FINA DEGREE OF DIFFICULTY FORMULA AND COMPONENTS
D.D. = A + B + C + D + E

A : SOMERSAULTS

	0	1/2	1	1 1/2	2	2 1/2	3	3 1/2	4 1/2
1 and 5 meters	0.9	1.1	1.2	1.6	2.0	2.4	2.7	3.0	–
3 and 7.5 meters	1.0	1.3	1.3	1.5	1.8	2.2	2.3	2.8	3.5
10 meters	1.0	1.3	1.4	1.5	1.9	2.1	2.5	2.7	3.5

B : FLIGHT POSITION For Elving dives add Ely position (E) to either (A) or (B) position

	0 – 1 Som.					1 1/2 - 2 Som.					2 1/2 Som.					3 - 3 1/2 Som.					4 1/2
	F	B	R	I	A	F	B	R	I	A	F	B	R	I	A	F	B	R	I	A	F
C-Tuck	0.1	0.1	0.1	-3	0.1	0	0	0	0.1	0	0	0.1	0	0.2	0.1	0	0	0	0.3	0.1	–
B-Pike	0.2	0.2	0.2	-2	0.3	0.1	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.2	0.5	–	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.6	0.4	0.4
A-Strt	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.1	0.4	0.4	0.5	0.6	0.8	–	0.6	0.7	0.6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
D-Free	0.1	0.1	0.1	-1	–	0	-1	-1	0.2	–	0	-1	-2	0.4	–	0.1	0.1	0.1	–	–	–
F-Fly	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.4	–	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.5	–	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.7	–	0.4	–	–	–	–	–

Légende : F=Forward – B=Backward – R=Reverse – I=Inward – A=Armstand

C : TWISTS

	1/2 tw 1/2 – 1 Som	1/2 tw 1 1/2 – 3 1/2 Som	1	1 1/2	2	2 1/2	3	3 1/2	4	4 1/2
Forward	0.4	0.4	0.6	0.8	1.0	1.2	1.4	1.6	1.8	2.0
B Reverse Inward	0.2	0.4	0.4	0.8	0.8	1.2	1.4	1.6	1.8	2.0

D : APPROACH

	F	B	R	Inward 1/2 – 1 Som.	Inward 1 1/2 – 3 1/2 Som.	Armstd.
1 and 5 meters	0	0.2	0.3	0.6	0.5	0.2
3 and 7.5 meters	0	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.2
10 meters	0	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.2

Légende : F=Forward – B=Backward – R=Reverse – I=Inward – A=Armstand

Note :

1. For Armstand cut-thru dives different from 632, 633 and 634 only, add components for Armstand and Reverse Approach.

2. For Armstand back dives different from 622, 623 and 624 only, add components for
Armstand and Back Approach.

3. Whether an armstand is forward or backward armstand it shall be treated the same.

E : UNNATURAL ENTRY(Does not apply to twisting dives.)

	1/2 Som.	1 Som.	1 1/2 Som.	2 Som.	2 1/2 Som.	3 Som.	3 1/2 Som.
Forward inward & Armstd. Back & Rev	–	0.1	–	0.2	–	0.2	–
Back Reverse & Armstd. Fwd	0.1	–	0.2	–	0.3	–	0.4

Diver does not see water until dive action is substantially completed
Component same at all levels.

EXEMPLES

Dive Pos Ht			A + B + C + D + E = DD						Dive Pos Ht			A + B + C + D + E = DD
5132	D	3M	1.5	0	0.6	0	0	2.1	632	B	10M	1.3	0.2	0	0.3	0	1.8
513	C	3M	1.5	0.2	0	0.3	0.2	2.2	6243	D	10M	1.9	0	0.8	0.2	0	2.9

Diver does not see water until dive action is substantially completed
Component same at all levels.