About the Adventure Racing World Series

The Adventure Racing World Series (ARWS) is a global platform uniting professional adventure races in iconic locations to serve a worldwide community of adventurers and endurance athletes. The series includes over 80 events on 6 continents in 2025.

A different race hosts the AR World Championship each year and the series consists of Qualifier, Regional and Stage races. Qualifiers are non-stop expedition length races of 3-10 days.  The top premier mixed team of 4 in a Qualfier race  receives a free place in the World Championship.

Regional races in Europe, North and South America, Asia, Africa and Oceania are in the 12-48 hour range and offer the opportunity of accessible, weekend racing and a pathway towards expedition racing and competing in ARWS Qualifiers and World Championships. 

Stage races were introduced in 2023 and are multiday events with overnight camps, and this category of ARWS racing is growing each year.

Premire mixed teams competing in Qualifiers are listed in the ARWS World Rankings and each region also has its own ranking of all participating teams.

The ARWS CEO is South African businesswoman Heidi Muller, who took over ownership from Geocentric Outdoors in 2023, backed by a group of investors from the USA. Heidi is based in Australia, where she lives with her husband Stephan and two children.  You can read more about Heidi and the change of ownership in this news story.

The Adventure World Series was established in 2001 and is a company registered in Bentonville, Arkansas, USA.  (Registered LLC address; SW Hyde Park, 5805, Bentonville, Arkansas 72713, US.)

For press information contact media@arworldseries.com and for all other inquiries info@arworldseries.com

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