The competition holds multiple tournaments for different forms and categories of beatboxing which include: Solo (or Showcase), Loopstation, Tag Team, Crew, Tag Team Loopstation, Producer and Under 18.

The event follows a traditional tournament format, where competitors take turns performing on a stage, and a panel of judges vote on the winner.

It was part of the BScene Basel music festival where only Swiss-competitors are allowed to participate until 2011, where it was open internationally.

: [64][65][66][67][68][69][70][71][72][73][74][75][76] In 2020, Swissbeatbox held an online GBB competition to act as a qualifier for the cancelled 2020 Grand Beatbox Battle due to the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic.

The event was held in Beatbox Community Discord server and was livestreamed at Swissbeatbox YouTube channel from 4-5th April 2020.