How skilled and what unicycle level are you?

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Hi just letting you know that im level 4 in unicycling and heading onto 5 although i can demonstrate about 6 types of mounts and can ride backwards for 100m and ride one pedal for 10m. Anway whats your levels? =]

IUF Achievement Skill Levels
These achievement skill levels have been complied from years of research and surveys among unicyclist from all over the world. They are intended to encourage unicyclists to progress at an even pace over a wide variety of unicycling skills. These levels are not connected to the competition rules, other than in descriptions of how the skills are to be performed. Skill levels are useful for helping riders determine a sequence of skills to learn, and to give them ideas for things to try.
Eligibility:
In order to be eligible to achieve a level a rider must have passed all previous levels.

Riders must get into and out of all skills:
All riding skills start with the rider riding forward, seated with both feet on the pedals except for side ride (level 10). All skills end with rider riding forward at least 3 full revolutions of the wheel, seated with both feet on the pedals.
Maximum of three mistakes per level:
In order to pass an exam a rider must perform all skills in that level at the first attempt, except for a maximum of three skills that must be performed at the second attempt. This allows for three mistakes per level, but no more than one mistake per skill.
Explanation of Skills:
The correct execution of the skills is described in Standard Skill Descriptions, section 7.2 in the IUF Regulations For Internetional Competition.
Variety of Mounts:
At each level starting from level 3, riders must add one new mount to those they have previously demonstrated. Repeating the same mount with the opposite foot does not constitute a different type of mount. A listing of some of the known mounts can be found in the Standard Skill Descriptions, section 7.2 in the IUF Regulations For International Competition.
Recognition of Level Achievement:
To formally achieve a skill level a rider must pass a skill level exam with an authorized examiner. Examiners are authorized by the IUF, the USA or other connected unicycling organizations. If no authorized examiner is available, riders can send a video tape, with no edits per level, to an authorized examiner in their country, or to the IUF Skill Levels and Rules Committee. Videos must clearly show all the necessary details of each skill.

Level 1
mount unicycle unassisted
ride 50 meters
dismount gracefully with unicycle in front

Level 2
mount with left foot
mount with right foot
ride 10 meters between two parallel lines 30 cm apart
ride a figure eight with circle diameters smaller than 3 meters
ride down a 15 cm vertical drop
make a 90 degree turn to the left inside a 1 meter circle
make a 90 degree turn to the right inside a 1 meter circle

Level 3
demonstrate 3 types of mounts
ride a figure eight with circle diameters smaller than 1.5 meters
come to a stop, pedal half a revolution backward and continue forward
ride with the stomach on the seat for 10 meters
make a 180 degree turn to the left within a 1 meter circle
make a 180 degree turn to the right within a 1 meter circle
hop 5 times
ride or hop over a 10 x 10 cm. obstacle

Level 4
demonstrate 4 types of mounts
ride backward for 10 meters
ride one footed for 10 meters
idle with left foot down 25 times
idle with right foot down 25 times
ride with seat out in front for 10 meters
ride with the seat out in back for 10 meters
make a 360 degree turn to the left inside a 1 meter circle
make a 360 degree turn to the right inside a 1 meter circle

Level 5
demonstrate 5 types of mounts
ride backward in a circle
ride one footed in a figure eight
idle one footed with the left foot 25 times
idle one footed with the right foot 25 times
ride with seat out in front in a circle
ride with the seat out in back in a circle
ride with the seat on the side in a circle
hop-twist 90 degrees to the left
hop-twist 90 degrees to the right
walk the wheel for 10 meters

Level 6
demonstrate 6 types of mounts
ride backward in a figure eight
ride with the seat out in front in a figure eight
ride with the seat out in back in a figure eight
ride backward with the seat out in front for 10 meters
hop standing on wheel 5 times
ride with the seat on the side in a circle to the left
ride with the seat on the side in a circle to the right
ride one footed with the left foot for 10 meters
ride one footed with the right foot for 10 meters
backspin
frontspin
spin

Level 7
demonstrate 7 types of mounts
ride backward with the seat out in front in a circle
ride one footed with the left foot in a circle
ride one footed with the right foot in a circle
walk the wheel in a circle
walk the wheel one footed for 10 meters
hop-twist 180 degrees to the left
hop-twist 180 degrees to the right
ride backward with the seat out in back for 10 meters
spin to the left
spin to the right

Level 8
demonstrate 8 types of mounts
ride one footed with the left foot in a figure eight
ride one footed with the right foot in a figure eight
walk the wheel in a figure eight
walk the wheel one footed in a circle
ride backward one footed for 10 meters
glide for 10 meters
hand wheel walk for 10 meters
pirouette
backward spin

Level 9
demonstrate 9 types of mounts
walk the wheel one footed in a figure eight
ride backward one footed in a circle
ride backward with the seat out in front in a figure eight
ride backward with the seat out in back in a circle
walk the wheel one footed with the left foot for 10 meters
walk the wheel one footed with the right foot for 10 meters
walk the wheel backward for 10 meters
drag seat in front for 10 meters
drag seat in back for 10 meters
ride backward one footed with the left foot for 10 meters
ride backward one footed with the right foot for 10 meters
one footed with the seat out in front for 10 meters
backward pirouette

Level 10
demonstrate 10 types of mounts
ride backward with the seat out in back in a figure eight
ride backward one footed in a figure eight
walk the wheel one footed with the left foot in a circle
walk the wheel one footed with the right foot in a circle
walk the wheel backward in a circle
180 uni spin
sideways wheel walk for 10 meters
coast for 10 meters
side ride for 10 meters
walk the wheel one footed backward for 10 meters

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I’m officially a level 0 and am trying to stay that way. :smiley:

I could pass levels 1-5 if I wanted. I know all those skills well enough.
I can do some level 6 skills and some level 7 skills.
Beyond that I’m a klutz.

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Most people here will tell you that those levels are incredibly outdated, largely because street is the big thing now, crankflips and variations thereof.

That said, I’m really only about an unofficial level 3, almost level 4 (I never got idling down, and my backwards riding is very iffy, especially since I have’t ridden in a while). Officially, I’m level 0. Never bothered testing.

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I do MUni, Distance and a bit of trials…

I could probably do all the level 4 stuff if I wanted to, I don’t idle much though.

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Good thing that these are for freestyle.

Officially - 0
Unofficially - 6ish

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Not sure why the sarcasm was needed…I was just saying that a lot of “good” riders now a days probably aren’t even very high on this level system. It’s pretty old, you gotta admit.

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I can do everything up to level 8 except hand wheel walk. Also most of level 9 and parts of level 10.

I’m not much of a “freestyle” rider though, I just learn tricks. Those levels have been around a long time, but I wouldn’t call them outdated. They’re fine-for freestyle.

Maybe freestyle is what’s outdated.

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yer…

Lol i kinda get what u mean. Theres no crankflips or 360 540 and 720 unispins.

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Well, don’t expect to find street tricks in a freestyle guideline. I thought that was pretty self-explanatory.

There has been a street skill level guide made. I don’t know if its official or unofficial, but its there.

I wasnt really meaning to be sarcastic, I just was saying that this if for freestyle, and that most of the people who disagree with it and complain about it either dont really care for learning freestyle or ride street.

And like Forrest said, I dont think this list is outdated. Maybe its out of place on our forums, cause so many of us here ride street, and see this as useless and doesnt fit. But when someone learning freestyle sees this, its a pretty good guideline to follow.

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This is a funny thread, but it’s a great topic for discussion.

As a guy who is Level 0 and holding, I still have to say I think the standard skills are very important. In any sport, even as it evolves, it’s important to have mastery over the fundamentals. Jazz musicians still run the pentatonic scales, even though they go well past them when jamming. Benny Goodman ran those scales for practice until he was so old he could run them no more. Olympic gymnasts still practice dive rolls. Figure skating stubbornly held on to the “cumpulsories” until the short attention span of TV viewers forced the evolution to the “short program” format.

The first thing I do on my first ski run of the season is spend one run going back through the basics…snowplow, snowplow stop, snowplow turn, stem christie, parallel turn, parallel stop, sideslip, sideslip 360. Then hit the steeps, where years of muscle memory of all the above factor into how you approach every pitch.

The very best uni riders I know–whether muni, trials, or distance–all have a strong mastery of the standard skills. I think the level of precision and balance learned in so many different situations gives them an advantage when learning new areas. Drop them into almost any situation and they’ll figure it out and come out on top.

It’s too late for me in the upcoming riding season, but perhaps when Fall of 2008 turns to winter I’ll finally break out my unridden freestyle uni and start regularly attending meetings of one of the outstanding local clubs (Uniques, Panther Pride). I bet learning how to one-foot will help me in some way to avoid a careless UPD while cokering in 2009.

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wow I’m nearly level 6

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im aopund level 5

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im around level 5

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Do remember that you have to do all the skills with only one mistake during your routine. The difference between being able to do all the skills for a level and being good enough to actually pass the exam for that level is quite large.

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Officially, I’m level 2… I started doing muni before I ever came close to level 2 (mostly the mounting both feet first through me off ;)) I can prolly pull off 3 mounts, but I’ve never tried :wink:

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im around level 4 but in a test id be stuffed, i do more trials though so ive gone away from folloing this, i used it to start of with so i could get the basics. if i wanted to learn a new trick now i wouldnt go to the skill levels and look at the next level to work on, id look on youtube at some vids, see a cool trick and try and do it

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Yes, but the difference between knowing how to do those skills and NOT knowing how to do those skills is even larger.

I’m a hop-on-the-Coker-and-go kind of guy. I’m not a good unicyclist and never will be. I could pass the test for level one. That’s where my skills stop. I’m passable at MUni (nothing fancy) and can ride down a set of steps on a good day.

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Ninja level.

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That makes it sound like an exam

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I am officialy level -10 :roll_eyes: :smiley: