HYROX divisions and weights 2026/27: Open, Pro, Doubles

The only difference between HYROX Open and Pro is the load. In the 2026/27 rulebook, Men Pro pushes a 202 kg sled where Men Open pushes 152 kg, pulls 153 kg instead of 103 kg, and throws a 9 kg wall ball instead of 6 kg, while the 8 x 1 km of running is identical in every division¹. Women Pro uses exactly the Men Open weights, but throws to the women's 2.70 m target.

Everything below comes straight from the official 26/27 Singles, Doubles and Relay rulebooks, checked against the live PDFs on 22 October 2026. HYROX revises the rulebook every season, so check the date at the top of this page against the current PDF before you load a sled for race prep. hybridAF is not affiliated with HYROX.

Singles: Women, Men, Women Pro, Men Pro#

Singles has four divisions¹. The rulebook mostly calls the open ones just "Women" and "Men", and its main table calls them Women Open and Men Open. Same thing. Sled weights include the sled.

The rulebook only gives kilograms. Pounds are converted at 2.2046 lb per kg and rounded to one decimal.

Two things the table hides. First, the wall ball target height follows sex, not division: 2.70 m (8 ft 10 in) for Women and Women Pro, 3.00 m (9 ft 10 in) for Men and Men Pro¹. So a Women Pro athlete throws the men's 6 kg ball to the women's target. Second, kettlebells, sandbags and wall balls are colour coded: white for Women, grey for Men and Women Pro, black for Men Pro. Picking up the wrong one at farmers or lunges means redoing the whole station at the right weight, or a disqualification if you don't¹.

Sled push load by division, 2026/27

	Value (kg)
Women	102
Men / Women Pro	152
Men Pro	202

Total load including the sled. Source: HYROX Singles and Doubles rulebooks, season 26/27, sections 4.1 and 8.2.

What never changes between divisions#

The running. Every division runs 8 km as eight segments of roughly 1,000 m, one before each station, and the rulebook says the venue layout can split a segment into several laps as long as the total comes to 8,000 m¹. If you're running 4:00 per km or faster, the rulebook requires you to use the inside Fast Lane.

The erg settings don't change either. The SkiErg and the rower are both preset to damper 6 for all divisions, and you can change it as often as you like during your piece¹. If you've seen a different preset per division somewhere, that isn't in the 26/27 text.

The movement standards are the same for everyone too: same 80 m of burpee broad jumps, same knee-touch lunge, same below-parallel wall ball squat. Pro is heavier, not stricter.

Doubles: five divisions, one shared workload#

Doubles has five divisions: Women, Women Pro, Men, Men Pro and Mixed². The loads are the Singles loads, grouped like this:

SkiErg, row and burpee broad jumps are 1,000 m, 1,000 m and 80 m for every Doubles division, same as Singles².

Mixed needs one extra note. It uses the 6 kg ball and the Men Open sleds for both partners, and the target height still goes by sex: 2.70 m for the woman, 3.00 m for the man².

The station work is split however the pair wants. The rulebook's own example is the row: one partner rows a chosen distance, then the other takes over, until the 1,000 m is done². The running isn't split. Both partners run every 1,000 m together, and if one runs ahead it's a 1-minute penalty. More than three of those and the team is out of competition². The resting partner also has to stay on their feet in the station zone: no sitting, kneeling or lying down.

Relay: four people, two runs and two stations each#

Relay has three divisions: Women, Men and Mixed³. Each of the four members runs 2 x 1 km and does the 2 stations that follow those runs, and the team decides who takes which³. The relay table lists two weight columns, and they match Singles: Women use the Women loads (102 kg push, 78 kg pull, 2 x 16 kg, 10 kg, 4 kg) and Men use the Men loads (152 kg, 103 kg, 2 x 24 kg, 20 kg, 6 kg). There's no Pro relay.

The Women Open wall ball count#

If you've read that Women Open is 75 wall balls, that number is out of date. A 2024 Red Bull training guide still describes 75 reps for the Open women's singles and doubles⁴. The 26/27 rulebook lists "WALL BALLS 100 REPS" in the division table and "100 REPS / 4KG" for Women in the wall ball section, for both Singles and Doubles¹². Train for 100.

Who can race what#

You have to be 16 on race day to enter. Age groups start at Under 24 (16-24), then go in five-year bands up to 85-89, and at regular races Pro is open up to and including the 80+ age groups. The exception is the World Championships, where athletes 60 and over race on Open weights¹. Rankings use biological sex at birth; anyone who wants to race under their gender identity outside the official rankings can register that way¹.

How much heavier Pro really is#

The jump from Open to Pro isn't the same on every station, and it isn't the same for women and men. Here's the increase, worked out from the division table above¹:

Load increase from Open to Pro, men

	Value (%)
Sled push	33
Sled pull	49
Farmers carry	33
Sandbag lunges	50
Wall balls	50

Percentage increase from the Men to the Men Pro load per station, calculated from the HYROX Singles rulebook 26/27, section 4.1.

For men, the pull, the sandbag and the wall ball go up by about half, the push and the bells by a third. For women it's the sandbag that doubles. If you're deciding between divisions, the station you'd struggle to move at all on the Pro load is a better guide than your Open finish time. The rulebook doesn't set any entry standard for Pro, so the choice is yours.

Station by station#

The sled push and pull guide covers technique and pacing on these loads, and the wall ball guide covers the 100 reps and the digital target. The SkiErg and row, burpee broad jumps and farmers carry and lunges pages do the same for the rest, and the HYROX hub has the reading order.

For what the Men Open loads look like in an actual race, my first HYROX breakdown has every split from Bangkok 2026.