2026 CTWC Genesis Regional took place at Genesis X3 Expo at San Jose McEnery Convention Center in San Jose, California. It happened on February 13-14, 2026.
The Open tournament, where all playstyles are allowed, happened on Saturday, February 14.
There was a DAS Tournament the day before that.
Qualifying consisted of 1-hour sessions.
The “Classic Tetris Wars (CTW) format” was used to determine seeding rank, where every game awards a certain amount of qualifying points. More info on the qualifying format here.
Top 16 players advanced to the Gold Bracket, where all matches were Best of 5. While everyone else were placed in the Silver Bracket.
Other tournaments can be viewed here
DAS – Gold Bracket | DAS – Silver Bracket | Open – Silver Bracket
2026 CTWC Genesis Regional Timestamps
Qualifying
ClassicTetris
Qualifying Session #1: Vince Clemente, Arbaro, Zempro, ID_Kirby
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Qualifying Session #2: Fractal, Sharky, Brodindamp, Wallbant
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Qualifying Session #3: PixelAndy, Dog, Alex T, Noah Dengler
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ClassicTetris2
Qualifying Session #2: 3arrett, Jojo, aGameScout, Chris Bidwell
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Qualifying Session #3: Zrobot, DukeHogwild, Roncli, Reid
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ClassicTetris3
Qualifying Session #2: Ninja
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Qualifying Session #3: Fheonix, HartAttack, Oop, Sam Z
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Round 1 – Top 16
Match #1: Ninja vs Dog
Match #2: Reid vs Alex T
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Match #3: ID_Kirby vs Zempro
Match #4: Jojo vs PixelAndy
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Match #5: Sharky vs Fractal
Match #6: Sam Z vs Noah Dengler
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Match #7: Wallbant vs Oop
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Match #8: Brodindamp vs Zrobot
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Quarterfinals
Match #1: Alex T vs Wallbant
Match #2: Fractal vs Noah Dengler
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Match #3: ID_Kirby vs PixelAndy
Match #4: Dog vs Zrobot
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Impromptu Interview
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Semifinals
Match #1
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Match #2
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Third-Place Match
Third-Place Match and Finals happened at the same time on different channels
Third Place Match
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Interview with Fourth-Place Finisher
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Finals
Finals Match
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Interview with Third-Place Finisher
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Interview with Runner-up
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Interview with Winner
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Results
- Qualifying Rank
- Gold Bracket
- Silver Bracket
- Prize Pool
- Final Standings
Photos
- aGameScout’s Photos
