posted Oct 8th, 2026 - At the USPA Nationals 2022, three Arizona Airspeed alumni (Eliana Rodriguez, Craig Girard, and Matt Davidson), with Andrew Happick in the point slot and Taylor Buffington on camera, upset several more ambitious U.S. top teams and took the USPA silver medals in 4-way Open.

Nine of the ten competitors on the first two places of USPA's 4-way Open Class leaderboard had previously competed for Arizona Airspeed. The current 2022 lineup (Niklas Hemlin, Christopher Kuhlmann, Mikhail Markine, Joey Marshall, and Brendan Haddon on camera) won the USPA gold medals. Eliana Rodriguez, Craig Girard, Matt Davidson, and team videographer Taylor Buffington finished in second place. Only Andrew Happick had not previously trained and competed with Airspeed. Four of the nine Airspeed alumni already held 4-way world championship titles at the time: Eliana Rodriguez, Craig Girard, Niklas Hemlin, and Mikhail Markine. Christopher Kuhlmann and Joey Marshall would win their own FAI 4-way gold medals the following month in Eloy.

Matt Davidson already had multiple 8-way gold medals in his collection and was well trained in 4-way following his time with Arizona Airspeed in 2019. Andrew Happick had left SDC Rhythm XP at the end of the 2021 season. The second Airspeed alumni lineup competed under the name Hammertime and finished with a 20.4 average, eight points ahead of the new Rhythm lineup (204–196).

USPA Nationals 2022			1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		Total	Avg
Rank	4-way Open		G,9,M,8		P,3,O,E		7,13,18		B,21,Q,14		20,L,2		D,1,A,19		5,11,15		10,17,N		F,C,K,H,22		12,J,16		Total	Avg
1	Arizona Airspeed	US	28	-2	32		23		26	-1	22		26		22		21	-1	35		23		258	25.8
G	Qatar Tigers	QA	23	-2	21	-3	20		23		19		23		18		20		29		19	-1	215	21.5
2	Hammertime	US	23	-1	26		16	-1	22	-1	18		20		16	-1	18		26		19		204	20.4
3	SDC Rhythm XP	US	23		24	-1	19		20		15	-1	19	-1	16	-1	17		25		18		196	19.6
4	XPG4	US	22		23	-1	17		20		17	-1	20		15		18		21	-2	16	-1	189	18.9
5	Skydive Midwest NEXT	US	22		23	-1	16	-1	19	-1	15	-1	18	-2	16		16		23	-1	17		185	18.5
G	Qatar Cheetahs	QA	19	-1	20	-2	15	-1	18		16		20		15		16		19	-3	14		172	17.2
6	Lightspeed XP	US	19	-1	19		14	-1	17		14		16	-1	14		14	-1	20		14		161	16.1
G	Qatar Lions	QA	16	-2	19	-3	15		17	-1	16		16		11		15		17		15		157	15.7
7	Spaceland Apex	US	17	-1	19	-1	13	-2	17		10	-2	17		13		12	-2	16	-3	13	-1	147	14.7
8	Corn Needs Butter	US	17	-2	15	-1	13		11	-3	10	-2	14		11		14		15	-2	14		134	13.4
9	SNE Fly Girls	US	13		10	-3	11		11		10		13		10		11		13	-2	9		111	11.1

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Hammertime at the USPA Nationals 2022

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Craig Girard, Matt Davidson, and Taylor Buffington must have remembered the team name, as they returned this year under Hammertime 2.0, reviving the name for a reunion. Eliana Rodriguez and Andrew Happick were unavailable for Hammertime 2.0 in Perris, so two other Airspeed alumni were happy to fill the open slots: original member Jack Jefferies and Brian Johnson.

Second place was out of reach this time, as Arizona Airspeed and the Golden Knights were both miles ahead of the rest of the field. The battle for the bronze medals was much closer, with SDC Rhythm XP successfully defending their third-place position once again ahead of Elsinore Elevate. Hammertime 2.0 had to settle for fifth place.

The Hammertime 2.0 lineup split up after the 4-way competition. Jack Jefferies and Brian Johnson continued with Airspeed's 8-way team and won the USPA silver medals in that event, while Craig Girard once again guided his Mandatory Fun! lineup. Matt Davidson won the 8-way competition with Paraclete XP8 and is now going after his seventh world championship title in 8-way. He had to fend off his 8-way teammates Jeana Billings and Jill Stephenson, who put some serious 4-way pressure on Hammertime 2.0 with Four Warned XP.

USPA Nationals 2026		1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		Total	Avg
Rank	4-way Open	A,9,B,D		5,C,L,15		F,7,8		E,H,13,N		16,P,M,20		Q,G,11,21		4,12,17		22,O,2		19,6,J		18,1,K		Total	Avg
1	Arizona Airspeed	47		25	-2	26		31	-1	26	-1	18		20	-1	20		23		18	-2	254	25.4
2	Golden Knights	38	-4	27	-1	25		30	-2	27	-1	19	-4	20		21		25	-1	19	-2	251	25.1
3	SDC Rhythm XP	31	-4	19	-3	20	-2	24	-3	21		17	-3	16	-1	19		20	-1	17	-1	204	20.4
4	Elsinore Elevate	35		19		21		22	-2	18		17	-1	15		16		16	-2	15	-1	194	19.4
5	Hammertime 2.0	27	-1	19		19		21	-2	19		16	-2	13	-1	16		17		14	-3	181	18.1
6	Four Warned XP	26	-4	15	-1	20	-1	21	-2	18	-1	16	-1	12	-3	16		18		13	-2	175	17.5
7	Ranch TNT SDAZ	28	-2	16	-1	19		21		17		13	-2	12		15		15	-1	14		170	17.0
8	Redline XP	24	-1	16		17		17		17		15	-1	11	-2	11	-1	16	-1	13		157	15.7
9	SDC Rhedux	24	-1	14		16	-2	16	-3	15	-1	14	-2	10		14		15	-1	13		151	15.1
10	Girls Will Be Girls	24	-1	13		15	-3	17	-1	14		14	-1	13		14		13	-2	13		150	15.0
11	Adorable AF	20	-2	14		15	-1	19		11		13		11		11	-2	14		10	-3	138	13.8
12	Chicken Bolts	16	-5	13	-2	15	-2	12	-4	12		13	-2	13	-1	12		10	-5	13	-1	129	12.9
13	Mercenaries	21		12		13	-2	17		12	-1	14		9	-1	11		9	-4	10	-1	128	12.8
14	Air Raid XP	21		10	-1	15	-2	10	-8	13	-1	14		7	-4	11		13	-1	10	-3	124	12.4
15	AeroGiRhls	12		8	-1	11	-1	14		9		8	-1	7		10		8		8	-1	95	9.5
16	Perris 3 D & Dan	13		9	-1	11	-1	5	-3	8		8		8	-1	8	-1	8	-1	8		86	8.6

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Hammertime at the USPA Nationals 2026

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