Triple Cross Summer Contest 2026: SPLIT STREAM - Signups Open!

It's time for the Brawl of the Summer! The Ultimate Stepcharting Melee!

Triple Cross Summer Contest 2026: Split Stream is starting up this Sunday (31st May)!!

Join now at www.discord.gg/TripleCross !

This is looking to be one of the biggest Summer Contests yet, as after just 2 days we have over 50 signups!! The more the merrier though and we took steps to try and mitigate some of the work required by participants in anticipation of this being a large event, which you can read more about below!

What has changed since last year?

We have made a couple of significant changes to assist with the workload of both simfile creation and voting in response to our contests growing in participation each year.

The first change is with our overarching contest format! Each theme in the non-VIP weeks has two ways to tackle it, effectively splitting the themes into two groups. When voting opens players are only REQUIRED to vote on files in their own group, however voting on the entire round is still encouraged and will earn bonus points.

We are going back to an 8 round + 3 VIP round format, BUT only a participants top five scoring files across the non-VIP weeks is used for rankings. This means you can min-max your chances of scoring by entering every round or you can skip any 3 rounds you wish.
The files will be merged into one group for results and ALL files will receive points in relation to an exponential curve.

Furthermore there are no forced collaboration rounds this time, but we are re-instating the rule where a participant can enter 3 unique collaborations across the 8 standard rounds. With this rule it means a participant could have a file in BOTH groups if they wish. You can REALLY min-max your scoring potential by making use of these, as your highest scoring file, regardless if it’s a solo or collaborative file, is what earns you points!

The deadlines have also been pushed back an hour to try and better accommodate the EU time zone!

What is the Summer Contest?

Each week the previous winners of the major Triple Cross contests (Summer Contest 2025 and Battle Royale 2026), chrononical and Gameoson, come up with a theme for the week, whether it be finding a song that fits criteria or doing something specific with your stepchart, and everyone battles it out and votes on which they liked best! After the main rounds the participants get whittled down into the VIPs where the overall winner will be crowned!

More information and a full ruleset is available at our server, so please feel free to join if eligible and let's have some fun! These contests are a fantastic way for novice stepcharters to learn the ropes and get amazing constructive feedback, and veterans can enjoy the challenge of going up against some of the most polished stepcharters out there!

www.discord.gg/TripleCross

See you there!