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HYROX Apple Watch app: race day on your wrist
Updated · Rivo
Rivo’s Apple Watch app runs HYROX® race day as 16 targets, one for each 1 km run and each station, built from your predicted finish for your next dated race, plus an allowance for the time between stations, and it shows one number: how far ahead or behind your plan you are. Tap when a segment is done and the next target is already there; race day is part of Rivo’s paid Plan, which starts with a 14-day free trial, and needs an iPhone with iOS 17 or later and an Apple Watch with watchOS 10 or later.
Rivo isn’t the only HYROX app on the wrist: on 3 October 2026 at least 14 other HYROX apps on the US App Store listed an Apple Watch app. Below: what Rivo does on the watch, how race day works step by step, the 16 targets, the other HYROX watch apps and what each does, and what Rivo doesn’t do.
What does Rivo do on the Apple Watch?
Two things, both in the paid Plan: it puts your training sessions in the Apple Watch Workout app, and on race day it runs your race as 16 targets with one number, ahead or behind. Workouts you finish are matched to the plan and scored, and measured kilometre reps rebuild your Number.
- Race day: 16 targets, runs 1 to 8 and each station, plus an allowance for the time between stations, built from your Number for your next dated race. They show on the race-day plan on your phone and on your watch.
- One number: how far ahead or behind your plan you are.
- One tap per segment: tap when a segment is done, and the next target is already on the screen.
- Training: the Plan’s sessions are scheduled into the Apple Watch Workout app. Matched workouts from the watch and Apple Health are scored against the plan, and measured kilometre reps rebuild your Number and its targets.
How does race day on the Apple Watch work?
You get a Number, start the Plan with your race date, and the 16 targets are on your wrist on race day. Six steps:
- Get your Number, free. A 5 km time and your sled push and sled pull times, or a published HYROX result you claim by name, give a predicted finish with its p10–p90 range and a label for how sure it is. No account, and no watch needed.
- Start the Plan and add your race date. The Plan has a 14-day free trial.
- Your 16 targets are built from your Number for your next dated race: one for each run and each station, plus an allowance for the time between stations. They show on the race-day plan on your phone.
- On race day, start the race on your Apple Watch.
- Read one number: ahead or behind your plan, and by how much.
- Tap at the end of every segment. The next target is already there.
As you train, measured sessions move your Number, and the targets are built from the Number you have going into race day. How a Number is built, and why it comes with a range, is in how a HYROX time predictor works.
What are the 16 race-day targets?
One for each of the eight 1 km runs and one for each of the eight stations, in race order, plus an allowance for the time between them, the roxzone. The medians below show the scale of each target for the middle Open man and woman; your own targets come from your predicted finish.
| Target | Open men | Open women |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 4:32 | 5:14 |
| SkiErg 1000 m | 4:35 | 5:18 |
| Run 2 | 4:47 | 5:30 |
| Sled push 50 m | 3:07 | 2:56 |
| Run 3 | 5:10 | 5:47 |
| Sled pull 50 m | 4:59 | 5:48 |
| Run 4 | 5:10 | 5:49 |
| Burpee broad jumps 80 m | 5:36 | 6:45 |
| Run 5 | 5:20 | 5:58 |
| Row 1000 m | 4:53 | 5:32 |
| Run 6 | 5:12 | 5:52 |
| Farmers carry 200 m | 2:11 | 2:19 |
| Run 7 | 5:11 | 5:50 |
| Sandbag lunges 100 m | 5:20 | 5:13 |
| Run 8 | 5:52 | 6:30 |
| Wall balls 100 reps | 7:11 | 6:51 |
| Between stations | 7:27 | 8:05 |
Each run is 1 km. Medians of each segment on its own, for scale only: Rivo’s targets come from your own predicted finish, not from these. HYROX season 2025/26: 272,693 results with all 16 splits.
The loads differ by division and sex, for example 152 kg (335 lb) on the sled push for Open men and 102 kg (225 lb) for Open women, sled included; every load is on the HYROX weights guide.
Why does ahead or behind matter in HYROX?
Because HYROX races fade, and the fade starts with a fast first kilometre. In the 2025/26 season, Open men who finished in 1:50:00–1:54:59 were 66 seconds faster on run 1 than on their average middle run and 100 seconds slower on run 8; one number at every segment shows a fade while there are still runs left to correct it.
The fastest athletes run the most even races: Open men who finished in 1:05:00–1:09:59 were only 22 seconds quicker on run 1 than on their average middle run. How to pace each part is in how to pace HYROX, and the targets real finishers ran are on the splits guide.
Which other HYROX apps run on the Apple Watch?
As of 3 October 2026, ROXFIT and Hyro put a race on the watch for free, RoxPacer charges once for its race mode, and Hyrox Watch and iRox are paid race apps; FORMD, Runna and HyRhythm have watch apps for training. Repz and ENDUR × HYROX list no Apple Watch app.
| App | What it does on the watch | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| Rivo | 16 targets from your predicted finish; ahead or behind | Plan, after a 14-day free trial |
| ROXFIT | PaceMe splits from a goal time; +/- at every split | Free; Ultra paid |
| Hyro | Tracks every run, station and roxzone split | Free; PRO paid |
| RoxPacer | Goal-time targets, live countdown, ahead or behind | Race Mode paid once |
| Hyrox Watch | Race template with live targets | Paid app |
| iRox | The whole race as one Apple Health workout | Paid app |
| HyRhythm | Current and next segment, heart rate zones | Free with ads |
| FORMD | Training sessions; race day not described | Subscription, 3-day trial |
| Runna | Running sessions; HYROX plan is running only | Subscription, 7-day trial |
From each app’s US App Store listing, including its Apple Watch compatibility, and, where it says more, its own website, read on 3 October 2026.
What each one says it does, in its own listing or on its own website:
- ROXFIT: PaceMe turns a goal time, your division and your venue into a station-by-station race plan; you sync it to an Apple Watch or a Garmin and race with live targets and a +/- delta at every split. The app is free; its paid Ultra tier adds personalised pacing built around you, Doubles included.
- Hyro: a HYROX race mode for Open, Pro, Doubles and Relay that tracks every run and station, and the roxzone if you choose, with timer, pace, distance and heart rate; you mark each split with a double-tap or the Action button. Race tracking and every watch feature are free; Hyro PRO adds long-term stats and custom workouts. Also on Garmin.
- RoxPacer: splits a goal time into targets for all 16 segments, built from more than 92,000 race results by its own account and tuned to your division and strengths; the watch shows a live countdown and whether you are ahead or behind. Race Mode is a single in-app payment with no subscription. Last updated in April 2026.
- Hyrox Watch: build HYROX sessions or copy a race on the iPhone, send them to an Apple Watch or a Garmin, and race with real-time targets. A paid app.
- iRox: records the whole race as one continuous Apple Health workout, with heart rate, run pace and elapsed time, so you don’t switch workout types between runs and stations. A paid app; needs iOS 26.5.
- HyRhythm: plans HYROX workouts on the iPhone and tracks them on the watch with the current and next segment and heart rate zones. Free with ads; needs iOS 26.
- FORMD: its watch app runs your training sessions, with the current exercise, timers, rest and live heart rate, inside its subscription; it doesn’t describe a race-day mode.
- Runna: its HYROX plan coaches the running only, and the watch runs those sessions; Garmin, Fitbit and COROS work too.
TrainRox, RoxHype, Hyrox Timer and several smaller HYROX apps also list Apple Watch apps. For prices, free tiers and Android, see the best HYROX app and free HYROX apps.
What doesn’t Rivo do?
It doesn’t run on Garmin watches or on Android: as of October 2026 Rivo is on the iPhone and the Apple Watch only, and race day on the wrist is part of the paid Plan, not the free Number.
- No Garmin: there is no Rivo app in Garmin’s Connect IQ store as of October 2026. ROXFIT, Hyro and Hyrox Watch work on Garmin watches.
- No Android app.
- No free race-day targets: the 16 targets come with the Plan, after its 14-day free trial.
- The free Number doesn’t read your watch: it never reads Apple Health, Strava or a watch; it predicts from what you type or from your published race result.
- Needs iOS 17 or later and watchOS 10 or later.
Do you need an Apple Watch to use Rivo?
No. The Number, its range and what each station costs you are free on the iPhone, with no watch and no account. The watch is for the Plan’s training sessions and for race day.
How were these apps checked?
Only from each app’s own words: its US App Store listing, including the Apple Watch line of its compatibility section, and, where it says more, its own website, read on 3 October 2026.
- Nothing second-hand: no reviews, rankings or other people’s comparisons.
- Only what they say. Where a listing doesn’t describe race-day use, the table says so.
- Prices are left out. They change and differ by country; every App Store page shows them.
- The medians in the targets table come from 702,095 public HYROX results from 98 venues in the 2025/26 season, each with all 16 splits, read through pyrox-client, an independent open-source client. Nothing describes one athlete.