(New Street) AMOUNT OF RUNS & BEST TRICK (Closed for comments)
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I'm starting to write down the rule and we still need to discuss a lot of things so, here's the first one.
How many runs and how many attempts for best trick should there be?
Option 1
Prelim
2 runs, best is kept
3 BT, best is kept
Finals
3 runs, best is kept
5 BT, best 2 are kept
Option 2
Prelim
2 runs, best is kept
3 BT, best is kept
Finals
2 runs, best is kept
5 BT, best 2 are kept
Option 3
Prelim
2 runs, best is kept
Finals
3 runs, best is kept
5 BT, best 2 are kept
Option 4
Prelim
2 runs, best is kept
Finals
2 runs, best is kept
5 BT, best 2 are kept
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3 or 4 are the best, in my opinion. Best trick for everyone in prelims is not necessary.
If I'm being totally honest, I think I'd like it best if in the finals we did three runs and kept the two best runs— so a modified option 3. It forces riders to be creative and doesn't give them three tries at the same exact line.
Otherwise, I think option 4 is best.
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Either option 3 or 4. I would go for option 3 and have 3 runs each. With the limited amount of riders in finals I think you could give them 3 runs.
Comment
Option 3 is the best in my opinion too, and I very like Eli's suggestion on keeping the best 2 runs in the finals.
Having best trick attempts in prelims could get very time consuming.
At some point we should also discuss how many riders qualify for the final. I hope this is not off-topic here as the number of runs determine the length of the comp in general, and therefore the number of riders we could have in the final. I believe the system we work on right now would easily allow to have 8 or maaaaybe even more riders in the finals.
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I agree with what the others have said. Option 3
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Option 3
Prelim
2 runs, best is kept
Finals
3 runs, best is kept
5 BT, best 2 are kept
OR
Option 3.5
Prelim
2 runs, best is kept
Finals
3 runs, 2 best are kept
5 BT, 2 best are kept
The only problem with keeping 2 runs out of 3 is that we'll see a drastic reduction of difficulty in the runs because it leave almost no room for error. I would rather see, 2 runs best is kept for finals, or 4 runs, best 2 are kept.