OVERVIEW
The Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series 2012 follows the traditional high diving format and is a mix of the rules from FINA and HDA. Divers hand in their four planned dives the day before the first day of competition – dives shall consist of two required dives of a maximum degree of difficulty of 3.6 and two optional dives assigned a degree of difficulty computed from the HDA (High Diving Alliance) table. These dives are scored by five high diving judges. Click here to find out more about the judges and scoring.
The winner of any individual tour stop is the diver with the highest points total from the stop and the ranking in each tour stop will be awarded with points according to the table below. The winner of the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series 2012 will be the athlete with the highest overall points after seven competitions having applied the scratch result policy (a diver can strike their worst two results, meaning that only the top five results from each diver will count towards their overall ranking).
11 fixed divers will participate in the 2012 World Series. For each tour stop in 2012 up to three wildcard divers can be invited. This will depend on several factors (including the ranking from the qualification competition) and will be decided during the season. Even though wildcard divers may only compete in one or two individual events, their results will count the same as for any of the fixed divers. A diver must perform at least one dive in competition to be included in the final result.
HEAD TO HEAD
Ahead of each competition a draw will determine the diving order for the first round. The first round of dives will feature one required dive of a fixed DD of 3.6, the results of which will determine the ranking for the head to head. 1st goes against 14th, 2nd against 13th, etc.
In the head-to-head round, all divers do one required dive (DD 3.6) and one optional dive. 7 winners will advance from the head to head. There will also be one lucky loser (the diver with the highest score of all the losers). The 8 remaining divers will do one final optional dive. The order will be determined by the points accumulated from the first 3 rounds of dives and will be in reverse order. The winner will be the one with the highest points total from all 4 dives.
Divers will receive points that will be tallied to produce the World Series ranking. Per event the scores are as follows:
WORLD SERIES TOUR STOP RANKING
Ranked 1st: 200 points
Ranked 2nd: 160 points
Ranked 3rd: 130 points
Ranked 4th: 110 points
Ranked 5th: 90 points
Ranked 6th: 70 points
Ranked 7th: 60 points
Ranked 8th: 50 points
Ranked 9th: 40 points
Ranked 10th: 30 points
Ranked 11th: 20 points
Ranked 12th: 10 points
Ranked 13th: 9 points
Ranked 14th: 8 points
The top 5 divers in the overall ranking at the end of the 2012 World Series will pre-qualify automatically for 2013.
Competition Format