Haw. Code R. § 16-74-421
Current through April, 2024
Have the first preliminary round to reduce the number of competitors to two, four, six, eight, sixteen and so on. (Thus, if there are three competitors, have one preliminary contest to reduce to two; if five, have one contest to reduce to four; if six, have two contests to reduce to four; if seven, have three contests to reduce to four; if nine, have one contest to reduce to eight; if ten, have two contests to reduce to eight; if eleven, have three contests to reduce to eight, and so on.) When the class is brought to a multiple of two, four, eight or sixteen, the contest proceeds regularly to the final contest. The following table of contests and byes shall apply:
| No. of Competitors | Contests | Byes | No. of Competitors | Contests | Bye |
| 5 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 7 | 9 |
| 6 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 8 | 8 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 9 | 7 |
| 8 | 4 | -- | 26 | 10 | 6 |
| 9 | 1 | 7 | 27 | 11 | 5 |
| 10 | 2 | 6 | 28 | 12 | 4 |
| 11 | 3 | 5 | 29 | 13 | 3 |
| 12 | 4 | 4 | 30 | 14 | 2 |
| 13 | 5 | 3 | 31 | 15 | 1 |
| 14 | 6 | 2 | 32 | 16 | -- |
| 15 | 7 | 1 | 33 | 1 | 31 |
| 16 | 8 | -- | 34 | 2 | 30 |
| 17 | 1 | 15 | 35 | 3 | 29 |
| 18 | 2 | 14 | 36 | 4 | 28 |
| 19 | 3 | 13 | 37 | 5 | 27 |
| 20 | 4 | 12 | 38 | 6 | 26 |
| 21 | 5 | 11 | 29 | 7 | 25 |
| 22 | 6 | 10 | 40 | 8 | 24 |
Haw. Code R. § 16-74-421