Season 2026
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Five sections, four pillars and a year of fixtures, run in Paul's name. Turn up and take part: every competing section scores. Log your efforts through the quick submit form, and the leaderboard does the rest.

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Beat Piers October 5km Challenge Submit by Sun 1 Nov · 7 days left Hall of Fame 33 have beaten Piers 10 one win from Rival Standings 1 Blue 79 2 Red 56 3 Keyboard Athletico 52
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Red win The Newman Grind pinned 23 Oct

Red are the fittest team in SOT. Redtards took the squad title, and with Globogym adding 4 more, Red finish on top with 16 points.

Squad standings

  • 1st Redtards (Red) - 12 pts
  • 2nd Broke old men (Keyboard Athletico) - 10 pts
  • 3rd Relentless 3 (Gold) - 8 pts
  • 4th Blue steel (Blue) - 6 pts
  • 5th The firm (Blue) - 5 pts
  • 6th Globogym (Red) - 4 pts
  • 7th Ctrl alt lift (Keyboard Athletico) - 3 pts
  • 8th Underqualified (Gold) - 2 pts
  • 9th Hybrid (Silver) - 1 pt

By Newman team

  • Red 16
  • Keyboard Athletico 13
  • Blue 11
  • Gold 10
  • Silver 1

Cup points

These totals go onto the Cup leaderboard as they stand: Red 16, Keyboard Athletico 13, Blue 11, Gold 10 and Silver 1.

Thank you to every squad who competed, to Jack and Jo for running the day, and to our sponsors The Arctic Camel Recovery Lab and Strongbox Functional Fitness.

Event details

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Families and friends welcome at The Newman Grind
21 Oct
A few of you have asked whether family and friends can come along on Friday. Yes, please bring them! Spectators are…
 Photograph accompanying: October Beat Piers: a 5km, and points for everyone
October Beat Piers: a 5km, and points for everyone
2 Oct
Now to October's BEAT PIERS Challenge - something different from last month, and something that every single person in…
 Photograph accompanying: Next up: Functional Fitness, Friday 23 October
Next up: Functional Fitness, Friday 23 October
23 Sep
The next Paul Newman Cup event is here: Special Operations Functional Fitness - Series 1, a functional fitness /…
 Photograph accompanying: Muscle Monday: Charl beats Piers in the Century Challenge
Muscle Monday: Charl beats Piers in the Century Challenge
23 Sep
Muscle Monday - the Century Challenge - was on Monday 21 September: the quickest time for 100 good-quality press-ups…
 Photograph accompanying: September Beat Piers: press-ups and sit-ups. Piers did 83
September Beat Piers: press-ups and sit-ups. Piers did 83
6 Sep
Welcome to September's BEAT PIERS challenge! This month is a Press-Up & Sit-Up challenge. How many press-ups can you do…
 Photograph accompanying: August Beat Piers results: Mae is the Star Stepper
August Beat Piers results: Mae is the Star Stepper
4 Sep
The first Beat Piers challenge is decided. 59 people signed up to out-step Piers through August, 51 reported a month's…
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