HYROX, ‘the World Series of Fitness Racing’, concluded its 21-22 season with the HYROX World Championships Las Vegas on May 14, 2022. The championship event took place at the Las Vegas Convention Centre, presented by Guaranteed Rate.
This season saw 24 races across six countries, with over 40,000 participants taking part, and 1,200 people qualifying for the World Championships.
Participants qualified in four different race and age group categories. Of the 1,200 people who qualified for the World Championships, the fastest 15 individual pro male and female times secured a place in the Elite 15 race.
Hunter McIntyre (USA) and Kris Rugloski (USA) secured the World Championship titles in 58:05 and 1:07:21 respectively – winning US$16,000 each. Ryan Kent (USA, 1:00:26) and Linda Meier (GER, 1:07:57) took second place, and Alexander Roncavic (AUT, 1:00:38) and Mirjam Von Rohr (CH, 1:08:23) took third.
HYROX notes that it… ‘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.’
Mo Fürste, co-founder of HYROX, said “I can compare the race today to some of the most iconic athletic performances ever, my time competing at the Olympics and World Championships gave me a real affinity to our elite athletes.
“I really believe that every athlete in the Elite 15 is worth of huge admiration for their prowess, to win this competition requires 100% dedication in your preparation plus the ability to execute under the most intense of pressures.
“Both Hunter McIntyre and Kris Rugloski are consummate professionals, I am already looking forward to seeing them defend their titles next year when the competition will only get tougher.”
Christian Toetzke, founder of HYROX, said “I am delighted to crown our incredible World Champions today. I must say the quality of competition over the day has been outstanding and we see the calibre of the racers just continue to grow.
“It was so gratifying to see our international community of HYROXERS from 22 countries display their fitness. We really believe that we are championing the healthiest sport in the world, and I think that is evident in the standard of the 1,200 athletes we had here today.”
