How Heavy Is the HYROX Sled? (Push & Pull Weights, Open & Pro)
The HYROX sled push is 152 kg (Open men) and the sled pull is 103 kg, but the totals include the sled's own weight, and Pro is much heavier. Here are the verified push and pull weights for every division, plus what they really feel like.
The short answer
In the Open division, the HYROX sled push is 152 kg for men and 102 kg for women; the sled pull is 103 kg for men and 78 kg for women. In the heavier Pro division, the push jumps to 202 kg (men) / 152 kg (women) and the pull to 153 kg (men) / 103 kg (women). Crucially, these totals include the weight of the sled itself, not just the plates loaded on top. The push is always heavier than the pull. Each is done over 50 m, split into two 25 m lengths.
The sled is the station people fear most before their first HYROX, and the weights are the first thing they want pinned down. I'm Richard Hynek, a HYROX PRO athlete (55:29 PB) and coach, and I'll give you the verified numbers, then tell you what those numbers actually feel like, because a kilogram figure on a screen and a stalled sled at the 30 m mark are two very different experiences.
The short version
- Open sled push: 152 kg (men) / 102 kg (women).
- Open sled pull: 103 kg (men) / 78 kg (women).
- Pro sled push: 202 kg (men) / 152 kg (women).
- Pro sled pull: 153 kg (men) / 103 kg (women).
- The total includes the sled's own weight, and the push is always heavier than the pull.
- Distance: 50 m each (two 25 m lengths), for both push and pull.
The verified HYROX sled weights table
Here is the complete, official sled standard for the 2025/26 season, across both individual divisions. These are total sled weights (sled plus plates) pushed or pulled over 50 m.
Verify before you race
Standards can change each season, so always verify against the official HYROX rulebook before your event. The numbers above are the verified 2025/26 figures.
A few things worth noting from the table: the push is always heavier than the pull by a clear margin; Pro is roughly 30–50 kg heavier than Open on each; and the Open women's push (102 kg) is heavier than the Open men's pull (103 kg is the men's pull). In other words, even the "lighter" loads are substantial. Nobody finds the sled trivial.
Why the number on paper understates it
Here's the part that catches first-timers out: the weight isn't even the hardest thing about the sled. Three factors make a 152 kg push feel far heavier than 152 kg in a gym.
- Friction and the floor. Sleds run on different surfaces at different venues, and the resistance you feel depends heavily on that surface. The same listed weight can feel noticeably different from one event to another, which is why you can't fully predict it from the number alone.
- The total includes the sled. That 152 kg isn't "plates on a light frame"; it's the whole loaded sled. There's no hidden lightness.
- You arrive pre-fatigued. You hit the sled push at station 2 and the sled pull at station 3 after running and the SkiErg. Your legs and lungs are already taxed, so the effective difficulty is far above what the same sled feels like fresh.
This is exactly why the sled is the single biggest overspend trap in HYROX: people meet the real load cold, redline trying to move it fast, then pay for it across the next two runs.
How heavy will it feel?
For most first-timers in Open, the honest answer is: heavy enough that you cannot sprint it, but movable if you use technique instead of panic. The sled rewards a low body angle, long arms, and short powerful steps that keep it continuously moving. Restarting a stalled sled from a dead stop is dramatically harder than maintaining steady pressure. The biggest mistake isn't being too weak; it's standing too upright (sending force up instead of into the sled) and stop-starting.
For the sled pull, the load is lower but it taxes your grip and posterior chain hard: sit your hips back, lean away, and let your skeleton carry the weight rather than thrashing with your arms.
The sled is a station you survive efficiently, not one you win. Short, controlled drives on the push; steady hand-over-hand on the pull; brief resets are fine. Surviving the two sleds intact protects the four runs around them, which is where the time actually lives. Full technique for both is in our HYROX stations guide.
How to train for the sled weight
Two qualities prepare you for these loads:
- Raw lower-body force for the push: heavy leg work (leg press, hack squat, heavy squats) and explosive drive. If you can't train on a real sled, hill sprints are an excellent substitute for the low-angle leg drive.
- Grip and posterior-chain endurance for the pull: heavy rows, deadlifts/hinges, and loaded carries to build a grip that doesn't fail.
And the non-negotiable: train on the actual sled at the actual weight at least a few times before race day, ideally at a HYROX-affiliated gym. The single most common sled mistake is underestimating the load in training and meeting it cold. See the full weights reference for every station on our HYROX weights page.
Stop guessing how the sled fits your race
Knowing the sled weighs 152 kg is useful; knowing whether your sled is actually costing you time is what changes your training. 8stations.ai imports your HYROX result and shows you exactly how your sled push and pull compare to the field and how much the two runs after them faded, so you can tell whether your sled is a strength problem, a technique problem, or a pacing problem. They need completely different fixes.
Set a realistic target with the time calculator, then start free and see where the sled really sits in your race.
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Richard HynekHYROX Elite athlete (55:29 PB) · elite OCR coach · founder of 8stations.ai
Richard Hynek is the founder and head coach of 8stations.ai — a HYROX Elite athlete and decorated obstacle-course racer who built the platform to put a racer’s eye and a coach’s method in every athlete’s hands.
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