# Cascading all-around

> Break all-around ties by progressively dropping the lowest apparatus score and comparing the remaining sums.

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## Prerequisites

* [Set up your levels](/levels/index.md) before configuring tiebreakers.

## Configuration

In your level settings under tiebreaker configuration, choose "Cascading All-Around" for your all-around tiebreaker. This is for when you want ties broken by progressively comparing each gymnast's best events.

## How it works

1. Two gymnasts have the same **all-around final score**.
2. Sort each gymnast's apparatus scores from highest to lowest.
3. **Drop the lowest score** from each gymnast and compare the sums of the remaining scores.
4. If different, the gymnast with the higher sum ranks first.
5. If still tied, drop the next lowest score and compare again.
6. Repeat until only one score remains.
7. If **still tied** after all comparisons, the gymnasts share the same rank.

This finds the gymnast who performed more consistently across their best events.

## Example (WAG - 4 apparatus)

Two gymnasts tie with an all-around of 52.000:

|                | Alice      | Bob        |
| -------------- | ---------- | ---------- |
| Vault          | 13.500     | 14.000     |
| Bars           | 13.200     | 12.500     |
| Beam           | 12.800     | 13.000     |
| Floor          | 12.500     | 12.500     |
| **All-Around** | **52.000** | **52.000** |

**Step 1:** Drop lowest (12.500 each). Compare top 3: Alice = 39.500, Bob = 39.500. Still tied.

**Step 2:** Drop next lowest. Alice drops 12.800, Bob drops 12.500. Compare top 2: Alice = 26.700, Bob = 27.000. **Bob wins** (27.000 > 26.700).

Bob ranks higher because when narrowed to their two best events, Bob's total is higher.

## When to use

* **All-around tiebreaking**. This is specifically designed for all-around ties.
* Competitions where consistent performance across multiple apparatus matters.
* When E/D comparison alone is not sufficient for the all-around context.

## Compared to Cascading AA then E then D

This tiebreaker **stops** after the cascading comparison. If cascading doesn't break the tie, it declares a tie. See [Cascading AA then E then D](/tiebreakers/cascading-aa-then-e-then-d.md) for the version that falls back to E then D comparison.

## Related

* [Cascading AA then E then D](/tiebreakers/cascading-aa-then-e-then-d.md)
* [How do tiebreakers work?](/tiebreakers/index.md)
* [How to configure individual score settings](/levels/individual-score-settings.md)


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