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)

Participants

There were 13 teams signing up to the event:

Esperanza
Tzert (manager)
Chiruru
Nachii*
Wei
Ria
Miuk (substitute)

Akagami
Asterix (manager)
Ki
Zxuaran
Neru
Synne

Final Boss
V 0 1 D (manager)
Nine
Vanilla
ZeGentleman
Krogan
Saltient (substitute)

Team 🌺🌸🌹💐🌷
Wenyu (manager)
Goonin
Lxnar
Finiket
Grimoire

The Five Fingers of Sublime Pen
Padrace (manager)
DArKT
Diobrando
Zefia
Beck

KIPS Stars
FLow (manager)
Nani
BlackCow
Sonic
Cmpsr
Seoraksan (substitute)

Ludens
Coffeelucky (manager)
Akkey
Altttt
Froog
PHUM
Sanyo (substitute)

SeroPH
Thresh (manager)
KanaSei
Vnel
Vipono
Exityy

BlackMagic
Haton
Hector
Petuy
Quantum
Hilbert
Karuna (substitute)

Star River
Xuanr
Anonm
Salmon_T
Heavenly
Yamaka
Realer (substitute)

Eastern Reunion
Laku
TUv4
Reamtea
KoVi
Sututu
Tetora (substitute)

FPSB Z
Colin d'Alaska
Lu00
S-RoK
Mamba
Eshor
Kara T-J (substitute)

SPSC
Sumure (manager)
Allwars
SekaiDE
Chisko
Kattho
DarKko (substitute)

Results

Round 1

Participants in bold passed to the next round

1. Eastern Reunion
2. The Five Fingers of Sublime Pen
3. Final Boss
4. Esperanza
5. KIPS Stars
6. BlackMagic
7. Ludens
8. Star River
9. SPSC
10. Akagami
11. FPSB Z
12. SeroPH
13. Team 🌺🌸🌹💐🌷

Round 2

Eastern Reunion vs Star River

Category	Eastern Reunion	Star River
Aestheticism	KoVi
Taps & Counters	TUv4
Wipers	Reamtea	Yamaka
Duet	Laku & Sututu

Esperanza vs KIPS Stars

Category	Esperanza	KIPS Stars
Aestheticism	Wei	Sonic
Taps & Counters	Miuk	BlackCow
Wipers	Tzert
Duet	Ria & Chiruru	Nani & FLow

The Five Fingers of Sublime Pen vs Ludens

Category	The Five Fingers of Sublime Pen	Ludens
Aestheticism	Zefia	Coffeelucky
Taps & Counters	DArKT	PHUM
Wipers	Diobrando	Froog
Duet	Padrace & Beck	Altttt & Akkey

Final Boss vs BlackMagic

Category	Final Boss	BlackMagic
Aestheticism	Nine	Petuy
Taps & Counters	V 0 1 D	Karuna
Wipers	Krogan	Hector
Duet	Krogan & ZeGentleman	Haton & Quantum