AIA HYROX Singapore returns to Singapore Expo from 26 to 29 November 2026, and this time the fitness race has a division for children aged 8 to 15, the first of its kind in Asia. If you’ve been watching HYROX from the sidelines, or wondering what the kids would do while you race, this weekend has an answer for both.
HYROX is a fitness race founded in Germany in 2017. It pairs running with gym work: eight 1km runs, each followed by one workout station. The organisers call this edition the city’s first four-day race weekend, and they expect more than 18,500 competitors from 92 nationalities. The number that matters most for nervous beginners is a different one, though. According to the organisers, over 10,000 of those racers will be doing HYROX for the first time, so a newcomer won’t be the odd one out on that start line!
Meet the Youngstars
AIA HYROX Youngstars Singapore marks the Asia debut of HYROX Youngstars, the brand’s race format for young athletes.
Under HYROX’s Youngstars rulebook, kids race in four age groups (8 to 9, 10 to 11, 12 to 13 and 14 to 15), set by their age on race day. Boys and girls start in separate waves. The workout scales with age, and the youngest group gets the friendliest version of every station. Children aged 8 and 9 swap burpee broad jumps for 20m of frogger jumps, a two-hands, two-feet hop forward. They lunge 20m with no weight and finish with 50 squats holding a 1kg ball.
The running is scaled down too, with laps of 200 to 275m each. The two youngest groups run three laps in total, at the start, in the middle and before the final station, while 14- and 15-year-olds run a lap between every station. The weights climb fast at the top end, with boys aged 14 and 15 pushing a 102kg sled for 30m. If your child has never trained for anything like this, the 8 to 9 and 10 to 11 formats are the gentle on-ramp. The teen version is a proper workout that deserves some prep.
What Parents Need to Know
A parent or legal guardian handles registration and signs the consent waiver and terms. On race day, the child checks in with that registered adult and brings a government or school-issued photo ID showing their date of birth, plus the registration confirmation. Each racer gets a timing chip worn on the ankle and a coloured wristband that marks their division and start wave. Parents get a wristband of their own to show they’re the designated guardian.
Every Youngstar goes through a 25-minute race brief and warm-up with event staff. That’s the handover point: parents step back and watch from a vantage point while the kids get to know the course and the equipment. The rulebook bans phones, body cameras and chewing gum on course. It allows asthma inhalers, which parents may pass to their child during the race. Shoes must be closed-toe, and shirts stay on throughout.
Judges are coached to make the race “a nurturing and learning experience”, according to the rulebook. Our favourite line in it sits in the parents’ code of conduct: “Remember, this event is for your child’s enjoyment, not parental pressure or ego.” Consider that a gentle warning to every competitive parent planning to scream splits from the barrier.
Wong Sze Keed, Chief Executive Officer of AIA Singapore, the race’s title partner, says the new division gives “youths aged 8 to 15 an inclusive platform to challenge themselves, build resilience, and discover the joy of fitness.”
The Grown-Up Course
The adult race is identical everywhere in the world. Between those eight 1km runs, athletes tackle a 1,000m SkiErg, a 50m sled push, a 50m sled pull, 80m of burpee broad jumps, a 1,000m row, a 200m farmers carry, 100m of sandbag lunges and 100 wall balls. Everyone wears a timing chip, so your result slots into HYROX’s global rankings alongside every other race.
You pick your poison from six divisions. Singles is the standard race, and Singles Pro adds heavier weights. Doubles lets a pair split the work, with a heavier Doubles Pro option. Relay Teams split it four ways, and HYROX itself calls that the fastest and most accessible version of the race. For a first-timer, Relay is the one to book. You get the full race-day buzz with a quarter of the stations, and you can drag three gym mates along for moral support.
The Adaptive division gives athletes with permanent functional impairments a version with adapted weights, repetitions and movement standards. This edition will have 32 adaptive racers, up from five at the previous event. William Petty, Regional Events Manager for Southeast Asia at HYROX Asia-Pacific, says the four-day race reflects “the continued growth of HYROX across the nation.”
The Road to Hong Kong
Serious racers have another reason to circle these dates. AIA HYROX Singapore is a qualifier for the PUMA HYROX World Championships 2027, set for Hong Kong from 10 to 13 June 2027. According to the organisers, it’s the first time the championships will take place in the Asia-Pacific region. In Singapore, the qualifying spots run through the Pro and Mixed Doubles divisions, plus the Open divisions for age groups 60 and over.
If November doesn’t suit you, the Asia-Pacific calendar has close-to-home alternatives.
Recovery, Braids and DJ Sets
Off the course, the HYROX Social Hub (previously called HYROX House) is open throughout the four-day weekend, according to the organisers. It has food and drink, live entertainment and DJ sets. The recovery lounge offers hot and cold plunges, massage guns, compression boots, steam saunas, guided stretching and massages. The beauty lounge does stick-on, flash and airbrush tattoos, along with hair braiding.
For families, that hub is the smart part of the setup. A Youngstar who has finished racing can get braids or a flash tattoo while the parent who raced earlier queues for the compression boots. That turns a race day into a full family outing!
🗓️ Date: 26 to 29 November 2026
📍 Location: Singapore Expo
🎟️ Tickets: Spectator and Youngstars tickets through the official HYROX Singapore website
🔗 Details: AIA HYROX Singapore and AIA HYROX Youngstars Singapore
Whether you’re chasing a Hong Kong qualifying spot, dragging three friends into a relay or watching your nine-year-old frogger-jump across a finish line, this is the most open-door HYROX weekend Singapore has had yet. Youngstars spots and spectator passes are on the AIA HYROX Youngstars Singapore page and the AIA HYROX Singapore event page, and AIA Singapore has more on its partnership with the race. Sort your tickets before the wave start times fill, then see you at the Expo!
Photos and Visuals courtesy of AIA HYROX Singapore.
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