# Challenge matches

Challenge matches are games of competitive pinball that aren't part of a tournaments. You can use them when you're hanging out with your friends and want to keep track of your match results but you don't want to setup a tournament.

There are three types of challenge matches available.

#### Head-to-head challenge

Head-to-head challenges have two players face off against each other in a best-of-X series. For example, you can play a best-of-3 or even a best-of-15.

#### Group challenge

Group challenges are played in a group of three or four players. There are two variants available: A **fixed** duration challenge is played for a specific number of games while a **first to target** challenge has players competing to see who can reach a target number of points first.

#### High score challenge

A high score challenge can have up to 32 players. Each player will play a single game and have their score recorded. The player with the highest score wins the challenge.

### Starting a challenge

As you create your challenge you will add the participants in the challenge. Each player must have a free Match Play user account in order to participate.

After creating your challenge the participants must accept the invitation. They do this by going to the challenge and clicking the **Accept** button. Once all players have accepted you can start the challenge. The challenge will show up on their **Challenges** page as **pending**.

High score challenges are slightly different in that players can add themselves. You'll find a **Share** button that will let you copy the link to the challenge and display a QR code for players to scan. Click the **Refresh** button once players have added themselves to submit scores for them.

### Entering results

Only the person who created the challenge can record results and otherwise manage the challenge (add arenas to matches, complete the challenge etc.).