IFBB

Height categories are up to and including 170 cm, up to and including 178 cm, and over 178 cm. By agreement between the IFBB and the Organizer, one additional category may be opened (Article 3.1, Note 1).

Judges assess the overall physique for proportion, symmetry, muscle size and quality (density, separation, definition) and skin tone (Article 7.1.1).

It is held when a category has more than 15 competitors. The IFBB Chief Judge may lower the semifinal number to 10 or raise it to 17, in which case the round is held with more than 10 or 17 competitors respectively. The decision is announced after Official Athlete Registration (Article 5.2).; Com...

Judges select the top 15 by placing an "X" beside competitor numbers on Form 1. Statisticians tally the selections on Form 2.

Judges place the six finalists 1st to 6th on Form 6 with no shared placings. Statisticians transcribe them onto Form 5, discard the two highest and two lowest scores (nine judges), or one of each (fewer than nine), and add the rest.

The top 6 from Prejudging advance and are introduced by number, country and name (Articles 11.1 and 12.1.1).; The finalists perform the 7 mandatory poses as a group, at the same time, in the middle of the stage. After the 7th pose the Chief Judge reverses the order of the competitors and the seve...

IFBB Chief Judge: decides whether the Elimination Round and Round 1 are held, forms the comparisons and may disqualify a competitor (Articles 7.2, 8.1.3, 6.4 and 10.1).; Judges: each judge places every competitor individually. Scoring is defined for a panel of nine judges or fewer, and only the n...

Category winners perform the 7 mandatory poses center-stage, with comparisons if needed, then a 30-60 second posedown. Judges place them on Form 6, the two highest and two lowest scores are discarded with nine judges, and ties are broken by Relative Placement.

Round 1 may not be held if there are 7 or fewer competitors in a category; the Chief Judge decides and the decision is announced after Official Athlete Registration (Article 8).; Groups of no more than ten perform the four initial mandatory poses (Article 8.1.2).; The judges submit propositions f...

On Form 3 each judge awards every competitor an individual placing from 1 to last, with no two competitors given the same placing (Article 9.1.1).; Statisticians transcribe the placings onto Form 5. They discard the two highest and two lowest scores if there are nine judges, or one highest and on...