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How to Carry Sumo Matches

1. One match shall consist of 3 rounds, within a total time of 3 minutes, unless extended by the judges.

2. The team who wins two rounds or receives two "Yuhkoh" points first, within the time limit, shall win the match. A team receives a "Yuhkoh" point when they win a round. If the time limit is reached before one team can get two "Yuhkoh" points, and one of the teams has received one Yuhkoh point, the team with one Yuhkoh point shall win.

3. When the match is not won by either team within the time limit, an extended match may be fought, during which the team who receives the first Yuhkoh point shall win. Alternatively, the winner/loser of the match may be decided by judges, by means of lots, or by a rematch.

4. One Yuhkoh point shall be given to the winner when the judges' decision was called for or lots were employed.

Start, Stop, Resume, End a Match

Start Upon the judge's instructions, the two teams bow to each other in the outer ring, approach the ring, and place a robot within their half of the ring on or behind the Shikiri line. (A robot or a part of a robot may not be placed beyond the front edge of the Shikiri line toward the opponent. Note that is not required that a robot be placed directly behind the Shikiri line; it may be offset to the side, as long as it is behind an imaginary line collinear with the Shikiri line.) When the judge announces the start of the round, the teams start their robots, and after a five second pause the robots may start operating. During these five seconds, players must clear out of the ring area.

Stop, Resume The match stops and resumes when a judge announces so.

End The match ends when the chief judge announces so. The two teams retrieve the robots from the ring area, and bow.

Time of Match

One Match will be fought for a total of 3 minutes, starting and ending upon the judge's command. The clock shall start ticking five seconds after the start is announced.

An extended match, if called for by the judge, shall last for a maximum of 3 minutes.

The following are not included in the time of the Match:

1. The time elapsed after the judge announces Yuhkoh and before the match resumes. The standard delay before the match resumes shall be 30 seconds.

2. The time elapsed after a judge announces to stop the match and before the match resumes.