Same names, same phones. Now with a champion.
Pick a format when you start the night. FourUp deals the rounds, banks every player's points and puts the live leaderboard on every phone — and the results still count toward everyone's level.
Pick the night you want.
Americano
8 or 12 players · 2–3 courts · ~1h45
Partners rotate on a fixed schedule so everyone partners everyone exactly once. Each race goes to a points total (16 is the classic); every player banks their team's points. Top total wins the night.
Mexicano
Any roster · uneven levels
Round 1 is seeded; every round after is paired from the live board — 1st + 4th vs 2nd + 3rd — so games get closer as the night goes on. Late arrivals slot in at the bottom.
King of the Court
Bigger groups · zero dead time
Short races (7, 11 or 15). Winners hold their court as a pair while the next two in the queue challenge; after three wins in a row the kings rotate out. Courts run independently.
Rounds, scores, next round — one screen.
Each round deals every court. A court reports its race with one number (the other side auto-fills to the total), and the next round unlocks when every court is in. Edit any score later; the log and the levels re-rate honestly.
Sit-outs are listed, and the preview shows who partners whom next so nobody wanders.
The board is live in everyone's pocket.
Players see their court, their partner, and a score box. When the race hits the total, either team taps in the score — it lands on the organizer's board and the leaderboard updates for everyone.
Points bank, rank arrows, and the mexicano what-if.
Every player's points, rounds played, wins, and how their rank moved. Running an Americano? The board shows what the next round would look like if it were Mexicano — close games, guaranteed.
Winners hold. Challengers rotate in.
Courts run on their own, no rounds. Win and you hold the court; the next two in the queue come at you. After the hold cap (three in a row by default) the kings rotate out so nobody camps a court. Points count for everyone, win or lose.
Questions organizers ask
How long does an Americano take?
About 15 minutes per round at race-to-16: 8 players on 2 courts is 7 rounds, roughly 1h45. Race to 11 is closer to 12 minutes a round. The picker shows the estimate as you set it up.
Who enters the scores?
Anyone on that court, from their own phone — either team — or the organizer. Type one side; the other fills in to the race total. No scoring desk, no runner.
What if the roster isn't a multiple of four?
Americano rotates the sit-outs evenly across the rounds; Mexicano sits the players who've played most. King of the Court simply has a longer queue.
Can players see the leaderboard?
Yes — every phone shows the board live, plus their own points, rank and gap to the next place. No huddle at the whiteboard between rounds.
Do tournament results affect FourUp Levels?
Yes. Every scored game rates exactly like an open-play game, so your Thursday open play and your Saturday tournament feed the same level.
Bring it to your next night.
No plans, no card, no sign-up to run a night. Paste the names and start.