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Split 1
Aquamarine period: 72 players are split into 12 groups of 6.


 * Top 5 advance to Split 2
 * All 6th placers will be put into a Wildcard round, Single-transferable voting (STV) format. Only the top 4 will survive to Split 2.
 * Bold: Advanced, Italic: Wildcards.

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Split 1 Wildcards
Single-transferable vote (STV): Voting and counting method is similar to Instant-runoff (rank 1st-8th); the only significant difference is that instead of deciding 1 winner, it's 2 or more winners.

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Split 2
Topaz, Amethyst, and Sapphire. 48 players are split into 4 groups of 16.


 * Contestants are arranged by Split 1 CVP ; serpentine order starting from Group A
 * Some contestants are manually switched to minimize rematches as much as possible
 * Top 6 advance to Split 3
 * 7th to 11th are relegated to Wildcards
 * 12th to 16th are outright eliminated, but they will play a consolation group round during the diamond period, giving them a chance to surpass some of the eliminated contestants in final rankings.
 * Bold: Advanced, Italic: Wildcards, Strikethrough - Eliminated.

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Split 2 Wildcards
Approval voting (vote whoever you like). Top 8 survive to Split 3, rest are eliminated.

Split 3
Emerald, Ruby, Diamond. 32 players are split into 2 groups of 16.


 * Contestants are arranged by Split 1 + Split 2 CVP ; serpentine order starting from Group A
 * Top 6 advance to Playoffs
 * 7th to 11th are relegated to Wildcards
 * 12th to 16th are outright eliminated, but they will play consolation matches during the playoffs, giving them a chance to surpass some of the eliminated playoff contestants in final rankings.
 * Bold: Advanced, Italic: Wildcards, Strikethrough - Eliminated.

Results

Split 3 Wildcards
Range voting (vote whoever you like by putting a score on each player). Only the top 4 will advance to playoffs.