QUFC FACE-OFF

Make an ugly face. Challenge someone.

No assigned expression. No difficulty levels. No instructions for your face. Make whatever ridiculous expression you want, capture the evidence, and dare a friend or family member to out-ugly you.

Jay's relaxed face next to his real QUFC Face-Off entry — a genuine before and after

A real QUFC Face-Off, before and after. Yours could beat it — or lose spectacularly. Takes under a minute.

How to participate in important science

Three highly unnecessary steps.

Make any ugly face

No assigned pose. No difficulty. Your only job is to make your face behave irresponsibly.

Capture the evidence

Open the camera, commit fully to the mistake, and snap a photo you may someday deny existed.

Challenge somebody

Send your Face-Off card to a friend or family member and dare them to make an uglier one.

Your face, your terrible decisions

No prompts. That's the point.

A Face-Off doesn't tell you what expression to make — the freedom to invent something uniquely unfortunate is the competition. A few notes on going all in:

  • Make it your own. Squint your eyes, have 5 chins, or look like you somehow caught both rabies and Alzheimer's. Your only limit is your mind.
  • Overdo it. Nothing is too extreme. Push it to the limit — if your face hurts or feels sore, you're doing it right.
  • Keep it friendly. QUFC is about funny/ridiculous expressions, not judging anybody's normal day-to-day appearance. Challenge your family, friends, coworkers, etc..... and have fun!

Need professional guidance?

There are standards.

The official QUFC rubric judges deliberately ugly faces on realism, creativity, humor, and pure ugliness. You do not have to follow it during a private Face-Off, but excellence does appreciate standards.

Study the Rules

Field research

See how the professionals suffered.

Browse the original QUFC entries for historical evidence that human facial muscles can make deeply regrettable choices without receiving a single instruction.

Visit the Hall of Faces

A note about “ugly”

Ridiculous expressions, not real appearances.

QUFC is about deliberately making funny, strange, exaggerated faces. It is not about judging anyone's normal appearance. The goal is creativity, comedy, and making your own face behave irresponsibly for a few seconds.