HYROX, the global fitness racing series owned by Infront, has been named to Fast Company’s list of the ‘World’s Most Innovative Companies of 2024’.
The list shines a spotlight on businesses that are shaping industry and culture through their innovations, setting new standards, and achieving milestones in all sectors of the economy. Alongside the World’s 50 Most Innovative Companies, where HYROX ranks 41, Fast Company recognizes 606 organisations across 58 sectors and regions.
In the list’s Wellness and Personal Care sector, HYROX took the top spot ‘for creating a global fitness competition for regular gym rats.’
Christian Toetzke, Founding Partner & Managing Director of HYROX, said “We are honoured to be included in this year’s Fast Company Most Innovative Company awards, and that our vision, to connect the world’s training communities through competition, has materialised and been recognised by Fast Company as a transformational concept.
“Our goal is to develop the most robust sporting ecosystem on earth, active on every major continent and supporting all athletes to experience the transformational benefits of training and competition.”
HYROX, billed as ‘the global sport of fitness racing’, reported a strong performance in 2023.
The event company noted that it… ‘closed the loop on its 360-degree eco-system (training, racing and competition, community, lifestyle), integrating mass participation competition (160,000+ athletes), a distinctive training methodology paired with a rapidly evolving global gym network (1,700+), a robust media and community presence, and the rapid development of an elite sport with Olympic ambitions.’
HYROX Race Format
1km run
1km Ski Erg
1km run
50m sled push
1km run
50 m sled pull
1km run
80m burpee broad jump
1km run
1km row
1km run
200m kettlebell farmers carry
1km run
100m sandbag lunges
1km run
75 or 100 wall balls
