The Pen Spinning World Cup 2022 was an international team-based competition held from June 25th, 2022 to September 3rd, 2022[1].
History
The final round exhibited multipen combos from V 0 1 D (Final Boss)[2], TUv4 (Eastern Reunion)[3] and Padrace (The Five Fingers of Sublime Pen)[4]. This came as a surprise due to the technique's rarity in the prior rounds of the competition.
Scoring System
The competition had 7 themes, split into two main categories that shared point allocations, with one special theme, the Duet.
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.
