Salt Lake City, UT, WPH Press, 5/3/26
The 2026/27 Race 4 Eight Championship concluded with the Aces Race 4 Eight Player’s Championship, crowning the 2026 Player’s Champions, Stalsberg Cup champions, and finalizing the 2026/27 R48 Elite 8, WR48 Fab 4, and SR48 Fab 4.
Martin Mulkerrins clinched the 2026/27 Stalsberg Cup, finishing the 2026/27 R48 season with two titles and three finals in five starts. Ray Ure won the 2026 Aces Player’s Championship, catapulting him to a career-high number two season-ending ranking. 2025/26 Stalsberg Cup champion Lucho Cordova finished the season at number three, while 2026 R48 LAAC finalist Leo Canales, 2025 R48 Portland Classic finalist Ivan Burgos, Mark Doyle, Daniel Cordova, and Sean Lenning rounded out the 2026/27 R48 Elite 8.
Niamh Hefferan clinched her second consecutive WR48 Player’s Championship, second consecutive Stalsberg Cup, and fifth consecutive WR48 title with her 2026 Aces Player’s Championship title. Three-time 2026/27 WR48 finalist Aoife Holden finished the season at number two, with one-time 2026/27 finalist Clodagh Munroe at number three and two-time 2026/27 WR semifinalist Suz Entzeroth at number four.
Sean Lenning won his second consecutive SR48 Player’s Championship, first SR Stalsberg Cup, and fourth SR48 title with his 2026 Aces Player’s Championship title. 2026 LAAC SR finalist Rafa Martinez finished the season at number two, two-time 2026/27 SR semifinalist Boxer Rosales finished the season at number three, and 2026 SR Aces Player’s Championship Jeff Streibig finished the season at number four.
See all of the rankings below.
The methodology used for the 2025/26 season is attached here:
More Methodology:
In the current 2025/26 season, the WPH will count all five stops toward the season’s rankings (for Elite Men). Right now, there are 9 events that count toward the rankings. How will those 9 stops get eliminated throughout the season?
Here is how we will get down to five events:
At the completion of PDX 2025 we will drop Memorial 2024 and Portland 2024, leaving us with 8 events
At the completion of Memorial 2025 we will temporarily have 9 events
At the completion of Missouri 2026 we will drop Icebreaker 2024 and Montana 2025, leaving us with 8 events
At the completion of LAAC 2026 it will be the last event prior to SLC 2026 so we will drop Juarez 2025, LAAC 2025, HOF 2025, Texas 2025, and SLC 2025, leaving us with four events
At the completion of SLC 2026 in addition to the prior four events we will finish the season with five events