Season 2026
World's Best
Tester 2026
The global software testing competition. Six continents, one season, and a surprise application waiting to be broken.
Compete in your regional edition and win your place at the world final.
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Competitions in play
Events are hosted by communities, conferences, universities and companies around the world. Everything runs in the browser — no install, and for online events, no travel.
PSTQB Testing Cup 2026
The Testing Cup is a unique competition entirely dedicated to software testing professionals and everyone professionally involved in the development and quality assurance of information systems. Its goal is to bring the testing community together through a challenging and healthy competition, recognising and rewarding those who demonstrate outstanding software testing skills.
- Gather
- 12 Oct 2026, 09:00
- Starts
- 12 Oct 2026, 10:00
- Ends
- 12 Oct 2026, 13:00
- Time zone
- Lisbon — WEST (UTC+01:00)
- Where
- Portugal
Portugal
World's best Tester - DACH event
The World's Best Tester DACH Challenge 2026 is a unique online competition for software testing professionals across Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. Organized by A4Q and proudly supported by iSQI, ASQF, ISTQB Regional boards (GTB , ATB, and STB), and GASQ, this event celebrates software testing excellence and brings together the DACH testing community for an exciting hands-on challenge.
- Starts
- 20 Oct 2026, 10:00
- Ends
- 20 Oct 2026, 13:00
- Time zone
- Berlin — CEST (UTC+02:00)
- Where
- DACH (Austria, Germany, Switzerland)
DACH
World's best Tester - Africa qualifier
The World's Best Tester Africa Qualifier 2026 is a unique online competition for software testing professionals across Africa. Organized by A4Q and proudly supported by iSQI and GASQ, this event celebrates software testing excellence and brings together the african testing community for an exciting hands-on challenge. The competition will be held fully in english.
World’s Best Tester at Testing Assembly 2026
This year, Testing Assembly hosts the Finnish qualification round for the World's Best Tester Cup. This is a great opportunity for teams of 1-3 people to compete in their testing skills for some fame and prizes. It is a friendly but serious software testing competition. Teams of testers connect to our online competition platform, receive a surprise application to test (the “System Under Test”), and race against the clock to find and report the best bugs. There is a two-hour window to plan, execute, and report testing. Our judges score every team on the quality of their testing and reporting, and the best teams win. Do you and your friends have what it takes?
- Starts
- 04 Nov 2026, 10:45
- Ends
- 04 Nov 2026, 12:45
- Time zone
- Helsinki — EET (UTC+02:00)
- Where
- Finland · Hotel Presidentti, Helsinki
Finland
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Hotel Presidentti, Helsinki
World's best Tester - North America qualifier
The World's Best Tester North America Qualifier 2026 is a unique online competition for software testing professionals across North America. Organized by A4Q and proudly sponsored by iSQI and in collaboration with CSTB. The competition will be held fully in english.
- Gather
- 06 Nov 2026, 10:30
- Starts
- 06 Nov 2026, 11:00
- Ends
- 06 Nov 2026, 14:00
- Time zone
- Toronto — EST (UTC-05:00)
- Where
- North America (Canada, United States)
North America
World's best Tester - South Eastern Europe qualifier
The World's Best Tester South Eastern Europe Qualifier 2026 is a unique online competition for software testing professionals across South Eastern Europe. Organized by A4Q and proudly sponsored by iSQI. The competition will be held fully in english.
World's best Tester - LATAM qualifier
The World's Best Tester LATAM Qualifier 2026 is a unique online competition for software testing professionals across South Eastern Europe. Organized by A4Q and proudly sponsored by iSQI. The competition will be held fully in english.
How it works
From sign-up to the podium
Four steps. You bring the testing brain; we take care of everything else.
Sign up with a team
Register for an event with your name, your email and a team name. Competing alone is fine — you're simply a team of one.
Get your login
We build every account and every team ourselves, so all teams start equal. Your credentials arrive by email before the day.
Test the surprise app
The clock starts, the application appears, and it's on. Plan, hunt, and file reports a developer could actually act on.
Get judged & ranked
Judges read every submission against the same criteria, then the results go out by email — at the time your organizer announced, or within a few days.
The competition day
What actually happens
Every organizer builds their own day, so the clock changes from event to event. The shape of it does not.
Warm-up
Everyone connects, checks their setup, and hears the briefing. Questions get answered while they're still cheap.
The competition
The application is revealed and the window opens. Reports only count while the clock is running — when it stops, it stops.
Judging
Judges work through every team's submissions. Nothing is scored automatically — a human being reads what you wrote.
The results
Sent by email, at the time your organizer announced or within a few days of the competition.
Times are set per event and always published in advance. See a full example day →
Two ways to compete
Online or in person
Same platform, same kind of application, same judging. What changes is where you sit — and how loud the room gets when the winners are announced.
In person
A venue arranged by the organizer — often inside a conference, a university, or a company office.
- Tables, power and internet are provided; you bring your laptop
- Every team in one room, working against the same clock
- An awards moment on stage that people remember
Online
Compete from wherever you are. The organizer opens a meeting space — Discord, Teams, Zoom — and everyone joins it.
- No travel, and a whole country can take part at once
- Announcements and questions run through the meeting space
- Results announced by email
Why compete
What you take home
Win or not, a few hours of competitive testing teaches more than a month of comfortable testing.
Testing under real pressure
Unknown software, a hard deadline, and no requirements document. Exactly the situation nobody prepares you for.
Recognition that travels
Certificates, prizes chosen by your organizer, and a result worth putting on your professional profile.
A global community
You compete alongside testers from communities on six continents — and meet the ones in your own city.
AI, out in the open
AI tools are allowed and encouraged. Using them with judgement is part of what gets rewarded, not something to hide.
Bring it to your community
Conferences, user groups, universities and companies host World Best Tester events around the world. We bring the platform, the application, the judges and the scoring — you bring the people and the occasion.
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