Team HPT North with riders Calvin Moes (CAN) and Ethan Elbas (CAN) – The newly-formed Human Power Team North will be attending WHPSC 2026 with the TITAN tandem speedbike. This private team represents some of the top design talent in human powered vehicle engineering, with collectively decades of experience in speedbikes, aircraft, and other modes of vehicular absurdity. This year, driver Calvin Moes and co-driver Ethan Elbaz – both experienced WHPSC competitors – aim to decisively increase the multi-rider world record, currently held by Moes and former teammate Evan Benneweis with a speed of 120.26 km/h. Already a world-class speed machine, TITAN has been refurbished and improved, and our athletes are training hard to be ready for an epic week of racing!
Cal Poly Human Powered Vehicles (USA) with riders Alena Wong, Justin Strahm, and Jadon Squibb – The Cal Poly Human Powered Vehicle team returns to Battle Mountain in 2026 hoping to break both the women’s and men’s American collegiate speed records, the men’s version of which they set in 2019. Their student athletes will ride Woohoo! 2, a greatly improved form of the bike brought last year to the WHPSC. The team strives to continue Cal Poly San Luis Obispo’s tradition of designing, manufacturing, and testing human powered vehicles that has enhanced students’ educations for nearly 50 years.
Human Power Team Falcon (AUS) – Adam Hari of Narara, Australia is returning to WHPSC with a new speedbike in a bid to become the fastest owner-builder-rider in history and achieve his personal goal of 80 MPH. Few details on his bike have yet been revealed, but it uses the same proven fairing shape as his previous Millenium design while incorporating extensive upgrades to the camera systems, wheels, steering geometry, and mechanical systems. Adam is well-known within the international recumbent racing community, and has also played a critical role in organizing WHPSC since 2024.
Team HERMUS (CAN) – Sherbrooke University – Founded two years ago, HERMUS is the newest human-powered vehicle team from the Université de Sherbrooke, making its very first appearance at the World Human Powered Speed Challenge. The team’s vehicle, named Beluga in honor of the beloved St. Lawrence River animal and a nod to the team’s Québec heritage, will be piloted by Alexis Imbeault, who trains under the supervision of the Université de Sherbrooke’s Faculty of Kinesiology to ensure peak performance and safety on race day. As a young team, HERMUS comes to Battle Mountain eager to learn from the experience, knowledge, and community of the human-powered speed world, seeing this first participation as the foundation for years to come and looking forward to building lasting relationships with the other teams who have paved the way in this incredible competition.
University of Toronto Human Powered Vehicles Design Team (CAN) – UofT’s HPVDT is back, eager and excited for another World Human Powered Speed Challenge! As long-time attendees of the event, the team is returning with new and experienced riders and team members, who continue to pass down their knowledge and fascination for speed bikes. HPVDT is a passionate group of students committed to learning advanced engineering skills and training on the bikes they love, with a fast fleet of streamlined camera and line of sight bikes. This year, HPVDT’s experienced riders will make their first WHPSC camera bike runs in the world class Eta Prime while many of the team’s first-time competitors make their WHPSC debut in line of sight bikes! HPVDT is looking forward to an exhilarating, electrifying, gravity defying, record smashing, bikes not crashing, week of riding, best week in the world, world human powered speed challenge!
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