3oston T Parity is the first 2026 CTWC Regional to happen. It took place at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts on January 3-4, 2026. Specifically, MIT Stata Center on Day 1 and Stratton Student Center on Day 2.
Day 1 was the Early Rounds of Gold and Silver Bracket
Day 2 was the Silver Bracket Finals and Gold Bracket Final Four
Qualifying happened primarily online, with in-person sessions available.
Players were given a 75-minute qualifying session. Games featured a Level 39 Super Killscreen or Level 39 halt.
Qualifying format can be viewed here.
Afterwards, the players submitted their highest score and their highest score with DAS. If the player’s highest score was with DAS, they can submit the score for both fields.
Players were seeded based on the average of their 2 submitted scores.
Top 24 players advanced to the Gold Bracket. The remaining 7 players advanced to the Silver Bracket.
This tournament featured a custom rule called “Exhaustion”. Certain inputs cost a certain amount of points, which are deducted from the player’s score.
Input Menu
- 30hz inputs cost 500 points
- 20hz inputs cost 300 points
- Other inputs cost 100 points
- DAS movements are free
All matches are Best of 5, except the Third Place match which had a different format.
3oston T Parity Timestamps
- Round 1 – Top 24
- Silver Bracket – Round 1
- Silver Bracket Semifinals
- Round 2 – Top 16
- Quarterfinals
- Silver Bracket Finals
- Semifinals
- Third Place Match
- Finals
- Results
Round 1 – Top 24
Fractal explains “Exhaustion”
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Match #1: Huffulufugus vs Pinescutely
Match #2: Shake vs Rhubarb
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Match #3: CryticaLapis vs rxs
Match #4: JayPlaysTetris vs Morelando
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Match #5: Eren vs Shqdwnight
Match #6: Dengler vs Rahmations
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Match #7: Katiebug vs Hunterfourz
Match #8: ChaoticHazel vs HydrantDude
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Silver Bracket – Round 1
Match #1: Tapir1729 vs Chris Bidwell
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Match #2: TetrisRanger vs CoreAlign
Match #3: Maxx vs SpaceyTracy
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Silver Bracket Semifinals
Seb had a bye to the Semifinals
Match #1
Match #2
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Round 2 – Top 16
Match #1: CryticaLapis vs Blue Scuti
Match #2: Huffulufugus vs Bland
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Match #3: Tugi vs Rhubarb
Match #4: Morelando vs Meme
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Match #5: Dengler vs Wallbant
Match #6: Coalbucket vs Shqdwnight
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Match #7: Katiebug vs Cobra
Match #8: Gwafey vs HydrantDude
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Quarterfinals
Ava and Opaux explain Padless controller
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Match #1: Tugi vs Meme
Match #2: Huffulufugus vs Blue Scuti
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Match #3: Dengler vs HydrantDude
Match #4: Coalbucket vs Katiebug
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Silver Bracket Finals
Player Intro
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Silver Bracket Finals Match
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Interview with Silver Bracket Runner-up
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Interview with Silver Bracket Winner
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Semifinals
Player Intro – Match #1
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Match #1
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Interview with Loser of Match #1
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Interview with Winner of Match #1
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Player Intro – Match #2
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Match #2
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Interview with Loser of Match #2
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Interview with Winner of Match #2
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Third Place Match
Match is Best of 1, player with lowest score wins the game.
Fractal explains Third Place Match format
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Third Place Match
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Finals
Photo Shoot
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Player Intro
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Finals Match
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Interview with Runner-up
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Interview with Winner
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