World High Diving Federation - degree of difficulty

DEGREE OF DIFFICULTY CALCULATION

The degree of difficulty is the sum of A + B + C + D + E and reflects the effective difficulty of the dive.
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WHDF FORMULA AND COMPONENTS OF THE DEGREE OF DIFFICULTY

A	TAKE OFF		B	SOMERSAULTS		C	TWISTS
	Forward	1.4		Half somersault	0.4		Half twist	0.3
	Back	1.5		Every somersault	0.8		Every twist	0.6
	Reverse	1.6
	Inward	1.8		5th somersault	0.9		Fwd rot. > 2 full twists	0.5
	Armstand forward	2.0					Back rot. > 2.5 full twists	0.5
	Armstand back	2.1
	Armstand reverse	2.2

D	POSITIONS IN THE AIR (NUMBER OF SOMERSAULTS)
Number of somersaults:		0.5	1	1.5	2	2.5	3	3.5	4	4.5	5
D.1	FORWARD
	A-lay-out	0.3	0.6	0.6	1.0	----	----	----	----	----	----
	B-piked	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.4	----
	E-fly 90° +	----	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.4	----	----	----
	F-split	----	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	----
D.2	BACK
	A-lay-out	0.6	0.6	0.6	1.0	----	1.4	----	----	----	----
	B-piked back rotation	----	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.5	0.6	----	----
	B-piked forward rotation	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.4	----
	E-fly 90° +	----	0.2	----	0.2	----	0.2	----	0.3	----	----
	F-split	----	0.1	----	0.1	----	0.1	----	0.1	----	0.1
	Untwisted back rotation	----	----	----	0.1	----	0.2	----	0.3	----	0.4
D.3	REVERSE
	A-lay-out	0.6	0.6	0.6	1.1	----	----	----	----	----	----
	B-piked back rotation	----	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.5	0.7	----	----
	B-piked forward rotation	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.4	----
	E-fly 90° +	----	0.2	----	0.2	----	0.2	----	0.3	----	----
	F-split	----	0.1	----	0.1	----	0.1	----	0.1	----	0.1
	Untwisted back rotation	----	----	----	0.1	----	0.2	----	0.3	----	0.4
D.4	INWARD
	A-lay-out	0.4	0.7	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----
	B-piked	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.6	----	----
	E-fly 90° +	----	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.4	----	----	----
	F-split	----	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	----
D.6.1	ARMSTAND FORWARD
	A-lay-out	0.6	0.6	0.6	----	----	----	----	----	----	----
	B-piked	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.4	0.5	----	----
	E-fly 90° +	----	----	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.3	----	----	----	----
	F-split	----	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	----	----
D.6.2	ARMSTAND BACK
	A-lay-out	0.3	0.3	0.6	0.6	----	----	----	----	----	----
	B-piked back rotation	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.6	----	----	----
	B-piked forward rotation	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.4	0.5	----	----
	E-fly 90° +	----	----	0.2	----	0.2	----	0.3	----	----	----
	F-split	----	----	0.1	----	0.1	----	0.1	----	0.1	----
	Untwisted back rotation	----	----	0.1	----	0.2	----	0.3	----	0.4	----
D.6.3	ARMSTAND REVERSE
	A-lay-out	0.3	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----
	B-piked back rotation	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.5	----	----	----	----	----
	B-piked forward rotation	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.4	0.5	----	----
	E-fly 90° +	----	----	0.2	----	0.2	----	0.3	----	----	----
	F-split	----	----	0.1	----	0.1	----	0.1	----	0.1	----
	Untwisted back rotation	----	----	0.1	----	0.2	----	0.3	----	0.4	----

E	ENTRY IN WATER
	Entry head first	0.6
	Blind entry (only feet first)	0.6
	Barani (½ twist for entry)	0.1