The first X-Pyr took place in 2012. It seems like it was a different era!

This 2026 will be the seventh edition of the race, (in 2020, the 5th edition wasn’t possible, due to COVID).

Starting in 2012, then, as always thereafter, the race left Hondarribia for the first time.
Fourteen teams dared to start the race into the madness of crossing the Pyrenees from coast to coast. Until finishing in El Port de la Selva a week later, it was a real sprint between the first two, Iván Colás and Iñigo Gabiria. The final winner was Iñigo, with an incredible difference of less than 30 seconds.

The 2022 edition was intended as a tribute to those 10 years of racing and, of course, to our main sponsor, Munich, the brand with the ‘X’. With an incredible route: longer, more complicated… wonderful participants, and a challenge that is growing edition after edition. And, of course, the dominance of Chrigel Maurer since his first win in 2014.

In 2024, a new winner emerged in the race: Simon Oberrauner. He was the third winner of the race.
For that edition, we created two different routes. The first route was impressive, long, and really amazing. The second route was designed for use in case of terrible weather and allowed us to have a different race. Twenty-one teams reached the goal in 2024, setting a new record.

From the first edition until now, things have changed. The organisation, the participants, the race itself.

But we still keep the original essence: we are a group of hike & fly enthusiasts who want others to be passionate about what we love the most.

If we have aroused your curiosity about the previous editions, take a look at the summary we have prepared.