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The Cut · Season One

The Challenges

The field keeps narrowing. The Round 3 videos are in and we’re judging them right now, cutting the round into episodes, which is why this page runs ahead of what you’ve seen on the channel. Nobody’s pretending it airs live. When the Round 3 episode airs September 13, voting opens and you help pick the three finalists.

Current Round
Round 3
Phase
The 4-Problem Challenge · Judging
Voting opens
After the episode · Sept 13
Submissions Closed
Competition Timeline
Applications
Closed Jun 19
Round 1
Closed Jul 5
Round 2
Closed Aug 7
Top 12
Revealed in Ep. 3
Round 3
Judging
Finals · TX · NC · GA
Oct 2–9
Winner
Q4
The Rounds

100 Entrants.
One survivor.

The field opens the moment applications close. Each round stays sealed until it unlocks — expand any round for its countdown. Full briefs arrive in your competitor packet and the Official Rules.

Locked

This round is sealed — the full details are revealed when it unlocks.

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Backing the people who build.

The Cut is presented by The Home Depot. Few brands have done more for the trades, for the pros and the DIYers and everyone picking up a tool for the first time, and we’re honored to have their support behind Season One.