HYROX Toronto’s Pro Women take the floor Friday at noon. Three athletes in the field have already broken 59 minutes. Vivian Tafuto has the fastest time in the field. In June she won the Elite 15 Doubles at the World Championships with Lauren Weeks. Madelyn Eybergen ran her best at Worlds in only her second…

HYROX Announces $2.5 Million Elite Prize Purse for 2026/2027 Season HYROX will offer more than $2.5 million in Elite prize money during the 2026/2027 season, the company announced in an email to athletes. The $2,506,500 total includes five Elite Series races, the World Championships, and the Elite Invitational Relay. The season begins with the Hamburg…

HYROX introduced a modified version of its competition sled this weekend, with a change designed to improve consistency during the sled push and sled pull. The biggest change is underneath. The metal runners that make contact with the carpet are now replaceable, allowing worn runners to be replaced as needed. On the previous sleds, replacing…

Reports circulating Thursday that PUMA has dropped Joanna Wietrzyk following the incident at HYROX Beijing are false. The claim appears to have originated with the Daily Mail, which reported that PUMA had removed a “Joanna Wietrzyk x PUMA” clothing line from its online store. That reporting has since been repeated by several outlets, with some…

HYROX has issued guidance to staff, contractors and representatives working this weekend’s HYROX Salt Lake City event instructing them not to publicly discuss the incident that occurred at HYROX Beijing last weekend. The guidance, obtained by Hybrid Fitness Media, applies to “full-time and part-time employees, contractors, ambassadors and emcees” and specifically includes their personal social…

HYROX has updated its Rulebook following last weekend’s incident at HYROX Beijing, adding specific language allowing a Race Director to remove an athlete from a race if blood, vomit, urine or faeces creates a welfare or contamination risk. The change comes after HYROX co-founder Moritz Fürste issued a personal apology for how the situation involving…

HYROX says it will adjust its rules following a hygiene incident during the HYROX Beijing race weekend. After yesterday’s series of events, Hybrid Fitness Media asked HYROX Co-Founder Christian Toetzke how future events like this could be handled and whether rule changes were being considered. “Very unfortunate situation and we will adjust the rules, as…

Y7 Studio Company has told employees it is shutting down its current studios in New York, Los Angeles, and Austin, while coaches say expected payroll did not arrive last Friday. In an email reviewed by Hybrid Fitness Media, Vin Micelli wrote that the two New York locations still open will hold their final classes Friday….

In an exclusive interview with Matt B. Davis of Hybrid Fitness Media, HYROX co-founder Christian Toetzke said he and Moritz Fuerste are regaining a controlling stake in the fitness racing company through a buyback of shares held by Infront. The transaction is being led by Toetzke and Fuerste, with investment from L Catterton and WndrCo,…