HYROX Berlin Youngstars 2026: At Tempelhof, the Next Generation Takes Over

While the adults battled it out on the Tempelhof tarmac, another race was unfolding in the same arena, quieter but just as intense. On 30 and 31 May 2026, 483 young athletes aged 8 to 15 took on HYROX Berlin Youngstars, the junior version of the sport. Same sensations, same legendary setting, and already plenty of character.

Official HYROX visual, Tempelhof airport, Berlin.

A format designed to grow with the child

HYROX Youngstars is not just a shortened version of the adult race. It is a format of its own, with nine stations instead of eight, and exercises adapted to each age. Burpees give way to Frogger Jumps, and wall balls become more accessible wall ball squats. Above all, distances and loads increase in steps, from the 8-9 year-olds to the 14-15 year-olds.

That is the key to reading the results: you do not compare age groups with each other. The youngest complete a short course in about ten minutes, while the oldest, on a format close to the adult one, go past twenty minutes of effort. Each age group has its own race, and its own podium.

The seeds of champions, age group by age group

Here are the fastest athletes in each age group in Berlin. The time gaps between categories simply reflect course length, not level.

• 8-9 years: Toni Bertsch (GER) 11:12, ahead of Leonardo Peronace (ITA) 11:19 and Giuliano Peronace (ITA) 11:25
• 10-11 years: Mika Eisenbraun (GER) 12:11, ahead of Daniel Marshall (GBR) 12:22 and Emil Bertsch (GER) 12:44
• 12-13 years: Charlie Millward (GBR) 18:29, ahead of Henry Marshall (GBR) 18:43 and Luca Michaelsen (GER) 18:57
• 14-15 years: Joey Docherty (GBR) 22:51, ahead of Néo Pelissier (FRA) 25:17 and Eli Mustoe (GBR) 26:13

Among the oldest, Britain's Joey Docherty made a statement with a 22:51 that says a lot about his potential. On a course already very close to the adult one, these are the times of athletes in the making.

Siblings and a Frenchman on the podium

A heartwarming detail: some surnames come up across categories. The Bertsch family puts Toni on top of the 8-9 group and Emil on the 10-11 podium, while the Marshall family shines in the 10-11 (Daniel) and 12-13 (Henry) groups. Siblings thrown into the adventure together, an image that captures the family spirit of the event.

For France, young Néo Pelissier took a fine second place in the 14-15 group, the flagship Youngstars category. A performance worth saluting, on an international stage and in a setting as mythical as Tempelhof.

Why the Youngstars matter

Behind the podiums lies a bigger stake. By opening its doors to 8-15 year-olds, HYROX is building its future and passing on, very early, the taste for effort and for pushing limits. These kids driving their first sled or stringing together their first wall ball squats at Tempelhof may well be tomorrow's elite. And whatever happens, they leave with a memory etched in: having raced where the best compete.

All the HYROX Berlin Youngstars 2026 results

Every ranking, by age group, is available on ROXWALL: HYROX Berlin Youngstars 2026 Results. You can find every young athlete and the detail of their race. And to follow the rest of the HYROX season, our 2025-2026 calendar lists every event to come.

Immortalise their first race

Did your child earn a finisher patch in Berlin? That first achievement deserves a place on the wall, not the bottom of a drawer. At ROXWALL, we make personalised hexagonal frames in France with their name, their time and their colours, designed to hold their HYROX badge.

Build the ROXWALL frame for their first race.