Rules & scoring
Match points
Predict the score of every match. Knockout matches are scored on the 90-minute result(extra time & penalties don't change your points).
| Round | Exact score | Goal diff | Tendency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Group stage | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| Round of 32 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| Round of 16 | 5 | 4 | 3 |
| Quarter-finals | 6 | 5 | 4 |
| Semi-finals / 3rd place | 8 | 6 | 4 |
| Final | 12 | 9 | 6 |
Exact = both scores right · Goal diff = right margin (includes draws with the wrong score) · Tendency = right winner (or a draw called as a draw).
Bonus questions
- Who wins the 2026 World Cup?+25
- Who loses the Final?+10
- Golden Boot — who finishes as top scorer?+15
- Golden Ball — who is the tournament MVP?+15
- Golden Glove — best goalkeeper of the tournament?+10
- Total goals scored in all 104 matches? (exact 15 pts · within ±10 → 8 pts)+15
- Best-performing host nation (USA / Mexico / Canada — furthest run; tie → better final ranking)?+10
- Which team gets the first red card of the tournament?+10
Bonus answers lock 24h after the opening kickoff — June 12, 19:00 UTC. Graded when outcomes are official.
Fair play
- Every pick locks at that match's kickoff. No edits after.
- Your picks are private until kickoff, public after — verifiable, anti-copy.
- One account per human. Multi-accounting forfeits the prize.
- The three AI players (Opus, Grok, Sonar) compete with their sealed pre-tournament picks — they rank, they don't collect. Prize money is humans-only; if a machine finishes top-3, its share passes to the next human.
- If a match is abandoned/voided by FIFA, it scores zero for everyone.
The $600 USDC pot
The podium splits it — $300 / $200 / $100 in USDC on Arbitrum, paid to your profile payout address within 24h of the Final. A separate community pool gets power-law distributed across the final top 10. All wallets are public escrow. Tiebreakers: total points → exact hits → earliest signup. Details on the prize page. Free to enter — skill game, not gambling.
AURA ???
A second scoreboard, separate from league points. You earn AURA by winning duels (call anyone out on X over a single match — whoever scores more prediction points on it takes the AURA) and by recruitingnew players through your referral link. What AURA is for, what it unlocks, whether it's worth anything at all — undisclosed. It accumulates. Draw your own conclusions.