The term “triple-threat” refers to the number of players at the board in a single game.
It is taken into consideration that “friendly fire” poses a threat, too, as allied pawns may be forced to eliminate each other from the track.
Triple-threat ranking tournaments yield points for the World Rankings and the Medal Race.
Championship (3T) / Masters (3T+)
Allied colours line up side-by-side as vanguard and rearguard (see right board).
Tournaments of these styles of events are scheduled for “first-to-x wins” distances.
A single Championship game is won by the first player to bring home either one of their allied colours (3T).
A single Masters game is won by the first player to bring home both of their allied colours (3T+).
Grand Prix Series (GP)
Allied colours line up opposite to each other (see right board).
Such events are scheduled for a pre-determined number of single counted games with the player collecting the most Grand Prix Points (GPP) winning the event.1
GPP are scored in accordance with the respective colours’ finishing results:
- 10 GPP for 1st place2
- 6 GPP for 2nd place
- 4 GPP for 3rd place
- 3 GPP for 4th place
- 2 GPP for 5th place
- 1 GPP for 6th place
- 2 bonus GPP for the 1st player to bring home both allied colours.3
There are no tie-breakers. If applicable, an event shall be extended by counted extra games until the event’s winner is determined. If the event’s winner is mathematically determined prematurely, remaining scheduled games are cancelled.
Grand Prix Plus (GP+)
GPP are scored as follows:
- 4 GPP for the 1st player to bring home both of their allied colours
- 2 GPP for the 2nd player to bring home both of their allied colours
- 1 GPP for the 3rd player to bring home both of their allied colours
Otherwise, Grand Prix (GP) rules apply.
TripleAthlon (TA)
This is an all-around event featuring games of the three most common sets of rules (3T/3T+/GP) introduced above.
The order of the sets of rules to be played shall be A, B, C, A, B, C, etc., with the letters (A, B, C) being assigned to the different sets of rules before the start of the tournament.
Such events are scheduled for a points target (PT). The minimum PT shall be “5” to ensure that at least one game per set of rules be played. Points are scored as follows:
- 3T/3T+: 2 points for the winner of a single game
- GP: 1 point for the player finishing a colour in 1st place in a single game
- GP: 1 point for the first player finishing both allied colours in a single game
As Grand Prix Points (GPP) are not an issue, a single GP game ends once a player has finished both allied colours. If a player reaches the PT by finishing a single GP game in 1st place, the game and the tournament will end immediately.
- As part of a TripleAthlon, GPP are not an issue (please refer to “TripleAthlon (TA)“). ↩︎
- In 2023, 9 GPP were scored by the colour finishing in 1st place. ↩︎
- Bonus GPP for the 1st player to bring home both colours were introduced in 2024. ↩︎