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Eight runs on an outdoor loop and eight stations in race order, timed on a live leaderboard at Fit Factory Downtown. Find your pace, practise the changeovers and leave with a time to train from.
Independently organized by Fit Factory, an Official HYROX Training Club. Not an official HYROX race.
Leave your name and email and we’ll send you the date and the ticket link.
Most people train for HYROX in pieces, with a run on Tuesday and sleds on Thursday. The race asks for all of it at once, on tired legs, with a clock running. A race simulation is the closest you’ll get to that before race day.
The first run usually feels easy. The eighth tells you whether you went out too fast.
Getting off a run and onto the SkiErg, setting up for the sleds, deciding how to break up 100 wall balls. At a HYROX race this changeover area is called the Roxzone, and the time you spend there adds up.
Your finish time goes up on the live leaderboard. It’s a real number to train from, and one to beat next time.
Heats start together and the room cheers everyone home. It feels a lot more like race day than a solo time trial, and it’s more fun.
Every HYROX race follows the same order: a run, then a station, eight times through. Because the order never changes, you can rehearse it. Here’s what you’ll face, with a coaching cue for each station.
You head out on an outdoor loop, then come back inside for the next station. At official HYROX races, each run is 1 km.
A standing machine you pull down on, like cross-country ski poles. You hit it straight off the first run, when adrenaline says go hard, so settle into a pace you could hold for twice as long.
Keep your body low and your steps short and quick. Aim for a steady drive the whole way. Sprinting the first few metres usually ends in a stall.
Pull the sled toward you hand over hand on a rope, with your weight sitting back. Grip and upper back fade here, so keep each pull long and the rhythm steady.
A burpee, then a two-footed jump forward, repeated down the lane. Pick a jump length you can keep repeating without stopping.
Treat it as a controlled reset at the start of the second half. Drive with your legs, keep a stroke rate you can breathe through, and let your heart rate come down.
Grip usually goes before your legs. Plan fewer, longer sets, and put the kettlebells down before you drop them.
At HYROX races this is sandbag lunges, with your back knee touching the floor on every step. Your legs have already done six stations, so the pacing you held earlier pays off here.
Squat, then throw a medicine ball up to a target on the wall, 100 times. Decide how you’ll break up the reps before you start, and stick to it when the target starts to feel higher.
Distances and reps are the HYROX race standard. Some stations run as laps or lengths to fit our floor, and weights depend on your division, so check the current HYROX rulebook before you train. Independently organized by Fit Factory. Not an official HYROX race.
See divisions and prices →Six divisions on the same course. Go solo for the full test, share the work with a partner in doubles, or race as a team of four in the relay.
Solo. You complete every run and every station.
Solo. You complete every run and every station.
Two women race as a team. You run every run together and split the stations.
Two men race as a team. You run every run together and split the stations.
One woman and one man race as a team. You run every run together and split the stations.
A team of four. Each athlete does 2 runs and 2 stations.
Every race simulation runs at Fit Factory Downtown, 373 King St W. Athletes waiting for their heat cheer on the ones racing.
Arrive, check in and warm up. The first heat starts at 8:00 a.m.
A heat is a small group of athletes who start together. Our team times every athlete on an app, and the TV leaderboard updates live as your heat races.
Cool down at the recovery station and pick up perks from our event partners.
Your finish time goes up on the leaderboard, every finisher gets a patch, and race-day photos follow after the event.
Spectators are free. Athletes must be 16 or older.
Results from our March, April and June 2026 race simulations.
Race simulations hosted at Fit Factory Downtown
Athletes at each of our last two, Aug 9 and Sep 13. Both sold out.
Counts as of October 2026.
A race simulation shows you which parts of the race get hard. Our weekly HYROX classes at Downtown and Midtown are where you work on them, with a coach watching your form and your pacing.
HYROX Conditioning and HYROX Strength every week at 373 King St W.
A 60-minute coached class at Downtown that you book like any other class. It’s separate from the race simulation, with no tickets or divisions.
Weekly HYROX classes at 161 Eglinton Ave E.
New to Fit Factory? Get 7 days of unlimited classes at Downtown or Midtown, plus a body scan. It doesn’t auto-renew. Raced with us before? You still qualify.
Class names and times can change, so check the schedule before you book.
The date is in the race card at the top of this page. If it isn’t set yet, join the list and we’ll email you the date and the ticket link.
No. It’s a race simulation independently organized by Fit Factory, an Official HYROX Training Club. It follows the HYROX race format, but it isn’t an official HYROX event, and times don’t count as official HYROX results.
No. The Sunday class is a weekly 60-minute coached class you book like any other class. The race simulation is a separate ticketed event with divisions, heats and a live leaderboard.
Yes. Pick the relay to split the race four ways, or doubles to split the stations with a partner. Our weekly HYROX classes are a good place to learn the stations first.
No. Every division is open to everyone. Active Fit Factory members save 25% on entry.
Solo means you do every run and every station. In doubles, you and a partner run every run together and split the stations. In the relay, each athlete on a team of four does 2 runs and 2 stations. Go solo for a full test of your race.
Every division races at Open weights, the standard HYROX category. The current HYROX rulebook lists the weights, and our race prep guide covers how to prepare.
Our team times every athlete on an app, and times show on a live TV leaderboard in the room. You leave with your finish time. If you want a time for each run and station, wear a watch and lap it as you go.
Check-in opens at 7:30 a.m. and the first heat starts at 8:00 a.m.
Yes. Spectators are free.
Get in touch with Fit Factory Downtown at getfit@fitfactoryfitness.com or 416-900-0362. Refunds, transfers, partner swaps and division changes are all possible.
Yes. Athletes must be 16 or older.
Timing on a live leaderboard, a finisher patch, a recovery station, race-day photos and perks from our event partners.
Leave your name and email and we’ll send you the date and the ticket link.
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