TLDR
Key Takeaways
- The On Squad Race Singapore features a unique course on a spiraling car park ramp, differing from traditional running events.
- This relay-style race pits local squads of four runners against each other, with the fastest team qualifying for a world final in Los Angeles.
- The race aims to foster team consistency and camaraderie, aligning with Singapore’s dense running community.
- Participants can trial the new Cloudmonster 3 cushioned trainers, emphasizing the sport as part of their identity.
- Registrations are open, and interested teams can visit the event website for details on signing up.
Singapore’s running calendar is built largely around the familiar: park connectors at dawn, reservoir loops, the occasional road closure through the city centre. On Squad Race, which arrives at Perennial Business City on 13 June, takes a different approach. The course is a single spiralling car park ramp. Runners descend it, climb back up, and hand off to a teammate waiting at the start.
The event is the Singapore stop of a global series from Swiss sportswear brand On, launched in Beijing in April and travelling through Berlin, Tokyo, Barcelona, Sydney, and a dozen other cities before a world final in Los Angeles this September. Between 40 and 60 local squads will compete on the day. Each squad fields four runners, with a maximum of two men, and completes four laps of the ramp in relay format. The fastest team from each city qualifies for the final.
The choice of venue is deliberate. Multi-storey car parks share a common architecture across cities, which makes them a workable canvas for a travelling format. They also sit outside the usual vocabulary of road racing. There are no finish-line gantries or kilometre markers, only raw concrete, a hard gradient, and the sound of a crew waiting on the level above for the baton to come up.
The relay structure shifts the centre of gravity of the race. Individual pace matters less than the consistency of the team, and the format favours crews that already train together over assembled groups of strong runners. That suits the current shape of Singapore’s running scene, which has grown denser in recent years around established crews and the weekly social runs that have quietly become a fixture of the city’s evenings.
On is using the series to introduce the Cloudmonster 3, the brand’s latest cushioned trainer, which participants can trial at the venue. Squads also receive a Performance T styled after tour merchandise, a small detail that signals the audience the brand is courting: runners for whom the sport is closer to identity than exercise.
Whether the format holds up depends on execution. Spiral ramps are unforgiving terrain, and a relay across more than forty squads in a single venue is a logistical exercise as much as a sporting one. The Beijing edition went off cleanly, which suggests the operational template is sound. The question for Singapore is which crews enter, and how seriously they take it.
Registrations open now. Visit events.on.com/onsquadracesingapore for full details and to register a squad.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
On Squad Race is a global relay running series by Swiss sportswear brand On. Teams of four compete on a spiralling car park ramp, with the fastest squad from each city qualifying for the world final in Los Angeles in September 2026.
The Singapore stop of On Squad Race will be held on 13 June 2026 at Perennial Business City, the official venue partner for the event.
Each squad fields four runners, with a maximum of two men per team. Runners complete four laps in relay format, with each leg involving one descent and ascent of the car park ramp before passing the baton.
Registrations open to the public in April 2026. Visit https://events.on.com/onsquadracesingapore for full details and to sign up a squad.
Each participating squad receives an On Squad Race Performance T, styled after concert tour merchandise. Runners can also trial the Cloudmonster 3, On’s latest cushioned running shoe, at the venue.