▁do ▁re - j umps ▁until ▁a ▁winner ▁is ▁found . ▁Sm aller ▁dead ▁center ▁makes ▁it ▁more ▁difficult ▁and ▁less ▁likely ▁to ▁have ▁many ▁with ▁the ▁same ▁score . ▁ ▁Te chni que ▁Because ▁jump ers ▁usually ▁land ▁on ▁their ▁feet , ▁most ▁try ▁to ▁touch ▁the ▁dead ▁center ▁mark ▁with ▁the ▁he el ▁of ▁their ▁sh oe . ▁After ▁the ▁first ▁ 8 ▁r ounds ▁are ▁completed , ▁the ▁team ▁competition ▁ends ▁and ▁w inners ▁are ▁declared . ▁Based ▁on ▁the ▁individual ▁results , ▁the ▁best ▁half ▁of ▁the ▁sk yd ivers ▁do ▁one ▁individual ▁semif inal ▁jump ▁where ▁the ▁score ▁is ▁added ▁to ▁the ▁individual ▁score . ▁Based ▁on ▁this ▁score ▁the ▁best ▁half ▁of ▁the ▁remaining ▁sk yd ivers ▁make ▁it ▁to ▁the ▁last ▁and ▁final ▁round . ▁If ▁the ▁ 3 ▁first ▁places ▁are ▁shared ▁between ▁sk yd ivers ▁with ▁the ▁same ▁score , ▁there ▁are ▁re - j umps ▁to ▁" s ud den ▁death ". ▁This ▁means ▁that ▁different ▁scores ▁separate ▁the ▁sk yd iver ▁for ▁each ▁of ▁the ▁first ▁ 3 ▁places . ▁In ▁some ▁compet itions ▁the ▁organiz ers ▁choose ▁to ▁use ▁the ▁sk yd iver ▁with ▁the ▁most ▁dead ▁cent ers ▁as ▁the ▁better ▁sk yd iver . ▁The ▁picture ▁at ▁right ▁shows ▁the ▁final ▁second ▁before ▁landing . ▁The ▁he el ▁is ▁po ised ▁over ▁the ▁dead ▁center ▁ens uring ▁this ▁will ▁be ▁the ▁first ▁place ▁the ▁sk yd iver ▁touch es ▁the ▁ground . ▁ ▁World ▁Record ▁The ▁World ▁Record ▁has