1.
INTRODUCTION
1.1. Difficulty-Duel
competitions are a variant of the Difficulty and Speed competitions in
that:
a) The rounds of
the competition preceding the final round shall be conducted in accordance
with the regulations governing Difficulty competitions;
b) The final round
of a Difficulty-Duel competition shall be conducted in accordance with the
regulations governing Difficulty competitions but adopting the same
competitor-elimination ('knock-out') format as that adopted for Speed
competitions.
2.
FINAL ROUND - QUOTAS
2.1.
In accordance with Article 6 of the Difficulty Regulations, the
ranking procedure must first be completed before Article 2 of the
Difficulty-Duel Regulations are applied.
2.3.
Semi-Final and Final - Fixed Quotas:
a)
The fixed quota for the semi-final (Difficulty Regulations) and
final (Difficulty-Duel Regulations) shall be, respectively, 26 and 8
competitors;
b)
Ties at the end of the semi-final round for the last place in the
final shall be broken by taking into account a competitor's time in
achieving the height on which the tie exists.
2.4.
Final Round: If in a
heat of the final round of a Difficulty-Duel competition, competitors
achieve the same height and are tied, the tie shall be broken on the basis
of the minimum time taken by a competitor to achieve that height.
3.
FINAL ROUND - STARTING ORDER
3.1.
Following the ranking of the semi-final round and following, where
relevant, the count-back procedure (Difficulty Regulations) and the
semi-final tie-break procedure specified in Article 2.3(c) has been
employed, the starting order shall be in accordance with that specified
for 16 and 8 competitors in the regulations governing Speed competitions