Hyrox Dubai: dates, venue, and what to expect

HYROX Dubai runs November 27 to 28, 2026 at the Dubai Exhibition Centre, and the organizer's own line is that the race is back in the desert. Two days, with a metro station named Expo 2020.

When is Hyrox Dubai 2026?

November 27 to 28, Friday and Saturday. Your race day is assigned with your start wave, so an entry can land on either day. Your exact start time comes from the organizer closer to the race.

Where is the race?

The Dubai Exhibition Centre, Boulevard 2020 Madinat Al Mataar. The venue's own guide lists the Metro Red Line's Expo 2020 station for the venue, with trains every three to four minutes, and shuttle buses running from the Arrivals Plaza car parks. Al Maktoum International (DWC) is the near airport.

What's the format?

The same race in every city, which is the point of Hyrox. 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. Transitions through the roxzone count toward your time. Because the format never changes, a Dubai result compares directly with one from any other city.

What divisions can you race?

Individual open and pro for men and women. Doubles in men's, women's and mixed, where the pair runs together and splits the station work, plus pro doubles. And relay, where a team of four splits the race.

Training in Dubai?

Dubai trains for this in the open: a self-described official affiliate in Al Quoz, a gym that calls itself the UAE's first Hyrox gym, a chain with its own Hyrox classes, and Sunday sessions downtown. The Dubai gym map has the list, with a link to what each gym publishes about its own training.

The Hyrox Dubai page has the race facts and the waitlist. AthleteField matches athletes on real race data, same-gym athletes first, so when the Dubai field opens, your gym's crew finds each other before race day. How a good target time is set and what a good Hyrox time is are the two most-asked questions we answer.