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The Power Minute
Maximum metres. One minute. Nothing left.
Entries open
Any RowErg is the start line.
24 October to 1 November 2026. One entry unlocks every event: four core races, three challenges, two relays, and unlimited attempts across all nine days.
Enter AIRO26Every entry gets a number, a place on the national board, and nine days to make both better.
The one thing to understand first
One entry. Everything unlocked. Nine days to use it.
Every event, one entry.
Most competitions charge you per race. AIRO26 doesn't. One entry covers all four core events, all three AIRO Challenges, both relays, and your AIRC eligibility. There's no per-event fee and no extra charge to chase a championship title.
Nine days, not one shot.
You're not racing once and hoping. The event runs for nine days, and you can attempt anything as many times as you like. Only your best valid result counts on the leaderboard. Every legitimate attempt still adds to your Total Metres, even the ones that don't count as your best.
How it works
Four steps, start to finish.
- Enter once
Register once and unlock every AIRO26 event.
- Row anywhere
Row on any Concept2 RowErg, wherever you are.
- Submit your result
Photo the monitor, or submit straight through the Row Nation app.
- See it on the board
Your result lands on the leaderboard.
Most entrants stop there. Only results in reach of an AIRC championship standard need hub, coach, or video verification.
Four core events
Build your stack.
Attempt each event as often as you like. Your best valid result counts, and every legitimate repeat attempt still adds to Total Metres.
AIRC championship titles are decided on these four events and the sprint relay.
The Stack
Race all four, build your Stack.
Every performance gets an age- and gender-adjusted score. That's what lets athletes of different ages and genders compare their whole body of work, not just one race.
Raw resultAdjusted for ageAdjusted for genderYour score
Improve any event and your Stack grows. Complete all four and your Stack is whole.
Complete your Stack and you're in the draw to win a Concept2 RowErg, shipped to your door by Concept2 Australia.
Optional, and worth it
More ways to compete.
The four core events are the event. Everything here is extra, and everything here still counts towards your Total Metres.
01
4-Minute Endurance
Four minutes. Maximum metres. Your score is however far you get before the clock stops.
Each challenge can be attempted multiple times. Your best valid performance counts on its leaderboard, and every legitimate metre still counts towards Total Metres. Every relay athlete races on their own entry.
Do the lot
All four core events and all three challenges. Complete all seven, and you've done The Lot.
Not a score, not a ranking. A recognition you either hold or you don't.
Every metre counts
Race for more than yourself.
Every legitimate metre you row travels further than your own leaderboard entry.
AthleteTeamAffiliationAIRO26
Choose one affiliation: a rowing club, school, gym, workplace or other participating organisation. You can also register independently. Inside an affiliation you can also join one team, such as a school house, a squad or a department, whatever grouping makes sense for you.
Once you post your first result, your team and affiliation lock in for the event.
Every metre you row rolls up the chain: you, then your team, then your affiliation, then the AIRO26 Total Metres tally. Row independently and your metres still count for you and for AIRO26's Total Metres, just not for a team or affiliation total.
Affiliation competition
Three games. Three ways to win.
Your affiliation competes on three boards at once: volume, performance and completion. A small club with sharp athletes can out-stack a giant.
Total Metres
Every metre from every member rolls into your affiliation's tally. The biggest engine wins.
Affiliation Stack
Your affiliation's best adjusted score in each of the four core events, stacked into one total. A better result takes the slot automatically.
Stack Finishers
How many of your members complete all four core events. Every finisher counts.
Categories
A category for every rower. One board for everyone.
Whoever you are, there's a category built for exactly where you are, from your first stroke at fourteen to your fiftieth race at seventy-five. Every result is age and gender adjusted, so your best valid result counts on the same board as everyone else's.
Juniors & Schools
You're fourteen, and there's already a bracket with your name on it, whether you're entering solo or as your whole class.
U14 · U16 · U19
Juniors & Schools
Divisions run U14, U16 and U19, each male and female; junior pricing applies to U19 and under as at 31 December 2026.
U14U16U19
Under 23
If you've aged out of juniors but you're still building toward your peak, this is your bracket.
U23
Under 23
U23 runs as its own division, male and female, above juniors and below Open.
U23
Open
You don't need a rowing background, just an engine and a result you're proud of: that's Open.
23–29 · 30–39
Open
Open splits into two bands, 23–29 and 30–39, each with male and female divisions.
Open 23-29Open 30-39
Masters
Every five years earns its own grade, all the way to 85 and over, so you're always racing people genuinely your age.
40–44 to 85+, five-year grades
Masters
Masters runs in five-year grades from 40–44 through to 85 and over, male and female at every grade.
40-4445-4950-5455-5960-6465-6970-7475-7980-8485+
Lightweight
If you race light and verify it on the day, you're measured against your own weight class.
Men 75kg and under · Women 61.5kg and under · 19+
Lightweight
Lightweight is a verified variant across the adult and masters grades, open to rowers 19 and over. Lightweight is 75kg or under for men and 61.5kg or under for women, verified by a weigh-in form and a scale photo taken within two hours before each attempt.
Open (LW)Masters grades (LW)
Para
PR1, PR2 or PR3: your classification is the category. It's not filed under someone else's division.
PR1 · PR2 · PR3
Para
Para racing runs PR1, PR2 and PR3, crossed with gender and age. PR1 is arms and shoulders. PR2 is trunk and arms on a fixed seat. PR3 is legs, trunk and arms on a sliding seat, covering ID, PD and VI classes. Athletes may compete up a class, never down.
PR1PR2PR3-IDPR3-PDPR3-VI
Relays
Race as four: your club, your class, your squad or your crew. Same divisions, one shared result.
Male · Female · Mixed · age-graded
Relays
Everyone enters individually first. Once you're registered, each teammate joins with their own competitor code to complete your team of four. Your team's division is worked out automatically. Relays follow the same age and gender divisions as individual racing. Gender is set by the team: four men race Male, four women race Female, and a team with up to two men races Mixed; any other combination defaults to the harder category. Junior relay age is set by the oldest team member; Masters teams need at least three athletes 40 or over and a team average of 40 plus; Open teams grade by average age. Schools and clubs can enter numbered teams, like U16 1 and U16 2. There is no lightweight relay division.
MaleFemaleMixedU14–U23OpenMasters
Fair fields
Where a category draws too few entries, it may be combined with its neighbour so nobody races alone. Adjusted scoring still places every best valid result on the one national board.
AIRO is the game. AIRC is the championship inside it.
Every athlete competes through the same AIRO26 event system. Australian residents who also meet the AIRC verification standard can compete for Australian Indoor Rowing Championship titles inside that same event.
There's no separate championship to enter and no additional AIRC fee. If your result meets the championship standard and you complete the applicable verification process, it can become AIRC Verified.
Verification
Most entrants just log a score.
If your result is in reach of an Australian championship standard, one of three verification options applies.
- Official AIRC HubRow at an approved hub with an Accepted AIRC Verifier on site, and a correctly recorded result is automatically AIRC Verified. No separate video or witness needed.
- Accredited Coach AttestationNominate a current Rowing Australia accredited coach. They confirm your result through a secure link, putting their own accreditation behind it.
- Direct Video VerificationFilm yourself: one phone, one fixed angle, one continuous recording showing you, the RowErg and the PM5 the whole way through, plus a clear photo of the final result screen. Built to be doable alone.
Verification footage is private. It's never shown publicly. Official AIRC Hubs are approved public venues; schools, clubs, gyms and workplaces can also run private cohort sessions.
Results are also checked against Concept2 Australian and World records for every event distance. Row inside one and we'll flag it and point you straight at Concept2's record claim process.
One entry unlocks the event
Choose your start line.
All prices include GST. Registration stays open for the whole nine-day window: enter before the event starts and you pay the standard rate; enter after it's begun and a late fee applies. That's a late fee for entering late, not a discount you missed by waiting.
Adult, pre-event$30Rises to $35 once the event starts.
Junior, pre-event$20Rises to $25 once the event starts. Junior means U19 and under at 31 December 2026.
What entry includes
One entry gets you all four core events with unlimited attempts, your Stack, Total Metres, all three AIRO Challenges, both relays, individual leaderboards, team and affiliation competition, live event activity, personalised progress insights, and AIRC eligibility where you qualify. There's no per-event fee and no extra charge for the championship. An individual hub may still charge its own local venue or session fee. That's the hub's, not AIRO26's.
School Activation Licence
One licence covers a whole school.
Ready when you are.
You don't need to wait for race day. The start line is whichever RowErg you're already standing next to.
Enter AIRO26