New · $10 lineDec · Jan · Feb open
$10to enter
- Up to 8,192 walkers, groups of 8
- Runs at whatever size fills, minimum 8
- $11 by card · $10 in USDC
- 80% of entries is the prize pool
Lucilla Step Challenge · one walker, one entry
You don't have to beat a field of 8,192. Just finish top two of 8.
Every round you're drawn into a group of 8 at random. Out-walk 6 of them and you're through to the next one. Do that 3 times at a full field — or fewer times at a smaller one — and you have won money.
Free to register. Nobody is charged before registration closes, 72 hours before the start. A short field runs smaller; below 8 people it is cancelled and nobody pays anything.
The $50 lineEvery month
$50to enter
- Up to 8,192 walkers, groups of 8
- Up to 6 rounds, 27 days
- $52 by card · $50 in USDC
- 80% of entries is the prize pool
Both lines start on the first Monday of the month at 00:00 Toronto time, and Lucilla keeps 20% of entries. No place is ever paid less than the entry fee. Entries are paid on the web here, in the iPhone app, or in the Lucilla Android app we distribute directly — the Google Play version has the free features only.
$50 line · show me a field of
8,192 is the largest field this event sells. Everything below — the prizes, the rounds, the calendar — is for that size. Pick a smaller one and all of it changes with it; the tournament runs at whatever size registration actually closes on.
up to 8,192
walkers in the field — 6 rounds, 27 days end to end at that size
up to 128
finish in the money — a full field pays every one of them, from $619.42 up
$50
entry — $52 by card, free to register
The prize ladder at 8,192 walkers — the ceiling
8,192 is the largest field this event sells, and this is what it would pay: 6 rounds. Finish top 2 in your group 3 times and you're in the money; do it 5 times and you're in the final — one last group of 8, ranked 1st to 8th.
- 1stWon the final$103,322.99
- 2ndRunner-up in the final$41,327.88
- 3–43rd–4th in the final · 2 people, each$20,663.94
- 5–85th–8th in the final · 4 people, each$10,333.61
- 9–32Out in round 5 (last 32) · 24 people, each$1,704.24
- 33–128Out in round 4 (last 128) · 96 people, each$619.42
Bars show each row's share of the prize pool.
Those are the figures for a field of 8,192: $409,600 in, $327,680 back out — 80% of every entry, and there is no second pool it can leak into. They are not what another size pays. The pool is 80% of the stakes actually taken, and a place that would pay less than the entry fee is removed and its money shared among the places that remain — so a smaller field pays fewer people, not everybody less. Whatever the field, the whole pool goes out on the ladder: nothing is held back, and nothing is left over for the champion to sweep up.
At 8,192 walkers, reach the last 128 and you've won $619.42 on a $50 entry.
That is 3 top-two finishes — get through your group of 8 3 times and you are in the money, from $619.42 at the bottom of the ladder to $103,322.99 at the top. A smaller field pays fewer places, so it takes fewer wins to reach them.
Every dollar goes onto the ladder.
No side pool, no consolation pot, nothing held back for anything else — $327,680 of the $409,600 taken at this size is paid to the 128 people on the list above. Whatever places survive the entry-fee floor, the pool is split across all of them and none of it is kept back.
Every field size
It runs at whatever size it fills to.
8 people is a tournament. Registration is free, the field closes, and it then runs at the size it actually reached, paying that size's prizes. Below 8 it does not run and nobody is charged. Tap any row to send the rest of this page — the ladder, the rounds and the calendar — to that size.
| Walkers | Rounds | Days | Paid | 1st | 2nd | 3rd–4th | 5th–8th | 9th–32nd | 33rd–128th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | 2 | $228.57 | $91.42 | — | — | — | — | |
| 2 | 11 | 8 | $581.81 | $232.71 | $116.35 | $58.18 | — | — | |
| 3 | 15 | 8 | $2,327.24 | $930.86 | $465.43 | $232.75 | — | — | |
| 4 | 19 | 32 | $7,889.39 | $3,155.65 | $1,577.82 | $789.03 | $130.13 | — | |
| 5 | 23 | 128 | $25,830.74 | $10,331.97 | $5,165.98 | $2,583.40 | $426.06 | $154.85 | |
| 6 | 27 | 128 | $103,322.99 | $41,327.88 | $20,663.94 | $10,333.61 | $1,704.24 | $619.42 |
Fewer people, fewer prizes — not smaller ones
Read down a column and the prize shrinks with the field, because the pot is 80% of the entries actually taken. Read across a row and places simply stop being paid: a place that would hand back less than the entry fee is removed, and its money goes to the places above it. That is why 8 walkers pay 2 places and not 128.
If the number is in between
Real fields are not round numbers. A field of 40 plays down to the 32 bracket first, in an extra qualifying round — and the earliest registrations skip that round entirely. Sign up early and you are the one sitting it out. The prizes are then that bracket's prizes, worked out from every entry taken.
The format · at 8,192 walkers
A group of 8 in front of you, 6 times over.
Eight walkers. Not eight thousand.
Every round you're drawn into a group of eight, at random, from everyone still standing. You are never ranked against the whole field — only against the seven people beside you.
Your steps, verified by your watch
Your wearable-verified step total for that round's window is your score. No handicap, no age bands, no adjustment — the number your watch recorded is the number that counts.
Top two go through. Six go home.
Finish first or second in your group and you're in the next round. The other six are out — one round, one ranking, no appeal and no second chance. It is the same test every round, against seven different people.
R1 · 8,192
R2 · 2,048
R3 · 512
R4 · 128
Final 8
$103,322.99
Schematic. 2 of every 8 advance, so the field divides by 4 each round — groups are drawn at random among everyone still standing at the start of every round, so there is no seeding and no bracket to scout.
Round schedule · 8,192 walkers
Round 1 runs 7 days — the get-your-watch-working week. Every round after it is 3, with one quiet day between rounds while steps are validated.
Round 1
Days 1–7
8,192 walking · 1,024 groups → 2,048 through
Round 2
Days 9–11
2,048 walking · 256 groups → 512 through
Round 3
Days 13–15
512 walking · 64 groups → 128 through
Round 4
Days 17–19
128 walking · 16 groups → 32 through
Everyone who reaches this round is paid
Round 5
Days 21–23
32 walking · 4 groups → 8 through
The final
Days 25–27
8 walking · 1 group → 1 champion
One group of 8, ranked 1–8 on 3 days of steps
Before you enter
What you actually need — and one thing you can't have yet.
Required
The Lucilla app — iPhone or Android
Free on the App Store and Google Play. It verifies your phone, connects your watch, shows the group you've been drawn into, and holds the wallet your winnings land in. Paying an entry is not in the store versions: you pay on the web or in the Lucilla Android app we distribute directly.
Required
A supported wearable
Apple Watch, Fitbit, Pixel Watch, Wear OS, Samsung, Garmin, Amazfit, Polar, COROS or Huawei. One device, connected to your own account — a watch already competing on another account cannot enter twice.
Required
18+, and a card or USDC — but not yet
Registering is free and costs nothing today. You only pay once registration closes, 72 hours before the start, and you have until 24 hours before the start to do it — and only if at least eight people registered, because below that the tournament is cancelled and nobody is charged. Winnings are paid in USDC to the Lucilla wallet inside the app.
Register free
A free Lucilla account, the name you want on the board, and the watch you'll be walking with. No card, no wallet, no payment — and your place is held from the moment you register.
Install the app, connect your watch
Lucilla on iPhone or Android, phone verified, a supported watch connected. The watch is the referee, and a watch that isn't reporting is a forfeit.
Pay only when registration closes
Registering is free. Registration closes 72 hours before the start and payment opens then — you have until 24 hours before the start to pay, and nobody is charged before registration closes. The tournament runs at whatever size the field closed on, provided that is at least eight people. Fewer than eight and it is cancelled with nobody charged. Miss the payment window and your place goes to the next person in line.
Finish top two in your group
Round 1 runs a week, every round after it is three days, with one quiet day between rounds while the steps are validated.
Finish in the money
How many top-two finishes that takes depends on the field. At a full 8,192 it is three — three wins is the last 128, and every one of them is paid. At a smaller field the ladder is shorter and the money starts later: no place is ever paid less than the entry fee, so the places that would have been are removed and their share goes to the ones that remain. Winnings are paid in USDC to the wallet inside the app.
Download on the App StoreGet it on Google Play
The store apps connect your watch and show your group; paying an entry happens on the web, in the iPhone app, or in the Lucilla Android app we distribute directly (not the Google Play version). Card checkout adds the processor's cut ($52 for $50, $11 for $10); in USDC from your Lucilla wallet you pay the stake exactly.
Creator tournaments
Walk in a tournament a creator is hosting.
Same format as the monthly lines: groups of 8, the top two go through, 80% of entries is the prize pool. Each creator sets the entry, the field and the start date. You join and pay in the Lucilla app.
Beyond the monthly lines
Host one, bring a friend, get it back if it's called off.
Creators
Host your own tournament
- Approved creators set a $10, $25 or $50 entry
- Field of 8, 16, 32 or 64
- Starts on a Monday 7 to 90 days out
- The host earns half of Lucilla's 20% on each paid entry
- A host can cancel only while nobody has paid
- Design your tournament card (banner, logo, description, socials) in the app or at lucilla.app/web
Referrals
Bring a friend
- A friend who signs up with your code earns you a share of their first 10 paid games
- Step matches: 4% of the pot (80% of the 5% match fee)
- Tournaments: half of Lucilla's fee on each paid entry
- One code per tournament, entered at entry and changeable until you pay
- Pending at payment, owed when the tournament starts, paid after the start in USDC to your wallet; void if it is cancelled or the seat is refunded
If it's cancelled
Every paid seat comes back
- If a tournament with paid entries is cancelled, every paid seat is refunded automatically
- Card entries go back to the card, which takes 5–10 business days to show
- USDC entries are returned by hand from the Lucilla treasury to the wallet that paid
Save your spot
Free. Sign in, and your place is held from that moment. We'll email you the moment registration closes so you can pay $52 and lock it in — you have until 24 hours before the start. Before then, get the app and connect your watch; that's what your steps are counted through.
8,192 of 8,192 still open.
The awkward questions
Answered before you have to ask them.
The 14 things people ask before they enter — the format, the money, the watch, and what happens when something goes wrong.
Ask us something elseThe Lucilla Step Challenge is a skill-based competition. Every round is decided entirely by the verified step counts of the 8 entrants in a group — there is no element of chance in the result, no draw for prizes, and no house edge. Groups are drawn at random among everyone still standing, which affects who you are ranked beside, never who wins. Entrants must be 18 or older. Void where prohibited by law. The prize pool is 80% of the entries actually taken, so every prize depends on the size of the field that registers. Lucilla keeps the other 20%. Figures labelled as the 8,192 ceiling are what a full $50-line field would pay and are not a promise about a smaller one. No place is ever paid less than the entry fee: places that would pay less than that are removed and the pool is shared among the places that remain, so a smaller field pays fewer people rather than paying everybody less. A tournament runs at whatever size registration closes on, provided at least 8 people registered; below that it is cancelled and nobody is charged. If a tournament with paid entries is cancelled, every paid seat is refunded. Paid entries are not available in the Google Play or App Store versions of the app. Full terms are in the Official Rules.
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