The inaugural TYR Cup wrapped up this weekend at TYR Wodapalooza SoCal in Huntington Beach, California. Sixteen of the top athletes divided into two teams, North America vs the World, in a head-to-head battle.
The teams squared off in 11 events with varying formats. From individual spotlight events to WZA Teams of 3 to All Hands, the teams consisting of four men and four women had to strategize in order to best utilize their team’s strengths.
It was close with the teams tied 4-4 heading into Sunday. However, Team North America rallied on Sunday with three consecutive event wins to capture the TYR Cup before the final Captain’s Event.
Team World capped off the competition with one more event win to bring the final score to 7-6, advantage Team North America.
| Event | North America | World |
| 1 | 1 | – |
| 2F | – | 1 |
| 2M | 1 | – |
| 3 | – | 1 |
| 4 | 1 | – |
| 5 | – | 1 |
| 6 | 1 | – |
| 7 | – | 1 |
| 8 | 1 | – |
| 9 | 1 | – |
| 10 | 1 | – |
| 11 | – | 2 |
| Total | 7 | 6 |
For the win, members of Team North America each earned $20,000 for their efforts. Team World members received $5,000. Pat Vellner received the most votes to win the Lazar Djukic MVP Award along with an additional $10,000.
INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCES
While the team performance was ultimately what mattered the most, let’s take a look at how each individual contributed to their team.
The table below shows the number of events each athlete competed in.
The points earned were calculated by dividing the number of points earned in an event by the number of athletes that took the floor. For example, in Event 1, each of the four athletes on Team North America earned 0.25 points.
The Wins/Losses show the total count of event wins and losses for each time the athlete was competing in an event.
North America
| Athlete | Events | Points Earned | Wins | Losses |
| Dallin Pepper | 7 | 1.54 | 6 | 1 |
| Justin Medeiros | 6 | 1.13 | 5 | 1 |
| Emily Rolfe | 5 | 1.04 | 4 | 1 |
| Jeff Adler | 6 | 0.79 | 4 | 2 |
| Danielle Brandon | 7 | 0.71 | 4 | 3 |
| Arielle Loewen | 7 | 0.71 | 4 | 3 |
| Pat Vellner | 5 | 0.54 | 3 | 2 |
| Alexis Raptis | 5 | 0.54 | 3 | 2 |
World
| Athlete | Events | Points Earned | Wins | Losses |
| Tia-Clair Toomey | 9 | 2.50 | 5 | 4 |
| Gui Malheiros | 6 | 1.17 | 3 | 3 |
| BKG | 7 | 1.00 | 1 | 6 |
| Seher Kaya | 5 | 0.50 | 2 | 3 |
| Emma Tall | 5 | 0.50 | 2 | 3 |
| Aniol Ekai | 5 | 0.17 | 1 | 4 |
| Brent Fikowski | 6 | 0.17 | 1 | 5 |
| Gracie Walton | 5 | 0.00 | 0 | 5 |
Tia-Clair Toomey-Orr took the floor nine times throughout the weekend, the most of any athlete. As such, she also earned the most points of any athlete on either team.
Dallin Pepper had the best win-loss ratio with six wins and only one loss. He also earned the most points for Team North America.
Gracie Walton was the only athlete to not be on the floor for an event win.
