Comp Rules

The Competition: At its core, the Compengine is a head to head video competition for action sports in which the community picks the winner. Behind the scenes , the Compengine picks matches based on skill level. In General, the competition has four rounds with the first two rounds lasting a week, an LCQ round,  and the Final Round finishing when a winner is picked. Users will be notified by email when contests begin. Good luck!

1st Round

• In the 1st round, the Compengine runs cycles matching competitors based on skill level.
• As the round progresses, competitors are matched against others with a similar skill level.
• At the end of the 1st round, the top 50 % advance to the 2nd round.

2nd Round

• In the 2nd round, again, the Compengine runs cycles matching competitors based on skill level.
• As the round progresses, competitors are matched against others with a similar skill level.
• At the end of the 2nd round the top 50 % advances to the final round.

Final Round

• The final round is a modified knockout Round in which competitors are eliminated if they lose THREE times.
• Again, the competition engine matches based on skill level BUT this time competitors are matched against their opposites in terms of skill level.
• At the end of a contest, competitors are ranked based on their performance during the final round.

LCQ Round

• Before the final round begins, the last chance qualifier round (LCQ) Round runs.
• The LCQ round is composed of competitors who did not make the cut in the 1st and 2nd round.
• The LCQ round is tough, it’s a pure knockout round in which a competitor is eliminated if they lose once.
• Here, like in the final round, the competition engine matches competitors based on opposite in terms of skill levels.
• Competitors in the top 25 % will qualify for the Final Round.

Ranking System:  Competitors are ranked each time their video is on the leader board at the end of the final round, Currently the top 25.