Fail fast. Get paid.

You answer questions. Right answers and wrong ones both move you forward. When your rank qualifies you, join a group challenge and compete for real naira.

Join the Waitlist

What you're signing up for

You are joining the waitlist for FailFast beta. You will practice in FailFast Mine, build your subject rank, and learn how the challenge flow works before any live cash features turn on.

Beta launches in free challenges mode. Real-money features activate after licensing is confirmed.

Free to join. No card required. Beta members get in first.

How it works

Three steps. No guesswork.

From free beta practice to paid challenges later, this is the path you move through.

Practice in FailFast Mine

Your rank reflects how hard you pushed, beyond what you already knew.

Earn your tier

Higher tiers open higher-stakes group challenges.

Compete and earn

Real naira, credited directly to your FailFast wallet.

When paid challenges open

A 5-player group challenge at 5,000 naira each creates a 22,500 naira prize pool after the platform's 10 percent commission. In Winner Takes All format, the top scorer takes 22,500 naira. In Top 3 format, the creator can choose a split. For example, a 45/30/25 split pays 1st 10,125 naira, 2nd 6,750 naira, and 3rd 5,625 naira. Real-naira group challenges require Skilled tier or above, a verified wallet, and Nigerian KYC eligibility.

Why FailFast feels different

Wrong answers still earn you points.

Every question gives you up to three attempts. Here is what each path earns you.

Attempt result	What it means	Success Pts	Grit Pts	Total
Correct, 1st try	You already knew it	0	0	0
Wrong once, correct	You learned from the first mistake	0	0	0
Wrong twice, correct	You pushed through two wrong attempts	0	0	0
Wrong all 3 times	You saw the answer (still valuable)	0	0	0

25 > 20. The player who failed the most earned the most total points.

What these points mean: Success Points unlock higher competition tiers. Grit Points track how hard you are pushing. Both appear on your profile and leaderboard.

Your rank in each subject decides which challenge levels open to you. Each tier is permanent — you earn it, you keep it.

Rookie

0 pts · Free only

Skilled

5,000 · 500 – 5,000 naira

Expert

15,000 · 5,001 – 15,000 naira

Master

35,000 · 15,001 – 35,000 naira

Grand Master

70,000 · 35,001 – 70,000 naira

Each subject has its own permanent tier. As your Success Points grow, you move from Rookie to Grand Master. Each tier is permanent — the work you put in now carries forward to public launch. Rookie users stay in free group challenges only. Real-naira group challenges open from Skilled tier upward and require a verified wallet and Nigerian KYC eligibility.

Skilled tier requires NIN verification. Expert tier and above require BVN verification. Master tier requires additional document verification. Grand Master requires full photo ID. At Expert tier, you also unlock the Instructor role (submit questions and earn from sessions) and Adventurer Mode (upload any study material and practice it with the same fail-forward system). At Master tier, you can host your own competitions — funded with a prize pool, or free with no money involved.

When paid challenges open, each tier has its own stake range so stronger players cannot drop too low for easier questions. Your highest tier across all subjects governs wallet capacity only — competition access is per subject.

See it live

Try the demo. See fail-forward scoring in action.

Open the live learner demo and run a quick round. You will see how wrong attempts still move your total points, and why consistency matters in FailFast.

Try the live demo

Runs in your browser. No waitlist needed.

Launching in free challenges mode

We will be honest with you about where we are.

FailFast Arena will launch in beta without real-money deposits or withdrawals. We are in the process of acquiring a gaming license from Nigerian regulators, and we will not open real cash until that process is complete.

We want you to see this platform work before your own money is in it. Practice, compete, earn points, watch your tier climb, see payouts credited to a wallet. When the license is confirmed and real cash turns on, you will already know exactly what you are putting your money into.

The license matters to us because trust matters to us. We are not cutting corners to get money moving faster. We are building the kind of platform you can bring your money to with confidence.

Your activity during beta also supports the licensing process directly: the usage data, the reviews, the documented track record of how the skill gating works. We are asking for your participation, and your patience.

The beta opens to waitlist only.

Your rank, your questions, your tier — all carry into the live platform. Join early and you start ahead.

Waitlist closes before launch. Beta members get in first.

Real questions. Straight answers.

You are joining the waitlist for FailFast beta. Beta members get access to free challenges mode first, build their subject rank early, and get to see how the full challenge flow works before paid entries, deposits, and withdrawals turn on. Up to 100 early challenger waitlist signups may also be selected for a limited beta wallet-credit program to help test the paid challenge flow before public launch.
Yes. As part of launch testing, up to 100 early challenger waitlist signups may be selected for a limited beta wallet-credit program. That credit is platform-issued test credit, not deposited cash, and it is there to help us catch issues in the paid challenge flow before public launch.
No. Your result in every challenge depends entirely on your answers. There are no random draws, no slot mechanics, and no house edge. The platform never plays against you: it takes a flat 10 percent commission from each challenge pool, regardless of who wins. This is skill-based competition, not gambling.
No. You pay one stake to enter one challenge. If you lose, you lose that stake and nothing beyond it. Your wallet cannot go negative. You are always in control of how much you put in.
Withdrawals stay off during beta because real-money features are not live yet. That includes beta wallet credit and any winnings generated from it: none of it is withdrawable during beta. Once licensing is confirmed and paid challenges open, your winnings go straight into your FailFast wallet. You can withdraw to any Nigerian bank account. There is a 3 percent withdrawal fee and a minimum withdrawal amount, shown clearly before you confirm.
At launch: Mathematics, English Language, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Economics, Government, Literature, and General Knowledge. Football trivia, Nigerian History, and university-level subjects are planned for the months after launch.
No. FailFast runs in your browser on any device. iOS and Android apps are in development, but you will never be forced to download anything to use the platform.
Beta opens in 2026. Waitlist members get in first. The exact date depends on final regulatory confirmation, but everyone on the waitlist will receive at least two weeks notice before we open.
Yes. The platform is open to users worldwide. Practice, tier progression, leaderboards, and free challenges are available to everyone regardless of location. Real-naira staking requires 18+ and Nigerian identity verification — NIN to start, BVN at higher tiers — with a Nigerian bank account. That includes Nigerians living abroad who can complete those steps.
Yes. You can register, practice in FailFast Mine, build your rank, compete in free challenges, and climb leaderboards. Real-naira staking, wallet deposits, and withdrawals are unavailable until you turn 18. Your tier, points, and streaks carry over — so students who start early arrive at 18 already ranked and ready to compete.

Other ways to use FailFast

Running a class, writing questions, or funding a competition?

The homepage is built for challengers first. If you are coming in with a different goal, start with the page that matches it.

For Schools

Your school gets its own private space.

FailFast EDU gives secondary schools and tutorial centers student competitions, effort tracking, and interschool challenges. No student ever touches real-money features. Free tier included. Paid from 1,000 naira per student per term.

Explore FailFast EDU

For Instructors

Write questions. Get paid when students compete on them.

Standalone Instructors create and submit questions across any subject. Once verified, your questions go into live staking sessions and you earn a monthly payout based on how often they are used.

See instructor flow

For Sponsors

Put your brand on questions. See how it performs.

Set up a funded, free, or opportunity-prize competition. Supply your own questions. Run it as a standard session, custom weighted, or a live interactive session. Challengers enter free. Your dashboard shows exactly how each participant performed.

See sponsor flow