How Crack the Vault Works

Crack the Vault is the moment everything else in The Twenty builds towards.

It's the live, weekly final stage where qualified members compete for that week's prize.

Getting there

You don't enter Crack the Vault directly.

You qualify for it.

Each week, members take the Skill Test — three trials, assessing different abilities under time pressure.

Passing with a combined score of 6 or higher out of 9 unlocks that week's Crack the Vault stage.

Fail, and there's no carry-over — a new Skill Test unlocks the following week.

The live window

Crack the Vault runs at a fixed weekly moment, not on demand.

Every member who qualified that week faces the exact same challenge, at the exact same time, within a short synchronised window.

Nobody gets a head start, and nobody gets extra time.

How the winner is decided

The fastest correct completion wins that week's reveal.

If two members finish in an exact tie, the higher combined Skill Test score decides it.

There's no separate weighting by score beyond the qualifying threshold — every member who passed the Skill Test has a genuine, equal shot, decided purely by performance in the moment.

Why a live, synchronised stage?

A fixed live window is designed to keep the process fair and verifiable.

Everyone competes under the same conditions, at the same time, against the same challenge.

The exact verification mechanism — how results are checked and published — will be set out in full before paid participation launches.

What if you don't win?

Qualifying for Crack the Vault is not a guarantee of winning it.

If you don't finish fastest that week, nothing else about your position changes.

Under the current model, your £15 Vault allocation is untouched, and a new Skill Test unlocks the following week for another shot.

The bigger picture

Crack the Vault is designed to be the exciting part of The Twenty — but it sits on top of the Vault, not in place of it.

Save consistently. Qualify through skill. Compete live.

That's Crack the Vault.