Playing in an event

There are two ways you end up on a roster: you register yourself, or the organizer types your name in at the desk. Both work, but they are not the same thing.

1. If you have an account

   Open the event link and register, or tell the organizer your username. Your results attach to your profile and count toward leaderboards.

2. If you do not

   The organizer can add you by name alone. You can play the whole event this way — most people at a Beyblade event do.

The event page lists the optional rules in force before you sign up — Own Finish, Out of Bounds, side selection and the rest — so you can see what you are entering rather than finding out at a stadium. It also names who is running it.

Checking in is how the organizer knows who actually turned up. The first round is built from the players who have checked in — if you have not, you are not in it.

Your check-in code is on your event screen. Show it at the desk rather than giving your name; it is faster and it cannot be misheard.

When a round is paired, Your Next Match shows your opponent. When a judge takes your match to a stadium you get a notification naming the stadium — that is when to walk over, not before.

At most events a judge enters the result at the stadium and the organizer confirms it. You do not have to do anything except check it is right.

Some organizers turn on self-reporting, in which case you get a Report the result button on your match. If both players report the same score it is accepted; if you report different scores it goes to the organizer to settle.

Contesting flags a result for the organizer to look at. There is a time limit: the window opens once the last match of the round is reported, and closes shortly after.

1. Open the match and contest it

   You will be asked what is wrong with the score. Be specific — the organizer reads exactly what you write.

2. The organizer decides

   They can correct the result. Nothing is deleted; a correction is recorded alongside the original, so the history stays honest.

3. After the window closes

   You can still go and talk to the organizer. It is just slower, and by then the next round may already be paired.

Wins come first, always. When players are level on wins, these decide the order — and they are applied in sequence, so a tie only reaches the next one if everything above it is still level.

1. Wins
2. Median-Buchholz — how strong your opponents were, dropping your easiest and your hardest
3. Points difference — points you scored minus points you conceded
4. Points scored — your points on their own
5. Head-to-head — wins against the players you are tied with
6. Seed

This is the WBO order for 2026 Season 3, which starts on 1 September. Events held before that date use the previous order, where head-to-head came second instead of second-to-last.

A round robin orders them differently: head-to-head first, then points difference, points scored and Median-Buchholz. In a round robin everyone plays the same field, so how strong your opponents were says very little.

Organizers running an Open-tier event may reorder everything below Wins, so check with them if it matters to you.

If someone behaves badly you can report them from the event — under the standings there is a discreet Report a player link, and you can report anyone who was at the event, not only the person you played.

Reports go to the organizers and site staff, not to the person you reported. Players without accounts can still be reported by name.

If you need to leave, tell the organizer so they can drop you. You keep the results you already earned, and you will not be paired in later rounds — which matters, because an unreported match holds up the whole round for everyone else.