Xonotic Defrag World Championship 2025

Hello Xonoticians!
We proudly present you the Xonotic Defrag World Championship 2025! XDWC is a CTS tournament where we invite everyone to join and have some fun.

FAQ

What is Defrag?
In Xonotic it is played in the CTS (Complete the Stage) mode using the XDF physics set. The goal is to complete a map as fast as possible.

How does XDWC work? (detailed rules further down below)
- Every player can join it at any time!
- 5 (+ warmup) unique and unreleased maps will be played
- Your time and ranking will be converted into a score for each map
- Player with the highest score after all maps will be crowned as the Winner

How do I get better?

Check
MxCrab's guide:
- http://xdf.gg/guide

Also there are two tutorial streams available as VODs:
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crEfpslf-g4
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_-t_Z0Z2ic

Don't be afraid to even ask other players directly! Usually, they can tell you where you can improve or what you're doing wrong.
A good server to practise is "exe.pub | Relaxed Running | CTS/XDF". Detailed results here: https://xdf.gg/

Contact
Webpage: https://xdwc.xdf.gg/
IRC: QuakeNet, #xdwc - https://webchat.quakenet.org/?channels=xdwc
Discord: https://discord.gg/ja7hFeG


Rules

• Each Map (aka. Round) will be played for 1 week (see Schedule) on special servers, which are going to run 24/7.
  
• You do not need to register beforehand to take part in XDWC!
  
• You automatically join the tournament by setting a time on one of the servers listed below.
  
• You do not have to take part in every Round, you can join each Round seperately as you like it. However, you won't be able to submit a time for a round that has already passed.
  
• Your best time in the server rankings will be your time for the Round. The time must be set on an official server (see the list below)! You can NOT run a map locally and submit a time.
  
• Weapon projectiles may not affect any runs other than the one they were fired in. Violating this rule makes your run invalid.
  
• By joining the tournament you agree that we store your username and your results in our databases.
  
• Points calculation formula: SCORE = 1000 * (time_of_the_fastest_competitor/your_time) * 0.988 ^ (pos - 1)
  

Servers

https://xdwc.xdf.gg/xdwc2025/servers/

This year we're open to take donations via PayPal to cover server costs. This way we can make sure to run a smooth event with the best servers possible. Thanks in advance.

If you happen to be able to provide a server, please contact us!


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Donators   :

luke174 - 50,00 EUR
Kozz- - 45,00 EUR

95,00 EUR

Previous donators and current balance can be found on the Discord.

Prize pool by Kool-Aid
1st: 50 EUR | 2nd: 30 EUR | 3rd: 20 EUR

Schedule

Each Round starts at 21:00 UTC! See this page ( https://xdwc.xdf.gg/xdwc2025/schedule/ ) to figure out what it means for your timezone.

12th October 21:00 UTC - 19th October 20:59 UTC - Round 0: xdwc2025-0 by amino
19th October 21:00 UTC - 26th October 20:59 UTC - Round 1: xdwc2025-1 by Kool-Aid & verypotent
26th October 21:00 UTC - 2nd November 20:59 UTC - Round 2: xdwc2025-2 by Freddy
2nd November 21:00 UTC - 9th November 20:59 UTC - Round 3: xdwc2025-3 by verypotent
9th November 21:00 UTC - 16th November 20:59 UTC - Round 4: xdwc2025-4 by jhheight
16th November 21:00 UTC - 23th November 20:59 UTC - Round 5: xdwc2025-5 by Kotangens

2025's XDWC logos are provided by sinety!

Round Review
You can watch the top runs after each Round on MxCrab's Twitch channel: https://www.twitch.tv/MxCrab
Follow the channel or see the Discord for announcements.

Admins
Des; Mirio; morosophos; MxCrab; sinety

Standings

>>> https://xdwc.xdf.gg/ <<<