2026 Mystery Ops Event Schedule!
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2026 Mystery Ops Event Schedule! ~
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Sign-ups open on July 1st! H.W. Lewis Ranch in Leakey, TX. This year’s event sold out months in advance, attracting over 200 enthusiastic competitors, which speaks volumes about its popularity. If that tells you anything, it’s clear this event is a must-attend. You definitely won’t want to miss out on this epic year-end competition!
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Get ready to leave the pavement—and your comfort zone—behind. This isn’t just a race; it’s a high-stakes test of grit, precision, and instinct. Whether you’re humping a pack on foot or tearing through the silt on a dirt bike, you are entering a raw, unflagged wilderness where the only way out is through. You and your small team will be cut loose into the vast desert expanse, armed with nothing but your gear, your GPS, and your ability to read the land.
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TBD but expect:
Red Dead Rio Bravo - January 9th
Westex Run N Gun - February 6th
Bailout Biathlon - March 6th
Rifleman Round-Up - May 29th
Midnight Mayhem - August 7th
Jade Helm 27 - October 30th/31st
Apache Warpath - November 20th/21st
Space and time at each event are limited, so be fast and accurate!
JADE HELM 26
October 31st-November 1st, 2026 - HW Lewis Ranch, Leakey Texas
This year our scheduled weekend landed right on Halloween — full send! We’re putting together a “Haunted Trail Nerf Course” and “Trunk or Treat” for the kids as well as an “Eternal Nightmare Stage” for the adults. As always, the best costume (optional but highly encouraged) earns first pick at the prize table: Saturday’s pick applies to Battle Buddies vs. Lone Rangers and Sunday’s to Survivor Scramble.
Submit a Halloween JH26 patch by September 1 for production. All entries get 10% off. Winning design receives a Y27 Events Pass (worth $1,475). Details below.
Patch contest rules:
Submissions must arrive before September 1st.
Design must be production-ready and Halloween themed. (AI design OK)
Must include the text: “Mystery Ops” and “Jade Helm 26”.
Must include at least one of these: “Battle Buddies, Lone Rangers, Survivor Scramble” OR “Buddies, Loners, Survivors” ANG/OR the motto “Train, Compete, Perform”.
Artistic and wording choices are allowed but entry into the contest is not guaranteed.
Quality submissions may be shared to our social media messengers.
After MD approval, post your design on your social media account and tag Mystery Operations.
Prize: one-time 10% off code for any order (including match sign-up).
Winner, decided by social reactions, war room counsel, and MD, receives a free 2027 year pass.
We use RG Timer
Loaded with Mystery Ops Scoring
The Mystery Operations system replaces static scoring models with dynamic, performance-driven math. Every point earned directly reflects your true relative execution against the entire competition field. There are no arbitrary point caps or rigid, unfair penalties—the competition itself defines the values.
Why Upgrade to RG Timer + Mystery Ops Scoring
Traditional scoring models (such as hit-factor or time-plus) distort leaderboard rankings by treating a 5-second burner the same as a high-exertion, technical multi-target stage. RG-Timer featuring Mystery Operations Dynamic & Objective Scoring provides mathematical objectivity, total equity, and streamlined range operations.
RG Timer is purpose-built for Tactical Biathlon and Run & Gun competitions - a growing discipline where athletes combine endurance running with live-fire shooting stages under real field conditions. This isn't software built in a vacuum. It's built by people who compete in these events and run them.
Our leadership has firsthand experience from both sides of the start line - as athletes on the course and as support staff behind the scenes. We know what the match director needs at 0600 when the first wave goes out. We know what the RO needs at a remote stage with limited signal. We know what the runner needs when they're miles in and tired.
Every feature in RG Timer was designed around those real moments - not around what software companies think a timing app should do. Use the built-in scoring, or export clean data and plug it into your own. Run one race or several simultaneously. Work from a laptop at the command post or a phone at the range. The platform adapts to how you run your event - not the other way around.
We did cowboy shit.
SCORES ARE LIVE!!!
Bailout Biathlon ‘26
March 7th, 2026 - Three distinct courses tailored to Pistol/PCC, Carbine, and Precision/Marksman Rifle. Sign up for all three, two, or just one course!
Shotgun Sunday! Slugs, Buck and Birdshot! Included with any sign-up!
Rifleman Round-Up ‘26
May 23rd, 2026 - Memorial Day Weekend
OPEN NOW, LIMITED SLOTS LEFT! Dos Hermanos Ranch in San Angelo, TX. The inaugural event was enthusiastically claimed by its competitors as the “2025 Match of the Year,” making it an unmissable rifles-only competition. We’re proud to offer five, yes five, distinct classes to suit every participant: Reserves, Regulars, Elites, Bikes, and E-Bikes! Don’t miss your chance to compete in this exciting and diverse challenge.
Thank you to our hospitable hosts, hardworking range officers, relentless competitors, and generous sponsors for making our events the incredible adventures that they are!
Not ready? You’ll never be ready until you’ve attended an event. Questions?
Eric Wilmarth - Match Director, CEO, Founder, Accounting, Marketing, R&D, HR, IT, & Janitor
MYSTERYLIGHTSRNG@OUTLOOK.COM
(432)295-3245
PO BOX 201
MARFA, TEXAS 79843