Break The Rules – Back To The Roots is the next stop of the Break The Rules Battle Series (est. 2017), organised by Stay Fresh Crew and Szolnok Breaking Sportegyesület. It is a Hungarian national ranking breaking competition – solo battles in every age group, plus an open 3vs3 crew battle and a Power Tricks cypher that anyone can enter.
Cypher Town on the decks
The Cypher Town team is representing on the music side: DJ Tomi is on the decks together with DJ Pajtás. Come through, support the dancers and say hi!
Judges
- Roll – Budapest
- Davidoff – Debrecen
- Ren – Páty
DJs
- Tomi (Cypher Town)
- Pajtás
Programme
- 12:30–14:00 – doors, registration, warm-up, cyphers
- Junior & Junior II girls/boys: prelims, semi-final, top 4
- Youth & Adult women/men: prelims, semi-final, top 4
- Junior & Junior II finals
- Youth & Adult finals
- Break · Power Tricks cypher
- 3vs3 Crew Battle: prelims, top 8, top 4
- Break · Power Tricks final
- 3vs3 Crew Battle final
- 19:00–19:30 – results & awards
- 19:30–20:00 – closing
Categories
| Category | Age | Battles |
|---|---|---|
| Junior | 8–13 | 1vs1 B-Boy · 1vs1 B-Girl |
| Junior II | 14–15 | 1vs1 B-Boy · 1vs1 B-Girl |
| Youth | 16–18 | 1vs1 B-Boy · 1vs1 B-Girl |
| Adult | 18+ | 1vs1 B-Boy · 1vs1 B-Girl |
| Open 3vs3 Crew Battle | no age limit | mixed, 3-person crews |
| Power Tricks Cypher | no age limit | mixed |
Age groups are counted by the age reached in the current calendar year.
Entry
- Spectator ticket: 3,000 HUF (at the venue)
- Competitor entry fee: 1,000 HUF / person
- Children under 8: free
Registration & rules
Competitors register online or by email: breakinghdsa@gmail.com or lajosfodor23@gmail.com.
- The solo ranking categories are open to Hungarian citizens with a valid MTáSZ athlete card, competition book and valid sports-medical certificate.
- The 3vs3 Crew Battle and the Power Tricks Cypher are open to everyone – no licence needed, foreign dancers welcome. Crews are not limited by gender or age.
- Format: 4-person prelim rounds scored 1–10 by the judges, then straight knock-out (1st vs last, 2nd vs second-to-last…). 2 rounds per dancer in KO battles, 3 rounds in the final. No round-robin.
The organisers may adjust the format depending on the number of entries (only before the competition starts) and reserve the right to change or cancel the event.
Partners
- Magyar TáncSport Szakszövetség / HDSA Breaking
- Szolnoki Break Tánc és Extrém Sportegyesület
- Jubileum Bowling és Élmény Center
All info and updates: Facebook event