Proposal 36: Adding a rule about Placings/Tie Breaks [ Revision 1 ]
Committee: 13. JumpsSubmitted on 2025-05-06
Status: Review from May 06, 2025 to May 14, 2025
Background
For the past two Unicons the "new" distance incremental rule has been in place for the jumps competitions. Due to this rule (which generally works as intended), the need for tie breaks has increased. The proposed rule is based on what is used in athletics for high jump and should considerably reduce the need for tie breaks in the future.
Proposal
Proposal for the new rule:
13D.8 Placings / Tie Breaks
1. If two or more riders clear the same final height, the procedure to decide the places will be the following:
1.1 The rider with the lowest number of jumps at the height last cleared must be awarded the higher place.
1.2 If the riders are equal following paragraph 1.1, the rider with the lowest total of failures throughout the event up to and including the height last cleared, must be awarded the higher place.
1.3 If the riders are still equal following pragraph 1.2, the riders concerned must be awarded the same place unless it concerns the first place.
1.4 If it concerns the first place, a jump-off between these riders must be conducted in, unless otherwise decided, either in advance according to the rules applying to the competition, or during the competition but before the start of the event by the Referee. If no jump-off is carried out, including where the relevant athletes at any stage decide not to jump further, the tie for first place must remain.
Body
Further information can be found in the corresponding discussion.