HYROX Phoenix Major 2026

The HYROX Phoenix Major 2025 marks a key point in the season HYROX 25/26.

This Friday, the State Farm Stadium in Phoenix welcomes the third Major event on the calendar, where the best athletes in the world will compete for three direct places for the race Elite 15 of the HYROX World Championships in Stockholm.

What is a Major?

The Majors are 4 regional events that provide opportunities for athletes to qualify for the World Championships. Each race will feature an Elite 15 men's and women's event for both singles and doubles.

There are 4 Majors:
Hamburg, Germany - 3 - 5 October 2025
Melbourne, Australia - December 11 - 14, 2025
Phoenix, USA - January 29 - February 1, 2026
Warsaw, Poland - 16 - 19 April 2026

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Prizes

1st - $15,000
2nd - $9,600
3rd - $6,000
4th - $4,800
5th - $4,200
6th - $3,600
7th - $3,000
8th - $2,700
9th - $2,400
10th - $2,100
11th - $1,800
12th - $1,500
13th - $1,200
14th - $900
15th - $900

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With a poster of 15 men and 15 women, The classification times are based on the average of the two best Pro results of the last year and the pressure of competing with the world watching, Phoenix looks to be one of the most decisive events of the season.

Below, we leave you the complete lists of Elite 15 male and female, The athletes who have already secured their place in the competition will be listed along with the reference times and the athletes who have already secured their place in the competition.

Elite 15 Men

With Alexander Roncevic, Dylan Scott and Charlie Botterill already classified, 12 athletes will fight in this event for the 3 remaining seats for the race HYROX World Championships Elite 15 💪🏼

In the case of Emilio Aguayo, to qualify, you must finish among the top three athletes who have not yet secured their place in the ranking. in this test.

The task will not be easy, as the level is extremely high and the fight for places promises to be very tight.

Among its main direct rivals stand out:

• James Kelly, 3rd in the world in 2024 and 4th in the Hamburg Major (October 2025).
• Cole Learn, 6th in the Melbourne Major and current holder of the world record in mixed doubles.
• Josh Van Zeeland, 5th in Melbourne, just missing out on qualifying by the narrowest of margins.
• Jon Wynn, 5th in the world, one of the most consistent athletes on the circuit.

The displayed times correspond to the average of the two best Pro of each athlete in the last 365 days, the official classification criteria.

The stakes are high, the expectation even higher.

Elite 15 Women

With Joanna Wietrzyk, Vivian Tafuto, Lauren Weeks and Jess Pettrow already classified, 11 athletes will fight in this event for the last 3 tickets available.

In the case of Manuela Garcia, The fight for qualification is equally demanding, with a group of top-level rivals and very little difference between them.

Among the main contenders highlights Linda Meier, current world champion, one of the most solid and consistent athletes on the circuit.

It also appears Emilie Dahmen, winner of the LCC Barcelona 2025 and recently under 60 minutes, confirming his excellent form.

Beyond these names, the equality is maximized between Manuela and a very competitive bloc formed by Lena Putters, Seka Arning, Melanie Maurer and Gabrielle Nikora-Baker, all of them with very similar times and performance, which anticipates an open fight until the end for the available places.

The qualifying times are calculated from the average of the two best Pro of each athlete during the last year.

The race can be followed live on the HYROX World YouTube channel 📺
A spectacular line-up and a promising battle

Elite 15 Women's Doubles

The top couples have already secured their tickets, including the duo Manuela-Seka. The only exceptions among the favorites are the recently proclaimed recordwomen, Weeks and Tafuto, The two teams are expected to seal their qualification without too much trouble, although with a very attractive battle against the ex-recordwomen. Joanna and Petrow.

The formation of this Weeks-Tafuto supercouple comes on the heels of the resignation of Griffith, who, along with Lauren, is the current world champion, but was forced to withdraw due to a string of injuries.

Hopefully we can also see the couple in this fight. Spanish-German, which would have an enormous symbolic and competitive value.

In the fight for the two remaining seats, the favorites on paper seem to be Oberlander-Lebenstedt, just down to 1h01, the duo formed by Morgan Schulz, former partner of Elena Rouco, together with Fashbender, and the solid couple Mauer-Nikolaus.

Elite 15 Men's Doubles

The highlight is the return of Pelayo.

The world record holder with Rich Ryan returns to competition after a serious injury that kept him out for months.

They will not have it easy in the fight for victory. Hunter has chosen Jake Williamson, one of the great specialists in the doubles format, to raise the level to the maximum and complicate the path of the couple. Wenisch-Roncevic for Stockholm.

Before that, the first major challenge will be to seal the qualification in Phoenix, where a battle of the highest level is expected.

Everything indicates that the duel between these two couples will be one of the highlights of the weekend.

Also watch out for other pairs with real chances of qualifying: Nicic-Bernier, the young Danes Courda-Ifversen and the local Scott-Pelkofer.