Pump it Up duel 2026

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PIU Dance Until Elimination League (DUEL) Tournament

We’re excited to announce a new Pump It Up tournament in Pixel Arcade on 21 February 2026 with a creative ruleset! This tournament will be singles only and all matches will therefore be played head-to-head. 

Players will choose their own songs, and in case of a tie, a random song of the average difficulty of the played songs in the match will be chosen with random selection on the machine. The winner is selected by the highest score, unless the player who picked the song fails the song, in which case the game is awarded to the other player. 

Each match will be 2 out of 3 games until top 4 (depending on the amount of participants, we might broaden the range for 3 out of 5). If a winner is determined before 3 or 5 games, the remaining games in the match will not be played. Players will select a song to fail to reset the cab and let the next players play their match.

Pixel Arcade
Saturday 21 February 2026
Start time 14:30

Registration form
Discord link (contact)

the Monthly Challenge leaderboard (linked here) will determine who you will play against in the tournament. 

Click here for more information on the Monthly challenge

Participants who did not place on the monthly challenge leaderboard will play a seeding, which will take place before the tournament. To facilitate double-elimination for this tournament, we are facing a challenge in terms of time, so please be on time.

  •  Singles-only double bracket tournament
  •  Lower division (9-15) [est. starting time 14:30] & Upper (15-21) [est. starting time 17:30]
  •  Each match starts with Rock, Paper, Scissors (RPS) where the winner gets to decide if they want to choose side or choose which player picks first.
  •  A player can only choose one difficulty chart of a song the entire tournament. This means that if a song has both an S16 and an S18, a player is allowed to play a song twice, by choosing a different difficulty once. Player’s picks will be recorded. Picking a difficulty chart of a song you have already picked in a previous game results in an automatic loss for that game (if you’re not sure, check with organizing staff; check with organizing staff before you choose a song).
  •  Player must pass their own pick. If both players fail, the player who did not pick the song wins the game.
  •  Player who is choosing the song controls the clock. You are NOT allowed to disrupt your opponents while they are changing their settings or not give them any rest! But you are also free to be chivalrous about it, of course
  •  Loser of RPS controls the clock on the final random song pick.
  •  The non-choosing player is allowed to open their modifiers command window, but excessive tampering with the choosing player will result in a warning and potential forfeiture of the game.
  •  Playing on barefeet is NOT allowed! Please use footwear with soles.
  •  Baby powder (stamina powder) and windex (accuracy spray) are NOT allowed! We will provide a towel to wipe the pads, but no substance is to be applied to the pads
  •  Allowed modifiers: BGA DARK, FD, Speed, AV, JT, HJ and noteskins. Any other modifiers are not allowed.

Join the Discord to stay in direct contact with the event organizers