown for the mechanics behind these numbers.
The field below is what twelve months of Singles racing across four continents produced. Captains, the highest-ranked athlete on each team, are marked (C).
The 20 teams
| Seed | Nation | Roster | NPI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇺🇸 USA | Dylan Scott, Jack Driscoll, Lauren Weeks (C), Katherine Fahsbender | 2,097.14 |
| 2 | 🇩🇪 Germany | Tim Wenisch (C), Jannik Czapla, Stefanie Oswald, Linda Meier | 2,074.53 |
| 3 | 🏴 England | Charlie Botterill (C), Harry Thompson, Lucy Procter, Kat Parnell | 2,072.41 |
| 4 | 🇦🇺 Australia | James Kelly (C), Jonathon Wynn, Jess Pettrow, Calypso Sheridan | 2,057.19 |
| 5 | 🇪🇸 Spain | Aitor Lizarazu Hormilla, Roberto Viciedo Gimeno, Manuela Garcia (C), Elena Rouco Chas | 1,797.54 |
| 6 | 🇳🇱 Netherlands | Hidde Weersma (C), Maarten Enthoven, Emilie Dahmen, Anne Stellaard | 1,759.92 |
| 7 | 🇮🇹 Italy | Eugenio Bianchi, Samuele Carlo Ayrton, Gloria Corbetta, Camilla Massa (C) | 1,712.64 |
| 8 | 🇳🇿 New Zealand | Kane Baigent, Dexter Buchanan, Gabrielle Nikora-Baker (C), Jenna Barrett | 1,621.84 |
| 9 | 🇮🇪 Ireland | Sean Noble (C), Ronan Lindsay, Roisin Egan, Lisa O'Rourke | 1,621.62 |
| 10 | 🇿🇦 South Africa | Kyle Schoonbee, Wesley Henning, Danél Louw (C), Vicky MacIntosh | 1,604.62 |
| 11 | 🇫🇷 France | Julien Conquillaud-Salomon (C), Alan Cao, Anne-Caroline Charpentier, Ambre Keram | 1,571.59 |
| 12 | 🇩🇰 Denmark | Sebastian Ifversen (C), Gustav Cordua, Ida Mathilde Steensgaard, Tascha Møller | 1,562.20 |
| 13 | 🇧🇪 Belgium | Louis Osselaer, Kwinten Verstuyft, Lena Putters (C), Margot Vandenlindenloof | 1,422.28 |
| 14 | 🇦🇹 Austria | Alexander Roncevic, Rene Groinig, Tanja Stroschneider (C), Alice Schürer | 1,326.60 |
| 15 | 🇨🇿 Czech Republic | Tomas Tvrdik (C), Richard Hynek, Tereza Schejbalová, Veronika Hynková | 1,313.02 |
| 16 | 🇨🇦 Canada | Cole Learn (C), Isaac Sanderson, Lindsay Bessegato, Lianne Girard | 1,280.16 |
| 17 | 🏴 Scotland | Liam McCroary (C), Graham Halliday, Eilidh Boyd, Rachel O'Connor | 1,186.12 |
| 18 | 🇸🇪 Sweden (host) | Hugo Hugemark, Kenny Steger, Charlotte Haglund (C), Annie Emilsson | 1,088.14 |
| 19 | 🇨🇭 Switzerland | Tiziano Pedrocchi, Savo Hertig, Melanie Maurer (C), Mirjam von Rohr | 1,005.15 |
| 20 | 🇲🇽 Mexico | Aldo Lozano Márquez (C), German Flores, Karen Vanessa Lara Castro, Nayelli Garcia Vazquez | 882.94 |
What to watch
The top of the table is tight. Less than 40 NPI points separate USA, Germany, England, and Australia. From there a clear gap opens before Spain leads the chasing pack. Sweden enters as the 18th seed but races on home soil, and Mexico carries the Americas regional slot into the field.
Schedule
- 📅 Date: Sunday, June 21, 2026
- 🕢 Start time: 7:45 pm local
- 📍 Venue: Strawberry Arena, Stockholm, Sweden
- 🏆 Event: PUMA HYROX World Championships 2026
Final start lists, leg orders, and broadcast details will land closer to race week. Until then, the seedings give us a clear top four, a tightly packed chasing pack, and a host nation hoping the Strawberry Arena crowd is worth a few NPI points it didn't have on paper.
