diff --git a/app/webpacker/components/MyCompetitions/UpcomingCompetitionTable.jsx b/app/webpacker/components/MyCompetitions/UpcomingCompetitionTable.jsx
index 9fc8811eb5..0a9e2047c3 100644
--- a/app/webpacker/components/MyCompetitions/UpcomingCompetitionTable.jsx
+++ b/app/webpacker/components/MyCompetitions/UpcomingCompetitionTable.jsx
@@ -23,11 +23,18 @@ const competingStatusIcon = (competingStatus) => {
 };
 
 const registrationStatusIconText = (competition) => {
+  const toRelativeOptions = {
+    // don't be more precise than "days" (i.e. no hours/minutes/seconds)
+    unit: ["years", "quarters", "months", "weeks", "days"],
+    // round up, e.g. in 8 hours -> pads to 1 day 8 hours -> rounds to "in 1 day"
+    padding: 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000,
+  };
+
   if (competition.registration_status === 'not_yet_opened') {
-    return I18n.t('competitions.index.tooltips.registration.opens_in', { duration: DateTime.fromISO(competition.registration_open).toRelative() });
+    return I18n.t('competitions.index.tooltips.registration.opens_in', { duration: DateTime.fromISO(competition.registration_open).toRelative(toRelativeOptions) });
   }
   if (competition.registration_status === 'past') {
-    return I18n.t('competitions.index.tooltips.registration.closed', { days: DateTime.fromISO(competition.start_date).toRelative() });
+    return I18n.t('competitions.index.tooltips.registration.closed', { days: DateTime.fromISO(competition.start_date).toRelative(toRelativeOptions) });
   }
   if (competition.registration_status === 'full') {
     return I18n.t('competitions.index.tooltips.registration.full');