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08/06/2026

ROX Rankings vs Official HYROX Rankings

When HYROX launched its official ranking system, much of the discussion focused on Strength of Field, race volume, and the weighting of Majors and World Championships.

Now, with a full season of data, we can finally compare two very different ranking philosophies side-by-side.

The results are interesting.

Some athletes move only a few places.

Others move dozens.

The biggest reason isn't just Strength of Field. It's how much value each system places on the sport's biggest performances.

The official ranking rewards consistency and race participation across the season.

ROX Rankings places greater emphasis on championship performances, major races, and high-quality fields.

Neither approach is necessarily better than the other.

They simply answer different questions.

Swipe through the rankings and see where the systems agree — and where they don't.

Keep in mind that since Hyrox announced the new system in February, many athletes planned their races to maximize their points given the incentives in the system.

I will be retiring the RoxRanking system but thought I would do a final post to show the differences.



Which philosophy do you think better reflects the current HYROX landscape?

05/06/2026

🚀 Introducing Pro HYROX Stats

I’m excited to announce that RoxRankings is taking the next step through a new collaboration with Elite 15 athlete and data expert Maarten Enthoven.
Pro HYROX Stats is now live, featuring advanced HYROX rankings, athlete tracking, race insights, and one key feature that shows clear movement arrows showing who is climbing, who is dropping, and how the rankings are shifting week to week.

To launch the platform, we’re also opening our first HYROX World Championships Prediction Game.
Can you predict the podiums? Some fun bonus questions are also included!

Visit ProHyroxStats.com, enter the prediction game, and follow for rankings, analysis, insights, and weekly updates leading into Worlds.
This is just the beginning.

20/05/2026

The Division 1 Delay May Signal Something Much Bigger

HYROX announced Division 1 months ago.But despite growing discussion around rankings and qualification, there are still very few concrete details about how it will actually work. That delay may not simply be administrative. It may reflect something much bigger:Division one does not fit easily into the current tight point structure. The Core Problem With Division 1 The challenge is not creating another race....

HYROX announced Division 1 months ago.But despite growing discussion around rankings and qualification, there are still very few concrete details about how it will actually work. That delay may not…

09/05/2026

Newcomer Annie Emilsson was chasing her 3rd win in less than 3 months — but veteran Elite 15 athlete Seka Arning wasn’t going to make it easy.

The two stayed within seconds of each other through the early stages before Annie opened a small gap on the burpees and gradually extended it through the middle of the race. Seka kept pushing all the way to the finish, clawing back more than 20 seconds on the wall balls.

Lauren Stockley rounded out the podium another minute back in 59:26.

Big ranking implications:
→ Annie moves closer to contention with 415 pts and now has just one race left to complete her quota.
→ Seka jumps from 26th to 16th in the rankings with 513 pts.
→ Lauren moves up to around 26th with 493 pts.

More updates from this weekend’s action coming soon.

28/04/2026

A quieter race weekend — but some meaningful moves across the rankings.

Pelayo Fernandez moves into the bubble zone after taking the win in Brazil.
A strong return after dealing with injury for much of the season.

In women’s doubles, Cardon and Gomes move closer to contention with a win in Paris.

On the men’s side, Alan Cao teams up with Quentin Garel to secure a tight win in Paris.
That makes three consecutive wins for the pair.

With those wins coming in competitive fields, they’re building a strong position — and could have an edge in a potential strength-of-field tiebreaker later in the season.

No major movement in the women’s solo rankings this weekend — but that could open the door.

With many Worlds-qualified athletes likely focused on a training block, the next few weeks could offer valuable opportunities for others to collect points and move up. Follow for weekly rankings updates

19/04/2026

Will it take 5 wins to be qualified for Elite 15 majors next season?

I stay in close contact with a lot of Elite 15 pros, and many of them are convinced it will take five standard race wins, or roughly 525 points, to secure an Elite 15 spot for next season. That is a great target. It is a safe strategy, and if an athlete can get there, they should. But the data suggests it probably…...

I stay in close contact with a lot of Elite 15 pros, and many of them are convinced it will take five standard race wins, or roughly 525 points, to secure an Elite 15 spot for next season. That is …

18/04/2026

HYROX is set to introduce an Elite 15 – Division 1 at next season’s Majors, with more details still to come.

With the depth in the sport increasing rapidly, this could be a very effective solution.

The system itself is already tight and performance-driven.
The real limitation has been access.

Division 1 creates an opportunity to expand that access — without disrupting the existing structure.

We’ve outlined one possible way this could be implemented in the slides.

The concept makes sense.
The ex*****on will be everything.

Is this a good solution for Div.1 points? How do you think they should set it up? Should there be prize money in Div. 1 as well? .

17/04/2026

The majors just got better as the season goes on. The big stories apart from the winners Joanna Wietrzyk and Alex Roncevic were both Alyssa McElheny and Sebastian Ifversen - both placing 3rd at their first solo major. We will be announcing the results of our prediction game soon… the Winner picked the women’s, podium, the first two men AND 4 of the 6 Worlds qualifiers. We’ll double check the scoring and shoot them out in a bit. The Doubles Prediction game is open for a few more hours!

10/04/2026

Calypso Sheridan takes her first BIG Hyrox win (she’s had plenty of smaller ones) and jumps all the up to 2nd in the Rankings! This ex-elite swimmer (4:03 for 400m IM 😮‍💨🤪) has tried just about the past few years - Spartan racing, triathlon, ultra’s, extreme triathlon… who knows what I’ve missed. She’s in for Elite 15 worlds now? Will she make Hyrox her sport now?

04/04/2026

The Elite 15 points race is closer to decided than it looks.

The current qualification bubble as predicted sits around ~102 points per race (510-515pts)— and that’s already locking in a large part of the field.

Once you add in the big guns with only 3-4 counting races that’s doesn’t leave much room. There will be 15-20 men and women fighting over a few spots.

And that’s where Division 1 could play a big role going forward. I have a few ideas on how I think it would be set up to give bubble athletes access and mobility into the E15.

Full breakdown (with complete analysis of the bubble, safe athletes, and remaining scenarios) is on YouTube and the ROX Rankings web page.