The dust has settled on the first Major of the HYROX season in Hamburg. As the first ever race held in a custom built arena, the broadcast was a step above and the product continues to get better. Here is how the individual podiums shook out:

🏆 Podium Results

Men
🥇 Alexander Roncevic
🥈 Dylan Scott
🥉 Hidde Weersma

Women
🥇 Joanna Wietrzyk
🥈 Vivian Tafuto
🥉 Lauren Weeks

These six athletes also officially punched their tickets to the 2026 HYROX World Championships in Stockholm. That’s 3 Americans 🇺🇸, 1 Austrian 🇦🇹, 1 Australian 🇦🇺, and 1 Dutch 🇳🇱 athlete already qualified.

📊 Key Stats & Race Metrics

Fastest Runners

Men

  • Hidde Weersma – 30:34
  • Dylan Scott – 30:42
  • Rich Ryan / Tim Wenisch – 30:49

Women

  • Lauren Weeks – 32:19
  • Joanna Wietrzyk – 33:05
  • Linda Meier – 33:24
    (Lena Putters ran 32:03 but had a 3:00 penalty for a missed lap. Without that she would have likely been 2nd on this list)

🧮 Correlation Insights

  • Men: The top predictors of success were the Burpee Broad Jumps, followed closely by the Run total. Least correlated: Farmers Carry and Sled Push.
  • Women: Surprisingly, Wall Balls had the strongest correlation with overall performance. Least correlated? Burpee Broad Jumps.

This shows that there is a stark difference between how the men and women approach the race and pacing.

🥇 Station Time Awards

🛷 Sled Slayers (Push + Pull)

  • Men: Alexander Roncevic – 5:04
  • Women: Vivian Tafuto – 5:25

🏁 Terminal Titans (Lunges + Wall Balls)

  • Men: Alexander Roncevic – 6:37
  • Women: Zara Piergianni – 6:29 (3:06 Lunge + 3:23 Wall Ball)

It seems that Ronc has figured out how the secret HYROX race formula. Come out very hard, run as fast as you can and close better than everyone else.

🌟 Performers of the Week

All eyes were on the Elite 15. But, there was quite a few impressive performances in the Pro field at Hamburg:

  • Fabian Eisenlauer set a PR of 55:43 taking him from unranked to #21 on the Major list for Melbourne
  • Gustav Cordua recently made the switch to HYROX from OCR and put down a 56:59 in only his second Pro race
  • After both racing in the Elite 15, Dylan Scott and Rich Ryan teamed up for a Pro Doubles and clocked 48:53, the second fastest time ever
  • There was also a quartet of strong lady performers. Manuela García Caparrós took the victory with a 1:01:11. Close behind were Vicky MacIntosh, Sophia Parvizi Wayne and Tanja Stroschneider. All four women are now within the top 25 on the Major list

🌍 This Weekend's HYROX Action

🧭 Where’s the race?

  • Geneva: Two-day event
  • Gdansk: What is now a rarity, a single day event

Here are some of the top names on the start lists:

  • Alexis Bernier and Oli Fricker are in for Geneva after just appearing in the Elite 15 Doubles. Christian Harris, of CrossFit Games renown, will also be heading to Geneva.
  • Vicky MacIntosh and Melanie Maurer highlight the top of the women’s field in Geneva

🎥 Race Brain Recap Coverage

In case you missed it, the Race Brain crew was hard at work breaking down all of the action in Hamburg:

Also, everyone's favorite contributor, the RawDawg, came on to help breakdown the Elite 15 Doubles race:

👕 Beyond the Rox

Apparel brand Ten Thousand is putting on an event in the streets of New York they are dubbing the Ten Thousand 10k. It will be twenty five 400 meters laps (10,000 meters total) with 10 Burpees to start each one. Fresh off a Silver in Hamburg, Dylan Scott will be participating.

🏊‍♀️ Ironman World Champs – Kona Edition

After the men raced in Nice a few weeks back, the women now get their shot at the iconic Kona course for the Ironman World Championships. This will be the last year the genders are separated before everyone races in Kona once again next year.


📺 Coverage begins at 6am local time / 12pm ET
Find out how to watch at this link

Race Brain out.