Racing Chicago: the Hyrox guide (2027)

HYROX Chicago runs February 11 to 15, 2027 at Navy Pier, on the Lake Michigan waterfront. It's the first North American race of 2027 on hyrox.com's calendar, and a natural target if you raced Toronto in October and want a winter goal that isn't just surviving January.

When is Hyrox Chicago 2027?

February 11 to 15, 2027, five days of racing, Thursday to Monday. You pick your day when you buy: each athlete ticket in the official shop names its day, and the provisional schedule on the official page fixes which divisions race on which day. Your individual start time is published about three days before the race and can't be changed.

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7 of 100 to open Chicago

Toronto, our first field, has 640+ athletes. Chicago opens at 100.

Where is the race?

Navy Pier, 600 E Grand Avenue, the pier that runs out into Lake Michigan just east of downtown. The 2025 race ran in the pier's Festival Hall; the official page hasn't named the 2027 hall yet. Five CTA bus routes serve the pier (#29, #65, #66, #124, and #2 at weekday rush hours), per Navy Pier's own page, and the official event page links a BOOK YOUR STAY hotel portal. February is cold: NOAA's normal high at O'Hare is about 36°F.

How do you get there from Toronto?

KAYAK lists direct Toronto to Chicago flights at an average of 2 hours 9 minutes, about 700 km in a straight line. Chicago is one hour behind Toronto, close enough that jet lag isn't a factor. The Chicago page has the airport trains and buses.

What's the Hyrox format?

The same in Chicago as everywhere else. Eight 1 km runs alternating with eight stations in a fixed order: SkiErg, sled push, sled pull, burpee broad jumps, rowing, farmers carry, sandbag lunges, and wall balls. Roxzone transitions count toward your time, so pacing the whole thing, transitions included, matters as much as any single station. If you've raced before, your splits travel with you: same stations, same order, a straight comparison against October, and your result already says what the winter should be spent on. A February race also solves a training problem: the fall races are four months gone, spring feels far away, and a fixed date on the calendar is the difference between a winter of maintaining and a winter of building.

What Hyrox divisions can you race?

Individual open and pro for men and women, plus adaptive divisions. Doubles in men's, women's and mixed, where the pair runs together and splits the station work, plus pro doubles. And relay, men's, women's and mixed, where a team of four shares the race; in Chicago the relays race Friday evening only. If you and a training partner both raced singles in Toronto, a winter doubles campaign with Chicago as the target is a well-trodden path. First-timers are welcome in every open division; nothing about an away race assumes you've done this before.

Why do Toronto athletes travel for this one?

Timing, mostly. Toronto's own race sits in October, so the winter is a long gap with nothing on the calendar. Chicago fills it: a short flight, and early enough in the year that you can recover and still build toward whatever comes next. Away races are better in a group, and if you're Toronto-based, AthleteField is where the local field hangs out, and the easiest way to find out who else is eyeing the February trip.

Based in Chicago? The Hyrox Chicago page has where to train, the race facts, and the waitlist for when the Chicago field opens.