Parking.
As a blood sport.
Forty thousand centimeters of asphalt. One car. Eleven judges. The car that clears by the smallest margin wins the round.
Tighter gap. Fewer touches. Faster clock.
The car that clears by the smallest margin — clean, in one motion — wins the round. The margin is the entire point, so we measure it to the centimeter.
Smallest clean clearance wins the round. Tighter is better, measured to the centimeter on both bumpers.
Every touch on a cone or bumper is a penalty. A correction costs you. A second attempt is a forfeit.
Ties break on the clock. One continuous motion, fastest clean park advances. Eleven judges, no appeals.
Copa Microcentro
Bracket of 16. Fri 17 Jul. The last tournament sold out in nine minutes.
The sharpest reversers in the league
A van. A space eleven centimeters longer than the van. One attempt.
One continuous motion, no correction, both bumpers untouched. We measured it three times because nobody believed the first two.
Read the legend →Think you could clear it? Try the slot.
Reverse the car into the gap. Smallest clean clearance wins, touches are penalties, the clock breaks ties. Park dead-centre and you clear by eleven — the legend's number.
Drive into the gap between the cars, straighten up, and stop. The box turns green when you're lined up — then just stop.
Smaller clearance wins, clean. A perfect-centre park clears by 11 — the legend's number. Beat it.
They came for the joke. They stayed because the parking got tense.
I came to laugh. By the semifinal I was on my feet screaming at a hatchback to straighten up.
My father parked trucks for thirty years. I brought him. He cried at the 11cm replay.
I don’t even drive. I have a season pass and I have opinions about everyone’s mirror work.
Pick a night. Pick a tier.
The brackets fill before the cars do.
Yes, it’s real.
Is this a real sport or a bit?
It is real. Drivers compete in elimination brackets, judges measure the clearance to the centimeter, and the leaderboard is live. The fact that it is parking does not make the margins any less brutal.
How is a round scored?
Three things: the gap the driver clears by, the number of touches or corrections, and the clock. Smallest clean clearance wins. A touch on a cone or bumper is a penalty. A second attempt is a forfeit.
Can I compete?
Open qualifiers run before every tournament. Bring a license and a car you trust. The bracket is seeded by your qualifier margin, so park tight.
What’s the 11cm park?
In 2023 Hernán Sosa slid a 4.99m van into a 5.10m space in one motion, no correction. Eleven centimeters of clearance. It tops the hall of fame and the replay still opens every final.
Are the tournaments family-friendly?
Yes. It is loud and it is tense, but it is a car parking in a marked box. Bring the kids. The only thing they will learn is patience and how to judge a gap.
What happens if a tournament sells out?
Most do. Once a date shows sold out the only way in is a released seat, which we post to the schedule. Buy early. The last bracket of sixteen cleared the seat list in nine minutes.