Levels and Help Sheets

Levels

All the documents and judging criteria can be found below.

The requirements of the exercises have not changed since last year, there is however, more scrutiny on performance. 

Women’s FIG Code of Points

Men’s FIG Code of Points

Women

  • Grade 4 – Floor and Vault competition against a BUCS judging criteria
  • Grade 3 – Floor and Vault competition against a BUCS judging criteria
  • Grade 2 – Gymnasts will compete on three pieces of apparatus against a BUCS judging criteria
  • Grade 1 – Competition will be based on the full FIG Code of Points and gymnasts will be required to compete on all four pieces of apparatus

Men

* The rules for Level 1 correspond with the MAG code of points 2025-2028 as published on the FIG website. However, it should be noted that there have been subsequent additions to the code of points which are contained within FIG MAG newsletters 1 and 2 and which need to be applied in this competition. Specific reference is to be made to the usage of leaps, jumps and transitions in floor routines.

  • Grade 3 – Floor and Vault competition against a BUCS judging criteria
  • Grade 2 – Competition will be based on the FIG Junior Code of Points with BUCS judging criteria amendments and gymnasts will be required to compete on four pieces of apparatus.
  • Grade 1 – Competition will be based on the full FIG Code of Points and gymnasts will be required to compete on all six pieces of apparatus.

Grade 1

Women’s Grade 1 Help Sheets:

Bars Help Sheet

Beam Help Sheet

Floor Help Sheet 

Vault Help Sheet

Vault Deduction Chart

Vault Difficulty Chart

Grade 2

Women's: Level 2 rules 

Men's: Level 2 rules

Grade 3

Women's: Floor and Vault Rules

Men's: Level 3 Rules

Grade 4

Floor and Vault Rules