What are you
capable of?
Three days. Eight workout stations. Running, strength and endurance. Professionally timed, judged, and raced in front of a crowd.
This is what you've been training for.
Three days. Eight workout stations. Running. Strength. Endurance. And one question.
Arena Race – The Main Event brings HYROX-style racing to Hawke's Bay for a high-energy indoor fitness event built around performance, atmosphere and community.
Whether you have worked your way through the Arena Sim Series, are preparing for an official HYROX event, or have decided it is time to take on something new: this is your Main Event.
You do not need to call yourself a HYROX athlete to enter. Gym members. Runners. Functional fitness athletes. HYROX competitors. Training partners. First-timers. And athletes who need the challenge scaled to make it work for them. Choose the format that suits where you are now.
Arena Race combines running with eight functional workout stations. You move between running and workout stations in a race-style format designed to test your strength, endurance and aerobic capacity.
Half Simulation races the same eight stations with 500 m run legs. Workout standards, weights and movement requirements for each division will be confirmed in the Athlete Guide before Event Weekend.
There is more than one way to take on the Main Event. Enter Solo, Doubles or Relay; choose Half or Full Simulation where available; or enter our Scaled Division if you need movement or load scaling.
The complete simulation experience. Designed for athletes ready to put their training to the test, establish a serious performance benchmark or prepare for an official HYROX event.
The same event atmosphere and eight functional workout stations, with half the running distance. A great option for first-timers, developing athletes or anyone who wants to take on the Main Event without committing to the full running distance.
Take on the Half or Full Simulation with a training partner.
Only one team member competes at a time. That athlete must complete their full allocated run and workout station before tagging the next team member. Each athlete completes a full run-and-station section across the event.
Want to take on the challenge but need some movements, loads or distances scaled because of a mobility limitation? You can.
Our Scaled Division allows athletes to complete the same overall event experience with recognised modifications where required. You can enter Scaled as Solo or Doubles.
The difference is that agreed movements or loads can be scaled to suit your needs. Athletes competing Scaled will not be “no-repped” for completing an agreed alternative movement, but Scaled results will not qualify for competitive placings.
We intend to offer one or two recognised alternatives for each station. These will be confirmed in the Athlete Guide.
| Standard movement | Scaled alternative may include |
|---|---|
| Running | Walking the same distance |
| Sled Push | Reduced load, down to Women's competition weight |
| Sled Pull | Reduced load, down to Women's competition weight |
| Burpee Broad Jumps | Step-back burpee with step or shortened jump |
| Row | Scaling discussed with athlete where required |
| Farmer's Carry | Reduced load, down to Women's competition weight |
| Sandbag Lunges | Reduced load and/or reduced lunge depth |
| Wall Balls | Women's competition weight and target height and/or reduced squat depth |
Need something slightly different? Talk to us. When entering, select Scaled Division and nominate any modifications you know you will need. The event team can confirm these before racing.
Scaled athletes race within the relevant Solo or Doubles programme for their entry. Your exact wave will be confirmed with your final event information.
Each day has been allocated to specific divisions so athletes know which day they will compete. The programme may be adjusted depending on final entry numbers and operational requirements.
Wave capacity is limited to keep the course flowing and give every athlete a quality event experience.
Waves are expected to start at approximately 15-minute intervals, with scheduled breaks throughout each day for course resets, equipment changes and judge changeovers.
Final wave times will be confirmed approximately one week before Event Weekend. Your individual start time, check-in time and athlete briefing time will be included in your final event information. Please keep your full allocated race day available until final wave times are released.
Then this is where it all comes together.
Your first professionally timed run at the full course set-up.
Your dress rehearsal. Race plan, pacing and transitions tested.
Judges, placings, atmosphere and the full race experience.
Didn't take part in the Arena Sim Series? That is absolutely fine. You can enter Arena Race – The Main Event directly.
We are taking over Rodney Green Arenas to create a genuine indoor fitness event experience.
Bring your friends. Bring your family. Bring your training crew. They are part of the experience too.
480 Gloucester Street
Taradale, Napier
Hawke's Bay
With nine indoor courts and Arena Gym under one roof, Rodney Green Arenas gives us the space to create an exciting race environment for athletes and spectators.
Tiered spectator seating means your friends, family and training crew get a proper view of the course, and you get to hear them.
Teams of four | Full Simulation only
Scaled. Timed. Yours. Select Scaled when registering and tell us about any scaling you require.
Places are limited by wave capacity, so early registration is recommended.
Maybe you are chasing a time. Maybe you want to beat your Arena Sim Series baseline. Maybe you have never done anything like this before. Maybe you need to do it a little differently. That doesn't make the challenge any less yours.
It does not matter where you start. What matters is that you start.
12–14 March 2027
Rodney Green Arenas | Hawke's Bay