Forged for the Future
At the center of it all lies the Hex, a new design language built to unify our global community of endurance sports. Each brand now features its own base medal that is distinct in its identity, with a special magnetic hex slot at its core.
That hex is your chance to tell a story: the finish line you crossed, the distance you conquered, and the challenges you overcame. You’ll get a hex with your base medal, which can be removed, swapped, collected, and displayed in other collectibles, letting you build your own evolving legacy across the entire Spartan family of events.
From the obstacle course battlefield of Spartan, to the electric chaos of Tough Mudder, the slick athleticism of DEKA, the camaraderie and brutality of the Hurricane Heat, to the wild frontiers of Spartan Trail, every unique finish now fits together as part of one global system. This is the House of Hard.
Shirts that Start Your Story
In 2026, your race begins the moment you arrive.
Every person will now receive their event shirt after check-in instead of the finish line. It’s a symbolic shift from just a plain-old reward to real belonging.
From the first step into your event experience, you’re already part of the community. Spartan, Tough Mudder, DEKA, Trail, Extreme - one family, one movement, one identity. This means the moment you arrive, you belong. You’re not waiting to earn entry into the Spartan community, you’re already part of it, and you’re in uniform. These designs will change over time, so keep your eye out for when they drop. We hope you love the new look, and wear it proudly wherever you go.
The Trifecta Reforged
This new era demands a new measure of greatness. The Trifecta began as Spartan’s legendary symbol of completion and the ultimate trophy. It has been reborn. Now every brand across the House of Hard, from Tough Mudder to DEKA and beyond, will share this exciting system.
For Spartan, the Trifecta remains the ultimate pursuit: Sprint, Super, Beast and beyond - a year’s worth of grit forged into one symbol, but with all new ways to show off your Trifecta.
The new Spartan Trifecta system has been reimagined to honor both annual milestones and lifetime achievements. Racers can now personalize and display their progression using interchangeable hexes that fit perfectly into the new multi-Trifecta base. For the first time ever, x1 Trifecta earners will get a special x1 Trifecta medal. Weekend Trifecta earners will be able to customize their medal with a Weekend Trifecta hex. All of that is just the beginning.
Tough Mudder’s Holy Grail evolves into the Tough Mudder Trifecta, a bold new way for Mudders to stack achievements across Mudder’s distances and formats.
DEKA introduces its own Functional Fitness Trifecta, bringing together explosive strength, endurance, and recovery into one challenge for the modern athlete. Fit, Strong, Mile, Ultra and more are represented.
Trail joins the movement too with a Trail Trifecta that rewards those who seek elevation, solitude, and wilderness
as their proving ground.
Every racer, every brand, and every discipline is now part of one shared ultimate trophy system.
Your Trifecta will be so much more customizable and collectible, using the interchangeable hexes that snap into the new multi-Trifecta base medals, that get bigger as you level up. Annual milestones and lifetime achievements, side by side, make a physical map of your evolution as an athlete. Further collectible hexes for venues and special series and championships will help make your swag even more unique. Kids will have their own Trifecta medal to show off.
The new Trifecta is not just a simple way to track races anymore, but a way to showcase your entire transformation journey.
A United Future
Every detail, from the medal designs and shirt releases, to the Trifecta evolution and hexes, has been engineered to connect our community across the world.
It’s a cleaner, smarter, more connected experience: less about just a finish, and more about who you personally become in the process of achieving.
Whether you’re crawling under barbed wire at Spartan, shoulder to shoulder in the mud at Tough Mudder, crushing your limits in the DEKA arena, chasing elevation on Spartan Trail, or pushing past sleep and sanity in Extreme Endurance, your effort now lives in one system.
Your Personal Call
The shape of what’s next has arrived.
Earn your Hex in 2026.
