New claims from Charlie Tudor, a fitness coach known as The Burpee Coach, are adding detail to concerns first raised in 2025 about how Hybrid Games UK handled promotional agreements and compensation.
This is new information on top of several vendors who are owed money dating back to last year.
Tudor said he was brought in to help promote the company’s first races, contributing to ticket sales during its launch phase. His account closely mirrors issues first reported by Hybrid Fitness Media in July 2025, when multiple individuals described unpaid commissions, shifting agreements, and communication breakdowns.
“I’ve got quite a few ticket sales for their first two events,” Tudor said. “Basically I was used to pump their first few events.”
Messages reviewed by Hybrid Fitness Media from that period show how those early events were positioned. In one exchange, the focus was on creating urgency and scarcity around the company’s first race.
“It would be more financially beneficial if we put a big hype on ‘there’s only one first ever event,'” the message read. “We’re down to our last few hundred.”
Early Promotion and Payment Structure
The approach emphasized momentum and demand, with promoters like Tudor helping drive early participation. Tudor said that work formed the basis of his agreement with the company.
Messages reviewed by Hybrid Fitness Media show the arrangement was structured as a six-month partnership from April to September, with a fee of £1,350 per month. However, payments were staggered at £1k per month for the first three months, rising to £1,700 for the final three. The offer, communicated through Tudor’s talent agency, stated the structure was to accommodate cash flow “on their end.” Tudor was also to receive 15% commission on each ticket sold through his promotional link.
“That should have been alarm bells,” Tudor said. “Because that just meant the first two months they paid a small amount and then got rid of me and didn’t have to even think about a big amount.”
Tudor said he received two payments of £1k before being dropped, with no commission paid. He added that no formal contract had been signed, though verbal agreements carry legal weight under UK law.
“Unfortunately, he hadn’t signed any documents,” Tudor said. “It was more of a trust thing.”
A Pattern First Reported in 2025
His account reflects a pattern described in earlier reporting by Hybrid Fitness Media, including the July 8, 2025 article “Questions of Trust and Transparency,” which detailed concerns from athletes, vendors and promotional partners about unpaid compensation and unclear agreements.
At the time, those concerns were limited to a small number of voices. Tudor said more people have since come forward privately.
“I’ve also had more people reach out in my inbox saying they’ve had the same thing,” he said.
A recorded conversation from May 2025 captures Walker outlining his ambitions directly. In the recording, he describes plans to launch additional races and reposition the company against its largest competitor.
“The long and short, mate, is I’m coming after HYROX.”
In the same recording, Walker tells Tudor the company is heading in a new direction, signaling a shift in their working relationship.
“The Hybrid Games is honestly just a rapidly evolving machine… we’re going to go in a different direction.”
Tudor said the conversation marked the end of his involvement with the company. He says he was later dropped before the larger commission payments outlined in their agreement were made.
Expansion, Pressure, and Fallout
Those statements align with the trajectory outlined in Hybrid Fitness Media’s March 2026 timeline, which documented rapid expansion, venue and date changes, the creation of new business entities, and mounting financial pressure including vendor disputes and legal action.
Tudor said he initially tried to resolve his situation privately.
“I’m hoping to deal with them in a legal way before going public,” he wrote in a message in July 2025.
His recent public statements mark a shift after those efforts did not result in a resolution.
He also pointed to recent event issues, including last-minute changes and cancellations, as a factor in his decision to speak out.
“People would book hotels and all sorts, and he just cancels days,” Tudor said. “That’s really the final straw.”
The concerns described by Tudor are consistent with issues first reported in 2025 and expanded upon in subsequent coverage, suggesting that questions around compensation and communication have persisted as the company has grown.