Established during peak 2020 boredom

The noble art of looking terrible.

A Martin family tradition built on creativity, comedy, unnecessary neck muscles, and the pursuit of one truly unforgettable face.

A collage of deliberately ridiculous QUFC contest faces
Contest status
Voting is currently closed. The 2020 glory remains preserved for historical and facial-expression research purposes.
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Past entries

Meet the faces.

Before. After. Regret. These are some of the original entries that helped turn a family joke into a fully unnecessary institution.

Nicole's before and QUFC entry comparison

Nicole

Historic QUFC entrant

Kyle's before and QUFC entry comparison

Kyle

Contest GM / willing participant

Ellen's before and QUFC entry comparison

Ellen

Historic QUFC entrant

How it began

Sibling torment became a tradition.

For years, the Martin siblings made horrifying faces at one another for no particularly good reason. One Christmas Eve, Nicole turned the chaos into an actual contest: submit one face, vote for the ugliest, and immortalize the winner.

Then 2020 arrived. Quarantine created the perfect conditions for the competition to return with a website and an unnecessarily official name: The Quarantine Ugly Face Contest.

Read the full history

The process

Three highly scientific steps.

Make the face

No props, no Photoshop. Just you, your face, and questionable muscular decisions.

Study the rubric

Realism. Creativity. Humor. Pure ugliness. Excellence requires standards.

Cast three votes

Spread them around or go all-in on one contender. Just don't vote for yourself.

Need inspiration?

Random Ugly-Face Challenge

Maximum neck. Mouth configuration: questionable. Difficulty: 8/10.

Wide strip of archived QUFC faces

A note about “ugly”

Ridiculous faces, not real appearances.

Everyone here is voluntarily trying to make the most outrageous face possible. QUFC is about creativity, comedy, and family competition—not judging anyone's normal appearance.

There's more in the basement

The QUFC Arcade lives.

The old archive contains Hangman, a maze game, Pac-Man, Mario Kart experiments, and at least one page you are definitely not supposed to find.

Visit the Arcade →