For hybrid athletes

Races like HYROX
Deadly Dozen compared

If you have done HYROX, or you are looking for a HYROX alternative, Deadly Dozen will feel familiar: run, work, run again. The differences are where it is run, how many rounds there are, and what the work is.

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Same idea
Different race

Both are hybrid fitness races: running broken up by functional work, against the clock, open to everyone from first-timers to elites. HYROX is a great race and many Deadly Dozen athletes do both. Here is what changes when you line up for a Deadly Dozen.

What	Deadly Dozen	HYROX
The runs	12 x 400m on an athletics track (4.8km)	8 x 1km
The work	12 functional exercises: kettlebells, dumbbells and weight plates, 900m of carries and crawls, 320 reps	8 workout stations
Where	Outdoors on an athletics track; Deadly Sprint indoors; gym formats in affiliated gyms	Indoors, in exhibition halls
Who you race with	Solo, pairs (share the exercises) or relay teams of four, with age groups	Open, Pro, Doubles and Relay
Time limit	None - every finisher gets an official time	Set by the event
Without running	Yes: the erg gym formats replace the runs with row, ski or bike ergs	No
Where in the world	Track and gym races across Europe, the Americas, Africa and Asia-Pacific, one global leaderboard and a World Championship	Major cities worldwide

HYROX is a trademark of its owner, which has no connection with Deadly Dozen. The HYROX column describes its publicly stated format; check the HYROX site for current details.

Why athletes switch, or add a Deadly Dozen

Shorter, harder intervals. Twelve 400m efforts with heavy work in between is a different race from four 1km blocks: the pace is higher and the exercises arrive before you have recovered.
Real weights, real reps. Deadlifts, snatches, push presses and devil presses with the loads in the rulebook - the same for every athlete in your division, in every country.
A track, not a hall. Outdoors, on a 400m athletics track, with the whole field in view and your supporters on the infield.
A race most weekends. Track races run through the year across four continents, so you are never far from your next one, and the World Championship is at Alexander Stadium, Birmingham, in 2027.
No running at all, if you want. The erg gym formats swap the runs for row, ski or bike ergs and keep the twelve exercises. Same test, no track.

What can I do instead of HYROX?

Race the Deadly Dozen, on a track near you this season. Missed out on a HYROX ticket? Pick another date. New to fitness racing? Start with a beginner fitness race, the Deadly Sprint. Can't run right now? Race without running in a gym.

Read what a hybrid fitness race is, see every format with the exercises and weights, or pick a date below.

The gym races, with no running

NEAR YOU

Events like HYROX
around the UK

This season, Deadly Dozen races in London (Lee Valley), Middlesbrough, Bristol, Macclesfield, Edinburgh, Crawley, Liverpool and Portsmouth. Each one is a fitness race like HYROX - running and functional exercises against the clock - raced solo, as a pair or in a relay team. The dates are below.

Outside the UK, there are races in Australia, Austria, Germany, India, Italy, Malta, New Zealand, South Africa, Sweden and Switzerland - see races by country.