The official rules
The rulebook
Always the latest
The official rules for every Deadly Dozen race. Old copies get passed around: the books on this page are always the current ones, and so is every link to them.
The rulebooks
Deadly Dozen Rulebook
Every race: the Journeys and the 12 Labours, weights, divisions and age groups, judging, penalties and scaling, the track races, the gym races and the special editions.
Version: August 2026Gym Race Rulebook
The gym races in full: Deadly Strong, Erg, Erg 2, Row, Ski, Bike and Air Bike, the machine rules and how pairs split the work.
Version: December 2025Deadly Barbell Rulebook
The six lifts and their standards, the two-rep max, the sixty minutes and the two scores.
Version: March 2026SHARING THE RULES
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never the file
Send people to deadlydozen.com/rulebook. A link always opens the latest book. A saved PDF stays the version it was on the day it was saved.
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Old links to a rulebook, from an email, a group chat or the old website, now open the latest book by themselves.
YOUR NEXT MOVE
See every Labour
The 12 exercises, the weights and the divisions, format by format.