Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series

The Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series, established in 2009 and created by Red Bull, is an annual international series of cliff diving events in which a limited number of competitors determine the Cliff Diving World Series winner.

Divers jump from a platform at a height ranging from 85–92 ft (26 to 28 m) . Competitions are held in a limited number of venues around the globe.

History

The Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series men’s competition started in 2009. The women’s competition began in 2014.^[1] The competition season takes place over eight locations around the world.^[2] Since 2020, there have been an equal number of male and female competitors.^[3]

Tour ranking

Every athlete scores a number of points in every competition as distributed here:

Points system from 2012

In 2012 the Series introduced a new point system that was continued to be used also during the 2013 season.^[4]

Rank	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
Points	200	160	130	110	90	70	60	50	40	30	20	10	9	8

Cliff Diving World Series champion is the athlete who scored the highest cumulated number of points in all competitions during the season.

The top 6 divers in the overall ranking at the end of the season will pre-qualify automatically for the next season.

Results by year

Men

Season	Champion	Second	Third
2024	Aidan Heslop - 121 pts	Constantin Popovici - 107 pts	James Lichtenstein - 101 pts
2023	Constantin Popovici - 1032 pts	Aidan Heslop - 809 pts	Carlos Gimeno - 703 pts
2022	Gary Hunt - 1240 pts	Aidan Heslop - 1166 pts	Cătălin Preda - 1130 pts
2021	Gary Hunt – 800 pts	Constantin Popovici – 640 pts	Cătălin Preda – 550 pts
2020	Series cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2019	Gary Hunt – 1160 pts	Jonathan Paredes – 750 pts	Andy Jones – 500 pts
2018	Gary Hunt – 1010 pts	Steven LoBue – 950 pts	Jonathan Paredes – 790 pts
2017	Jonathan Paredes – 720 pts	Gary Hunt – 710 pts	Blake Aldridge – 580 pts
2016	Gary Hunt – 1350 pts	Jonathan Paredes – 1030 pts	Andy Jones – 910 pts
2015	Gary Hunt – 1320 pts	Orlando Duque – 970 pts	Jonathan Paredes – 849 pts
2014	Gary Hunt – 1110 pts	Artem Silchenko – 840 pts	Steven LoBue – 680 pts
2013	Artem Silchenko – 1030 pts	Gary Hunt – 980 pts	Orlando Duque – 860 pts
2012	Gary Hunt – 860 pts	Orlando Duque – 840 pts	Steven LoBue – 740 pts
2011	Gary Hunt – 125 pts	Artem Silchenko – 90 pts	Michal Navrátil – 74 pts
2010	Gary Hunt – 109 pts	Orlando Duque – 94 pts	Artem Silchenko – 80 pts
2009	Orlando Duque – 127 pts	Gary Hunt – 127 pts	Artem Silchenko – 111 pts

Women

Season	Champion	Second	Third
2024	Rhiannan Iffland – 157 pts	Molly Carlson – 112 pts	Simone Leathead – 68 pts
2023	Rhiannan Iffland – 1200 pts	Molly Carlson – 970 pts	Xantheia Pennisi – 600 pts
2022	Rhiannan Iffland – 1560 pts	Molly Carlson – 1270 pts	Eleanor Smart – 820 pts
2021	Rhiannan Iffland – 800 pts	Jessica Macaulay – 580 pts	Molly Carlson – 560 pts
2020	Series cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2019	Rhiannan Iffland – 1200 pts	Jessica Macaulay – 670 pts	Lysanne Richard – 660 pts
2018	Rhiannan Iffland – 830 pts	Adriana Jiménez – 760 pts	Lysanne Richard – 690 pts
2017	Rhiannan Iffland – 890 pts	Helena Merten – 740 pts	Adriana Jiménez – 690 pts
2016	Rhiannan Iffland – 1290 pts	Lysanne Richard – 1030 pts	Cesilie Carlton – 780 pts
2015	Rachelle Simpson – 490 pts	Ginger Huber – 420 pts	Cesilie Carlton – 400 pts
2014	Rachelle Simpson – 600 pts	Anna Bader – 390 pts	Adriana Jiménez – 360 pts

Tour events

History of Tour events	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014^[a]	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020^[b]	2021	2022	2023
Hong Kong
Singapore
Hawkesbury River, Cattai				Feb 4	Jan 31 – Feb 2
Sydney Harbour, Sydney												~~Nov 7~~		Oct 15
Baku													~~Oct 16~~^[c]
Stari Most, Mostar							Aug 15	Sep 24	Sep 16	Sep 8	Aug 24	~~Sep 26~~	Aug 28	Aug 27	Sep 9
Icaraí, Niteroi, Rio de Janeiro					Sep 28	Oct 20
Rapa Nui			Mar 12
Lago Ranco									Oct 21
Cali							Feb 6–7
Cartagena Convention Centre							Apr 25
Lovrijenac, Dubrovnik	Jul 11
Havana, Morro Castle						May 10
Copenhagen Opera House, Copenhagen					Jun 22		Jun 20	Jun 18		Aug 25				Jul 16
Bonifacio, Corsica				Jun 23
Seine River, Eiffel Tower, Paris														Jun 18	Jun 18
Saint-Raphaël													Jun 12
Tour Saint-Nicolas, La Rochelle	May 19	May 15	Jun 18		May 25		May 17	Jul 23				~~Jun 6~~
Rickmer Rickmers, Hamburg	Aug 29
Abereiddy, Pembrokeshire, Wales				Sep 8	Sep 14			Sep 11
Mersey RIVER
Lake Vouliagmeni, Athens	Sep 20		May 22
Nusa Penida, Bali												~~May 16~~
Downpatrick Head, Ballycastle													Sep 12
Millennium Tower, Dublin											May 12
Serpent's Lair, Inis Mor				Aug 4		Jun 29			Jun 24
Castello Scaligero, Malcesine			Jul 24		Jul 14
Pietro L'Abbate's Terrace, Polignano a Mare	Jul 26	Aug 8					Sep 13	Aug 28	Jul 23	Sep 23	Jun 2	~~Jul 19~~	Sep 26	Sep 25	Jul 2
Apulia													Sep 22
Takachiho Gorge, Takachiho, Miyazaki															Aug 3
Yoshino-Kumano National Park, Shirahama								Oct 16
Raouché, Beirut											Jul 14
Ik Kil, Yucatan		Jun 6	Apr 10
Leuvehaven, Rotterdam	May 21
Waitematā Harbour, Auckland															January 28, 2024
Grimstad				Jul 7
Øya, Kragerø		Jul 24				Jul 12
Oslo Opera House, Oslo												~~Aug 15~~	Aug 14	Aug 13
Wadi Shab				Sep 28
Miniloc Island, El Nido, Palawan											Apr 13
São Miguel, Vila Franca do Campo, Azores		Sep 12		Jul 21	Jun 29		Jul 18	Jul 9	Jul 9	Jul 14	Jun 22	~~Sep 6~~
La Salve Bridge, Bilbao						Sep 20	Sep 26			Jun 30	Sep 14
Sisikon	Sep 5	Aug 28								Aug 5				Sep 10
Krabi Province^[d]					Oct 26¹
Atatürk Park, Antalya	Aug 8
Swallow's Nest, Yalta		Sep 4				Aug 30
Signature Towers, Dubai								Oct 28
ICA, Boston, Massachusetts			Aug 20	Aug 25	Aug 24									Jun 4	Jun 3
Possum Kingdom Lake, Fort Worth, Texas						Jun 7	May 30	Jun 4	Sep 3	Jun 2		~~Jun 27~~
Hilo, Hawaii		Sep 12

^ No qualification stop was held in 2014; up to four wildcards joined 10 permanent divers at each stop.
^ Series cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[5]
^ Stop cancelled due to health concerns.^[6]
^ Divers jumped at 4 different sites: Wang Long Bay (Phi Phi Don), Maya Bay (Phi Phi Lee), Viking Cave, Lading Bay

Qualification event
Men's World Series and Women's Invitational event
Men's and Women's World Series event

Competition rules

Men perform 4 dives from a height ranging from 85–92 ft (26–28m). There are a total of nine groups (front, back, reverse, inward, front twists, back twists, reverse twists, inward twists and all armstand dives).
The two required dives must be performed from different take-off positions. There are 5 take-off positions (front, back, reverse, inward and armstand). The degree of difficulty for each required dive is 3.6. To clarify: front double half twist and front double 1½ twist are different groups, but the same take-off position. If a dive has less degree of difficulty, it will still be 3.6.
The two optional dives must be from different groups from the nine groups mentioned above. In addition, the optional dives must be done in alternating order every competition.
A list of dives for each diver shall consist of two required dives of a fixed degree of difficulty for every athlete (3.6), and two optional dives assigned a degree of difficulty computed from the 2010 HDA table.
The first required dive will be done after a short warm-up on the second training day. This is already part of the competition and will count 100 percent towards the total score. After this first round of dives, training can resume. The next day will have a short warm-up period followed by 2 dives (one required, one optional dive) in head-to-head format.
The final dive will be done by the top 8 divers (winners head-to-head plus one lucky loser) in reverse order according to their cumulative score from the first 3 dives.
Balks will receive a 2-point deduction from each judge for the first balk. Another 2-point deduction for the second balk and be considered a failed dive on the third balk. A balk is considered an interruption in movement after the diver does their press immediately before the dive. For armstand dives it is the point when both feet leave the platform (use FINA definitions).
Running take-offs on forward dive groups (including twists) are allowed, given there is enough space for the approach.
If the diver enters the water with their hands up on a feet-first entry, they can only get a maximum score of 5 points from each judge. The 5 points would mean a perfect execution of the entire dive with the exception of the arms. If arms are at or below shoulder height but not in alignment with the body (straight arms either in front or on the side of the body), judges can deduct between ½ to 2 points at their discretion according to the degree of the mistake.
A break in position at or just before entry can have a deduction of ½ to 2 points at the judges' discretion. An intermediate break of position can receive no more than 4.5 points from each judge. If a dive is done in a completely different position than announced: for example back triple tuck instead of back triple pike, the dive can only receive a maximum of 2 points.
All dives submitted in a list must consist of at least 180 degrees of rotation around a horizontal axis.

Scoring

Five judges score each dive based on a scale of 0 to 10^[7] in half-point increments.
Each judge scores the dives without assistance.
The highest and the lowest judges’ scores will be discarded. The remaining three scores are added and multiplied by the degree of difficulty for that dive.^[7]
This will produce the total score for each dive. The total score of all dives performed are added together to produce the overall total for the competition for each diver.
Balks will constitute a deduction from each judge's score as directed by the Head Judge. The dive will be scored as usual and the announcer will deduct two points from each judge's score.

References

^ "So you want to go cliff diving. The ins and outs of the Red Bull World Series". Prince Albert NOW. January 24, 2024. Retrieved January 30, 2024.
^ Garrity, Tanner (October 6, 2022). "There's Good Shape. Then There's Red Bull Cliff Diving Shape". InsideHook. Retrieved January 30, 2024.
^ Nesfeder, Mary Paige (October 9, 2019). "How Red Bull Cliff Diving Series Tackles Women Equality". www.refinery29.com. Retrieved January 30, 2024.
^ "About". Red Bull Cliff Diving. Red Bull GmbH. April 7, 2015. Retrieved September 9, 2015.
^ "2020 Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series cancelled. The focus now shifts to planning an amazing 2021 season". Red Bull. May 11, 2020. Retrieved July 30, 2024.
^ "Red Bull Cliff Diving stop in Azerbaijan cancelled. The World Series finale will now take place in Polignano a Mare, Italy on September 26". Red Bull. August 23, 2021. Retrieved July 30, 2024.
^ ^a ^b Ham, Katie (September 8, 2023). "What is Red Bull Cliff Diving - and why the heck am I in Bosnia because of it?". www.stuff.co.nz. Retrieved January 30, 2024.

External links

Red Bull Cliff Diving – Official website

[5] No qualification stop was held in 2014; up to four wildcards joined 10 permanent divers at each stop.

[7] Series cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[5]

[9] Stop cancelled due to health concerns.^[6]

[10] Divers jumped at 4 different sites: Wang Long Bay (Phi Phi Don), Maya Bay (Phi Phi Lee), Viking Cave, Lading Bay

[1] "So you want to go cliff diving. The ins and outs of the Red Bull World Series". Prince Albert NOW. January 24, 2024. Retrieved January 30, 2024.

[2] Garrity, Tanner (October 6, 2022). "There's Good Shape. Then There's Red Bull Cliff Diving Shape". InsideHook. Retrieved January 30, 2024.

[3] Nesfeder, Mary Paige (October 9, 2019). "How Red Bull Cliff Diving Series Tackles Women Equality". www.refinery29.com. Retrieved January 30, 2024.

[4] "About". Red Bull Cliff Diving. Red Bull GmbH. April 7, 2015. Retrieved September 9, 2015.

[6] "2020 Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series cancelled. The focus now shifts to planning an amazing 2021 season". Red Bull. May 11, 2020. Retrieved July 30, 2024.

[8] "Red Bull Cliff Diving stop in Azerbaijan cancelled. The World Series finale will now take place in Polignano a Mare, Italy on September 26". Red Bull. August 23, 2021. Retrieved July 30, 2024.

[:0-11] Ham, Katie (September 8, 2023). "What is Red Bull Cliff Diving - and why the heck am I in Bosnia because of it?". www.stuff.co.nz. Retrieved January 30, 2024.

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