The World’s Fastest Growing Fitness Race Comes to Pasadena

(Photo courtesy of HYROX)

HYROX, the World Series of Fitness Racing, opens its doors in Los Angeles on May 7^th 2022 at the Pasadena Convention Center. HYROX is a global mass-participation fitness race, which has dominated the UK and Europe with highly sought after, sell-out events and over 4,000 people racing in a single day, making it the largest indoor fitness race ever. HYROX is now poised to take on the healthiest city in America and challenge them to its unique hybrid endurance and functional fitness race and compete for the chance to qualify for the HYROX World Championships in Las Vegas on May 14^th.

Priding itself on being accessible for all, the range of divisions cater towards the everyday gym-goer, right up to the seasoned athlete with four different categories on offer: relay, pairs, open and pro categories. Hosting 30 events throughout the season, the mass participation event has seen over 50,000 athletes compete around the world in the US, UK, Germany, Spain, Netherlands and Austria.

Location: Pasadena Convention Center

Date: May 7, 2022

Prices: Singles $145, Doubles $220, Mixed Relay $220, Spectator $10

How to Sign Up: Register on the HYROX website – HYROX LA

About HYROX: HYROX is a global fitness race for everybody. Participants from all around the world compete in the exact same race, in the exact same format. The race starts with a 1km run, followed by 1 functional movement, which repeats x8 times. There are four different race categories to choose from, making it accessible to all levels of fitness.

HYROX is a worldwide fitness race for everybody: with 4 different racing categories to choose from, HYROX is accessible for everyone no matter what level.
1. Individual – take on the standard HYROX for a challenging but achievable race for everyone
2. Individual Pro – for the experienced racer, heavier weights make for a more challenging experience
3. Doubles – find a partner and take on the challenge as a pair splitting the workload across the event
4. Relay Teams – perfect for gyms, corporates, and other groups, split the work up between 4 people for the fastest and most accessible version of the race
52% of gym members now cite Fitness as their sport⁽¹⁾ : Fitness is the largest sport in the world and HYROX is the first mass participation event that gives everyday gym-goers their own race to train for
Athletes compete in the exact same race all around the world: starting with a 1km run, followed by 1 functional movement, repeated 8 times*
Participants can compare Global Rankings: all participants wear a timing chip and receive official finishing times, with comparable results through HYROX’s global rankings across all events
HYROX hosts events in 7 countries, growing to 11, and culminates at the end of the season with the World Championships: the fastest 15 times from each division in each city go head-to-head on the world stage to represent their country. The next HYROX World Championships takes place in Las Vegas on 14^th May 2022
HYROX fills an untapped gap: the first event to bridge the gap between traditional endurance races with functional fitness, to create a race format for everybody with a unique repeatable, measurable and trainable concept
Born from world-class industry veterans: created by one of the most experienced and successful mass participation race event organisers in the world, Christian Toetzke, together with x3 Olympic Medallist and World Champion, Moritz Furste

“Los Angeles is an iconic city, the cultural and fitness capital of the world, it’s a unique place that represents one of the healthiest and most engaged sporting communities in the US. I am so excited to come and bring our signature HYROX races to LA. We see it as a great privilege to share space in a city that has a steeped history in fitness sports from the golden age of Muscle Beach through to the modern birth of many functional fitness sports, we look forward to finding our space amongst them.” Christian Toetzke, Founder and CEO of HYROX comments “After a really quite remarkable year in Europe and the UK with races sold out in multiple cities it’s exciting to see the US market start to really catch up and participation increase as life returns to normal from the limitations of recent years”

2 X Hockey Olympic World Champion and Co-Founder of HYROX Mortiz Fuerste “Our ambition is to bring our HYROX races to the best and most desirable cities in the world, cities that really reflect our values and passion for sport and fitness. LA has always been at the top of our list of destinations where we want to make a real impact, and we see already a buzz in the city during our various gym tour events at some of the most iconic training venues in the world. I think LA in terms of population and generally the fitness community could be one of our best destinations ever. The combination of un, amazing training facilities and collective enthusiasm for fitness really stands out.”