Soho Training Center II Hyrox Trial 650

Soho Training Center staged the second edition of its Hyrox Trial in Ciudad Real on Saturday, and organizers said the event drew a record 650 athletes. La Cerca, citing organizers, reported the competition ran without incidents and attracted about 2,000 spectators over the course of the morning. The event was held at the Polideportivo Rey Juan Carlos I, where city officials had previously said the meet would help position Ciudad Real on Spain’s calendar of hybrid fitness competitions. ### How big was the turnout in Ciudad Real? La Cerca reported on May 23 that 650 athletes took part in the second Hyrox Trial organized by Soho Training Center, which it described as a participation record for the event. The same report said roughly 2,000 people came to watch as spectators. (lacerca.com) MiCiudadReal also reported that the second Hyrox Trial brought 650 participants to Ciudad Real on Saturday. The consistency across local reports supports the organizer’s participation figure for the event. ### What exactly was this competition? Soho Training Center’s event page described the Ciudad Real meet as a “Hyrox Trial” built around the same workouts and the same distance as a Hyrox competition, aimed at letting participants test their level and benchmark a time. (lacerca.com) The page listed the core format as running segments mixed with eight stations: SkiErg, sled push, sled pull, burpee broad jumps, rowing, farmer’s carry, sandbag lunges and wall balls. Running.life, which carried the event listing, said the trial reproduced Hyrox workouts and race distance so competitors could measure their performance. That framing matched Soho Training Center’s own description of the event. ### Where was it held, and who backed it? Ciudad Real’s municipal sports site said before the event that the competition would take place on May 23 at the Polideportivo Rey Juan Carlos I. (sohotc.com) The city said the trial would also serve as the first event to use the venue’s new textile enclosure in the hangar area, if construction was completed on schedule. (running.life) Pau Beltrán, Ciudad Real’s sports councillor, said at the May 14 presentation that the event would gather close to 700 participants and called Soho one of the entities helping make the city a sports destination. José Nieto, identified in local coverage as organizer and manager of Soho Training Center, took part in that presentation alongside provincial and city officials. (ciudadrealdeporte.es) ### Why were pre-event estimates higher than the final count? City and local media reports published before May 23 had projected “close to 700” participants for the competition. The final figure reported after the event was 650 athletes, according to organizers cited by La Cerca. (ciudadrealdeporte.es) Those two numbers are not necessarily contradictory. Pre-event estimates often reflect registrations or expected attendance, while post-event totals reflect the number of athletes who actually started or were counted on the day. Organizers did not publicly detail the difference in the reports reviewed. (ciudadrealdeporte.es) ### What happens after the competition weekend? Soho Training Center’s event page said the competition weekend ran across May 22, May 23 and May 24, with workshops scheduled on the two days around the main Saturday event. The competition itself took place on May 23 in Ciudad Real. Time2Run, the timing provider listed for the event, carried a Hyrox Trial page tied to Soho Training Center, indicating results and race-timing infrastructure were part of the event setup. (lacerca.com) Soho Training Center’s page remained the main reference point for the surrounding program on May 24. (time2run.es) (sohotc.com)