Week 4 Recap
PGF 2026 Season, Week 4: Jayden Groner's Three-Sub Night Rewrites the Playoff Picture
Groner became the first athlete since Season 1 to hit three subs in under a minute in one night, jumped from three points to 19, and made Colorado matter heading into the closer.
LAS VEGAS - Week 4 belonged to Jayden Groner. Three matches, three subs, all in under a minute. By the time the night ended, the Colorado Wolverine had delivered the first three-sub-under-a-minute performance the league has seen since Season 1 and turned himself from a fringe name into the man holding the last playoff spot.
That is the Week 4 story first. The bigger race still matters - the Kings left Wednesday at 124, the Twisters stayed second at 98, and Jett Thompson stretched the athlete lead to 58 - but the loudest shift on the board came from Groner. He walked in with three points, ripped off a 16-point night, and pushed Colorado to 39 with the Wolverines' hopes now running almost entirely through him.
Official PGF 2026 Season Team Standings Through Week 4
| Rank | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kings | 124 |
| 2 | Twisters | 98 |
| 3 | Phenoms | 64 |
| 4 | Wolverines | 39 |
Groner's run was not just big. It was violent and fast. He broke Jake Straus in 31 seconds, broke Jared Fekete in 27 seconds, and then killed Noah McCully in 42 seconds to close the night. Add the Block C team bonus, and that one performance alone moved him from three to 19 and into the eighth spot with one regular-season Wednesday left.
Official PGF 2026 Season Athlete Standings Through Week 4 (Top 10)
| Rank | Athlete | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jett Thompson | Kings | 58 |
| 2 | Kevin Beuhring | Twisters | 40 |
| 3 | Elijah Carlton | Twisters | 38 |
| 4 | Austin Oranday | Kings | 38 |
| 5 | Chuy Magana | Kings | 31 |
| 6 | Travis Haven | Twisters | 26 |
| 7 | Shawn Melanson | Phenoms | 24 |
| 8 | Jayden Groner | Wolverines | 19 |
| 9 | Andrew Kochel | Phenoms | 18 |
| 10 | Cam Hurd | Kings | 15 |
That top 10 is where Week 4 really bent the season. Kevin Beuhring is still second at 40, Elijah Carlton and Austin Oranday are tied at 38, and Chuy Magana jumped to 31. But the biggest move belonged to Groner, who went from three points to 19 and into the eighth and final playoff spot.
That matters because he is now the only Wolverine with a real road to the April 8 bracket. Andrew Kochel sits one point back at 18, Cam Hurd is at 15, Jake Straus at 14, Derek Rayfield at 13, and Jared Fekete at 12. Colorado's whole postseason story now runs through one athlete and one closer.
The Kings and Jett are still the backdrop nobody else has solved. Thompson got to 58, the Kings won Block B, and Las Vegas never let the overall team lead start to wobble.
Alabama still has the cleanest team chase at 98, and the Twisters did win Block A to keep the first part of the night noisy. But the Kings answered with a 12-point Block B, held the overall edge at 26, and left the closer feeling more like a last stand for everyone behind them than a coin flip at the top.
So Week 4 leaves the season with two truths. Las Vegas still controls the team race and Jett still controls the athlete board. But the night itself belonged to Groner, whose three-sub eruption dragged Colorado back into the conversation and made April 1 much bigger than a formality.