STM February 2026
This is where you qualify for the Stupid Tetris Monthly Crunch Mode Championship!
If you're brand new, here's the overall CTM rules.
- Click 'Start Qualifier' when you're, like, ready to actually qualify.
- You'll be taken to a screen that gives you an AUTH WORD. This will be used to timestamp your qualifying session.
- You'll also see the form to submit your scores and your VOD link and stuff.
Don't click the button below unless you're really ready to stream and ready to qualify.
Tournament Format and Rules
QUALIFYING DEADLINE: February 1st at 1200UTC (noon). (For US Americans who need help, this is 7am in New York, 6am in Austin, 5am in Denver, 4am in Los Angeles). The qualifying deadline will display in the Events tab in the CTM discord.
WITHDRAWAL DEADLINE: You may withdraw your qualifier without penalty before February 2nd at 1200UTC.
STRUCTURE: STM Masters is a 16-player bracket, with no 500k left behind. Elimination format TBD. The bracket will expand to include any player who attains even one 500k score in quals (maximum 32 players).
SEEDING: Players are seeded in order of their qualifying averages. If two players average is a tie, the tiebreaker is earliest date of qualifer submission.
FORMAT: All tournament matches are best-of-nine, with the highest score at topout winning each game.
GAME MODE: The format of this tournament is CRUNCH 4-WIDE. All qualifying and tournament games must be played on CRUNCH setting F.
PLAYSTYLE: Any playstyle is allowed.
LEVEL: Qualifers may start only on Level 29. LINECAP must be set to 39 2xKS.
SCHEDULING: The tournament is scheduled in groups of 2 or 3 matches by a scheduler according to player and streamer availability.
PIECES: SAME PIECE SETS WILL NOT BE USED. This mode doesn't have that setting on the Tetris Gym cartridge. RIP.
PLAYER IDENTITY: Players must stream with both face and hands visible on camera. By participating in a tournament, players agree to be streamed on our various livestreaming platforms and to allow CTM to use the recorded footage in our public archives and other video content. Players must conform to the Terms and Conditions of the various platforms involved with the tournament (e.g. Twitch, Discord).
GAME INTEGRITY: Upon topping out, players should remain on the top out screen. Players should not excessively "rage quit" back to the level select screen.