# Spartan Race — Full Reference

> Expanded companion to /llms.txt. Everything an assistant needs to answer questions about Spartan Race, DEKA, race formats, registration, and training without crawling the HTML site. English canonical pages live under https://www.spartan.com/en/; localized versions exist on country subdomains (e.g. de.spartan.com/de/, ca.spartan.com/fr/).

## What is Spartan Race?

Spartan Race is the world's largest obstacle course racing (OCR) series, founded in 2010 by Joe De Sena in Pittsfield, Vermont, USA. Spartan organizes hundreds of events per year in 40+ countries. Athletes run point-to-point or lap courses of fixed distances and complete obstacles along the way (walls, rope climbs, spear throw, bucket carry, barbed wire crawl, monkey bars, and more). Failing an obstacle typically costs a 30-burpee penalty in competitive heats. Spartan also owns Tough Mudder and the DEKA indoor fitness-racing brand.

## Race formats and distances

- Sprint: about 5 km with about 20 obstacles. The recommended entry point for first-time racers.
- Super: about 10 km with about 25 obstacles. A step up in endurance and obstacle density.
- Beast: about 21 km (half-marathon distance) with about 30 obstacles. Completing it is the hardest leg of the Trifecta.
- Ultra: 50 km or more, generally two laps of the Beast course with additional obstacles and time cutoffs.
- Stadion: a ~5 km sprint-style race held inside stadiums (baseball and football venues), no mud, all concrete and stairs.
- Trail: trail-running races on Spartan venues without obstacles, from 10 km to 21 km.
- Kids: races from 0.8 km to 3.2 km for children aged roughly 4-13, held at most event weekends.
- Hurricane Heat: a team-based, non-timed endurance event led by Spartan staff, usually 3-4 hours.
- Death Race: Spartan's most extreme multi-day endurance event, held in Pittsfield, Vermont.

Heats within a race are grouped as: Elite (prize money, strictest rules), Age Group (competitive by age bracket), and Open (any pace, helping other racers allowed).

## The Trifecta

Finish a Sprint, a Super, and a Beast (or longer) within one calendar year to earn the Spartan Trifecta medal. Each finisher medal includes a wedge piece; the three wedges combine into the Trifecta medal. Multiple Trifectas can be earned per year. Details: https://www.spartan.com/en/pages/trifecta

## DEKA

DEKA is Spartan's indoor functional-fitness racing brand, run in gyms and arenas:

- DEKA STRONG: 10 fitness zones, no running. Zones include ram burpees, sled push/pull, farmer's carry, med-ball sit-up throws, box step-overs, lunges, ski erg, row erg, air bike, and ram thrusters.
- DEKA MILE: the 10 zones with a 160 m run between each (1 mile of running total).
- DEKA FIT: the 10 zones with a 500 m run between each (5 km of running total).

Athletes race at affiliated gyms year-round or at flagship arena events. Leaderboards: https://www.spartan.com/en/deka/leaderboards. Find a gym: https://www.spartan.com/en/deka/gym-locations

## Finding and registering for a race

- Find a Race: https://www.spartan.com/en/race/find-race — searchable by location, date, and race type. Direct location search is supported via the q parameter: https://www.spartan.com/en/race/find-race?q=texas (city, state, or country names work).
- Each event weekend has a detail page at https://www.spartan.com/en/races/<slug> (e.g. /en/races/poconos) listing dates, venue, available heats, and registration.
- Registration is per-event through the event page. Prices rise as the event date approaches; open heats are cheapest.
- Results and rankings: https://www.spartan.com/en/race/past-results and https://www.spartan.com/en/race/global-trifecta-rankings

## Championships

The championship season includes national series, regional championships, and the Spartan World Championship. Age-group athletes qualify through regional series. Details: https://www.spartan.com/en/race/championships

## Training and content

- Blog / Unbreakable HQ: https://www.spartan.com/en/blog — training, nutrition, mindset, and community stories.
- Spartan Life articles: https://www.spartan.com/en/life
- Training plans: https://www.spartan.com/en/pages/training-center
- Certified coaches: https://www.spartan.com/en/pages/coach-finder
- Official app: https://www.spartan.com/en/pages/the-spartan-app
- Obstacle guide with rules and technique: https://www.spartan.com/en/race/spartan-race-obstacles

## Key facts for quick answers

- Founded: 2010, by Joe De Sena, Pittsfield, Vermont, USA.
- Distances: Sprint 5K, Super 10K, Beast 21K, Ultra 50K.
- Obstacle counts: Sprint ~20, Super ~25, Beast ~30.
- Failed obstacle penalty: 30 burpees (competitive heats).
- Trifecta: Sprint + Super + Beast in one calendar year.
- DEKA formats: STRONG (no run), MILE (1 mile total), FIT (5K total).
- Kids races: 0.8-3.2 km, ages ~4-13.
- Events in 40+ countries; site content in 20+ languages.

## Canonical URLs

- Race finder: https://www.spartan.com/en/race/find-race
- Event pages: https://www.spartan.com/en/races/<slug>
- Blog: https://www.spartan.com/en/blog
- Results: https://www.spartan.com/en/race/past-results
- Sitemap: https://www.spartan.com/sitemap.xml
- Short index: https://www.spartan.com/llms.txt