X-Style Director

The X-Style Director is the head organizer and administrator of X-Style events. With the Convention Host, the X-Style Director determines the system used to run the event. The X-Style Director is responsible for the logistics and equipment for all X-Style events. With the Chief Judge, the X-Style Director is in charge of keeping events running on schedule, and answers all questions not pertaining to rules and judging. The X-Style Director is the highest authority on everything to do with the X-Style competition, except for decisions on rules and results.

Chief Judge

The Chief Judge is the head X-Style official, whose primary job is to make sure the rules are followed. The Chief Judge oversees the competition, deals with protests, and answers all rules and judging questions. The Chief Judge is responsible for seeing that all judges are trained and ready. The Chief Judge is also responsible for the accuracy of all judging point tabulations and calculations.

Judging Table

The Chief Judge composes the Judging Table for each starting group. All judges can be active competitors or non-competitors. Preferred are people with judging experience and competitors. It is also preferred that the Chief judge attempt to pair riders of different backgrounds (ex: Flatland, Street, Freestyle) to foster more accurate judging of skills. Non-Competitors can apply for being a judge by contacting the Chief Judge in advance. The Chief Judge sets the application deadline. It is recommended that every starting group is judged by two other starting groups. The judging table consists of at least 5 Judges.

Every routine is judged by the judging table. One judging table stays for one starting group. Judges can judge alone or in pairs. Judging in pairs is the preferred system. All judges must either judge alone or in pairs so that each judge’s vote has equal weight. (Pair judges are referred to as one judge below.) There must be an odd number of pair judges, or an odd number of judges if individuals are judging alone, on the judging table.

Judging

The judge should rank the riders of the current starting group in order. They should do this by comparing the difficulty of the shown skills in each run. When comparing the difficulty of runs, judges should take into consideration the difficulty of each competitor’s run as a whole. The same skill when completed with higher quality (for example elegant, smooth, or clean) is considered more difficult. Assigning the same rank to multiple riders is not allowed.

Only executed skills are taken into account. An executed skill is defined as when the rider reaches the point of being in control.

Examples:

• The landing of a unispin is part of the skill. The rider can only reach the point of being in control after landing. If the rider is hopping four times after the unispin without control and then falls off the unicycle, the skill does not count.

• In coasting, the rider is in control after getting far enough. Getting back to pedals is a separate skill.

Negative aspects like dismounts are ignored. Every judge should use blank sheets of paper to take notes.

Removing Scores

The highest and the lowest placing points per rider are discarded. All the remaining placing points get summed up for each rider. The 3 riders with the fewest points win and advance to the next round.

Additionally, the Chief Judge has the power to remove scores only if they are deemed to be biased, inaccurate, or another extreme case.