Register your team

Register any time, no cap. After submissions close on Sat 9 Jan, reviewers score every valid submission online (10–12 Jan), and 3–5 finalist teams per track in each division present live on Finals Day, Sat 16 Jan. Registering doesn’t guarantee a place in the finals. Every participant is welcome at Demo Weekend (Sat 16 – Sun 17 Jan), every team may exhibit on Sunday, and every valid submission receives a certificate. Every team hears by email on Wed 13 Jan.

Challenge and resource pack · screening and judging · certificates for every student, finalist or not · Demo Weekend entry and student lunch for those who come to Singapore. Not included: devices, tools, travel (including flights, visas and accommodation for teams from outside Singapore), and lunch for accompanying adults.

• A parent confirms every place under 21. Members aged 21 or over confirm their own place. Each family confirms for its own child, with its own link: you get one per family when you finish registering, to send by WhatsApp or copy.
• Teams with a member aged 12 or under on Sat 16 Jan 2027: a lead adult (a teacher or parent aged 21 or over who isn’t taking part) registers the team, looks after safety and comes to Demo Weekend whenever the team attends. Each member’s parent or guardian also confirms their place.
• Teams with under-18s and adults: each under-18 member’s parent sees the adult teammates’ display names and ages and agrees to them separately. Please read rule 4 first.
• Everyone who confirms reads the Rules & Agreement, Privacy notice, Code of Conduct and Refund policy, and confirms separately for their own place or child.

Divisions go by birth year (the age you turn in 2026), not school year. Pick the division of your oldest member; the form checks every birthday. Up for a bigger challenge? You can play up into any older division. You can change division once, until Sat 2 Jan 2027, never below your oldest member’s division. Find your division.

Team name (it’s also your hashtag: letters and numbers, no spaces) · your quest (you can change once, until 2 Jan) · each member’s full name, display name and date of birth · each parent’s or guardian’s email (members aged 21 or over: their own email) · presentation language · if a member is aged 12 or under, the lead adult’s details · students under 18 registering their own team: the paying parent’s name, email and mobile · teams with under-18s and adults: please read rule 4 first · a referral code, if a friend gave you one (optional).

Each family adds school and level, lunch and support needs, and accompanying adults (max 1 per student) when they confirm. University division: each member’s school or institution and level, or their 2026 school, 2027 place or national service status (NSF).

Pick one quest when you register. One track change allowed until Sat 2 Jan 2027, 23:59 SGT: write to us with your team code. Read the four quests. Can’t decide? There’s a Spin for a track button just before the form.

About 15 fee-waiver places are available for students who need financial support, in every division, including University. Apply with proof of financial help from your school, local council or government, or a short note from a teacher. No bank statements. If you don’t have either but have a real need, tell us briefly and we’ll review it. Two staff members review applications privately; judges and partners are never told. If some members receive a waiver, the rest of the team pays as usual. Your registration stays open while we review, your challenge unlocks once every confirmation is in, and we’ll reply within 5 working days. If more people apply than we have places, we decide by financial need and order of application.

Free-entry codes. A community partner may give you a free-entry code, or a link that fills it in. Enter it on the last step of the form: it waives the fee for each player it has a place for. If fewer places are left than players, the rest of the team pays as usual.

Each family can ask for one privately when they confirm, or email support@ycess.com.

YAI Singapore · Season 26/27 goes ahead if the event conditions are met on Fri 4 Dec, including the number of confirmed students. If not, we’ll postpone or cancel and tell you by email. If we cancel, you get a full refund and your project stays yours. If we postpone, you can keep your place or take a full refund.

If your team is chosen as a finalist, you’ll present on Sat 16 Jan, so please keep that day free. Every participant is welcome at Demo Weekend, finalist or not, and every team may exhibit on Sun 17 Jan.