Beat the box

Beat the box is a fun and competitive tournament format that allows players to play against similar rated players. Are you ready to beat the box?

What is Beat the box?

Compete in boxes and move up or down based on your performance. Each box can consist of 4, 8 or 16 players where everyone gets to play against each other in each set. It is like running multiple Americanos at the same time while playing Mexicano in the same tournament.

Rules for beat the box

In Beat the box, it is not predetermined who you will play against, but the order of play depends on the results of previous matches, which makes this a performance based tournament format.

• Chance determines who you play with and against in your first 3, 7 or 15 matches depending on the box size.
• In each box all players will get to play together.
• Each set consists of 3, 7 or 15 matches depending on the box size.
• Each set is determined by the performance of previous matches.
• The better you play, the more similar opponents you will have.

How do you score?

In Beat the box you score as you like. You could go for the standard 15, 30, 40 and game or receive a point for each won ball.

• Each match is played for a certain number of points. Usually 16, 24 or 32. The matches can also be played for a predetermined time period of 10-20 minutes.
• Each team serves 2 times. The serve is then passed to the opponent.
• Each ball won gives one point to the winning team
• When a match is over, the score is recorded and then transferred to the individual players. If a 24 point match ends 10-14, players 1 and 2 get 10 points each. Players 3 and 4 get 14 points each.

How to organize a Beat the box tournament?

To play Beat the box you need at least 8 participants. The amount of players needs to be evenly divisible by 4, 8 or 16 depending on the box size.

• The number of padel courts needed for a Beat the box tournament depends on the number of participants. Usually 4 players per court.
• It is required that the number of courts corresponds to the number of players.
• It is good to mix players at different padel levels.
• The normal playing time for a Beat the box tournament is about 1.5 - 3 hours depending on the box size.