Pen Spinning World Cup 2022

The Pen Spinning World Cup 2022 was an international team-based competition held from June 25th, 2022 to September 3rd, 2022.

Scoring System

The competition had 7 themes, split into two main categories that shared point allocations, with one special theme, the Duet.

Difficulty Category: Complexity, Power, Taps & Counters

• Theme Scores:
  • Difficulty (15 points)
  • Originality (10 points)
• General Scores:
  • Execution (10 points)
  • Construction (5 points)
  • Effectiveness (5 points)
  • Presentation (2 points)

Execution Category: Aestheticism, Wipers, 1P2H

• Theme Scores:
  • Execution (15 points)
  • Originality (10 points)
• General Scores:
  • Difficulty (10 points)
  • Construction (5 points)
  • Effectiveness (5 points)
  • Presentation (2 points)

The combos for Wipers are required to contain 80% wiper tricks, and 1P2H combos are required to contain 50% 1P2H linkages.

Duet theme

• Duet-specific Scores:
  • Transition (2 points)
  • Theme (2 points)
  • Coherence (2 points)
  • Atmosphere (2 points)
• General Scores:
  • Difficulty (10 points)
  • Execution (10 points)
  • Originality (10 points)
  • Construction (5 points)
  • Effectiveness (5 points)
  • Presentation (2 points)

Total: 50 Points

Tournament Structure

The first round consists of a "Battle Royale" with the 5 non-substitute members of the teams all submitting one combo each to a Collaboration Video that is edited by one of the team members. This round is judged on the Duet category, and the rankings compiled so that the top 8 teams pass to the next round.

For the remaining 3 rounds, single elimination matches are made where 3 themes are picked at random from the 6 main themes, and a duet theme of two spinners is present every round. The Duet is worth 2 points, and the remaining categories worth 1 point. The team that wins the most points between the 4 battles proceeds to the next round until a champion is determined.

Judges

• i.suk (UPSB)
• kin (HKPSA)
• Tigres (UPSB)
• ch (PHPS)
• Huwng (VNPS)