Week 3 Recap
PGF 2026 Season, Week 3: Jett Thompson Retakes No. 1 as the Kings Hit the Midseason Turn in Front
Week 3 pushed Las Vegas to 97 team points, moved Jett Thompson back to the top of the athlete board at 44, and kept Alabama close enough to make Week 4 matter.
LAS VEGAS - The halfway-point night of the PGF 2026 Season ended where Las Vegas wanted it: the Kings still on top, Jett Thompson back at No. 1, and the rest of the field still trying to close a gap that got bigger on Wednesday.
That was the shape of Week 3. The Kings walked out with 97 team points, the Twisters answered enough to stay second at 80, and the board now turns toward Week 4 with Las Vegas leading by 17 instead of seven. In the individual race, Thompson jumped from 23 to 44, flipping a one-point deficit into an eight-point lead over Kevin Beuhring.
Official PGF 2026 Season Team Standings Through Week 3
| Rank | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kings | 97 |
| 2 | Twisters | 80 |
| 3 | Phenoms | 54 |
| 4 | Wolverines | 21 |
The broadcast felt that swing in real time. Beuhring spent stretches threatening to climb back to the top, but Thompson's six-point kill over Jeo Ortiz and another late finish over Sam Schwartzapfel turned the individual race back toward Las Vegas.
Official PGF 2026 Season Athlete Standings Through Week 3 (Top 10)
| Rank | Athlete | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jett Thompson | Kings | 44 |
| 2 | Kevin Beuhring | Twisters | 36 |
| 3 | Elijah Carlton | Twisters | 34 |
| 4 | Austin Oranday | Kings | 34 |
| 5 | Chuy Magana | Kings | 23 |
| 6 | Shawn Melanson | Phenoms | 21 |
| 7 | Andrew Kochel | Phenoms | 18 |
| 8 | Travis Haven | Twisters | 16 |
| 9 | Derek Rayfield | Phenoms | 13 |
| 10 | Jared Fekete | Kings | 11 |
Las Vegas did not do it with one athlete alone. Cam Hurd's toe hold over Travis Haven helped fuel a 15-point Block B, and Chuy Magana closed the night with another late leg attack to beat Caleb Crump, tie the final block with Alabama, and keep the Kings from giving any of the lead back.
That is the frustrating part for the Twisters and the hopeful part, too. Alabama still came out of Week 3 alive. Beuhring is on 36, Elijah Carlton is on 34, and the team is still the clearest threat to Las Vegas even after the gap widened. The Kings took a good night and made it better, but they did not bury the chase.
Philadelphia found life as well. Derek Rayfield finally punched through for a nine-point night, Andrew Kochel stayed attached to the conversation, and the Wolverines were more competitive even if the overall climb is still steep. Week 3 did not freeze the standings - it just told us more clearly who the pressure belongs to now.
So the midseason takeaway is simple: Jett is back on top, the Kings still control the team race, and Week 4 matters even more because Alabama still has the horsepower to make this thing uncomfortable in a hurry.