​DATES

 August 1-2, 2026

​

 

LOCATION

Middle Collegiate Church​

50 E 7th St, New York, NY 

​

The venue is within a 5-10 minute walk of the 6 train at Astor Place, the N/R trains at 8th Street NYU, and the F train at 2nd Ave.

​​​

​

ENTRY FEE

$100

​

​​

REGISTRATION INSTRUCTIONS

Registration for the 240 seats to RNO will open on April 29, 2026 at 9pm ET. The sign up link is here: https://square.link/u/oQdZhZoY​

​​

SIGN UPS ARE NOW FULL! Please join our wait list if you are interested in attending: https://forms.gle/iN4xdwnxMpZRZHiz9

​

You will have the option to add a Riichi Nomi sweatshirt to your order when you check out! The sweatshirt design and size chart are below:

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

 

 

 

 

 

​

​

 

 

DISCORD SERVER

Join the Discord server by clicking this link. You can view the tournament schedule and standings, communicate with the staff, and meet your opponents!​​

​

​

PRIZES

Prize Pool TBD!

$$ for top % - Championship ring for first place - medals for top 4.

This tournament has also been certified as an American Riichi Association (ARA) Certified Tournament, and based on the number of participants, eligible players attempting to qualify for the World Riichi Championship (WRC) through the USA will be awarded the corresponding points for their placement as detailed on the ARA webpage. For reference, RNO 2025 awarded 187 ranking points to first place and awarded points through 53rd place.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

​​

​

RULES

RNO26 will use the Saikouisen ruleset, with the only changes being the inclusion of red fives (akadora) and a 75-minute hanchan timer (+0, or round ending when the hand that is in process when the timer goes off finishes). Note that Saikouisen rules include 30/10 placement bonus (uma), which differs from the WRC rules that utilize 15/5 uma which tournament players may be familiar with; as well as two levels of chombo, a small or sho-chombo for minor infractions of the rules and a full chombo for major infractions. The full Saikouisen rules, etiquette and penalties can be reviewed here.

​

All players are expected to participate with a competitor mindset, as described in the Saikouisen rules document:​

• All players must strive to be fair to everyone during a match

• All players must be obligated to have a referee mindset at all times

• The ruling of the judge/referee must be followed during a match

• You must play for your own benefit

• Every effort needs to be made to ensure that the game proceeds promptly

​

​

STRUCTURE​

The tournament will be 10 hanchan of a pure cumulative format, with no top cut. Prizes and rankings will be determined by your total score at the end of all 10 games. For all 10 hanchan, match pairings will be created using a fixed group count pairing system. This means players are ordered by total score after each round and divided into a fixed number of groups to create the pairings for the next round, as seen below.

​

​​

​

​

​

​

​

​​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

 

FOOD AND DRINK

Water will be available to players from the start of each tournament day. All dark-colored drinks, including coffee, are not allowed in the carpeted Sanctuary room, so please dispose of your drink in advance if you are slated to play there.​

The tournament will not be providing lunch, but there are countless eating establishments of various cuisines within a 2 block radius of the venue.

​

​

HOUSING

There is no hotel specifically associated with the venue, but there are many options in Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens on direct train lines to the venue.

​​

​

HANCHAN SCHEDULE

Day 1 - Saturday, August 1st

Registration: 9:00 am – 9:45 am
Opening Ceremony: 9:45 am – 10:00 am
Hanchan 1: 10:00 am – 11:30 am
Break: 11:30 am – 11:40 am
Hanchan 2: 11:40 am – 1:10 pm
Lunch Break: 1:10 pm – 2:10 pm
Hanchan 3: 2:10 pm – 3:40 pm
Break: 3:40 pm – 3:50 pm
Hanchan 4: 3:50 pm – 5:20 pm
Break: 5:20 pm – 5:30 pm

Riichi Nomi Group Photo: 5:25pm, Sanctuary
Hanchan 5: 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
Free Play: 7:00 pm Onward

​​

Day 2 - Sunday, August 2nd

Check in: 9:15 am – 9:45 am
Hanchan 6: 10:00 am – 11:30 am
Break: 11:30 am – 11:40 am
Hanchan 7: 11:40 am – 1:10 pm
Lunch Break: 1:10 pm – 2:10 pm
Hanchan 8: 2:10 pm – 3:40 pm
Break: 3:40 pm – 3:50 pm
Hanchan 9: 3:50 pm – 5:20 pm
Break: 5:20 pm – 5:40 pm

Hanchan 10: 5:40 pm – 7:10 pm
Award Ceremony and Group Photo: 7:20 pm – 7:45 pm
Free Play: 7:45 pm - 10 pm​​

​​

​

TOURNAMENT WEEKEND EVENTS

​

Friday, July 31st: The tournament venue will be open from 6pm - 10pm for free play. 

 

Saturday, August 1st: Riichi Nomi AfterHours

• Mahjong free play: (7pm - midnight)

• Tekken 8 Tournament: Double elimination Tekken smackdown against our local NYC Tekken sharks - with prizes! Sign up on Challonge to join: https://challonge.com/rno25 (8:30pm - finish)

• UmaMusume All Rounded Races​​

​​

Sunday, August 2nd: Day 2 of RNO runs from 9:30am - 7:20pm. Following Day 2, there will be an award ceremony, and mahjong free play until 10pm.​

 

​

Riichi Nomi Online Open (RNOO)

The Riichi Nomi Online Open will be a melee battle on Riichi City, using the rules of the Riichi Nomi Open 2026, with two free seats to the main RNO on the line!

Day 1, Saturday April 25th 2pm - 10pm: Open lobby melee; the 16 players with the best 3-hanchan consecutive scores move on to semifinals on Sunday.

Day 2, Sunday April 26th: Beginning at 11am. Semi-finals will be a 2-hanchan set and the top places move on to finals; finals will be a 2-hanchan set and the top players earns their free seats to RNO!

​

In addition, all participants playing 3 hanchan or more will be given the Riichi Nomi exclusive in-game tileset and mat on Riichi City.

​

​

REFUND POLICY

By submitting payment we assume you will participate in the tournament. Refunds for withdrawals will only be honored in the case of emergencies (e.g. serious illness, flight delays/cancellations). If you are unclear as to what constitutes a valid emergency, please reach out to us.

​​

​

QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?

Please contact us at nycriichinomi@gmail.com.

​

​

PAST YEARS

Riichi Nomi Open 2025

Riichi Nomi Open 2024

Riichi Nomi Open 2023

Riichi Nomi Open 2022

Riichi Nomi Open 2021

​

​