Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series

Every athlete scores a number of points in every competition as distributed here:

History of Tour events	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	20142	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	20203
Hawkesbury River, Cattai				Feb 4	Jan 31 – Feb 2
Sydney Harbour, Sydney												Nov 7
Stari Most, Mostar							Aug 15	Sep 24	Sep 16	Sep 8	Aug 24	Sep 26
Icaraí, Niteroi, Rio de Janeiro					Sep 28	Oct 20
Rapa Nui			Mar 12
Lago Ranco									Oct 21
Cali							Feb 6–7
Cartagena Convention Centre							Apr 25
Lovrijenac, Dubrovnik	July 11
Havana, Morro Castle						May 10
Copenhagen Opera House, Copenhagen					June 22		June 20	June 18		Aug 25
Bonifacio, Corsica				June 23
Tour Saint-Nicolas, La Rochelle	May 19	May 15	June 18		May 25		May 17	July 23				June 6
Rickmer Rickmers, Hamburg	Aug 29
Abereiddy, Pembrokeshire, Wales				Sep 8	Sep 14			Sep 11
Lake Vouliagmeni, Athens	Sep 20		May 22
Nusa Penida, Bali												May 16
Millennium Tower, Dublin											May 12
Serpent's Lair, Inis Mor				Aug 4		June 29			June 24
Castello Scaligero, Malcesine			July 24		July 14
Pietro L'Abbate's Terrace, Polignano a Mare	July 26	Aug 8					Sep 13	Aug 28	Jul 23	Sep 23	June 2	July 19
Yoshino-Kumano National Park, Shirahama								Oct 16
Raouché, Beirut											July 14
Ik Kil, Yucatan		June 6	Apr 10
Leuvehaven, Rotterdam	May 21
Grimstad				July 7
Øya, Kragerø		July 24				July 12
Oslo Opera House, Oslo												Aug 15
Wadi Shab				Sep 28
Miniloc Island, El Nido, Palawan											Apr 13
São Miguel, Vila Franca do Campo, Azores		Sep 12		July 21	June 29		July 18	July 9	July 9	July 14	June 22	Sep 6
La Salve Bridge, Bilbao						Sep 20	Sep 26			June 30	Sep 14
Sisikon	Sep 5	Aug 28								Aug 5
Krabi Province					Oct 261
Atatürk Park, Antalya	Aug 8
Swallow's Nest, Yalta		Sep 4				Aug 30
Signature Towers, Dubai								Oct 28
ICA, Boston, Massachusetts			Aug 20	Aug 25	Aug 24
Possum Kingdom Lake, Fort Worth, Texas						June 7	May 30	June 4	Sep 3	June 2		June 27
Hilo, Hawaii		Sep 12

¹ Divers jumped at 4 different sites: Wang Long Bay, (Phi Phi Don), Maya Bay, (Phi Phi Lee), Viking Cave, Lading Bay
² No qualification stop was held in 2014; up to four wildcards joined 10 permanent divers at each stop.
³ Series cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

• Men perform 4 dives from a height ranging from 26–28m. There are a total of nine groups (front, back, reverse, inward, front twists, back twists, reverse twists, inward twists and all armstand dives).
• The two required dives must be performed from different take-off positions. There are 5 take-off positions (front, back, reverse, inward and armstand). The degree of difficulty for each required dive is 3.6. To clarify: front double half twist and front double 1½ twist are different groups, but the same take-off position. If a dive has less degree of difficulty, it will still be 3.6.
• The two optional dives must be from different groups from the 9 groups mentioned above. In addition, the optional dives must be done in alternating order every competition.
• A list of dives for each diver shall consist of two required dives of a fixed degree of difficulty for every athlete (3.6), and two optional dives assigned a degree of difficulty computed from the 2010 HDA table.
• The first required dive will be done after a short warm-up on the second training day. This is already part of the competition and will count 100 percent towards the total score. After this first round of dives, training can resume. The next day will have a short warm-up period followed by 2 dives (one required, one optional dive) in head-to-head format.
• The final dive will be done by the top 8 divers (winners head-to-head plus one lucky loser) in reverse order according to their cumulative score from the first 3 dives.
• Balks will receive a 2-point deduction from each judge for the first balk. Another 2-point deduction for the second balk and be considered a failed dive on the third balk. A balk is considered an interruption in movement after the diver does his press immediately before the dive. For armstand dives it is the point when both feet leave the platform (use FINA definitions).
• Running take-offs on forward dive groups (including twists) are allowed, given there is enough space for the approach.
• If the diver enters the water with his hands up on a feet-first entry, he can only get a maximum score of 5 points from each judge. The 5 points would mean a perfect execution of the entire dive with the exception of the arms. If arms are at or below shoulder height but not in alignment with the body (straight arms either in front or on the side of the body), judges can deduct between ½ to 2 points at their discretion according to the degree of the mistake.
• A break in position at or just before entry can have a deduction of ½ to 2 points at the judges' discretion. An intermediate break of position can receive no more than 4.5 points from each judge. If a dive is done in a completely different position than announced: for example back triple tuck instead of back triple pike, the dive can only receive a maximum of 2 points.
• All dives submitted in a list must consist of at least 180 degrees of rotation around a horizontal axis.

• Five judges score each dive based on a scale of 0 to 10 in half-point increments.
• Each judge scores the dives without assistance.
• The highest and the lowest judges’ scores will be discarded. The remaining three scores are added and multiplied by the degree of difficulty for that dive.
• This will produce the total score for each dive. The total score of all dives performed are added together to produce the overall total for the competition for each diver.
• Balks will constitute a deduction from each judge's score as directed by the Head Judge. The dive will be scored as usual and the announcer will deduct two points from each judge's score.

• Red Bull Cliff Diving – Official website