HYROX sled push: weights, rules and times by division
Samuel · 20 July 2026
TL;DR
- The HYROX sled push is 50 meters, run as 4 x 12.5m lengths of an assigned lane: 102kg for women open, 152kg for men open and women pro, 202kg for men pro, sled included in every figure.
- Judges issue a warning first, then escalating 15-second penalties. In season 26/27, missing a sled lane is a straight disqualification, not a time penalty.
- Median splits across 395,452 solo results: 3:04 for men and 2:55 for women. The top 10% run 2:15 and 2:07.
- Races use the Centr competition sled on standardized Perform Turf, which makes the same load feel far heavier than it does on a smooth gym floor.
- FindRox lists 1,063 gyms with a sled track and 61 upcoming HYROX races, so you can rehearse on real equipment before you enter.
The HYROX sled push is the second station of the race and its first loaded one: a heavy sled, up to 202kg, pushed 50 meters on high-friction turf straight off a 1km run. It is also a station where gym numbers and race numbers routinely disagree, which is why the weights, the rules and the benchmarks are worth knowing cold. This guide covers all three for every division. For the other seven stations, start with the full stations guide.
How heavy is the HYROX sled push?
The sled push weighs 102kg in women open, 152kg in men open and women pro, and 202kg in men pro, and every figure includes the sled itself. Each row of the official weight table reads "INCL. SLED" in the singles rulebook, so nobody is loading 152kg of plates. The full HYROX sled push weight grid by division:
| Division | Sled push weight | In pounds |
|---|---|---|
| Women Open (singles) | 102kg | ~225lb |
| Men Open / Women Pro (singles) | 152kg | ~335lb |
| Men Pro (singles) | 202kg | ~445lb |
| Doubles Women | 102kg | ~225lb |
| Doubles Women Pro / Men / Mixed | 152kg | ~335lb |
| Doubles Men Pro | 202kg | ~445lb |
| Relay, female athletes | 102kg | ~225lb |
| Relay, male athletes | 152kg | ~335lb |
Doubles and relay rows come from the doubles rulebook and the relay rulebook; the grid is corroborated by this independent weights table and is unchanged from the 25/26 rulebook. Age groups get no discount: the five-year bands race the weights of the division entered, and at the World Championships the 60+ age groups use open weights.
How does this compare with the station that follows? The sled pull is 49kg lighter for most divisions (24kg lighter at women open weights), yet it takes far longer: median 5:03 against 3:04 for men, per the station data. The full push-versus-pull breakdown lives in our sled pull guide.
What are the sled push rules and penalties?
The sled push distance is 50 meters, covered as 4 x 12.5m lengths of an assigned lane, pushing the weighted sled until it entirely passes the final line. The official rulebook states the sled "must always pass the 12.5m mark [end of the lane] entirely before changing direction", and before you start, both sled and racer must be completely behind the white line. The judging team assigns your lane; both you and the sled must stay inside it without interfering with a neighboring lane.
| Infringement | Penalty (26/27) |
|---|---|
| First movement-standard infringement | Formal warning |
| Second infringement | 15 seconds |
| Each further infringement | Additional 15 seconds, no further warnings |
| Missing a sled lane (code 10) | Disqualification |
| Chalk used at sled push (code 18) | 2 minutes |
| Lane or equipment not assigned by Race Crew | 2 minutes per infringement |
| Incorrect station entry or exit (code 05) | 2 minutes |
The lane rule got harder this season. In 25/26 a missed sled lane cost a 3-minute penalty per lane; the 26/27 rulebook replaces that with disqualification, under a new blanket rule that any station not completed in its entirety means a DQ.
What is a good HYROX sled push time?
Sled pushes take a median 3:04 for men (152kg) and 2:55 for women (102kg) across 395,452 solo results from seasons 24/25 and 25/26, and the top 10% run 2:15 and 2:07 per the station averages. At the front of the race, the season 8 World Championships in Stockholm (June 2026) saw approximate splits of 2:24 for pro men at 202kg and 2:38 for pro women at 152kg, per the records analysis.
The more useful way to read a split is against your overall finish goal. These target splits are not gender-specific:
| Overall finish goal | Target sled push split |
|---|---|
| Sub-1:00 | 1:40 |
| 1:10 | 2:10 |
| 1:20 | 2:40 |
| 1:30 | 3:10 |
| 1:45 | 3:50 |
| 2:00 | 4:20 |
One quirk of this station: the gap between the top 10% and the bottom 10% is among the narrowest of any HYROX station, at 2:19 for men and 2:14 for women. Compare that with wall balls, which has the widest spread in the race. The sled push rarely wins a race outright, but penalties and poor pacing here bleed into every station after it: the burpee broad jumps two stations later and the sandbag lunge stretch near the end both punish quads you emptied on the sled.
Why is the HYROX sled push so hard?
Because pushing a heavy sled demands hip and quad strength-endurance immediately after a 1km run, on a surface built to resist you: on the sled push, the glutes and quads fire simultaneously while your core stabilizes the load. The second factor is friction. The official race turf makes the sled feel much heavier than the same load on a smooth gym floor; many athletes rehearse above race weight on fast floors for that reason.
Venue conditions used to add another variable. One venue analysis found Frankfurt sled pushes ran 40 to 55 seconds slower than Madrid, Stockholm or Singapore, likely down to the mats or sleds rather than the athletes. The standardized turf below is HYROX's answer to that problem.
What sled does HYROX use?
Race floors use the Centr x HYROX Competition Power Sled; Centr is the official equipment provider of HYROX. The spec sheet: 102cm long, 60cm wide, 99.7cm high, powder-coated steel frame and handles, five poles with knurled grips and competition-standard hand-position markings, and a central pole that holds over 150kg of bumper plates. The consumer version of that sled lists an unloaded weight of 50kg / 110.2lb. The rulebooks never publish an empty-sled figure, so treat "roughly 50kg" as the sled's share of your division weight rather than a guaranteed race-floor number.
The surface is now standardized too. The HYROX x Centr Perform Turf debuted at the June 2025 World Championships in Chicago and rolled out to every HYROX event from season 25/26 onward. HYROX's Director of Sports, Mintra Tilly, says it produces "the same base resistance as the previous carpets" while fixing lane-to-lane and event-to-event inconsistency. The turf spec is a 16mm non-abrasive pile in 2m-wide lanes, tested over 200,000 cycles.
Sled push in doubles and relay
Doubles pairs push the same weights as their singles equivalents: 102kg for doubles women, 152kg for doubles women pro, men and mixed, 202kg for doubles men pro. Only one partner works at a time and the split is entirely self-selected, you-go-I-go. The doubles rulebook adds three station rules worth knowing: both partners must enter the station together and the work cannot begin until both are present, both must leave together, and the resting partner must walk immediately behind the working partner, on their feet at all times. Kneeling or any body contact with the ground is not permitted while resting, and drifting into a neighboring lane counts as an infringement.
In relay, the entire 50m is performed by one team member at 102kg for female athletes and 152kg for male athletes. Each of the four members covers 2 x 1km runs and two stations, and which member takes the sled push is the team's choice.
Where to practice the sled push
Ergs, sandbags and wall balls are standard functional fitness kit; a 12.5m lane with a loadable sled is the gap in most ordinary gyms. The gym types that reliably have one are functional fitness gyms, clubs built around HYROX training, and performance facilities with a turf strip.
FindRox flags this equipment on every listing, so you can filter for sled track gyms directly: 1,063 gyms with a sled track are listed right now. Once your splits are where you want them before race day, there are 61 upcoming HYROX races on the calendar to test them against.
Frequently asked questions
Is chalk allowed on the sled push?
No. Chalk is permitted only at the sled pull and the farmers carry; using it at the sled push in HYROX costs a 2-minute penalty under violation code 18 of the 26/27 rulebook.
How much does the sled itself weigh?
The rulebooks never publish the empty weight of the sled. The retail Centr competition sled lists 50kg unloaded, and since every division figure already includes the sled, the plates on a men's open sled add roughly 100kg on top of it.
Do age group athletes push a lighter sled?
No. Age group athletes race the weights of the division they entered, open or pro, with no reductions across the five-year bands. At the World Championships, the 60+ age groups compete using open weights.
What happens if you miss a sled lane?
Under the 26/27 rulebook it is a disqualification, listed as violation code 10 for an incomplete station. That is a change from season 25/26, when a missed lane cost a 3-minute penalty per lane.