Strategy to win the 2026 Founder's Run (revised on 14th February 2026)

 Bullseye has lost the 2026 Cheer Competition on 6th February, and also the 2026 Telematch Competition on 13th February. Now, since Bullseye had lost these competitions, the only way where Bullseye can win is the Founder's Run, scheduled for 25th April. 

The registration for Founder's Run is expected to begin after Chinese New Year. So, how can Bullseye win?

Registrations for 2026 Founder's Run can make Bullseye win

Based on the 2025 Founder's Run baseline and athletic competition, it is expected that the Founder's Run registration will follow the registration set in 2025 and 2024. The Founder's Run 2026 will be the 11th edition of the Founder's Run. Each participant who registers for the Founder's Run based on past editions contributes two points to their sports house. 

In 2026, Bullseye will have about 250 members, since each house is allocated 250 members or equivalent amounts to each other. Registration for the Founder's Run is important because it will be the easiest way for Bullseye to win. 

The current scores tally up as follows following the telematch games on 13th February:

Slamdunk: 825

Touchdown: 800

Homerun: 785

Bullseye: 745

If everyone in Bullseye registered, Bullseye will be able to edge past all three houses at one go, as the 500 points accumulated from registration will tally up with the 745 points from the telematch and cheer to get 1245 points, enough to claim the championship. Bullseye will still be the champion house even if the other three opponents, Homerun, Touchdown and Slamdunk, win every single event and no Bullseye member wins. This is assuming the other three houses do not register enough members as Bullseye. 

Currently, Bullseye needs 40 additional members to register for Founder's Run to equalize the results with Slamdunk, the lead house. Bullseye will need to register 226 athletes as opposed to Slamdunk's 186, just for both houses to have a tie. 

According to current trends, each house opponent, Touchdown, Homerun, and Slamdunk, are expected to register the same number of registrants proportionate to the number of points achieved in both Cheer and Telematch. This leaves Bullseye as the loser, as seen in the graph below. 

Overall Scores:

Bullseye 1043

Touchdown 1221

Homerun 1172

Slamdunk 1151

If Bullseye registers every single member for the Founder's Run, it can gain up to at least 276 more points from registration alone, which is more than three times the current gap between Bullseye at last place, and Slamdunk, at first place. Assuming the three houses have a split of all the Founder's Run winners in the top 10 category, they cannot overtake Bullseye, and Bullseye wins. Congratulations!

Overall Scores:

Bullseye 1319

Touchdown 1221

Homerun 1172

Slamdunk 1251

But if everyone in Nobel registers for the Founder's Run, how can Bullseye win, since the registrations are neutralized?

If everyone registers for the Founder's Run, each house will have a headstart of 250 points. This will make it harder for Bullseye to win. This means the next hurdle would need to be addressed.

Top 10 Placings for Founder's Run

To win the Founder's Run, Bullseye will need to sweep an unbearably large amount of victories. If Bullseye has more participants, it can increase the chance of victory, provided that every unskilled runner trained for the race. 

There are a total of SIX categories for the 2026 Founder's Run:

• Year 7 Male
• Year 7 Female
• Year 8 and 9 Male
• Year 8 and 9 Female
• Year 10 and 11 Male
• Year 10 and 11 Female

The points to be awarded for the 2026 Founder's Run are as follows:

1. 10
2. 9
3. 8
4. 7
5. 6
6. 5
7. 4
8. 3
9. 2
10. 1

If all the points from 1 through 10 were added up, one category will have 55 points each. All categories combined will give a total of 330 points! Theoretically, it is possible for one house to sweep all top 10 placings. 

The podium winners contribute as much points as the non podium winners.

To win the Founder's Run, Bullseye will need to win more placings, pooling away the points from the top 3 houses. This can be done by training everyone for the Founder's Run. 

However, the chance of victory to be present would require a victory of at least 2/3 of the top 10 positions available across all categories. 

Training for Founder's Run

Founder's Run is expected to be held at the Taman Botani Negara Shah Alam, a botanical garden in Shah Alam. The route of the run had stayed the same for years when the run is held there. 

The route is a 5km long route, with rolling hills throughout the 2nd to 3rd km of the route. 

Bullseye members training for the run should aim to run about 10km a week to successfully complete and win the 5km run.

To increase confidence, runners can train the route and run on the route in advance before the race on 25th April.