Proposal 109: Introduction of two official competition levels [ Revision 4 ]
Committee: Main CommitteeSubmitted on 2025-07-20
Status: Passed on August 23, 2025
Background
Currently, some disciplines use the term “Expert” as the highest competition level, in other disciplines the term is used as a synonym for a final/final ranking and even others simply use it as a performance level to give riders an indication of which "course" they should register for.
In order to be able to clearly recognize when registering for a specific event whether you are registering for an event in which you can potentially compete for a championship title or not, there should be two competition levels that are clearly defined and allow this distinction to be made when registering for events.
I have adapted the previous definition of Expert / Junior Expert so that its use in other places in the Rulebook continues to have a reference - in the long term, the term should be replaced wherever the old definition of Expert / Junior Expert is used in the Rulebook.
Proposal
Old rule:
1A.4 World Champions
The Male and Female winners of each individual event at Unicon are the World Champions for that event. There is no age limit to winning the overall title.
Age group winners can use the title 'Age-Group Winner', and the term 'World Champions' generally refers to winners of Overall, Finals or Expert class.
Winners in the Expert category of each event at Unicon are the World Champions. In the individual events, separate titles are awarded for male and female. Winners in the Jr. Expert category at Unicon are the Junior World Champions.
The male/female winner of the Expert category at Unicon is the Male/Female World Champion. The male/female winner of the Junior Expert category at Unicon is the Male/Female Junior World Champion. In the absence of any of these categories, no title will be awarded. No title is awarded for the Advanced category.
1D.1 Definitions
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Expert: The top category in events that don't have a system to determine Finalists. When no other limitations are present, riders can choose to compete in this category against the other top riders. Limitations on this may be if top riders are chosen at previous competitions, such as national events, or if there is a limit on the number of competitors per country. The category is called Expert, and riders entered in it can be called Experts. The distinction of Experts over Finalists is that they are not chosen based on competition results at the current convention.
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Junior Expert: Same as Expert, but open only to riders age 0-14. Riders in this age range may optionally enter Expert instead, to compete in the highest/hardest category.
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New rule:
1A.4 World Champions
1. For each individual event that is held at championship level at Unicon, World Champions are determined in the classes and gender categories of the respective event.
2. For classes other than the Senior class, the World Champion title is preceded by the corresponding class name, e.g. Junior World Champion.
3. Only winners of the respective final or final-ranking/overall-ranking of championship level events at Unicon are designated as "World Champions", respectively "World Champions" preceded by the corresponding class name. Age-group winners may use the term “Age-Group Winner”, but this does not refer to a World Championship title.
1D.1 Definitions
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Expert / Junior Expert: The former word for the top category in events that don't have a system to determine Finalists. Expert or Junior Expert mean events at championship level where there is only one round of competing and a final-/overall-ranking is determined based on this single round.
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--- To be inserted at the corresponding place. I have adapted the previous definition of Expert / Junior Expert so that its use in other places in the Rulebook continues to have a reference - in the long term, the term should be replaced wherever the old definition of Expert / Junior Expert is used in the Rulebook.osition of 1D.1 Definitions ---
Championship Level: The Championship Level is the highest competition level of an event. Championship titles are only awarded from finals or final-rankings/overall-rankings at Championship Level. Championship Level events are usually defined without any preffix or suffix in their name.
Convention Level: The Convention Level is a competition level in which no championship titles are awarded. The Convention Level supports the convention aspect of an event to allow for a broader field of participants who cannot or do not desire to compete at the highest level. Convention Level events must clearly indicate their affiliation to the Convention Level by a corresponding preffix or suffix in their name.
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Discussion
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- Revision 4 changed by Jan Vocke (12 Aug 03:16)
I have adapted the proposal so that it makes sense without defining new terms in the rulebook, i.e., I have removed the term “contest” in particular and adapted the remaining terms to the old, existing rule.
- Revision 3 changed by Jan Vocke (24 Jul 03:56)
The following paragraphs have been changed - bold new, strikethrough old:
1. For each individual event
, whichthat is held at championship level at Unicon, World Champions are determined in the classes and gender categories of the respective event.
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Only awarded from finals or final-rankings/overall-rankingsbased onin contests at Championship Levelmay award championship titles. Championship Level contests are usually defined without any preaffix or suffix in their nameat all.Convention Level: The Convention Level is a competition level
wherein which no championship titleswill beare awarded. The Convention Level supports the convention aspect of a competition to allow for a broader field of participants who cannot or do not desire to compete at the highest level. Convention Level contests must clearly indicate their affiliation to the Convention Level by a corresponding preaffix or suffix in their name.- Revision 2 changed by Jan Vocke (23 Jul 13:58)
Grammar fix
- Revision 1 changed by Jan Vocke (20 Jul 07:35)
Votes on this proposal:
11 out of 19 voting members have voted.
Agree: 8, Disagree: 1, Abstain: 2.