Presentation
The Pen Spinning Olympics 2018, more commonly known as PSO18, were the first Pen Spinning Olympics. They were organized by Coffy, and brought together 66 pen spinners from 17 pen spinning communities.
Category
These categories represent the theme in which participants were judged, with each category acting as its own tournament.
The different categories were:
- Power
- 2 hands
- Complexity
- Wipers
- Taps & counters
Participants
Each participant could enter a maximum of 2 categories. A community did not need to have a participant for each category, and could send no more than 2 participants for each category.
| Country | Participant | Category | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Power | 2 hands | Complexity | Wipers | Taps & counters | ||
| Autralia | i.suk | ✓ | ||||
| Zephia | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| Brazil | Ender | ✓ | ||||
| Mirios | ✓ | |||||
| Syno | ✓ | |||||
| ғroιdpen | ✓ | |||||
| DArKT | ✓ | |||||
| China | Crush | ✓ | ||||
| Ian | ✓ | |||||
| Eagle | ✓ | |||||
| MHL | ✓ | |||||
| Erson | ✓ | |||||
| Genius | ✓ | |||||
| Prisoner | ✓ | |||||
| Mego | ✓ | |||||
| FLY | ✓ | |||||
| Mixem | ✓ | |||||
| Colombia | Juandi | ✓ | ||||
| South Korea | FLow | ✓ | ||||
| SNOBBISM | ✓ | |||||
| Fizz | ✓ | |||||
| Plum | ✓ | |||||
| Zen | ✓ | |||||
| Spain | Allwars | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| USA | popte | ✓ | ||||
| mango | ✓ | |||||
| Monk | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| Van | ✓ | |||||
| France | Ark0nix | ✓ | ||||
| Neir'da | ✓ | |||||
| Leftfinger | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| Taeko | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| Tchus | ✓ | |||||
| Tracy | ✓ | |||||
| Hong kong | Kin | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| LaYe | ✓ | |||||
| Indonesia | HAN | ✓ | ||||
| Dentol | ✓ | |||||
| Rotation87 | ✓ | |||||
| Japan | ocha | ✓ | ||||
| hinagiku | ✓ | |||||
| Laku | ✓ | |||||
| VAIN | ✓ | |||||
| Wabi | ✓ | |||||
| fukrou | ✓ | |||||
| MEL | ✓ | |||||
| natsumi | ✓ | |||||
| vampire | ✓ | |||||
| Mexico | Chisko | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Nozarok | ✓ | |||||
| New Zealand | DioBrando | ✓ | ||||
| Philippines | juan | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Mordecai* | ✓ | |||||
| Singapore | Thian | ✓ | ||||
| Taiwan | ton | ✓ | ||||
| Herenz | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| PT | ✓ | |||||
| Thailande | GF | ✓ | ||||
| CoffY | ✓ | |||||
| OhYeaH! | ✓ | |||||
| FGsix | ✓ | |||||
| Vietnam | KieOlt | ✓ | ||||
| Douglas | ✓ | |||||
| Huwng | ✓ | |||||
| DrakeS | ✓ | |||||
| HiGH* | ✓ | |||||
| Country | Participant | Power | 2 hands | Complexity | Wipers | Taps & counters |
| Category | ||||||
Structure of the rounds
Each category act like a separate tournament, but the formats were identical: Round 1 Participants are placed in a single pool. The 5 best-placed spinners advance to the next round, while the others are eliminated. Round 2 Participants who have been qualified are again in a single pool. The best-placed 2 advance to the next round, the others are eliminated. round 3 Final between the two qualified participants.
Structure of the match-ups
For each category and each round for which the participants were qualified, participants submitted a video before the deadline via forms. Videos had to be between 10 and 25 seconds long (counted from the beginning of the first trick to the end of the last trick). A slow-motion version of the video was welcome to facilitate the work of the judges. No modifications to the video that would alter the viewing of the performance were permitted. Videos had to be uploaded to YouTube, any kind of storage website or be sent to the email address of the event.
Judges
The judges were revealed at the beginning of the event.
- Power
- i.suk
- Supawit127
- Gollumsk8
- 2 hands
- OhYeaH!
- snow
- Kay
- Complexity
- Pixels
- Sanozucke
- Kagami
- Wipers
- Beige
- EaglE
- DArKT
- Taps & counters
- Zkhan
- x1213
- coffy
1st round
| Power | Qualified |
|---|---|
| Allwars (Submited late) | |
| Arkonix | ✓ |
| Crush | ✓ |
| FLow | |
| GF | |
| Ian | ✓ |
| Juandi | |
| KieOlt | |
| Neir'da | ✓ |
| ocha | ✓ |
| SNOBBISM |
| 2 hands | Qualified |
|---|---|
| Allwars (did not submit) |
|
| Coffy | |
| Eagle | |
| Ender (did not submit with reasons) |
|
| Fizz | ✓ |
| HAN | |
| hinagiku | ✓ |
| i.suk | ✓ |
| Laku | ✓ |
| MHL | |
| popte | |
| ton | |
| Zephia | ✓ |
| Complexity | Qualified |
|---|---|
| Chisko | |
| Dentol | |
| Douglas | |
| Erson | ✓ |
| Genius | ✓ |
| Herenz | ✓ |
| Huwng | |
| juan | |
| Kin | |
| LaYe | |
| Leftfinger (did not submit with reasons) |
|
| mango | |
| Mirios | |
| Monk (did not submit) |
|
| Mordecai* | |
| Nozarok (did not submit) |
|
| OhYeaH! | |
| Plum | |
| PT | ✓ |
| Rotation87 | |
| Taeko | |
| Thian | |
| VAIN | ✓ |
| Wabi | |
| Zen |
| Wipers | Qualified |
|---|---|
| DioBrando | ✓ |
| DrakeS | |
| FGsix | |
| fukrou | ✓ |
| Herenz | |
| HiGH* | |
| juan | |
| Kin | ✓ |
| Mego | |
| MEL | ✓ |
| Prisoner | |
| Syno | |
| Tchus | ✓ |
| Tracy | |
| ғroιdpen |
| Taps & counters | Qualified |
|---|---|
| Chisko | |
| DArKT | ✓ |
| FLY | |
| Leftfinger (did not submit with reasons) |
|
| Mixem | |
| Monk (did not submit) |
|
| natsumi | |
| Taeko | ✓ |
| vampire | ✓ |
| VAN | ✓ |
| Zephia | ✓ |
2nd round
| Power | Qualified |
|---|---|
| Ark0nix | ✓ |
| Crush | |
| Ian | |
| Neir'da (did not submit) |
|
| ocha | ✓ |
| 2 hands | Qualified |
|---|---|
| Fizz | |
| hinagiku | |
| i.suk | ✓ |
| Laku | ✓ |
| Zephyr (non rendu) |
| Complexity | Qualified |
|---|---|
| Erson | |
| Genius | |
| Herenz | ✓ |
| PT | ✓ |
| VAIN |
| Wipers | Qualified |
|---|---|
| DioBrando | ✓ |
| fukrou | |
| Kin | ✓ |
| MEL (non rendu) |
|
| Tchus |
| Taps & counters | Qualified |
|---|---|
| DArKT | |
| Taeko | ✓ |
| vampire | |
| Van | ✓ |
| Zephyr (non rendu) |
3rd round
| Power | Rank |
|---|---|
| Ark0nix | 1st |
| ocha | 2nd |
| 2 hands | Rank |
|---|---|
| i.suk | 1st |
| Laku | 2nd |
| Complexity | Rank |
|---|---|
| Herenz | 1st |
| PT | 2nd |
| Wipers | Rank |
|---|---|
| DioBrando | 1st |
| Kin | 2nd |
| Taps & counters | Rank |
|---|---|
| Van | 1st |
| Taeko | 2nd |
