Section 6: Scoring
6.1 Moguls Scoring Breakdown
- Turns (60%): Maximum 60.00 points. Judges assess fall-line skiing, edge control, body position, consistent rhythm, and speed maintenance through the bumps (ICR Art. 4206.1).
- Air (20%): Maximum 20.00 points. Two air judges score each of the two jumps on execution (form, landing) multiplied by the jump's DD. The two jump scores are summed (ICR Art. 4206.2).
- Speed (20%): Maximum 20.00 points. The Speed Score is calculated as 48 − 32 × (Competitor Time ÷ Pace Time), capped at a maximum of 20.0 (ICR Art. 4206.3). Pace Time is the course length in metres divided by the FIS Pace Speed standard — 10.30 m/s for men and 9.00 m/s for women (ICR Art. 4207.2).
6.2 Aerials Scoring
Five judges each score 0–10 (in 0.1 increments) on air (takeoff angle, height), form (body position, symmetry, tightness), and landing (balance, absorption, cleanness). High and low scores are dropped; 3 remaining are summed and multiplied by the DD. Example: scores of 8.5, 8.0, 8.5, 7.5, 8.0 → drop 8.5 and 7.5 → 8.0 + 8.5 + 8.0 = 24.5 × DD 3.525 = 86.36 points.
6.3 Halfpipe and Slopestyle Scoring
Six judges score each run on an overall impression basis from 0 to 100. The highest and lowest scores are dropped; the remaining four are averaged. Key scoring criteria: amplitude, difficulty, variety, execution, and progression. Falls result in significant deductions but do not automatically zero the score if the majority of the run was completed.
6.4 Ski Cross Scoring
No scoring system — placement is determined by finish order. Timing to 1/1,000th of a second is used for the qualification run and to resolve any photo-finish disputes in heats. The only judgment is by section judges and video review officials who assess potential rule violations (ICR Art. 7403, 7404).
6.5 Tiebreaking
In judged disciplines (Moguls, Aerials, Halfpipe, Slopestyle), ties are broken by comparing the second-best run score, then the third-best, and so on. For Moguls specifically, tied competitors are first re-ranked by the better Turns score, then by the better Air score (without DD), then by the faster time, per ICR Art. 4207.3. In Ski Cross, if two athletes cross the finish line simultaneously (per photo finish), the higher-seeded athlete advances. In overall World Cup standings, head-to-head results break ties.
6.6 World Cup Points
For Moguls, Aerials, Halfpipe, and Slopestyle, FIS World Cup points are awarded based on finishing position: 1st = 100 pts, 2nd = 80 pts, 3rd = 60 pts, scaling down to 30th = 1 pt. Points accumulate across the season to determine the discipline-specific and overall World Cup standings. The Overall Freestyle Skiing World Cup globe considers results across all five disciplines.
Ski Cross — new for 2026/27: effective 1 July 2026, Ski Cross World Cup points moved to the Park & Pipe points methodology, under which point allocation scales with the size of each event's start field — a smaller start field yields fewer points per placement than a full-field event — replacing the flat position-based table previously applied uniformly across all five freestyle skiing disciplines (per the FIS World Cup Rules Snowboard/Freestyle/Freeski/Ski Cross 2026/27).