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The 2023 HYROX World Championships will go down in Manchester at 8:15 pm local time on Friday, May 26, 2023.

The field will be comprised of 15 men who have qualified in the Hyrox 22/23 season which began after the last Hyrox World Championships in May of 2022. Five of those secured their spot via a podium finish at the North American or European Championships. The remaining ten qualified via time. We are going to list the recent Hyrox results for each athlete and our order of predicted finish.

15th – Tiago Lousa    

Lousa had what was at the time the fastest finish of the season at Frankfurt in December, However, since then he has not been able to put together a fast race. He may have organized his training to peak at this race and used the other races as training days. If that is the case he could make his way up the standings.

• 2022 Madrid: 1:01:40
• 2022 Frankfurt: 57:54
• 2023 European Championships: 1:01:00
• 2023 Barcelona: 1:01:49
• 2023 Cologne: 1:01:15

14th – Peter Schiller

He is one of the last entries into the Elite 15, we see Schiller’s place being very close to the 13th place he had when he last competed against many of these same athletes at the European Championships.

• 2022 Valencia: 59:50
• 2023 European Championships: 1:03:03
• 2023 Munich: 1:03:07
• 2023 Cologne: 1:01:15
• 2023 Hannover: 58:21

13th – Tom Hogan

After falling out of the Elite 15 Hogan secured his spot for the Championships with a strong performance in Hong Kong. But, with less than two weeks to prepare for the World Championships will he be able to come back to top form quickly?

• 2022 Basel: 59:32
• 2023 European Championships: 1:00:12
• 2023 Stockholm: 1:01:13
• 2023 Cologne: 58:47
• 2023 Hong Kong: 58:16

12th – Graham Halliday

Halliday made an almost unbelievable improvement on his running dropping over 4 minutes off his run total from Manchester to Glasgow. He backed that up with his fastest time of the season recently in Hannover. However, he comes into this race as the only athlete without any experience on the grid-style championship course.

• 2022 Valencia: 1:02;54
• 2023 Manchester: 1:02:07
• 2023 Glasgow: 57:53
• 2023 Hannover: 57:35

11th – Florian Gast

Gast comes in after a strong 5th-place showing earlier in the year at the European Championships. He is solid across the board but his running may not be fast enough to keep up with the best in the sport.

• 2022 Frankfurt: 58:40
• 2023 European Championships: 1:00:02
• 2023 North American Championships: 1:04:02
• 2023 Munich: 1:01:53
• 2023 Malaga: 58:15
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10th – Jonathan Wynn

Wynn has made steady improvement throughout the season and was in a strong position at the North American Championships until he accidentally ran an extra lap. If he continues his progress he could find himself well within the top 10.

• 2022 Valencia: 1:00:26
• 2022 Madrid: 1:00:08
• 2022 Frankfurt: 58:48
• 2023 European Championships: 1:00:51
• 2023 North American Championships: 1:04:23
• 2023 Barcelona: 58:06
• 2023 Malaga: 56:58

9th – Joffrey Voisin

He has the most races of any athlete in the Elite 15 with 8 under his belt this season. He was able to complete the Wall Balls in Barcelona in 3:21 so if he is close at the last station he can make up 2-3 spots quickly.

• 2022 Basel: 1:00:54
• 2022 Valencia: 59:34
• 2022 Madrid: 1:00:21
• 2023 European Championships: 1:00:18
• 2023 North American Championships: 1:02:10
• 2023 Barcelona: 56:46
• 2023 Malaga: 57:40
• 2023 London: 1:00:12 

8th – Dylan Scott

Dylan comes in after a second-place finish at the North American Championships. He likes to sit back and build momentum as the race goes on. But, we anticipate a fast race and are unsure if he will be able to remain in touch enough to capitalize in the end.

• 2022 Chicago: 58:38
• 2023 North American Championships: 59:45

7th – Michael Sandbach

Sandbach has struggled mentally in the past but seemingly put those struggles away as the only athlete to the podium at both the North American and European Championships. He battled illness at the Malaga race and it remains to be seen where he is at mentally.

• 2022 Berlin: 58:51
• 2023 European Championships: 58:44
• 2023 North American Championships: 1:00:27
• 2023 Malaga: 1:04:55

6th – Tobias Lautwein

Tobias is one of the most consistent performers on the HYROX scene. He held the World Record for a short time last season but has to miss the World Championships due to illness. It will be great to see him back and challenging for a top spot.

• 2022 Basel: 58:10
• 2022 Essen: 58:46
• 2023 European Championships: 59:04
• 2023 Karlsruhe: 58:06
• 2023 Cologne: 57:01

5th- David Magida

Only one athlete (Dylan Scott) stayed within 90 seconds of Magida’s total run time at the North American Championships. His powerful compromised running means that he often makes his moves when he is off-screen and will appear to come out of nowhere. If he is able to stay in touch with the leaders through the row make sure to watch out for a late surge.

• 2022 New York: 1:00:19
• 2023 European Championships: 1:00:47
• 2023 North American Championships: 59:11
• 2023 Stockholm: 58:59

4th – Alexander Roncevic

Roncevic comes in with a great pedigree. He was this year’s European Champion and took third at last year’s World Championships. He is one of the best station athletes across the board but we believe his slightly slower run times will put him just off the podium.

• 2022 Hamburg: 58:48
• 2023 European Championships: 57:26
• 2023 North American Championships: 1:02:00
• 2023 Vienna: 56:13

With so many men putting up better times than in 2022, we feel the tightest races will be between 3rd and 6th. Having said that, here are our podium picks.

3rd – Tim Wenisch

Tim is likely the athlete who benefits most from the championships being held in Europe. He struggled with the Sled Push/Pull at the North American Championships (7:24 total sled time) when he got 7th. Contrast that with his best time of the season in Cologne where he had a 5:50 total sled time. With the lighter European sleds, he will be better able to stick with the lead pack at the beginning of the race and his running ability on the back end can put him on the podium.

• 2022 London: 59:02
• 2023 European Championships: 58:11
• 2023 North American Championships: 1:02:10
• 2023 Cologne: 56:07

2nd – Ryan Kent

Kent is the only man who was able to run a qualifying time on the slower American courses. After training for the DEKA World Champs, he had little time to prepare before his first two races of the season. But, since then he has turned in two impressive races. Although, Hunter withdrew in Anaheim Kent was leading after the Sled Pull. Just like last year, we expect to see these two battle for the podium but we anticipate a much closer gap than the 2+ minutes we saw last year.

• 2022 Los Angeles: 1:01:03
• 2023 North American Championships: 1:02:37
• 2023 Houston: 56:52
• 2023 Anaheim: 57:10

1st – Hunter McIntyre

To be the man. You have to beat the man. The World Record Holder and defending World Champion comes into this race after a brief “retirement”. He entered back into HYROX after the regional championships had already concluded and has only completed one race this year. The field may close the gap this year but we still see him on top in the end.

• 2023 Barcelona: 54:07
• 2023 Anaheim: WD

We’ve told you what you need to know. Now make your predictions here.

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