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Quick Info List
  • New Division

  • Starts Thursday at 2pm

  • No preliminary, an all freestyle division

  • 90 second freestyles

  • 3 days of freestyles

  • Winner take all

  • $500 prize for first place

  • All styles represented

  • Entrants can enter any other division

  • World Title

2006 World Yo-Yo Combined Division (CB)
1. Combined
This is an interdisciplinary division that will span three days. Contestants will be narrowed down each day, with the winner determined by their combined freestyle scores in the three distinctly different disciplines. There are no compulsories in this contest.

Definitions:
Aerial: This is a combination of 4A (Off String) and 5A (Counter Weight) divisions. This division is for play with only one yo-yo that is not attached to the hand either at the string or at the finger. Any combination of these two styles is allowed.

Dual: This is a combination of 2A (Two handed Looping Tricks) and 3A (Two handed String tricks). This division focuses on the simultaneous use of two yo-yos. This division will allow any use to two yo-yos simultaneously. This means that Solo Han or two handed Counter Weight play is also allowed.

Single A: This is the traditional 1A division, and is based around one handed string tricks where the yo-yo is attached to the hand and to the string.

2. Combined Division Contest Day 1
The first day's competition is open to all players who are registered to compete at the 2006 World Yo-Yo Contest. There is no preliminary. The first contest is a 90 second freestyle where the contestant can choose to compete in either the Dual or the Aerial Style but not both. The top 6 Dual players and the top 6 Aerial competitors as determined using ordinal scoring (see below) will continue to compete on day 2.
3. Combined Division Contest Day 2
The top 12 contestants (6 Dual and 6 Aerial) compete on day 2 with a 90 Second freestyle in the style they did not compete in the day before. For example: If a player competed on day one in Aerial, on day two that player must compete in Dual. The scores from day one will be combined with day two scores to determine the final 6 contestants who will go on to compete on day 3.
4. Combined Division Contest Day 3
The 6 finalists will compete in a 90 second Single A freestyle. The contestant's scores from this freestyle will be combined with their scores from the previous two freestyles to decide the winner.
5. Scoring Details
This division will be scored using the proportional system of scoring as used in the other five technical divisions 1A-5A.

Each contestant is given a score by each judge based on technical and style points he earns minus deductions for missed trick elements, restarts, loss of control, knotted yo-yos, etc. The highest contestant for each judge is given a normalized score of 100 points and the other contestants are given a proportionally lower score from that judge. For example, if a judge?s top three scores are 210, 189, and 105, the top score of 210 is normalized to 100; the score of 189 is proportionately adjusted to 90 by dividing it by 210 and multiplying by 100 [i.e. (189/210) x 100 = 90]. Similarly, the score of 105 becomes a normalized score of 50 since it was proportionally one-half of the highest score. All judge?s scores for each player are averaged to determine the qualifiers for the next day competition.  The Final score is the aggregate or cumulative score for all three freestyles.