FMC under the Mistletoe 2026

Date: Dec 19 - 20, 2026
City: Multiple Cities, Multiple Countries (World)
Venue: Multiple Cities
Address: Multiple Locations
Details: See the locations tab for more information about venue locations
Contact: Organization team
Organizers: Tristan Patrick and Warren Morris
WCA Delegates: Andrés Hisashi Suzuki Cabrera, Ben Bergen, Calvin Nielson, Chris Martin, Minseo Gu (구민서), Nguyễn Hải Dương, Niko Ronkainen, Robert Alan Marks, Sarah Strong, Stone Payne, Thomas Schukraft, Tomi Ronkainen, and Tristan Patrick

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Information

FMC under the Mistletoe will be held in multiple locations across the globe on Saturday, December 19, 2026 from 17:00 UTC until 21:00 UTC. Please pay attention to the date and time zone of your location.

Locations and their respective registration numbers can be found here. For all locations with a field labelled TBD, registrations will be accepted in the order they were submitted in after the location is finalised.

Locations may be added until December 4, 2026 23:59 UTC so if there isn't a location near you yet contact your local Delegate.

Events
Main event

Number of times bookmarked: 30

Registration period: Online registration opened and will close .
Registration requirements: Create a WCA account here if you don't have one.
If this is not your first competition, associate your WCA ID to your WCA account here.
Register for this competition here.
There is no competitor limit.
Registering for this competition is free.
No on the spot registrations will be accepted.

To register successfully, fill out the registration form and enter the city name followed by the country of the location you want to compete at in the comment field. Example: "Fredericksburg, Virginia, USA" or "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", with the state/province/etc. as needed by your region.

Do not write anything else in this field! To see a list of all FMC under the Mistletoe 2026 locations, look at the locations tab.

Registration fees are different depending on which location you sign up for and are listed on the locations tab.

If there is a registration fee, it will need to be paid online or at the venue of your competing location, according to that location's registration rules. The price at each location can be found in the locations tab.

Even if your registration is accepted before you pay, you are still responsible for paying the appropriate registration fee, if there is one.

On-the-spot registration will not be allowed unless explicitly written in the registration requirement of the individual venue.

Waiting lists will be handled on a per-venue basis.

Africa

Asia

Europe

North America

Oceania

South America

Africa

Locations may be added until December 4th 23:59 UTC so if there isn't a location near you yet contact your local Delegate.
Any questions specific to a particular venue should be directed to relevant delegates.
Venues labelled 'Private Residence' will have the address communicated to confirmed competitors closer to the date, contact the relevant delegate with any questions.

Country	City	Delegate	Location	Address	Price	Method of Payment	Time Zone	Competitor Limit	OTS Registrations
TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	0/TBA	Y/N

Asia

Country	City	Delegate	Location	Address	Price	Method of Payment	Time Zone	Competitor Limit	OTS Registrations
Vietnam	Hanoi	Nguyễn Hải Dương	Flex Space - Coworking Office (Meeting Room, 2nd Floor)	33 Dich Vu 2, Mo Lao Urban Zone, Ha Dong, Hanoi	Free	N/A	UTC+7	3/6	No

Europe

Country	City	Delegate	Location	Address	Price	Method of Payment	Time Zone	Competitor Limit	OTS Registrations
Finland	Helsinki	Niko Ronkainen, Tomi Ronkainen	VERK	Sörnäistenkatu 1, 00580 Helsinki	Free	N/A	UTC+2	2/20	No
Germany	Künzelsau	Thomas Schukraft	Private Residence	Private Residence	3 EUR	Cash	UCT+1	2/6	No
Germany	Grevenbroich	Sébastien Auroux	Private Residence	Private Residence	5 EUR	Cash	UCT+1	3/8	No

North America

Country	City	Delegate	Location	Address	Price	Method of Payment	Time Zone	Competitor Limit	OTS Registrations
United States	Fredericksburg, Virginia	Stone Payne, Rue Clippinger	Fredericksburg Library - Theater	1201 Caroline St, Fredericksburg, VA 22401	Free	N/A	EST (UTC-5)	11/24	No
United States	Sacramento, California	Chris Martin	Private Residence	Private Residence	TBD	TBD	PST (UTC-8)	0/20	No
United States	Santa Clara, California	Robert Alan Marks, Calvin Nielson	Santa Clara University SCDI 3302	500 El Camino Real, Santa Clara, CA 95053	Free	Competitors at this location are required to fill out and submit SCU's liability form prior to competing. This will be collected at a later time.	PST (UTC-8)	2/24	No
Canada	Toronto, Ontario	Sarah Strong	OISE Room OI 4426	252 Bloor St W, Toronto, ON M5S 1V6	Free	N/A	EST (UTC-5)	3/30	No
United States	Pflugerville, Texas	Thai Bui, Tristan Patrick	Private Residence	Private Residence	Free	N/A	UTC-6	4/8	No

Competitors attending the Sacramento, California location should be advised of cat allergies within the premises.

Oceania

Country	City	Delegate	Location	Address	Price	Method of Payment	Time Zone	Competitor Limit	OTS Registrations
TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	0/TBA	Y/N

South America

Country	City	Delegate	Location	Address	Price	Method of Payment	Time Zone	Competitor Limit	OTS Registrations
Perú	Lima	Andrés Hisashi Suzuki Cabrera	Residencial Colombia	Av. Colombia 247	15 PEN (Peruvian Sol)	Plin/Yape: 936031847	UTC-5	2/20	No

Waiting lists will be handled on a per-venue basis. See the waitlist for each venue here.

Time limit

If you reach the time limit during your solve, the judge will stop you and your result will be DNF (see Regulation A1a4).

Format

The format describes how to determine the ranking of competitors based on their results. The list of allowed formats per event is described in Regulation 9b. See Regulation 9f for a description of each format.