Equipment scales to the wave
A wave of ten teams needs ten stations worth, not a hundred. That is what makes this format reachable for a normal gym.
Hybrid racing
What it actually costs, line by line
The question everybody asks first. Here are the numbers, without optimistic rounding.
A hybrid race budget splits into three blocks, the equipment you already own, what you need to rent or buy, and the costs of the day itself. The good news is that a gym equipped for functional fitness already owns most of it. The line most often forgotten is not equipment, it is timing, without which the race loses its credibility.
What to keep in mind
What you already have
Rowers, ski ergs, bags, wall balls, kettlebells. An equipped box usually covers six stations out of eight with nothing rented.
What often needs adding
The sled and its pulling surface is the most common gap, sometimes with an extra ski erg to absorb the wave.
Timing, from 600 €
The weekend pack includes the sensor, forty transponders and Throwdown ticketing. Beyond the forty included, count 3 € per transponder.
Ticketing costs nothing upfront
No subscription and no card to start. 3 % plus 1.50 € per entry sold, paid by the athlete.
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An equipped gym renting the timing and completing two stations lands around one thousand to fifteen hundred euros. With sixty pairs at eighty euros, the day is covered many times over.
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Not for a first one. Borrow from a neighbouring gym or adapt the movement. The format is yours, nothing forces you to copy an official list.
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Count the teams on course at the same time. Eight overlapping waves of ten teams is around eighty transponders. The simulator works it out.
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Plan for course signage, a water point, a photographer if you want to fill the next edition, and one day event insurance.
Go further
- Putting on your first simulation, from scratch Dozens of gyms run their own hybrid race to prepare their athletes. Here is everything to plan, in order.
- The format, explained from the organiser side Everybody knows the format as an athlete. Here is what it means when you are the one building it.
- Pairs, the format that fills a gym Almost every simulation runs in pairs. That is not an accident.
- Without net time the standings get argued over It is the one line you regret saving money on. Here is why.
Price up your edition
The timing simulator gives the exact figure from your waves.
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