Not an Elimination Bracket: Teams do not advance by beating another team. Progression is determined solely by speed and cumulative time.
Additional:
Region Title/Placeholder Determination: To identify regional winners and placeholders in the Relay Category at each region’s designated Regional Classic under the cumulative time advancement model: • Regional placements (1st, 2nd, 3rd) are awarded based on how far each team progresses within the cumulative time format, defined by the round in which their cumulative time no longer qualifies them to advance. • If multiple teams from the same region finish their competition in the same round, their cumulative time at the point of
elimination will be used to rank them. The faster cumulative time earns the higher placement. • A disqualification at any point removes the team from regional placement eligibility.
How Regional Placement Works (Example for Clarity) Regional winners are determined by the round in which a team’s cumulative time stops qualifying them to advance — not by “winning” or “losing” a race. This means: • A team that reaches Round 4 (Podium Round) always ranks above a team that only reached Round 3. • A team that reaches Round 3 always ranks above a team that only reached Round 2. • If two teams from the same region exit in the same round, the team with the faster cumulative time at that point earns the higher placement. World Challenge Model/Policy: the World Challenge includes a multi-day qualifying phase designed to give every team the opportunity to earn a position in Saturday’s Championship Finals. • Qualifying runs are conducted as individual team time trials and are separate from the cumulative time model used during Saturday competition. • Teams may complete qualifying runs at any time during the designated four day qualifying period. There is no limit to the number of attempts a team may make (must pay for each attempt). • For each team, the single fastest officially recorded time from the qualifying period will be used to determine advancement into the available Saturday championship slots. • At the conclusion of the qualifying period, the fastest teams—up to the number of available championship slots in each subcategory—will advance to Saturday. These teams will enter the Championship Finals as equal competitors, beginning with no cumulative time. • Teams begin the standard four round cumulative time relay model used for determining final placements .
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