The city of brotherly love gets the 2026-2027 season in the States started as our east coast stars convene to battle it out for the regional title!

TICKETS

Purchase your tickets here using our unique CTWC Philly link!

DETAILS

WHEN: June 26-28
WHERE: Greater Philadelphia Expo Center | 100 Station Avenue Oaks, PA 19456

HALL A, B, C: Marketplace / Arcade / Consoles
Friday, June 26: 2pm – 9pm
Saturday, June 27: 11am – 9pm
Sunday, June 28: 11am – 5pm

HALL D & E: Main Stages
Friday, June 26: 2pm – 10pm
Saturday, June 27: 11am – 10pm
Sunday, June 28: 11am – 5pm

TETRIS DETAILS

REGISTRATION

Competitors can register for the event via our Start.gg link here https://www.start.gg/tournament/ctwc-philly-2026-regional-tournament/details

FORMAT

Each player will have 1 hour to qualify for a 16 player Gold tournament. The next 16 highest scores after that will play in a Silver tournament.
Round 1 & 2 will be Best-of-3.
Semifinals & Finals will be Best-of-5.

NEW FOR 2026 – We will be using the “qualifying point (QP) system”.
In this format, players scoring in excess of a million points WILL count. Players will play on a modified version of classic Tetris that allows the player to exceed the “maxout” score of 999,999 and “uncap” the score so that it is calculated in a 7-digit format. Players earn “qualifying points” for reaching the 1 million score threshold and continue to receive “qualifying points” for every 100k earned in score.
The qualifying point system works as follows:

0-999,998 – 0 QP (your high score will be considered your “qualifying score” and recorded the same as in previous years)
999,999-1,099,999 – 2 QP
1,100,000-1,199,999 – 1 additional QP
1,200,000-1,299,999 – 1 additional QP
1,300,000-1,399,999 – 1 additional QP
1,400,000-1,499,999 – 1 additional QP
1,500,000-1,599,999 – 1 additional QP
1,600,000-1,699,999 – 1 additional QP
1,700,000-1,799,999 – 1 additional QP
1,800,000-1,899,999 – 1 additional QP
1,900,000-1,999,999 – 1 additional QP
2,000,000+ – 2 additional QP

Potential max “qualifying points” in a single game: 13

Seeding will be determined by the qualifying points accrued during the qualifier, with ties broken by comparing the highest score. For instance, if Joe and Bob have 3 “qualifying points” each, and Joe’s highest score is 956k, and Bob’s is 922k, Joe will earn the higher seed.

Friday June 26: Tetris Side Events & Qualifying
4:00pm-5:00pm | Tetris Qualifying Session 1
5:15pm-6:15pm | Tetris Qualifying Session 2
6:30pm-8:30pm | Tetris Relay (subject to change)

Saturday June 27: Tetris Qualifying & Tournament
11:30am-12:30pm | Tetris Qualifying Session 3
12:45pm-1:45pm | Tetris Qualifying Session 4
2:30pm-8:00pm | Tetris Gold & Silver Tournament

DR MARIO DETAILS

General rules

The cost of entry will be $10.
The signup period will be on Sunday, June 28th from 11am to 11:45am and the tournament will begin at 12pm. 
This year’s regional will not feature qualifying rounds.  Every player who enters will be placed into a double-elimination bracket.  DrMC veteran players will be seeded to ensure fair matchups while new players will be randomly placed elsewhere into the bracket.

In early rounds, the game will be set to Level 11/MED Speed. 
Matches in the top/winner’s bracket will be a best-of-five set of games (crowns), while matches in the lower/loser’s bracket will be a sudden death single game (crown) match. Once the double elimination bracket is reduced to 8 players, all matches will be played at Level 14/HI Speed.

Prizes

The winner of the DrMC Philadelphia Regional will get free admission to the 2026 DrMC Grand Championship, a chance to compete for the DrMC Grand Championship top seed, a cash prize, and a trophy!

Schedule

Sunday June 28

11:00am-11:45am | Dr. Mario tournament signups
12:00pm-5:00pm | Dr. Mario tournament bracket