ATHX Games Is Coming to Las Vegas: Date, Venue, Workouts and How It Compares to HYROX

Las Vegas is getting a second fitness race this winter. ATHX Games, a UK-founded competition backed by adidas, will hold its first Las Vegas event on Saturday, February 6, 2027, at the Expo at World Market Center downtown. That’s five weeks before HYROX Las Vegas on March 12–14.

The key details

	ATHX Games Las Vegas
Date	Saturday, February 6, 2027
Venue	Expo at World Market Center, 435 S. Grand Central Parkway, Las Vegas, NV 89106
Length	2.5 hours, of which 80 minutes is competing
Score	ATHX FitScore out of 100
Divisions	Lite (pairs only), ATHX (solo or pairs), Pro (solo or pairs)
Standard entry	$149 solo, $269 pairs
Tickets	athxgames.com

Sources: ATHX Games and the running.life event listing for the street address.

How an ATHX Games session works

ATHX’s own summary is “Six zones. Three workouts. 2.5 hours.” You move through the zones in order:

Zone	Minutes	Scored?
Warm-Up	30	No
Strength	20	Yes
Refuel	10	No
Endurance	30	Yes
Recovery	30	No
Metcon-X	30	Yes

Your three results combine into one FitScore out of 100, built from every movement in the three workouts.

The 2027 workouts

ATHX uses the same three workouts at every event of a season. BOXROX published the 2027 versions in July:

• Strength (20 minutes): a 1-rep max shoulder to overhead, a 2-rep max back squat and a 3-rep max deadlift. Scored on total weight.
• Endurance (24-minute cap): a 3 km run buy-in, then as many meters as you can on the SkiErg. Scored on ski distance.
• Metcon-X (25-minute cap): a calorie row, dumbbell ground to overhead, dumbbell bench press, sandbag squats, a sandbag carry, burpees over a bench and a second calorie row. Scored on time.

Loads and some movements change by division. On its new-athlete page, ATHX says the Lite division uses step-overs where the ATHX division does full box jump overs.

ATHX vs HYROX: what’s different

	ATHX Games	HYROX
Format	Three separate workouts with rest zones	One continuous race
Running	3 km buy-in in the endurance workout	8 × 1 km between stations
Strength	Heavy rep maxes: overhead, squat, deadlift	Sleds, carries, lunges, wall balls under fatigue
Score	FitScore out of 100	Total time
Next Las Vegas date	Feb 6, 2027	March 12–14, 2027

The biggest change for a HYROX athlete is the strength zone. HYROX never asks for a one-rep max, so if your training is all engine work, that’s where you’d lose points. The endurance and metcon workouts will feel familiar: running, a SkiErg, a rower and sandbag work like the HYROX lunges.

Why ATHX is expanding now

Athletech News reported on October 21 that ATHX will run 2027 events in San Diego, Las Vegas, Denver, Nashville, New York and Chicago. It expects about 80,000 athletes across 45 events in more than 18 countries in 2027, and its first World Finals take place in Lisbon on November 27–29.

“Bringing ATHX Games to the US in 2027 is a massive milestone for us,” CEO Mark Hartnett-Morgan told Athletech News.

It’s part of a crowded market. HYROX’s founders recently invested in XENOM, a 10-event competition, and gyms are adding their own fitness-race formats. For Las Vegas athletes, that means more chances to race in the off months.

Should you do both?

With five weeks between the two events, ATHX can work as a hard test before HYROX. Two things to plan for:

1. Add heavy lifting. If you want a good strength score, put a heavy squat and deadlift day into your week through January. Our home gym guide covers the kit.
2. Pace each workout on its own. ATHX builds rest zones between the three workouts, so each one is a shorter, separate effort rather than one long race.

Gear for both races: A Garmin Forerunner 970 tracks runs and strength sets, and a Yes4All cast-iron kettlebell is a cheap way to add carries and loaded work at home. See our HYROX gear page for more.