Sunday is the day for the final rounds of the UK Pinball Open.

Finals Round 1

There are nine machines used for the first round of the finals.

The 19 qualifying contestants from Saturday are joined by 17 pre-qualified UK Pinball League players to form a total group of 36 contestants.

In the first round, contestants are split into two groups – A and B.

Group A consists of qualifiers placed 10th - 19th from Saturday and the 8 lowest placed League pre-qualifiers.

Group B is made up from the top qualifiers placed 1st to 9th from Saturday and the top 9 League pre-qualifiers.

For League pre-qualifiers, the split into groups is as follows:

Group A starts play at 11am on Sunday, Group B starts at 1pm Sunday. Contestants should assemble so they are ready to begin play at their allocated time.

In the first round of the finals, contestants are allocated three machines to play and three different partners to play. The order of play will be shown on the displays.

Before each new machine is played for the first time, contestants are allowed 30 seconds of play to get a feel of the machine and to warm up. After 30 seconds is up, contestants swap over to allow the other contestant the same 30 seconds of warm up time.

After the warm up time is over, stewards will reset the machine and start the first game.

On each machine, contestants play 2 two-player games with their partner, taking it in turns to be player 1. After each game, the scores are noted and after both games have been played, each contestant’s highest score of the two is their recorded score for that machine. The lower score is discarded.

When all contestants have completed their two games, they will move on to their second machine to play their two games and then on to their third machine for their final two games. Warm up time is allowed before each new machine is played.

After all games have been played on all three machines, Group A has finished and Group B will then play their games in the same way.

When both groups have played, all the scores on each machine are ranked and ranking points awarded with 100 ranking points for the top score and a reducing scale for all lower scores.

Each contestant’s score is the total of their ranking points on the three machines they played.

The eight contestants with the highest ranking points will go on to the semi-finals.

If there is a tie for the eighth place, the contestant with the highest ranking score on any individual machine will prevail and if there is still a tie, a single game on a random machine shall decide the position. If there are ties for position amongst the other seven places, the contestant with the lowest player number shall prevail, so register early.

Semi-Finals

The semi-finals shall take place on two machines.

Contestants are split into two groups, A and B:

Group A will consist of the 1st, 3rd, 5th and 7th highest ranked contestants from Finals Round 1.

Group B will consist of the 2nd, 4th, 6th and 8th highest ranked contestants from Finals Round 1.

Both groups will be allocated a machine and will play a single four-player five-ball game on their assigned machine. The highest ranked contestant will have first choice over their player position, followed by the second highest ranked and then the third highest ranked.

When all players have completed their game, the top two highest scoring contestants from each group go on to the final. The lowest two scorers go into the play-offs for 5th – 8th places.

Finals

The first match played will be for positions 5-8 and will consist of a single four-player, five-ball game on the chosen machine. As in the semi-finals, the highest ranked contestant from round 1 will have first choice of player position, followed by the next highest ranked and so on.

The winner of the game will finish 5th overall in the UK Pinball Open. The second highest scorer will finish 6th, the third highest scorer will finish 7th and the lowest scorer will be 8th.

The Grand Final will then follow using the same format – a single four-player five-ball game on the chosen machine.

The winner of the Grand Final will be the winner of the UK Pinball Open. The contestant with the second highest score will be second in the UK Pinball Open and so on.

WPPR Points Awards

The winner will also receive 25 WPPR points, the second placed competitor will get 15 WPPR points, the third placed competitor will earn 10 WPPR points and the competitor in fourth place will receive 5 WPPR points.

All qualifiers for Sunday's rounds (including UK Pinball League pre-qualifiers) will automatically earn 1 WPPR point.

If we get more than 72 competitors, all those ranked in the top 50% will receive 0.5 WPPR points if they don't qualify for Sunday, and those in the bottom 50% will receive 0.25 WPPR points.