Tucson, AZ, WPH Press, 5/29/26
Long considered the future of the sport, Ray Ure became the present during the 2025/26 Race 4 Eight season, bookending his season with his first and second Race 4 Eight wins, while winning his first Player’s Championship.
Ray Ure 2025/26 Race 4 Eight Season: From the Future to the Present
- 17-2 record: losses to Lucho at the 2026 St. Louis and Burgos at the 2026 LAAC
- 2 titles
- 3 finals in 4 starts
- 5-1 in tiebreakers during the 2026/27 R48 season
- Held match point in the final in three of the four tournaments he entered
- Only player to hold match point in a final and not win (102 events)
- 2026 Player’s Champion
- Skipped the 2025 R48 Portland Classic to run the Chicago Marathon (2:30:11) – still finished the season at #2
- Best mile time in competition: 4:16
- Averaged 8.35 ranking points per start – highest of any player during the 2025/26 season by 0.95 points (M. Mulkerrins, 7.4)
- Youngest player in the R48 Top 5 (2/11/2002)
David Fink
WPH Senior Writer