Over 50 Super Fun Date Ideas for Competitive Couples

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If you and your significant other love some friendly competition, this is the list for you! There are plenty of fun ideas here to enjoy a competitive date night together.

You can get the list in pdf format below (at the end of the article).

At-Home

If you want to stay in, try some of these ideas.

• Have a Scrabble showdown.
• Have a paper airplane race.
• Play speed chess.
• Have a blindfolded taste test competition.
• Have a dexterity games night.
• Play memory games.
• Have a limbo competition.
• Play electronic darts at home.
• Have a hula-hooping and dance night.
• Have a video game tournament.

Great Fun

These ideas can make for a fun evening of competitive games or activities.

• Go bowling.
• Join a team at a trivia night.
• Escape from an escape room.
• Play pool.
• Have a mini-golf tournament.
• Take part in a drone-flying race.
• Go to a board game cafe.
• Play shuffleboard.
• Have a billiards tricks challenge.

Active

If you enjoy team sports or like to work out together, here are some great ideas.

• Sign up for a charity run together.
• Sign up for an obstacle course race.
• Play mixed volleyball.
• Go to a driving range.
• Have a yoga pose-holding contest.
• Play trampoline dodgeball.
• Ride a surf machine.
• Try a high ropes course.

Exciting

For thrill-seekers or people who like to try something different, this is the section for you.

• Play air hockey.
• Join an outdoor frisbee match.
• Go to a softball batting tunnel.
• Play table tennis.
• Play singles or doubles tennis.
• Play squash.
• Play 2-player games at an arcade.
• Play singles or doubles pickleball.
• Navigate a hedge maze.
• Have a dance-off at an arcade.

Enjoyable

There are some really fun competitive game and activity-based ideas here.

• Perform tasks on a balance board.
• Have a hoops contest in the backyard.
• Play backyard cornhole.
• Have a Jenga and fun forfeits night.
• Play Twister.
• Go go-karting.
• Win a costume contest as a couple.
• Have a board game night.

More Enjoyable

If you’re still looking for ideas, try a few of these.

• Have a lip sync contest.
• Host a movie-themed trivia night.
• Have a marble run race.
• Play backyard ring toss.
• Play water balloon toss.
• Have a speed puzzle night.
• Have a Lego-building speed challenge.
• Host a bake-off.
• Play ‘Go’ at a meetup.
• Play foosball.

There are so many ideas here to bring some friendly competition to date night. You can get this list as a PDF here so that you can tick off the ones you do and try to do them all!

Which was your favorite competitive date night idea? Let me know in the comments below, and may the best ‘other half’ win!