 In the 1A division, there are currently four rounds of competition.In 2A-5A, there is currently only the Preliminary (1 minute) and the Final (3 minute).Any player can enter the Wild-Card round
 Top-10 at a sanctioned National Competition/Multi-National Competition seeded directly to Preliminary
 Top-3 at sanctioned Multi-National Competition & sanctioned National Champions seeded directly to Semi-Final
 Previous Year's World Champion seeded directly to Final

Players can earn a seed to various rounds of the preliminaries through Multi-National Competitions, National Competitions, and the previous year's World Yo-Yo Contest.