There are four areas that are scored by the four judges on the panel:
Technical Difficulty: Complexity of techniques. This is where the skill levels of the athletes really come into play.
Execution: Based on how cleanly the athletes perform overall. This covers the mechanics of the moves, posture, foot placement and ultimately, how clean the landing of any given techniques are.
Creativity: Based on how well the athletes use their environment to create movement. We encourage the full use of the course but leave it to the athletes to determine how they choose to do so.
Fluidity: How well an athlete makes transitions between moves. The execution of the techniques are obviously very important, but linking those moves together is vital in order to maintain flow.
Each area is scored up to a maximum of 25 points per judge. This means that the competing athletes can expect to be scored up to a maximum of 100 points per judge.
Times this by four judges and for any given run, the athletes can score up to a maximum of 400 points.
For the 2009 Barclaycard World Freerun Championship there will be two heats. The first will see all of the competitors completing individual runs of 60 seconds each. The top 10 scoring runners will then go through to the final heat where their scores will be reset and again, they will have 60 seconds to complete their runs. The top 3 scoring athletes from the final will make the podium. There will also be a Trick of the event award. This will be chosen from all of the runs during the event and can potentially be won by anyone who competes regardless of their placing in the event overall.
