Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series

The Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series, established in 2009 and created by Red Bull, is an annual international series of cliff diving events in which a limited number of competitors determine the Cliff Diving World Series winner.

Divers jump from a platform at a height ranging from 26–28 m (85–92 ft). Competitions are held in a limited number of venues around the globe.

Tour ranking

Every athlete scores a number of points in every competition as distributed here:

Points system from 2012

In 2012 the Series introduced a new point system that was continued to be used also during the 2013 season.^[1]

Rank	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
Points	200	160	130	110	90	70	60	50	40	30	20	10	9	8

Cliff Diving World Series champion is the athlete who scored the highest cumulated number of points in all competitions during the season.

The top 6 divers in the overall ranking at the end of the season will pre-qualify automatically for the next season.

Previous winners

Men

Season	Champion	Second	Third
2009	Orlando Duque – 127 pts	Gary Hunt – 127 pts	Artem Silchenko – 111 pts
2010	Gary Hunt – 109 pts	Orlando Duque – 94 pts	Artem Silchenko – 80 pts
2011	Gary Hunt – 125 pts	Artem Silchenko – 90 pts	Michal Navrátil – 74 pts
2012	Gary Hunt – 860 pts	Orlando Duque – 840 pts	Steven LoBue – 740 pts
2013	Artem Silchenko – 1030 pts	Gary Hunt – 980 pts	Orlando Duque – 860 pts
2014	Gary Hunt – 1110 pts	Artem Silchenko – 840 pts	Steven LoBue – 680 pts
2015	Gary Hunt – 1320 pts	Orlando Duque – 970 pts	Jonathan Paredes – 849 pts

Women

Season	Champion	Second	Third
2014	Rachelle Simpson – 600 pts	Anna Bader – 390 pts	Adriana Jimenez – 360 pts
2015	Rachelle Simpson – 490 pts	Ginger Huber – 420 pts	Cecilie Carlton – 400 pts

Tour stops

History of Tour stops	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014^2	2015	2016
Hawkesbury River, Cattai				Feb 4	Jan 31 – Feb 2
Stari Most, Mostar							Aug 15	Sep 24
Icaraí, Niteroi, Rio de Janeiro					Sep 28	Oct 20
Lovrijenac, Dubrovnik	July 11
Rapa Nui			Mar 12
Cali							Feb 6–7
Cartagena Convention Centre							Apr 25
Havana, Morro Castle						May 10
Copenhagen Opera House, Copenhagen					June 22		June 20	June 18
La Salve Bridge, Bilbao						Sep 20	Sep 26
Bonifacio, Corsica				June 23
Tour Saint-Nicolas, La Rochelle	May 19	May 15	June 18		May 25		May 17	July 23
Rickmer Rickmers, Hamburg	Aug 29
Lake Vouliagmeni, Athens	Sep 20		May 22
Abereiddy, Pembrokeshire, UK				Sep 8	Sep 14			Sep 11
Serpent's Lair, Inis Mor				Aug 4		June 29
Castello Scaligero, Malcesine			July 24		July 14
Pietro L'Abbate's Terrace, Polignano a Mare	July 26	Aug 8					Sep 13	Aug 28
Yoshino-Kumano National Park, Shirahama								Oct 16
Ik Kil, Yucatan		June 6	Apr 10
Leuvehaven, Rotterdam	May 21
Grimstad				July 7
Øya, Kragerø		July 24				July 12
Wadi Shab				Sep 28
São Miguel, Vila Franca do Campo, Azores		Sep 12		July 21	June 29		July 18	July 9
Sisikon	Sep 5	Aug 28
Krabi Province					Oct 26^1
Atatürk Park, Antalya	Aug 8
Swallow's Nest, Yalta		Sep 4				Aug 30
Signature Towers, Dubai								Oct 28
ICA, Boston, Massachusetts			Aug 20	Aug 25	Aug 24
Possum Kingdom Lake, Fort Worth, Texas						June 7	May 30	June 4
Hilo, Hawaii		Sep 12

¹ divers jumped at 4 different sites: Wang Long Bay, (Phi Phi Don), Maya Bay, (Phi Phi Lee), Viking Cave, Lading Bay
² no qualification stop was held in 2014; up to four wildcards joined 10 permanent divers at each stop.

Qualification event

Men's World Series an Women's Invitational event

Men's and Women's World Series event

Competition rules

• Men perform 4 dives from a height ranging from 26–28m. There are a total of nine groups (front, back, reverse, inward, front twists, back twists, reverse twists, inward twists and all armstand dives).
• The two required dives must be performed from different take-off positions. There are 5 take-off positions (front, back, reverse, inward and armstand). The degree of difficulty for each required dive is 3.6. To clarify: front double half twist and front double 1½ twist are different groups, but the same take-off position. If a dive has less degree of difficulty, it will still be 3.6.
• The two optional dives must be from different groups from the 9 groups mentioned above. In addition, the optional dives must be done in alternating order every competition.
• A list of dives for each diver shall consist of two required dives of a fixed degree of difficulty for every athlete (3.6), and two optional dives assigned a degree of difficulty computed from the 2010 HDA table.
• The first required dive will be done after a short warm-up on the second training day. This is already part of the competition and will count 100 percent towards the total score. After this first round of dives, training can resume. The next day will have a short warm-up period followed by 2 dives (one required, one optional dive) in head-to-head format.
• The final dive will be done by the top 8 divers (winners head-to-head plus one lucky loser) in reverse order according to their cumulative score from the first 3 dives.
• Balks will receive a 2-point deduction from each judge for the first balk. Another 2-point deduction for the second balk and be considered a failed dive on the third balk. A balk is considered an interruption in movement after the diver does his press immediately before the dive. For armstand dives it is the point when both feet leave the platform (use FINA definitions).
• Running take-offs on forward dive groups (including twists) are allowed, given there is enough space for the approach.
• If the diver enters the water with his hands up on a feet-first entry, he can only get a maximum score of 5 points from each judge. The 5 points would mean a perfect execution of the entire dive with the exception of the arms. If arms are at or below shoulder height but not in alignment with the body (straight arms either in front or on the side of the body), judges can deduct between ½ to 2 points at their discretion according to the degree of the mistake.
• A break in position at or just before entry can have a deduction of ½ to 2 points at the judges' discretion. An intermediate break of position can receive no more than 4.5 points from each judge. If a dive is done in a completely different position than announced: for example back triple tuck instead of back triple pike, the dive can only receive a maximum of 2 points.
• All dives submitted in a list must consist of at least 180 degrees of rotation around a horizontal axis.

Scoring

• Five judges score each dive based on a scale of 0 to 10 in half-point increments.
• Each judge scores the dives without assistance.
• The highest and the lowest judges’ scores will be discarded. The remaining three scores are added and multiplied by the degree of difficulty for that dive.
• This will produce the total score for each dive. The total score of all dives performed are added together to produce the overall total for the competition for each diver.
• Balks will constitute a deduction from each judge's score as directed by the Head Judge. The dive will be scored as usual and the announcer will deduct two points from each judge's score.

References

1. "About". Red Bull Cliff Diving. Red Bull GmbH. April 7, 2015. Retrieved September 9, 2015.

External links

• Red Bull Cliff Diving – Official website