IHPVA Competition classes

IHPVA Rule notes

IHPVA competition rules include the following 12 events including the flying start 200 meter event.

Standing Start, Fixed Durations (record is the furthest distance within the specified time)

• 1 hour
• 6 hour
• 12 hour
• 24 hour

Standing Start, Fixed Distances (record is the lowest elapsed time at the specified distance)

• 0.25 miles
• 4000 meters
• 10 kilometers
• 100 kilometers
• 100 miles
• 1000 kilometers

Flying Start

• 200 meters (unlimited runup within course rules, record is the lowest elapsed time over the specified distance)

Hybrid

• 200 meters with 600 meter runup from a standing start (record is the lowest elapsed time over 200 m), (This event is sometimes contested at the WHPSC.)

The IHPVA competition classes are as follows

• Single rider / Multiple rider
• Arms only
• Male / Female / Mixed
• Junior 11 years old and under
• Junior 12-14 years old
• Junior 15-17 years old
• Multitrack
• High altitude / Low altitude (above and below 700 m above sea level), (Battle Mountain course at 1407 meters above sea level is a high altitude course)

Competition class rule peculiarities

“Arms only” can be considered a sub-class of “all classes without restrictions on use of the human body”.

While there is a multitrack class, there is no “singletrack” class.  The multitrack class can be considered a “sub-class” of “all vehicles disregarding the number of tracks”.  

While there are junior age classes, there is no adult class and no master’s classes.  The junior age classes can be considered sub-classes of “all classes disregarding age”. 

Table of Flying Start 200 m Records

Below is an overview of all potential IHPVA categories, showing which records are set as per June 2026.