St. Louis, MO, WPH Press, 2/1/26
R48 #2 Lucho Cordova’s fourteenth Race 4 Eight championship combined with a sixth-place finish from R48 #1 Martin Mulkerrins has drawn Lucho within striking distance of the top spot. Leo Canales stayed at number three following a third-place showing in the STL, while Ray Ure’s near miss in Mound City enabled the marathoner to jump into the top four.
Mark Doyle earned his career-best Race ranking after his semifinal showing at the U.S. National Handball Center, moving him into the Race’s top five.
Ivan Burgos, Sean Lenning, and Danos Cordova round out the Elite 8.
Niamh Heffernan increased her lead in the WR48 top spot with her third consecutive WR48 title, while Aoife Holden and Clodagh Munroe retained their spots in the top three.
Suz Entzeroth was the WR48’s top mover, jumping into the WR48 top 8 after her fourth-place finish on her homecourt.
See all of the R48, WR48, and SR48 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 six 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 6 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 Juarez 2026 we will drop Juarez 2026, 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 LAAC 2025, HOF 2025, Texas 2025, and SLC 2025, leaving us with 5 events
At the completion of SLC 2026 in addition to the prior 5 events we will finish the season with 6 events