How the breaking world ranking works
The World DanceSport Federation (WDSF) ranks B-Boys and B-Girls separately. Each Breaking for Gold event gives ranking points by final place, at three levels:
| Level | Winner gets |
|---|---|
| World Series (gold) | 1000 |
| International Series (silver) | 400 |
| Challenge Series (bronze) | 200 |
A breaker's ranking is the total of their best four results in the last 12 months. Points drop off 52 weeks after they are won.
The World Breaking Championships give no ranking points.
Points by place
| Place | World Series | International Series | Challenge Series |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1000 | 400 | 200 |
| 2 | 750 | 300 | 150 |
| 3 | 650 | 260 | 130 |
| 4 | 500 | 200 | 100 |
| 5 | 400 | 160 | 80 |
| 6 | 380 | 152 | 76 |
| 7 | 360 | 144 | 72 |
| 8 | 340 | 136 | 68 |
| 9 | 300 | 120 | 60 |
| 10 | 290 | 116 | 58 |
| 12 | 270 | 108 | 54 |
| 16 | 230 | 92 | 46 |
| 17 to 32 | 200 | 80 | 40 |
| 33 to 64 | 100 | 40 | 20 |
| 65 to 128 | 50 | 20 | 10 |
| 129 and below | 25 | 10 | 5 |
International Series points are 40% of World Series points, and Challenge Series points 20%.
Shared places get the points of the highest shared place: athletes placed "25 to 27" all get 25th-place points.
The three levels
| Level | Who runs it | Events | Entries per country | Judges |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Series | WDSF | Up to five a year, one per country | Best 3 per gender | 9 from 9 countries (Trivium system) |
| International Series | WDSF-approved | Up to three per country a year | No limit | At least 7 from 7 countries |
| Challenge Series | National federations, approved by WDSF | No limit; national or international | No limit | 5 from 5 countries |
The Challenge Series is meant as a starting point for countries building a national ranking.
Who gets into a World Series event (from 1 January 2023)
- The best-ranked athlete of each gender from each country on the world ranking list qualifies directly.
- Countries with a WDSF-approved national ranking pick the next two from it.
- Countries without one send the next two from the world ranking list, with WDSF's approval.
- The ranking list used is the one on the 1st of the month before the event.
Updates and seeding
Results are uploaded within 24 hours of an event; WDSF calculates the points. The list is published on Mondays before 23:59 CET. At each event athletes are first ordered by the ranking list as of the last Monday before it (ties and unranked athletes are ordered by when they registered).
A worked example
Made up to show the arithmetic. An Indian B-Girl's results in the last 12 months: 9th at a World Series event (300), 2nd at an International Series event (300), 1st at a Challenge Series event (200), 5th at another International Series (160) and 17th at another World Series (200). Her best four: 300 + 300 + 200 + 200 = 1,000. The 160 does not count.
Where the documents disagree
- The 2022 Operating Policy lists the World Championship as one of the World Series events but also says it gives no ranking points (1.2 and 2.1.11). The 2023 manual drops the World Championship from the World Series list.
- The 2023 manual adds the 2022 and 2023 continental championships to the ranking list at World Series points (3.4); the 2022 policy does not.
- The manual says the list is published "every Monday of each month", which could mean weekly or monthly.
Variations
| Ranking | Covered here |
|---|---|
| B-Boys, B-Girls (individual) | Yes |
| Crew battles | No (marked as to be decided in this version) |
| Olympic qualification | No (breaking is not on the LA28 programme) |