UniDancing consists of three components: tricks, artistics and choreography. Those three are the scoring's foundation. Tricks and artistics are the athletic base and choreography connects them.
The routine consists of a frame (theme/topic, acting, emotions, sense of movement, ...), the content which is structured in the choreography and the technical representation (expression of the content through body and tricks technics). Optionally there can be a message transported with the routine.
Each value, except stated differently, is judged as index, means there are maximum 100%, which is the equivalent to 10 points and 0% are 0 points. The weighing is done afterwards in the formula.
Difficulty, quality and mastery judge tricks.
Measured is the overall difficulty, the mean of each tricks difficulty.
| Value | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 100% | All Tricks are on the highest niveau |
| 50% | Alle Tricks are on average Niveau |
| 10% | Alle Tricks are easy |
Quality says how same tricks are executed by different riders. Measured is the overall quality, the mean of each tricks quality.
| Value | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 100% | All Tricks are of high quality |
| 50% | All Tricks are of average quality |
| 10% | All Tricks executed very badly |
Mastery shows the control, the rider has about his tricks. Riders receive a penalty for falling off the unicycle or regain balance movements. The base value is 10 and each penalty reduce this score.
| Penalty | Deduction |
|---|---|
| Regain balance movement | 0,25 |
| Minor dismount | 0,5 |
| Mejor dismount | 0,75 |
Choreography is measured with a checklist. Scored points are summed up to get the total value.
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<th>Sum</th>
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| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Proper relationship between tricks and artistics (50:50 plusminus 10) | 2 |
| Relation of components to each other | |
| -> tricks und artistics | 0,5 |
| -> music und costume | 0,5 |
| -> artistics und music | 0,5 |
| Dynamics | |
| -> Varying paths | 2 |
| -> Velocity changes | 2 |
| Costume | |
| -> Proper costume | 0,5 |
| -> Beautiful costume | 1 |
Artistics is about how well the contents of a routine are expressed through body movements, mimics and gestures and if these motions are of high quality.
Body language expresses the content of the routine. Also frequency and presence of the content throughout the whole routine.
| Value | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 10 | Content is completely understandable through body langauge and present all the time. |
| 5 | Either content is understandable through body language or presence all the time but not both. |
| 0-1 | Neither content is understandable through body language nor presence at all. |
Quality is about the execution of moves. Criteria, next to others, are body tension and a necessary amplitude. The more clear and distinctive a move can be recognized the better.
| Value | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 10 | Moves are of high quality, body tension is always present. |
| 6 | Moves are almost of high quality, body tension is almost always present. |
| 4 | Moves are only indicated but not finished in its full amplitude. Body tension is rarely seen. |
| 0-1 | Moves are of low quality, no body tension. |
Judging happens in two groups. One group judges tricks (T1-5), second group judges choreography and artistics (A1-5).
Tricks ans artistics as athletic components are weighted twice the value than choreography. The maximum value is 50 points:
Tricks = (difficulty + quality + mastery) / 3
Artistics = (body language + quality) / 2
Routine score = 2 * tricks + 2 * artistics + choreography
The rider with the highest score wins.