Hyrox's founder says the races have categories so normal people don't compete with those who look like 'Greek statues'

• Hyrox has categories for a reason, its cofounder and CEO, Christian Toetzke, said. • Toetzke said the competition was designed to separate the "Greek statues" from "normal people." • There were over 80 runs of Hyrox in 2025, with more than 550,000 participants, per its website.

Hyrox was designed to keep those with god-tier fitness competing in different categories, and not alongside regular people, its cofounder said.

In an episode of the "Opening Bid" podcast released on Wednesday, Hyrox's CEO, Christian Toetzke, spoke on why people of vastly different fitness levels could compete in the competition.

He said the viral fitness competition has two categories: the open and the pro. Those competing in the pro category use heavier weights and require a higher level of fitness, and th