Competitive · Rules & Formats
UpdatedRules & Formats
How each generation is played, format by format, in plain words: which parts are legal, which stadium, how points are scored, how a match runs, what the battle types on every event listing mean, and how the rankings work.
About this page
The WBO publishes one rulebook per format. We read each and rewrote it as a reference: the numbers, the bans and the procedure, without the prose. The rulebook itself is linked from every page and is the authority at an event.
- 8format rulebooks across 4 generations
- 111part bans and restrictions listed
- 107point values, times and limits captured
Plastic / HMS
| Format | Code | In one line | Stadiums | Bans | WBO events |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plastics and HMS | PLA / HMS | Plastics and HMS is the WBO's format rulebook for the original Plastic Generation and Heavy Metal System Beyblade eras, played with Hasbro, Takara and Sonokong tops, spring or winder launchers, and dedicated BeyStadiums. | 2 | 19 | 96 |
Beyblade X
| Format | Code | In one line | Stadiums | Bans | WBO events |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beyblade X | BBX | This is the WBO's tournament-ready write-up of how Beyblade X is played and judged, built to mirror Takara Tomy's own B4 rulebook while adding the judging detail needed to run an event fairly. | 2 | 10 | 3,994 |
Burst
| Format | Code | In one line | Stadiums | Bans | WBO events |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burst Standard | BST | Burst Standard is the WBO's ranked tournament format for Takara Tomy, Hasbro and Youngtoys Beyblade Burst tops. | 5 | 10 | 796 |
| Burst GT | BGT | Burst GT is the WBO's Limited-format ruleset for ranked Beyblade Burst tournaments, played with genuine Takara Tomy, Hasbro, and Youngtoys Burst tops on a recommended set of Beystadiums. | 4 | 13 | 29 |
| Burst Limited | BSL | Burst Limited is the WBO ruleset for running ranked Beyblade Burst tournaments with a restricted parts pool aimed at keeping the metagame varied. | 6 | 23 | 36 |
| Burst Classic | BSC | Burst Classic is the WBO's ranked-play rulebook for the Beyblade Burst generation of tops, covering Takara Tomy, Hasbro and Youngtoys Burst-line products. | 5 | 11 | 88 |
Metal Fight
| Format | Code | In one line | Stadiums | Bans | WBO events |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Metal Fight Beyblade | MFS | This is the WBO's tournament rulebook for the Metal Fight generation, adapted from Takara Tomy/WBBA's original rules and years of event experience. | 8 | 13 | 419 |
| Metal Fight Zero-G | ZRG | A WBO tournament format for the Metal Fight era of Beyblade, run on the swaying ZeroG/Cyclone stadium line rather than a static bowl. | 5 | 12 | 33 |
For organisers and judges
What the tag on an event listing means
Battle Types
- 1on1
- One Beyblade each for the whole match, played to the format's point target (4 points in Beyblade X by default; 3 in a Metal Fight first stage, 5 in its final). A blader may not change combination between battles.
- 3on3
- Each blader brings a deck of three Beyblades with no part repeated. After each battle the Beyblade that just fought sits out until the other two have fought, so all three are used in turn. The commonest type on the board.
- Deck
- The deck is built and, at many events, registered before play: three combinations with no repeated part, sometimes with a side deck of spares. Bladers set their deck order before the match, and the loser of a set may pick the next launch position.
- P3C1
- Pick 3, Choose 1: both bladers reveal a deck of three, then each secretly commits to ONE of them for the whole match. A first-stage type that rewards reading an opponent's deck.
- Counter Battle
- A WBO design. After each battle the loser chooses: a rematch with the same Beyblades, or a counter, in which both sides may swap to another Beyblade in their deck, the winner of the last battle choosing first.
- 5G
- A five-Beyblade deck under the 3on3 rulings on part repetition and mode changes; a legacy-format type seen at Burst and Metal Fight events.
- First stage · final stage
- A tournament runs a first stage of round robin (small fields), Swiss (four to seven rounds, set by the field) or double elimination (33 to 128 players), then a final stage of single elimination among the top cut. A ranked event must end in single elimination for its results to reach the leagues boards; the smallest open events use a club system with no finals, or king of the hill.
- Points
- Beyblade X: an Xtreme finish is 3 points, a burst or over finish 2, a spin finish 1, matches to 4 points by default (5 or 7 at some events, or best of three sets). Burst: burst finish and knock-out 2, spin finish and separation 1, with the target set per match type. Metal Fight: every finish is 1 point unless the event adopts the 2-point knock-out; matches to 3 in the first stage and 5 in the final.
Written from the rulebook digests on this site and the organiser's guide; each format's page carries the exact wording, the optional rules organisers may switch on (registered deck lists, reveal and reorder, position swaps, own-finish and out-of-bounds scoring) and the stadium and part rulings.
Ranked, Open and Masters, Glicko-2, seasons
How Rankings Work
An event is entered under a league tier. Open events may bend the format's rules and do not feed the WBO's own boards; Ranked events follow the rulebook, need a certified judge and a single-elimination final stage, and are processed onto the season and all-time boards; Masters is the standardised top tier the WBO set out for 2026, for fields of 32 or more playing 3on3 with registered decks. The rating on a board is Glicko-2: everyone starts at 1500 with a wide deviation, a newcomer's number moves a long way on each result and a veteran's barely moves, and beating a higher-rated blader gains more. Ranked Beyblade X runs in seasons of about four months since February 2026, each with a fresh season board beside the all-time one; community organisers may add a points table of their own. Our standings pages show every board whole, and our own tables there are counts of posted podiums, never a rating.
About these pages
Each page is our digest of one WBO document, read on September 5, 2026: the win conditions and their points, the match types, the stadium rulings, the customisation and launcher rules, every ban, the match procedure and the optional rules, followed by a section-by-section outline. Wording is ours; names, numbers and headings are the document's. The WBO revises its rulebooks, the X rules most often, so check the linked original before an event. The WBO is a fan-run, not-for-profit organisation and is not affiliated with Takara Tomy or Hasbro; neither are we, and we are not affiliated with the WBO.
Takara Tomy's own tournament rules for Beyblade X differ from the WBO's in a few points (launch positions, tiebreaks, some equipment rulings); the X rulebook page notes where the WBO says it departs from them.