The HYROX World Championships land at Stockholm's Strawberry Arena from 18 to 21 June. Day-by-day schedule, start times for all four Elite 15 finals, where to watch the livestream, and why Stockholm runs on Central European Time.
Four days, one arena, and every world title on the line
This is it. From 18 to 21 June 2026, the Strawberry Arena in Solna, just north of Stockholm, hosts the HYROX World Championships, the grand finale of the 25/26 season and the very first world final ever staged in Scandinavia. Four days of racing, thousands of athletes from around the globe, and at the very top of the bill the fifteen best men and fifteen best women on the planet, racing under the Elite 15 banner.
We have already covered the favourites, the records under threat and everything at stake in our full Stockholm World Championships preview. Here, we get practical: what to watch, when, and how, so you miss nothing wherever you are.
Good news: Stockholm runs on Central European Time
No need to wrestle with time-zone maths if you are in continental Europe. Sweden is on Central European Time, exactly like France, Belgium, Switzerland or Spain. Every time in this article works as-is for you: when the Elite 15 sets off at 7:00pm in Stockholm, it is 7:00pm in Paris. From the UK, simply subtract one hour.
Where to watch the World Championships live
As at every world final, the elite races are broadcast live and free on the official HYROX YouTube channel, with English commentary. No sign-up, no subscription: just tune in at the right time. The stream opens around twenty minutes before each session starts, in time for the introductions and the build-up.
And for the times, wave by wave, athlete by athlete, ROXWALL is where it happens: our HYROX World Championships Stockholm 2026 results page updates throughout the competition. Each athlete profile breaks down the eight runs, the eight stations and every station time, so you can dissect each race once the line is crossed.
The four Elite 15 finals to lock into your calendar
The heart of the show fits into two evenings: Thursday for the singles, Friday for the doubles. Here are the four appointments not to miss under any circumstances, all in Central European Time.
| Final | When (CET) | What to watch |
|---|---|---|
| Elite 15 Women | Thursday 18 June, 7:00pm | World-record holder Joanna Wietrzyk against reigning champion Linda Meier |
| Elite 15 Men | Thursday 18 June, 8:30pm | Record-holder Alexander Rončević, reigning champion Tim Wenisch and the relentless Hunter McIntyre |
| Elite 15 Pro Doubles Women | Friday 19 June, 8:20pm | The season's best women's pairs |
| Elite 15 Pro Doubles Men | Friday 19 June, 9:35pm | The French moment: Xavier Dufour and Martin Lecorgne, the only all-French pair of the night |
One practical reminder: the YouTube stream opens from 6:35pm on Thursday and from 7:55pm on Friday, ahead of the actual race starts.
The full day-by-day schedule
The Strawberry Arena in Solna (Stockholm), the largest indoor venue in the Nordic countries. Photo: Adjoka, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Beyond the elite finals, the Strawberry Arena runs non-stop for four days, with the HYROX Fan Village open from morning to night and thousands of age-group finishers on the floor. Here is the official rundown.
Wednesday 17 June: welcome day. The Fan Village opens from 2:00pm and the first athlete registrations begin. No racing yet, but the buzz is already building.
Thursday 18 June: the big night. Fan Village from 10:00am, then the Walk-In of Nations and the Opening Ceremony at 5:00pm, before the two elite singles finals (Women 7:00pm, Men 8:30pm).
Friday 19 June: the biggest day of racing. The Pro Women set off from 7:30am, the Pro Men from 12:05pm, interspersed with the age-group waves, from the 16-24s to the 55-59s. In the evening come the two Elite 15 Pro Doubles finals (Women 8:20pm, Men 9:35pm).
Saturday 20 June: doubles day. The Pro Doubles Men open proceedings at 7:30am, the Pro Doubles Women take over from 1:05pm, again age band by age band, through to the 60+ categories late in the day.
Sunday 21 June: the finale. The Mixed Doubles fill the morning from 7:30am, then the Adaptive Invitational (Women 2:40pm, Men 4:30pm) shines a light on para HYROX. The highlight comes in the evening with the Mixed Relay Invitational around 7:45pm, where four-athlete relays race for their nations, before the official afterparty.
If you can only watch one evening
Keep Thursday night. In under two hours, you get both elite singles finals back to back, the very essence of the format: eight one-kilometre runs, eight stations, and the world hierarchy taking shape live. This is where the individual world champions are crowned.
If you can keep two, add Sunday night and its Mixed Relay Invitational. It is the most festive race of the weekend: thrills, flags, and a national-team fervour you will not find anywhere else on the circuit.
The French athletes to watch
In the singles, no French athlete earned a spot in the Elite 15 this season. But in elite doubles, the tricolour flag will very much be there. Xavier Dufour and Martin Lecorgne, who qualified at the Warsaw Major in April with a new French Pro doubles record (49:00), form the only all-French pair in the Elite 15 Pro Doubles: tune in on Friday 19 June at 9:35pm. The other French athlete in the field, Alan Cao, races alongside an English partner.
Dufour's story is worth the detour: we have devoted a full portrait to it, from pentathlon to the HYROX World Championships in a single year.
Frame your HYROX season
Whether you follow Stockholm from your sofa or you are already preparing your next race, one thing never changes: a HYROX finisher patch deserves better than the back of a drawer. At ROXWALL, we make personalised hexagonal frames in France, with your name, your time and your colours, designed to hold your patch and show it on the wall as it deserves. Create your ROXWALL frame and give your season the place it has earned.
Lycka till to everyone racing, as they say over there. See you on Thursday night.
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