Road to the Final: a month-long mining run with one draw at the end

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Aimara García Cabezas
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Jun 28, 2026
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Road to the Final: a month-long mining run with one draw at the end

There’s a bracket running this month, and for once you’re in it. Road to the Final is a five-round promotion built on top of the tournament calendar — a knockout structure where the action you already take on GoMining, adding mining power, is what moves you through the rounds.

Here’s how it works, start to finish.

Five rounds, one final
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The promotion runs as five separate draws, each tied to a stage of the knockout calendar and each with its own entry price and prize pool. The early rounds are cheap to enter and pay out in GoBoxes. The final is where it all converges.

Round

Window

Per ticket

GoBoxes drawn

Final weight

Round of 32

June 28 – July 3

$5

200 Gold

×1

Round of 16

July 4–7

$20

100 Platinum

×2

Quarterfinals

July 9–11

$50

75 Diamond

×3

Semifinals

July 14–15

$100

100 Diamond

×4

The Final

July 19

$250 direct

See prizes

Your miner is your ticket

In every round from the Round of 32 through the semifinals, tickets are earned by a mining purchase or upgrade. Each round has its own ticket price, shown above. Add mining power during a round’s window and you collect tickets into that round’s draw. Only purchases and upgrades count — secondary-marketplace purchases are not eligible.

The more tickets you hold, the better your chances — in that round’s draw and in the final. GoBox prizes are drawn from the entries in each round. The tier climbs as the bracket narrows — Gold in the opening round, Platinum in the Round of 16, and Diamond in the quarterfinals and semifinals. Each GoBox opens to a prize from its collection’s pool.

Go in early, go in big

Ticket prices climb every round, from $5 in the Round of 32 up to a direct final ticket that costs significantly more. The earlier you enter, the cheaper each ticket — so the most cost-effective way to build a strong position in the final is to buy as many tickets as you can while they’re still cheap.

And it isn’t only about price. Every winning ticket from Stages 1–4 carries forward into the final draw, multiplied by the round it was won in: ×1 for the Round of 32, ×2 for the Round of 16, ×3 for the quarterfinals, and ×4 for the semifinals. More tickets means better odds at every stage, and the deeper into the bracket you win, the more weight you carry into the one draw that decides the headline prizes. A run that starts cheap in the opening round and keeps going compounds.

Two ways into the final

There are two routes to the final draw on July 19.

The first is to win along the way in Stages 1–4 and let those tickets carry through.

The second, for anyone who didn’t qualify, is to take a direct final ticket during the final days.

What’s on the line in the final

1st place — a Jacob & Co watch

2nd place — 2 GoMining Avatar keys

3rd place — 30 merch welcome packs

How to start

The Round of 32 is open from June 28 to July 3, and at $5 it’s the lowest ticket price of the whole run. Add mining power during the window, collect your tickets, and you’re in the bracket. The more you pick up now while it’s cheap, the better your position when it carries through to the final.

Link: https://app.gomining.com/raffle/0e1740d0-ca9f-4512-962f-398c11a20e50

In addition to the raffle, we're launching a web form where users guess the tournament's winning country. The required field in the form is user ID. The form is distributed across all channels. A key participation condition is taking part in the raffle.

Prize: a unique miner with the goal count of the winning country in the final. Drawn among those who guessed the winning country correctly.

Start your Road to the Final → https://gomining.com/form/championship-2026

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