VICE · HYROX

Eight stations
punish a loose foot

Performance technology for those who want more.

The mechanics

The slip
nobody talks about.

VICE makes performance grip socks and insoles for athletes who've noticed the problem nobody sells a fix for. Designed in New Zealand by a trained osteopath, tested where the margins are thinnest — across the IPL, the BBL and the AFL — and built to sit outside every boot and kit contract you've already signed.

Eight kilometres of running broken up by sleds, burpees, wall balls and lunges. Nothing about it lets the foot settle into one pattern and stay there.

The shoe holds the floor. That part works. What moves is the foot inside it.

  • Cotton and blend socks have no mechanical bond to the footbed
  • Every station loads the foot a different way, and every slide costs energy
  • Over a full race those losses add up to time on the clock

No shoe fixes this, because the shoe was never the problem. It is an interface problem, and it is solved at the sock.

What it costs you

Three things
the slide takes.

01
You lose watts
Over eight kilometres, small energy losses to slide compound into real time on the clock.
02
You lose the transition
Runs into sleds into lunges means the foot loads a different way every few minutes.
03
You lose the back half
Hot spots that appear at station three finish the race with you, and they get a vote on your pace.
The engineering

How it holds.

44
External Grip panels
Gradient PVC, placed where the foot actually loads.
Zoned
Arch Compression
Graduated through the midfoot. Support where the arch asks for it, give where it doesn't
2×
Reinforced zones
Heel and toe rebuilt at the two points every sock fails first.
The evidence

The science
behind it.

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The range

Built for
your game.

Grip Socks - White Quarter Crew
Grip Socks - White Quarter Crew
$27.00
Grip Socks - Black Quarter Crew
Grip Socks - Black Quarter Crew
$27.00
Grip Socks - White Ankle
Grip Socks - White Ankle
$25.00
Grip Socks - Black Ankle
Grip Socks - Black Ankle
$25.00
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Straight answers

Questions worth asking.

Will they hold for a full race?
That is what they are built for. Reinforced heel and toe handle the highest-wear points across both the running and the station work.
Do they suit sled work as well as running?
Yes — sled push is where a locked foot matters most, because all the force you generate goes through it.
Which cut should I get?
Quarter-crew is the common HYROX choice — enough coverage for sled and wall ball work without the bulk of a full crew. All three cuts carry identical grip engineering.
How do I wash them?
Cold machine wash, air dry. Do not tumble dry — heat degrades the grip panels over time.
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