HYROX world record note
- Canadian Running Magazine profiled Joanna Wietrzyk as the HYROX women’s world record holder and a sub-3 marathoner. (runningmagazine.ca) - The piece highlights that top HYROX athletes now combine long-distance engine and strength capacity. (runningmagazine.ca) - That athlete profile signals HYROX’s shift toward hybrid endurance-strength benchmarks at elite levels. (runningmagazine.ca)
Joanna Wietrzyk, the HYROX women’s world‑record holder, is also a sub‑3‑hour marathoner and a focus of a Canadian Running Magazine profile. (runningmagazine.ca) Wietrzyk lowered the Women’s Pro HYROX world record to 54:25 at the Warsaw Major on April 16, 2026. (boxrox.com) She had previously set a world best of 56:03 at the CENTR HYROX Phoenix Major in late January 2026. (boxrox.com) Canadian Running Magazine’s profile, published April 22, 2026, says Wietrzyk “backs up her world‑record strength with serious marathon speed.” (runningmagazine.ca) World Athletics lists her marathon personal best as 2:52:43, set on August 3, 2025 — clear evidence she can sustain long aerobic efforts. (worldathletics.org) HYROX races pair eight 1‑kilometre runs with eight standardized functional stations (SkiErg, sled push, sled pull, burpee broad jumps, rowing, farmer’s carry, sandbag lunges and 100 wall balls). (hyrox.com) Boxrox reported Wietrzyk’s Warsaw win completed a four‑for‑four Major season, and athlete databases list earlier Major victories in Phoenix and Melbourne this season. (boxrox.com) PUMA’s press materials note Wietrzyk wore the Deviate NITRO Elite HYROX shoe during her Phoenix performance and tied the shoe campaign to her results; PUMA said the model launched globally on February 19, 2026. (mediahub.puma.com) “To break the world record again feels amazing. To do it here in Warsaw, in front of my mum, it’s just so special,” Wietrzyk said after the Warsaw Major. (sustainhealth.fit)
