Hyrox has confirmed its youth fitness racing series as a permanent global programme. Launched in Amsterdam in January 2026 with 1,500 participants, the series saw 20% growth at its second London event, where 22 percent of junior racers had a parent competing in the adult division.
Hyrox has confirmed Youngstars – its fitness racing series for children aged 8 to 15 – as a permanent fixture within its global event calendar. The series delivers an age-adapted version of the standard Hyrox format, combining running laps with functional training stations that include the SkiErg, sled push and pull, rowing, farmers carry, lunges, and wall balls. The sequence of exercises is fixed and identical across all events; weights, distances, and intensity are scaled to the developmental stage of each age group. The youngest competitors – those aged 8–9 – perform frogger jumps in place of the burpee broad jumps used by older divisions.
The series launched in January 2026 in Amsterdam, where the pilot event attracted more than 1,500 participants. A second edition held in London in March 2026 recorded a 20 percent increase in participation, with 10 percent of entrants returning from the Amsterdam pilot. At the London Olympia event, 22 percent of junior competitors had a parent racing in the adult event on the same weekend, reinforcing the format’s positioning as a family activity. The series is now expanding internationally, with confirmed stops in Berlin and activations planned at the Hyrox World Championships in Stockholm.
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From 2026, Hyrox Youngstars will be integrated into the Hyrox Coaching Certification programme, enabling affiliated gyms worldwide to offer structured youth training in a standardised and professionally supervised environment. Upcoming Youngstars races can be found via the Hyrox event calendar at hyrox.com.
