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Key takeaways
- The routine is five steps and most of it happens before the queue opens. Waiting room early, one device, cache cleared the night before.
- The step people get wrong is the last one. Once you are in, you leave the queue alone.
- It got every one of AJ's clients a London slot. He coaches a squad of HYROX athletes and ran the same routine with all of them.
- It is not a loophole and AJ does not pretend it is. His words on that are below.
- It works for any HYROX ticket drop, not just the one you are reading this for.
Trying to get Manchester tickets? They go live on Friday 4 September at 1pm, and if you have sat in a HYROX queue before you know how that hour tends to go.
AJ races in VRTX and coaches a squad of HYROX athletes. When London tickets went on sale he ran one routine with every one of his clients, and every single one of them came away with a slot. He put it in a reel, we asked if we could pass it on, and this is it, with his notes on each step.
1. Join the waiting room early
Get into the waiting room before 1pm, not at 1pm. Open the event page, get into the room, and then do nothing until the sale opens.
2. Use a laptop or your phone
Either works. AJ's clients got through on both. Pick one, get it into the waiting room, and stay on it rather than trying to run the queue on three screens at once.
3. Clear your cache and cookies beforehand
Do this the night before, not in the queue. On a laptop it is in your browser settings under privacy or history. On a phone it is in the browser's settings. Once it is done, log back into your HYROX account so you are not doing that at 12:59.
4. When sales open, refresh or hit enter once
Once. When the sale goes live, one refresh or one press of enter, and then your hands come off the keyboard.
5. Then leave the queue alone
This is the one most people get wrong, and it is the one AJ was clearest about. Once you are in the queue you do not refresh, you do not open a second tab, you do not switch to your phone to check. You trust the queue and you wait.
"I'm not pretending this is a guaranteed loophole. I can't prove the cache part changes your queue position. But it worked really well for us."
AJ, VRTX Athlete
This works for any HYROX drop
None of the five steps depend on which event it is. Waiting room early, one device, cache cleared the night before, one refresh, then hands off. Save this page and run the same routine whenever the next queue opens, whether that is Manchester, Birmingham, London or anywhere else on the calendar.
Once you have got your slot
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Frequently asked questions
When do HYROX Manchester tickets go on sale?
Friday 4 September 2026 at 1pm UK time. The event runs 20 to 31 January 2027 at Manchester Central.
Does clearing your cache actually help you get tickets?
Honestly, nobody can prove it, including AJ. What we can say is that his whole squad ran this routine for London and every one of them got a slot. It costs you two minutes the night before and it cannot hurt.
Should I queue on my phone or my laptop?
Either. AJ's clients got through on both. The thing that matters is picking one device, getting it into the waiting room early, and not touching it once the queue starts.
Does this work for other HYROX events?
Yes. The five steps are about how you behave in the queue, not which event is on the other side of it. Run the same routine for every drop.
Where do HYROX tickets go on sale?
On the official HYROX site, through the event page for the race you want. Find your race here.
