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A dating app turns HYROX finish lines into first dates

Surf expands its HYROX partnership to the U.K., Ireland, and Latin America.

By , Founder & Editor•Sep 1, 2026•2 min read
A dating app turns HYROX finish lines into first dates
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A dating app turns HYROX finish lines into first dates

Dating app Surf is expanding its HYROX partnership to the U.K., Ireland, and Latin America, built on a format called "Blind First Dates," according to Athletech News. The announcement came September 1.

The article cites 9 million organic views and 7,000 applications from earlier U.S. events. Those figures come from the article and were not independently checked.

The idea works because the venue does the introduction. A race gives strangers a shared effort and a story, and the story is what people post. For a dating app, that turns an event sponsorship into content that markets itself.

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