kingfish wrote:

"Not sure why this would favor the light weights since it seems to be a hand strength thing, but in the earlier survivor, two lightweights, Denise and Carter won."

It favors lighter weight players because last time weight was added to each bucket proportional to the player's weight but Grip Strength is not proportional to the player's weight. That is why all the big men dropped out first last time.

I'd predict it comes down to Monica or Tyson.

"Tyson's bucket is lower than the others in V-cap #009"

Players always draw for spots. I think they are drawing for spots in this photo:

So Yellow is NOT necessarily Tyson's bucket.

"one would suppose that he would have bicycler's endurance. Well, leg endurance"

You need Grip Strength endurance for this challenge, legs are not involved. However bicyclist spend hours gripping their handlebars so I'll bet Tyson has good Grip Strength.

"ETA: And Ginger makes a good observation about Tyson. "

Tyson hasn't been wearing the sling, he said in an Extra Video that he is playing up his injury, and Tyson came in 2nd in last week's endurance challenge. This challenge doesn't require his shoulder muscles (Rotator cuff), it's all in the Wrist muscles.

"And for the RI challenge, if they have to crawl down the square channel four times for the boxes"

No, the "Sneak Peak" video shows that you stick your fingers through the netting and push the boxes through it. Advantage Vytas with longest fingers I think.

"Regardless, the hard part of the RI challenge is the Rubic's cube puzzle. Even so, at this point I'd have to guess that Laura could win this. And this could (somehow) fit in with the maternal aspect of the promo clue, it seems like Cierra’s turning on her Mom was edited to be more dramatic than Katie’s. "

Yeah, I too think Laura is the favorite to win this Duel. I wonder if Laura stands in front of her complete puzzle blocking Vytas on the far side from seeing her finished puzzle but she whispers to Tina next to her the solution.