TAPR 7 Updated 4/26/2024
Main:
Date: May 11-12, 2024
Qualifying:
Target matchplay (balanced pairing).
Players will be placed into four player groups (occasionally three players) to compete on an individual, randomly selected machine. Points will be awarded by performance on that machine and added to a running total for the tournament.
Qualifying ends when any player has reached a score of 99 points.
Four player groups: 7-5-3-1
Three player groups: 7-4-1
Tiebreakers: If multiple players reach or surpass 99 point threshold in the same round, the player with the higher point total will technically be the higher qualifier. The same applies to all other qualifying positions. For A division, tiebreakers will be played for the finals qualification (top 32), the #1 seed (if multiple players have the same point total), and for the 1-8 and 9-16 bye groups. These tiebreakers will be on a randomly selected A finals machine, in groups of up to four players if necessary. Player order chosen by RNG. Insignificant ties after qualifying will be decided first by point total, then by RNG; this will affect the order of players’ starting point selections.
For B division, similar tiebreaker rules apply, however, all ties are considered insignificant except for a potential tiebreaker to be included within the 16 finals players. Tiebreaker will be played on a random B division finals game.
A Finals:
Top 32 players qualify for A division finals.
Modified Amazing Race format. All players play single player games on the same machine and the lowest score is knocked out.
Game #1: In the order of qualifying, each player will choose their initial starting point for the first game. The current lowest score stays at the machine, safe scores continue onto the next game. This process continues until game #9.
Game#9: 9-16 qualifiers are brought into the finals and the initial order of players is reorganized by player choice and the same format is followed as before
Game#17: Top 8 qualifiers are brought into the finals and the initial order of players is reorganized by player choice and the same format is followed as before until there is one player left who will be determined the winner.
B Finals: Restricted to players ranked #500 and lower. 16 players no with no byes. All ties for the lowest seed will be allowed to participate.
Additional Amazing Race Finals Rules:
-There is a predetermined order in which games will be played.
-A player cannot advance to the queue of the next game until someone puts up a lower score on their current game.
-A player must play the next game in the order in which they have advanced from the previous game.
Exceptions: 1. When 1-8 and 9-16 players are brought in, the seeds are reorganized by player’s choice.
2. When down to the final 4 players, order of play for each game will be chosen again by qualifying standings.
-All players must plunge away any remaining balls once they have passed the current low score on that machine.
-New to 2024: The #1 seed qualifier will be permitted to switch out one of the finals games for another game from the corresponding number of the B division lineup. I.e., game 1 in A division can only be replaced with game 1 of B division. Game 2 with 2, 3 with 3, etc.. The replacement game decision must be made Saturday night.
-If during the finals a machine becomes unplayable due to malfunction, then that game/round is removed from the finals and players will move onto the next game without anyone being eliminated on the affected machine. A backup machine may be chosen to take its place by TD discretion. *New to 2024. Since removing a game slightly adjusts the order of finals games played, when groups 1-8 or 9-16 are brought in, we will restart on machine #1 assuming an appropriate replacement machine is found for the game that was removed. If no replacement machine is available, players will continue the finals on the next machine from the original order.
Practice: Practice is permitted in between rounds during qualifying on games that are not adjacent to a game that is currently being played in the tournament. When the next round is announced, please promptly end your game and find your group so as to avoid any unnecessary waiting. Unless significant changes have been made to a specific game, practice games on the finals machines are not permitted the morning of, and while the finals are in progress. 30 seconds of practice will be allowed on each finals game before you play it for the first time only.
Entry Fee for the main event: $60 $45 to prize pool, $9 towards trophies/amenities, $5 for the Stern Circuit fee, and $1 ifpa fee.
Prizes: (assuming 150 participants $6750)
A Division (80% of total pot) $5400
1st place - 22% $1188
2nd place - 18% $972
3rd place - 12% $648
4th place - 8% $432
5th through 8th place - 4% each $216
9th through 16th place - 2% each $ 108
17th through 24th - 1% each $54
B Division (20% of total pot $1350)
1st place - 27% $364.5
2nd place - 21% $283.5
3rd place - 16% $216
4th place - 12% $162
5th place - 9% $121.5
6th place - 6% $81
7th place - 5% $67.5
8th place - 4% $54
9th-?th place - 0%
Women’s Tournament: TBA
*All division prize totals may vary slightly from their exact percentages*
Rulings:
Standard IFPA rulings apply to any issues regarding stuck balls, malfunctions, personal conduct, etc.
Schedule:
Friday May 10th Pre-show Tournament
11:00am: Doors open
11:45am: Registration closes. Announcements.
12:00pm: Pre-show matchplay qualifying
4:30pm: Pre-show matchplay finals
6:00pm: Pizza arrives
6:30pm: Women’s Amazing Race
Women's Amazing Race event page
Saturday July 1 MAIN EVENT
9:00am: Doors Open…Please follow directions from the parking attendant!
9:45am: Registration closes. Announcements.
10:00am: Round 1 starts
Appx: 1:00pm-2:00pm Lunch Break
Appx: 6:30pm-7:30pm: Dinner Break
We are projecting qualifying to be completed in 16-18 rounds.
11pm: If needed, tiebreakers for finals, byes, and #1 seed
Sunday July 2
9am: Doors Open and practice (not on finals machines)
9:45am: A Finals roll call. Players with byes should arrive before 1:00pm
10:00am: A Finals Begin.
11:30am: Check in for qualifiers 9-16
12:45am: B Finals Roll Call
1:00pm: B Finals Begin
1:00pm: Check in for qualifiers 1-8
-Quick breaks after games 8 and 16 of A division are completed
Friday Women’s Amazing Race:
All entrants will start on game number one in a numbered series of pinball machines in the facility.
The entrant with the lowest score on game number one will remain by game one until someone scores lower than their score. Anyone who surpasses the lowest score on game one can move on to game two where the process continues. If at the end of all of the entrants' scores on a game, yours is still lowest, you are out of the race. This continues throughout the series of games until there is one player left standing
Friday Matchplay:
This tournament will have 8 rounds of 7-5-3-1/7-4-1 qualifying. The 8 games designated for Women’s and TAPR finals will be off limits unless additional games are needed.
Top 16 make finals. If over 60 players, top 24 make finals.
Finals are 4-2-1-0 scoring on three games.
Payouts:
1st place - 27%
2nd place - 21%
3rd place - 16%
4th place - 12%
5th-8th place - 6%
TAPR 6 Updated 6/20/2023
Main:
Date: July 1-2, 2023
Qualifying
Target matchplay (balanced pairing).
Players will be placed into four player groups (occasionally three players) to compete on an individual, randomly selected machine. Points will be awarded by performance on that machine and added to a running total for the tournament.
Qualifying ends when any player has reached a score of 99 points.
Four player groups: 7-5-3-1
Three player groups: 7-4-1
Tiebreakers: For A division, tiebreakers will be played for finals qualification and for the first round bye. These tiebreakers will be on a randomly selected finals machine in groups. Player order chosen by RNG. Insignificant ties will be
For the B and C divisions, all tying scores will be allowed to participate in Sunday finals.
A Finals:
Top 24 players qualify for A division finals.
Modified Amazing Race format. All players play single player games on the same machine and the lowest score is knocked out.
Top 8 qualifiers receive a bye and aren’t brought in until game #9.
Game #1: In the order of qualifying, each player will choose their initial starting point for the first game. The current lowest score stays at the machine, safe scores continue onto the next game. This process continues until game #9.
Game#9: Top 8 qualifiers are brought into the finals and the initial order of players is reorganized by player choice and the same format is followed as before until there is one player left who will be determined the winner.
B Finals: Restricted to players ranked #500 and lower. At least 16 players no byes.
C Finals: Restricted to players ranked #1500 and lower. At least 8 players no byes
***For B and C divisions, all players with ties can compete in finals.
TAPR5 FINALS SPREADSHEET EXAMPLE
Additional Amazing Race Finals Rules:
-There is a predetermined order in which games will be played.
-A player cannot advance to the queue of the next game until someone puts up a lower score on their current game.
-A player must play the next game in the order which they have advanced from the previous game.
Exceptions: 1. When top 8 players are brought in, the seeds are reorganized by player’s choice.
2. When down to final 4 players, order of play for each game will be chosen again by qualifying standings.
-All players must plunge away any remaining balls once they have passed the current low score on that machine.
-If during the finals a machine becomes unplayable due to malfunction, then that game/round is removed from the finals and players will move onto the next game without anyone being eliminated on the affected machine. A backup machine may be chosen to take its place by TD discretion.
Practice: Practice is permitted in between rounds during qualifying on games that are not adjacent to a game that is currently being played in the tournament. When the next round is announced, please promptly end your game and find your group so as to avoid any unnecessary waiting. Practice on a finals machine is not permitted while the finals are in progress.
Entry Fee: $50 $40 to prize pool, $9 towards trophies/amenities, and $1 ifpa fee.
Prizes: (assuming 125 participants $5000)
A Division (75% of total pot) $3750
1st place - 22% $825
2nd place - 18% $675
3rd place - 12% $450
4th place - 8% $300
5th through 8th place - 4% each $150
9th through 16th place - 2% each $ 75
17th through 24th - 1% each 37.50
B Division (20% of total pot $1000)
1st place - 27% $270
2nd place - 21% $210
3rd place - 16% $160
4th place - 12% $120
5th place - 9% $90
6th place - 6% $60
7th place - 5% $50
8th place - 4% $40
9th-16th place - 0%
C Division (5% of total pot $250)
1st place - 50% $125
2nd place - 30% $75
3rd place - 15% $38
4th place - 5% $12
5th-8th place - 0%
Rulings:
Standard IFPA rulings apply to any issues regarding stuck balls, malfunctions, personal conduct, etc.
Schedule:
Friday June 30th
6:00pm: Doors open
6:30pm: Women’s Amazing Race
Women's Amazing Race event page
Saturday July 1
9:00am: Doors Open…Please follow directions from the parking attendant!
9:45am: Roll Call and announcements
10:00am: Round 1 starts
Appx: 1:00pm-2:00pm Lunch Break
Appx: 6:30pm-7:30pm: Dinner Break and Pincinnati signup
We are projecting qualifying to be completed in 16-18 rounds (midnight).
Midnight: Tiebreakers for A finals
Sunday July 2
10am: Doors Open, Finals Practice. Pingolf Qualifying begins.
10:45am: A Finals roll call. Players with byes should arrive before 1:00pm
11:00am: A Finals Begin.
12:45pm: B Finals Roll Call
1:00pm: B Finals Begin
1:45pm: C Finals Roll Call
2:00pm: C Finals Begin
-Quick breaks after games 8 and 16 of A division are completed
4:00pm: No new pingolf entries.
5:45pm: Pingolf Qualifying Ends
6:00pm: Pingolf Finals Begin
Friday Women’s Amazing Race:
All entrants will start on game number one in a numbered series of pinball machines in the facility.
The entrant with the lowest score on game number one will remain by game one until someone scores lower than their score. Anyone who surpasses the lowest score on game one can move on to game two where the process continues. If at the end of all of the entrants scores on a game, yours is still lowest, you are out of the race. This continues throughout the series of games until there is one player left standing
Sunday Pingolf:
Qualifying will be 9 holes with a mix of score and objective based goals. Qualifying can be completed at any point throughout the day (doors will open as early as 10 AM), but score cards must be turned in by 5:45 so we can start finals at 6. The number of people we take to finals will depend on the number of entries, most likely 24. PAPA style finals.
TAPR 5 Updated 6/5/2022
Main:
Date: June 11-12, 2022
Qualifying
Target match play (tiered swiss pairings, first round random pairing)
Players will be placed into four player groups (occasionally three players) to compete on an individual, randomly selected machine. Points will be awarded by performance on that machine and added to a running total for the tournament.
A player qualifies for finals by reaching or passing a target value of 18 points at which point the player no longer competes in the qualification rounds.
Match play will continue until all available A and B division finals positions have been filled.
Four player groups: 3-2-1-0
Three player groups: 3-2-1
Division restrictions: IFPA rank #500 or better are restricted to A division
Tiebreakers: Any ties for division cutoffs and the A division first round bye will be decided by a single game playoff on a machine chosen by the TD.
Finals:
Modified Amazing Race format. All players play single player games on the same machine and the lowest score is knocked out.
Top 8 qualifiers receive a bye and aren’t brought in until game #9.
Game #1: In the order of qualifying, each player will choose their initial starting point for the first game. The current lowest score stays at the machine, safe scores continue onto the next game. This process continues until game #9.
Game#9: Top 8 qualifiers are brought into the finals and the initial order of players is reorganized by player choice and the same format is followed as before until there is one player left who will be determined the winner.
TAPR3 FINALS SPREADSHEET EXAMPLE
Additional Amazing Race Finals Rules:
-There is a predetermined order in which games will be played.
-A player cannot advance to the queue of the next game until someone puts up a lower score on their current game.
-A player must play the next game in the order which they have advanced from the previous game.
Exceptions: 1. When top 8 players are brought in, the seeds are reorganized by player’s choice.
2. When down to final 4 players, order of play for each game will be chosen again by qualifying standings.
-All players must plunge away any remaining balls once they have passed the current low score on that machine.
-If during the finals a machine becomes unplayable due to malfunction, then that game/round is removed from the finals and players will move onto the next game without anyone being eliminated on the affected machine. A backup machine may be chosen to take its place by TD discretion.
Practice: Practice is permitted in between rounds during qualifying on games that are not directly adjacent to a game that is currently being played in the tournament. When the next round is announced, please promptly end your game and find your group so as to avoid any unnecessary waiting. Practice on a finals machine is not permitted while the finals are in progress.
Prizes (3,000) (TBA)
A Division (80% of total pot or 2,400 )
1st place - 22% $520
2nd place - 18% $420
3rd place - 12% $300
4th place - 8% $160
5th through 8th place - 4% each $100
9th through 16th place - 2% each $ 50
17th through 24th - 1% each $25
B Division (20% of total pot or 600)
1st place - 27% $160
2nd place - 21% $125
3rd place - 16% $95
4th place - 12% $75
5th place - 9% $55
6th place - 6% $40
7th place - 5% $30
8th place - 4% $20
-If less than 80 players are present, payout percentages will remain similar and the dollar value adjusted accordingly.
Women’s tournament:
Straight amazing race style format from start to finish. Lowest score on each game is knocked out. No qualifying round. Signups start at 6pm, tournament begins at 7:00pm.
Entry fee is $10
Prizes
>16 players: 1st 40% 2nd 30% 3rd 20% 4th 10%
17-24 players: 1st 32% 2nd 20% 3rd 18% 4th 15% 5th 10% 6th 5%
>25 players: 1st 27% 2nd 21% 3rd 16% 4th 12% 5th 9% 6th 6% 7th 5% 8th 4%
Schedule
Friday June 10
6:00pm: Women’s Amazing Race.
Saturday June 11
11:00am-12:30pm: Practice and check-in
12:30pm: Roll Call and announcements
1:00pm-4:30pm: Rounds 1-6
4:30pm-5:30pm: Dinner Break
5:30pm-9:00pm: Rounds 7-12
9:15pm: Tiebreakers
10:00pm: B Division Finals
Sunday June 12
11:00am-11:45am: Practice and check-in
12:00pm: A Division Finals
Rulings
Standard IFPA rulings apply to any issues regarding stuck balls, malfunctions, personal conduct, etc.
*TD may declare a player as a winner of a game in progress; that player will get a score of 3 for that round. This will only occur if the pace of the tournament is at risk due to exceptionally good play. The affected player must stop immediately. Any other player reaching the same score in that game will also receive 3 points.
Games will be on coin drop for qualifying and on free play for finals.
TAPR 4 Updated format 6/26/2019
Main:
Qualifying LINK
Target match play.
Players will be placed into four player groups (occasionally three players) to compete on an individual, randomly selected machine. Points will be awarded by performance on that machine and added to a running total for the tournament.
A player qualifies for finals by reaching or passing a target value of 18 points at which point the player no longer competes in the qualification rounds.
Match play will continue until all available A and B division finals positions have been filled.
Four player groups: 3-2-1-0
Three player groups: 3-2-1
Division restrictions: #500 and above are restricted to A division
Tiebreakers: Any ties for division cutoffs and the A division first round bye will be decided by a single game playoff on a machine chosen by the TD.
Finals: LINK
Modified Amazing Race format. All players play single player games on the same machine and the lowest score is knocked out.
Top 8 qualifiers receive a bye and aren’t brought in until game #9.
Game #1: Players play in order of initial seed from lowest to highest on the first game. The current lowest score stays at machine, safe scores continue onto the next game. This process continues until game #9.
Game#9: Top 8 qualifiers are brought into the finals and the order of players is reorganized by initial seed and the same format is followed as before until there is one player left who will be determined the winner.
TAPR3 FINALS SPREADSHEET EXAMPLE
Additional Race Rules:
-There is a predetermined order in which games will be played.
-A player cannot advance to the queue of the next game until someone puts up a lower score on their current game.
-A player must play the next game in the order which you have advanced from the previous game.
Exceptions: 1. When top 8 players are brought in, the seeds are reorganized by qualifying standings.
2. When down to final 4 players, order of play will be chosen by qualifying standings.
-All players must plunge away any remaining balls once you pass the current low score on that machine.
-If during the finals a machine becomes unplayable due to malfunction, then that game/round is removed from the finals and players will move onto the next game without anyone being eliminated on the affected machine. A backup machine may be chosen to take its place by TD discretion.
Practice: Practice is permitted in between rounds during qualifying. When the next round is announced, please promptly end your game and find your group so as to avoid any unnecessary waiting. Practice is not permitted while the finals are in progress.
Prizes (2,880)
A Division (80% of total pot or 2305)
1st place - 30% 700
2nd place - 18% 420
3rd place - 12% 280
4th place - 8% 185
5th through 8th place - 4% each 90
9th through 16th place - 2% each 45
B Division (20% of total pot or 575)
1st place - 27% 160
2nd place - 21% 120
3rd place - 16% 90
4th place - 12% 70
5th place - 9% 50
6th place - 6% 35
7th place - 5% 30
8th place - 4% 20
-If less than 72 players are present, payout percentages will remain similar and the dollar value adjusted accordingly.
Women’s tournament:
Straight amazing race style format from start to finish. Lowest score on each game is knocked out. No qualifying round. Be there at 7:00pm sharp.
Entry fee is $10
Prizes
>16 players: 1st 40% 2nd 30% 3rd 20% 4th 10%
17-24 players: 1st 32% 2nd 20% 3rd 18% 4th 15% 5th 10% 6th 5%
>25 players: 1st 27% 2nd 21% 3rd 16% 4th 12% 5th 9% 6th 6% 7th 5% 8th 4%
Schedule
Friday June 28
7:00pm: Women’s Amazing Race...details to come
Women's Amazing Race event page
Saturday June 29
11:00am-12:45pm: Practice and check-in
1:00pm: Roll Call and announcements
1:30pm-5:00pm: Rounds 1-6
5:00pm-6:00pm: Dinner Break
6:pm-9:30pm: Rounds 7-12
9:30pm: Tiebreakers
10:00pm: B Division Finals
Sunday June 30
12:00pm-12:45pm: Practice and check-in
1:00pm: A Division Finals
Rulings
Standard PAPA rulings apply to any issues regarding stuck balls, malfunctions, personal conduct, etc
*TD may declare a player as a winner of a game in progress; that player will get a score of 3 for that round. This will only occur if the pace of the tournament is at risk due to exceptionally good play. The affected player must stop immediately. Any other player reaching the same score in that game will also receive 3 points.
Games will be on coin drop for qualifying and on free play for finals.
TAPR 3 Updated format 7/06/2018
Qualifying:
10 Rounds of matchplay.
Four player groups: 3-2-1-0.
Three player groups if needed: 3-1.5-0.
First round matchups based on ifpa ranking, subsequent matches are determined by swiss pairing. All games will be randomized from a predetermined bank.
Top ¼ of players will be A restricted per ifpa world rankings.
Top 24 qualify for A division finals.
Top 8 non-restricted players who do not qualify for A division finals will qualify for B division finals.
Tiebreakers: In the event that two or more players are tied on the qualifying bubble, such that not all of the tied players can advance to the final rounds, a tiebreaking procedure will be utilized. A single game will be played on a machine randomly selected from the qualifying bank. The tied players will play, in randomly determined order, in a multiplayer game on the selected machine, and will subsequently be ranked in the order of their scores on that game. If more players are tied than the selected machine will support in a single game, multiple games will be played (on that randomly selected machine) to accommodate all tied players, in randomly determined order, and the resulting scores will be compared as if they had occurred in a single game on the same machine. The same procedure outlined above will be used to break ties on the A division “bye” line.
Practice: Practice is permitted in between rounds during qualifying. When the next round is announced, please promptly end your game and find your group so as to avoid any unnecessary waiting.
Finals:
Modified Amazing Race format. All players play single player games on the same machine and the lowest score is knocked out.
Top 8 qualifiers receive a bye and do not have to be brought in until game #9.
Game #1: Players play in order of initial seed from lowest to highest on the first game. The current lowest score stays at machine, safe scores continue onto the next game. This process continues until game #9.
Game#9: Top 8 qualifiers are brought into the finals and the order of players is reorganized by initial seed and the same format is followed as before until there is one player left who will be determined the winner.
TAPR FINALS SPREADSHEET (EXAMPLE)
Additional Race Rules:
-Once the finals begin, practice is not allowed
-There is a predetermined order in which games will be played.
-A player cannot advance to the next game until someone puts up a lower score.
-A player must play the next game in the order which you have advanced from the previous game, except in between rounds when the seeds are reorganized.
-All players must plunge away any remaining balls once you pass the lowest score on that machine.
-If during the finals a machine becomes unplayable due to malfunction, then that game/round is removed from the finals and players will move onto the next game without anyone being eliminated on the affected machine. A backup machine may be chosen to take its place by TD discretion.
Women’s tournament:
Straight amazing race style format from start to finish. Lowest score on each game is knocked out. No qualifying round. Be there at 7:00pm sharp.
Entry fee is $5
Prizes: 1st 40% 2nd 30% 3rd 20% 4th 10%
Registration and Fees
There is a one-time entry fee of $40 on the day of the tournament. The games will be on coin drop for the qualifying portion and on free play for finals.
Prizes (2,560)
-After ifpa fees (2,496)
A Division (80% of total pot or 1996)
1st place - 30% 596
2nd place - 18% 360
3rd place - 12% 240
4th place - 8% 160
5th through 8th place - 4% each 80
9th through 16th place - 2% each 40
B Division (20% of total pot or 500)
1st place - 27% 135
2nd place - 21% 105
3rd place - 16% 80
4th place - 12% 60
5th place - 9% 45
6th place - 6% 30
7th place - 5% 25
8th place - 4% 20
-If less than 64 players are present, payout percentages will remain the same and the dollar value adjusted accordingly.
Schedule
Friday July 6
7:00pm: Women’s Amazing Race...details to come
Women's Amazing Race event page
Saturday July 7
11:00am-12:45pm: Practice and check-in
1:00pm: Roll Call and announcements
1:30pm-5:00pm: Rounds 1-6
5:00pm-6:00pm: Dinner Break
6:pm-8:30pm: Rounds 7-10
8:30pm: Tiebreakers
9:00pm: B Division Finals
Sunday July 8
12:00pm-1:15pm: Practice and check-in
1:30pm: A Division Finals
Rulings
Standard IFPA rulings apply to any issues regarding stuck balls, malfunctions, personal conduct, etc.