FORMAT
The World Spintop Champion will be decided by a 3-minute duration freestyle to music.
The number of finalist players will be limited by the venue. Qualification to the final freestyle will be determined by a 3-minute duration freestyle to music. Players can do the same routine at the qualification and final.
Stop (cut out) at exactly 3 minutes from the start of the music. If you do not wish to include the prelude or other non-performance time in the 3 minutes, please edit the music.
Please note that any performance after the music has stopped will not be scored, and points may be deducted in terms of musicality or showmanship.
SPINTOPS
Any spinning top will be permitted, including fixed-tip, bearing-tip and one-way bearing tip, as well as over-sized tops in the Open division. Only traditional spinning tops will be permitted in the Traditional division. A traditional top is defined as one with the body made of solid wood and that has a fixed tip. The number of spintops used or available for back-up is not limited, but only tops pre-positioned on stage before the start are to be used and tops that leave the stage during the freestyle may not be returned. All tops used must be wound by the player, no assistance will be permitted.
JUDGING
In Open division, routines will be given a technical score of up to 85 points, a musicality score of up to 5 points, control score of up to 5 points and showmanship score of up to 5 points.
In Traditional division, routines will be given a technical score of up to 70 points, a musicality score of up to 10 points, control score of up to 10 points and showmanship score of up to 10 points.
TECHNICAL SCORE
Points are given for each completed trick, from 1 to 6 points depending on the difficulty, risk and originality. Combination tricks may be considered as multiple tricks or as one trick of increased difficulty, at the criteria of the judges. Tricks repeated more than 2 times during the freestyle will receive lower scoring. After players did the same tricks more than 4 times, the tricks will not get any points. However, when judges think that the repetition makes the tricks more difficult, points will be given for the tricks repeated more than 4 times. In order to promote exceptional tricks compared to quantity of tricks, the judges may give double points to tricks that are spectacular and make the routine memorable. The scores of each individual judge will be normalized on a 85 point basis.
PERFORMANCE SCORES
MUSICALITY SCORE
This score is given for the routines which use music effectively and impressively. Just dancing with no spintop’s technique cannot get any musicality score.
0 point: just playing the music with no purpose
1 point (2 points in Traditional): paying attention to the beginning and end of the music
2 points (4 points in Traditional): doing tricks while hitting sound, beats, cues, etc. several times in addition to 1 point criteria
3 points (6 points in Traditional): doing tricks with phrase several times in addition to 1 and 2 points criteria
4 points (8 points in Traditional): doing tricks while hitting sound, beats, cues, phrase, etc. many times
5 points (10 points in Traditional): doing tricks while hitting sound, beats, cues, phrase, etc. a lot of times
CONTROL SCORE
This score is given for a well-controlled routine. The routine with control of tops, strings, line of string, trajectory of tops, even player’s body such as legs and arms.
0 point: just standing with no purpose
1 point (2 points in Traditional): moving smoothly without tripping over player’s own feet
2 points (4 points in Traditional): moving smoothly without the strings getting tangled up in addition to 1 point criteria
3points (6 points in Traditional): moving spintops and strings smoothly in addition to 1 and 2 points criteria
4 points (8 points in Traditional): moving efficiently and effectively in addition to 1,2 and 3 points criteria
5 points (10 points in Traditional): doing what a player have planned to do almost completely in addition to 1,2,3 and 4 points criteria
SHOWMANSHIP SCORE
This score is given for the routines which attract to audience. In only traditional division judging, as part of the evaluation it will be taken into account how the selected cultural tradition of top play is represented.
0 point: rough
1 point (2 points in Traditional): pay attention to that the player is standing on the stage
2 points (4 points in Traditional): using expression to try to express what the player want to do on the stage in addition to 1 point criteria
3 points (6 points in Traditional): being to the theme of the routine sometimes in addition to 1 and 2 points criteria
4 points (8 points in Traditional): the routine would attract many people in addition to 1, 2 and 3 points criteria
5 points (10 points in Traditional): the routine would attract almost all people in addition to 1, 2, 3 and 4 points criteria
Judges decistion is final.