WHO WILL HOIST THE CUP AND BE THE NEXT CHAMPION?
The home of the Classic Tetris World Championship for many years, the Portland Retro Gaming Expo hosts the 3rd annual Jonas Cup!
So much history resides at this Expo, and we will continue to make magical moments as we celebrate and honor the life of the GOAT, Jonas Neubauer, with the North American DAS (Delayed Auto Shift) tournament he made famous for so many years.
EVENT DETAILS:
WHERE: Portland Retro Gaming Expo
Oregon Convention Center
777 NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd
Portland, OR 97232
WHEN: October 9-11, 2026
TICKETS: Purchase your tickets here: https://www.retrogamingexpo.com/admission2026.php
REGISTRATION
To register, please follow this link: https://www.start.gg/tournament/ctwc-jonas-cup-2026/details
QUALIFYING FORMAT & RULES
The Qualifying Round will determine the seeding of a 48-player Gold tournament and 32-player Silver tournament.
- Entry fee is $50 (plus applicable fees from Start.gg). The entry fee entitles each player to a live 90-minute qualifying session.
- 2 Qualifying rounds will be held on Friday, October 9 in the CTWC area from 3:00PM-4:30PM & 5:00PM-6:30PM PDT
- 1 Qualifying round will be held on Saturday, October 10 in the CTWC area from 10:30AM-12:00PM PDT
- Qualifying attempts will be on type A Tetris for highest score.
- Players will be provided name-tags to affix to their assigned television. At the end of each game for which a player would like to have their score recorded, players must leave their game on the rocket screen and raise their hand to call a judge. (Do not proceed to the high score screen. If you have maxed-out three times, you could lose a good kicker score this way!) The judge will then snap a picture of the screen and show it to the player for approval. Once a player approves the photo, the player may continue on to the next game.
- We will be using the “multiple maxout rule”. In this format, points scored in excess of a million points do not count. Instead, the player will be awarded with a “maxout.” Seeding will be determined by most maxouts scored, with ties broken by comparing the highest non-maxout score. For instance, if Joe and Bob have 3 max-outs each, and Joe’s highest non-maxout score is 956k, and Bob’s is 922k, Joe will earn the higher seed.
- When a player’s 90 minutes have ended, they will be allowed to finish whatever game is currently in progress.
- The top 48 seeds will compete in the Gold Tournament.
- Note: In a 48-seed bracket, the top 16 seeds effectively earn a “bye” out of Round 0. The bottom 32 seeds must compete in Round 0 to reach Round 1.
Silver Tournament Rounds will be completed on Saturday October 10. In the event the tournament runs over the allotted time, the semifinals and finals will be played on Sunday October 11 prior to the start of the Top 8 Gold bracket. - Rounds 1-3 matches in the Silver Tournament will be best-of-three.
- Semifinals and Finals will be best-of-five.
- All matches must be played on level 18.
- All other rules from the Gold bracket will apply here.
SCHEDULE
Friday Qualifying & Side Events (All times in PDT)
- 12:00PM-2:30PM | Tetris Relay Tournament
- 3:00PM-4:30PM | Qualifying Session 1
- 5:00PM-6:30PM | Qualifying Session 2
- 7:00PM-9:30PM | MindMeld Tournament
Saturday Qualifying & Tournament (All times in PDT)
- 10:30AM-12:00PM | Qualifying Session 3
- 12:15PM | Qualifying Ends. Brackets to be finalized
- 12:45PM | Top 48 Gold and Top 32 Silver Photo
- 1:00PM-4:00PM | Round 0 Begins (Blocks A0-D0)
- 1:00PM-7:30PM | Silver Tournament
- 4:30PM-7:30PM | Round 1 Begins (Blocks A1-D1)
Sunday Brackets (All times in PDT)
Gold Top 16
- 10:00AM-10:30AM | Top 16 Photo & Tetris Anthem
- 10:30AM-12:00PM | Top 16
Gold Top 8
- 12:30PM-1:30PM | Top 8
Gold Top 4
- 1:30PM-2:30PM | Semifinal 1
- 2:30PM-3:30PM | Semifinal 2
Jonas Cup Final
- 3:30PM-5:00PM | Final
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