Erg Races

Where we're going, we don't need water

Welcome to our collection of virtual and live erging events, where rowing enthusiasts of all levels can compete without the risk of getting wet! 😊

Our curated list of events caters to both casual and competitive rowers. Push your limits or just have fun in these exciting competitions.

Fool Fest Sprints

Fool Fest Sprints offer year-round competitive, ranked erg racing and fun indoor rowing challenges so you can choose the level you want to compete at.

Event Date:
Ongoing
Type:
Virtual

ErgZone Challenge

Season 2 of the ErgZone Challenge. A new event every month from May to December covering a variety of formats and distances. Category leaderboards live in the app.

Event Date:
May - Dec 2024
Type:
Virtual

Die Ruderei Alster Ergo-Cup

A series of 9 events from 500m to Half Marathon with combined overall competition standings.

Event Date:
Nov 2024 - Feb 2025
Type:
Virtual

British Rowing Indoor Championships

Beginning in 1991, The British Rowing Indoor Championships has established itself as a significant event in the rowing calendar, offering a platform for both elite athletes and amateur enthusiasts to compete and showcase their indoor rowing skills.

Event Date:
December 7, 2024
Type:
Live
Country:
UK

Netherlands Indoor Rowing Championships

The NKIR 2024 indoor rowing event will feature RP3 rowing machines and will introduce new race formats, including team competitions. Prizes include national titles and the chance for rowing clubs to win an RP3 machine.

Event Date:
December 14, 2024
Type:
Live
Country:
Netherlands

Head of the Hooch Virtual Regatta

The Head of the Hooch virtual regatta was created to allow rowers from around the globe to participate in one of the world’s largest regattas!

Event Date:
January 4, 2025
Type:
Virtual

USRowing Indoor National Championships

Multiple official host sites will be aggregated in real time on the official USRowing National Leaderboard. At the conclusion of the final competition at the last site, USRowing will crown national champions for each of the 100+ events!

Event Date:
February 1 2025
Type:
Live
Country:
USA

New Orleans Indoor Rowing Championships

New Orleans Rowing Club and ErgoFit will be hosting the sixth annual event open to all comers (rowers and non-rowers). Events include ages 13 and above, with multiple distances and machines types.

Event Date:
February 1 2025
Type:
Live
Country:
USA

Shocker Sprints

Shocker Rowing's indoor rowing. Test your pre-spring racing fitness in the 2k event, or the 1000m team event allowing you compete in "boats" of four and race against other teams.

Event Date:
February 15 2025
Type:
Live
Country:
USA

World Rowing Indoor Championships

The official 2025 World Rowing Indoor Championships (WRICH), presented by Concept2, will be held virtually, and will culminate in two action-packed weekends in February 2025.

Event Date:
Feb 15-23 2025
Type:
Virtual

West Wales Indoor Rowing Championships

A sanctioned Concept 2 event with age/weight category events for 11 - 100yrs, hosted by Sion Cwilt Rowing Club.

Event Date:
March 1, 2025
Type:
Live
Country:
UK

Die Ruderei Ergo Marathon

Tackle a half marathon or full marathon LIVE in Hamburg. Also available as a 5 person marathon relay event.

Event Date:
March 1, 2025
Type:
Live
Country:
Germany

Concept2 Challenges

Concept2 offer a variety of challenges throughout the year linked to their official logbook, culminating in the Holiday Challenge between Thanksgiving and Christmas.

Event Date:
Ongoing
Type:
Virtual

The Nonathlon

The Nonathlon lets you compete on equal terms with other Concept2 rowers of all ages. You compete against everyone, but using the previous years rankings you are only scored against the best times/distances for your own age, weight, and sex. This gives everyone a more equal chance of winning.

Event Date:
Ongoing
Type:
Virtual

Inside Indoor Online Challenges

See how you stack up against other likeminded indoor rowers by taking part in an Inside Indoor virtual challenge. Row virtually across a range of LIVE mapping distances, and even win a medal or two.

Event Date:
Ongoing
Type:
Virtual

EXR Events

Dive into your next virtual rowing adventure. Join official community events from the virtual rowing app maker.

Event Date:
Ongoing
Type:
Virtual

Ace Races

Stay motivated and meet fitness goals by entering a series of virtual races and monthly challenges. Earn custom-made, collectable medals for your efforts. Every entry plants a tree 🌳

Event Date:
Ongoing
Type:
Virtual

Row The Distance

A variety of challenges to suit all abilities from 1000m sprints to marathon rows, and some fantastic medals to be earned. An inclusive and interesting way to keep fit and healthy using the indoor rowing machine.

Event Date:
Ongoing
Type:
Virtual

Erg Power Series

New virtual competition for 2024, run via the ErgZone app

Event Date:
Sep 14 - Oct 11 2024
Type:
Virtual

Garage Athlete Games

An annual, three-day test of capacity across all three Concept2 machines: The RowErg, SkiErg, and BikeErg. Athletes will compete on all three machines in several events each day, with multiple scoring opportunities available in each workout.

Event Date:
August 23-25 2024
Type:
Virtual

NSW Indoor Rowing Series

Rowing NSW is excited to make Indoor rowing easier than ever to compete in. If you can not reach an event hub or host event, no worries, you can race from your machine at home or at your gym. All three rounds of this year's Series will be Virtual.

Event Date:
Jul - Sep 2024
Type:
Virtual

Row'd Royalty

Row'd Royalty is an annual indoor rowing competition born in 2012 in California. It spans 3-4 weeks over a variety of workouts with the winner crowned “The King & Queen of the Rower”.

Event Date:
June 6-24 2024
Type:
Virtual

Row Wars

Row Wars is an online indoor rowing competition set over a period of four weeks, one workout is released each Sat at 10am and athletes then have until the Friday at 10pm to complete the workout and upload their score to the website.

Event Date:
May 1, 2024
Type:
Virtual

Rowbin Hood

Indoor rowing competition. Five weeks. Five workouts.

Event Date:
Mar - Apr 2024
Type:
Virtual

World Rowing Virtual Indoor Sprints

A joint initiative from World Rowing and Concept2, the World Rowing Virtual Indoor Sprints regularly features over 5000 Rowers competing across the world across the 1000 metres for their spot on the global leaderboard.

Event Date:
March 6-10 2024
Type:
Virtual

Erg Sprints

Erg Sprints features the 2,000 meter events, 1/2 marathon and marathon, 20-minute junior and 30-minute open/masters rows, 500m sprints, relays, parent/child and kids races

Event Date:
February 3 2024
Type:
Live
Country:
USA

CRASH-B Sprints

Born in the 1980's in Boston, this event has gone on to host the annual International World Indoor Rowing Championships.

Event Date:
TBD 2025
Type:
Live
Country:
USA

The Erg Wars

Created by athletes, for athletes, this free competition delivered a fair, challenging, and fun experience. Programming by Rob Carson, the mastermind behind underdogsathletics' endurance program and Engine By Carson.

Event Date:
Nov-Dec 2023
Type:
Virtual

NEIRC

The North East Indoor Rowing Championship offers both BUCS events for university rowers as well as guest events for college rowers, amateur rowers, and athletes from any sport.

Event Date:
November 11, 2023
Type:
Live
Country:
UK