Competition
Competitions will take place in venues carefully selected to provide the best possible conditions for athletes and spectators alike. Each site reflects the host country’s commitment to university sport, offering high-quality facilities in a setting designed for international events.
Competition format
The FISU World University HYROX Championship follows the official HYROX race format – one of the fastest-growing fitness competition formats in the world. Athletes complete 8 × 1 km runs, each immediately followed by one functional workout station, covering a total of approximately 8 km of running alongside 8 increasingly challenging exercises. The format is simple, transparent, and accessible – yet demands exceptional endurance, strength, and mental resilience.
FISU World University HYROX is open to two categories of participants:
Open
The Open Category welcomes all eligible student-athletes who register directly through the official HYROX platform. It is contested across three divisions: HYROX Men and HYROX Women for solo competitors, and HYROX Doubles Mixed for two-person mixed teams. Registration and full competition rules for this category – including detailed standards for each workout station – are available on the official HYROX website and in the HYROX Singles and Doubles Rulebooks.
FISU World University HYROX Championship
The Championship is reserved for athletes officially nominated by their National University Sports Federations (NUSFs) through the FISU Games Management System (GMS). This is the elite tier of the event, bringing together the best student-athletes in the world competing under FISU eligibility rules. It features three divisions: HYROX Pro Men, HYROX Pro Women, and HYROX Pro Doubles Mixed.
Venues
Fiera di Roma
Via Portuense 1645/1647, 00148 Rome (RM), Italy
The Fiera di Roma is one of Italy’s premier exhibition and event centres, located on the western outskirts of Rome. The venue provides large-scale indoor halls perfectly suited for HYROX’s unique race format, accommodating thousands of athletes and spectators in a single, purpose-built space.
Competition schedule
OPEN CATEGORY
08:00 – HYROX Men (Singles) – first wave
10:40 – HYROX Doubles Mixed – first wave
12:20 – HYROX Doubles Men – first wave
14:10 – HYROX Women (Singles) – first wave
16:50 – HYROX Doubles Women – first wave
FISU WORLD UNIVERSITY HYROX CHAMPIONSHIP CATEGORY
18:40 – HYROX Pro Men – first wave
19:20 – HYROX Pro Doubles Mixed – first wave
20:00 – HYROX Pro Women – first wave
~21:40 – End of competition
The full detailed start wave schedule, including individual wave times and capacities, will be published closer to the event.