Section 13 · Vault
Vault: The E-Jury, Phase by Phase
First flight, support, second flight and landing, and the deductions in each.
Unofficial summary. The FIG Code of Points and its newsletters are the authority; every rule links to its page there.
−0.1−0.3−0.5−1.0small · medium · large · fall — the colours the Code uses
E-Jury
Four Phases
The E-Jury takes its deductions phase by phase.
- 1st flight — from the board to support with two hands on the tableFeet, bent knees, legs apart
- Support — from touching the table to the hands leaving itBody position, deviation in handstand
- 2nd flight — from the push-off to the preparation for landingFeet, bent knees, legs apart, height, body position
- Landing — from the preparation for landing to the final standNo preparation, steps, hops, fall, incomplete twists, low landing
- In the second flight, the centre of gravity rises conspicuously at the moment of hand push-off.
- Every vault shows a distinct opening before landing.
- An unprepared landing is a technical error. It usually results in a technical execution deduction as well as a landing deduction.
E-Jury · from the E-score
E-Jury: Vault's Own Deductions
- Execution errors in the 1st flight−0.1or−0.3or−0.5
- Technical errors in the 1st flight−0.1or−0.3or−0.5
- Passing the handstand not through the vertical−0.1or−0.3or−0.5
- Angular deviation in support (handspring against Tsukahara), up to 30°−0.1
- … over 30° to 60°−0.3
- Execution errors in the 2nd flight−0.1or−0.3or−0.5
- Technical errors in the 2nd flight−0.1or−0.3or−0.5
- Insufficient height, no conspicuous rise of the body−0.1or−0.3or−0.5
- Lack of extension in preparation for landing−0.1or−0.3
- Low landing, hips below the knees−0.5
- All other deductions, such as feet apart, steps and falls, come from Section 9, as on every apparatus.
- With a fall, the deductions for every step, touch or support before it, the low landing and the fall are at most 1.0 together. All other deductions are still taken, for example lack of preparation, feet apart, height and an incomplete twist.
Newsletter 3, p. 2 · in force from 1 January 2026
The low landing now falls inside the 1.0 cap with the fall and the steps.
What applied before
The Code capped an element with a fall at 1.0, including every step, touch or support before the fall. It said nothing about a low landing.
Code 13.3, p. 83 · Code 9.2.3, p. 18 · Code 9.4, p. 21 · NL3, p. 2