In past years, the divisions a participant could enter were limited in various ways, but this year—for the first time—all participants could enter as many ITG event divisions as they chose to as well as any SMX divisions they hadn't previously qualified out of, which made things really interesting. Pretty sure I'd never entered an SMX tournament before, and I'm definitely out of my element playing anything other than ITG stamina/endurance these days, but I figured it was a good chance to try something ~new.
I unfortunately didn't have enough SMX access to attempt full mode, only got to play three sets of SMX singles at friends' houses, dabbled with the ITG tech and timing charts a minimal amount before running my sets, and *may* have underestimated how goated a couple of the SMX and tech/timing mains actually are. I went in with an open mind to learn and see how I'd do though, and I really can't be mad about my attempts. Both my many years of dance gaming and inexperience with SMX and modern tech/timing charts definitely showed in some spots, but I’m still glad I gave it a shot.
My stamina and modern endurance sets didn’t go at all how I’d hoped either, but the rankings didn't expose the shortcomings of those moments so 🤷♀️. 😆
I didn't save my SMX vids, I'll share some ITG vids from this event and other recent ITG highlights tomorrow or so. In the meantime, here are my results from the divisions I managed to do sets for:
ITG Endurance (Modern): rank 1/13
ITG Stamina: rank 1/17
ITG Endurance (Grandma's Stamina): rank 1/14 for women's/non-binary (This event was meant to be open to the public, so despite official rankings on the Girlpocalypse website, I *technically* ranked 2nd after my friend ViVi 🇮🇹 (he KILLED it 💪) and before LemmingOnTheRun (Richard Dannenberg) in 3rd.
ITG Tech: rank 5/11
ITG Timing: rank 8/19
SMX Funky Dolphin (Wild 21-23)(4th hardest of 5 singles divisions): rank 6/20
SMX - Pink Dinosaur (Wild 19-21)(3rd hardest of 5 singles divisions): rank 4/21
Next year, I may or may not enter ITG tech and timing again, depending on event format. If I do, I *miiiiiiight* train the tiniest bit more for it with at least a few dedicated sets for just playing that content. We'll see. I hope to also have more SMX access—either at home or once I have reliable transportation again—and be able to play through all of SMX's hardest-division content as well as enter full mode.
Either way, I'll definitely still be 95-99% focused on ITG stamina, endurance, and maybe footspeed 😛 but cool to get out of my comfort zone and get my ass handed to me for a bit. Lol
Girlpocalypse 2026 full results: girlpocalypse.dance/rankings
