# What does 'Open' mean in a contest?

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**Category:** Yo-Yo Contests, Clubs, and Events\
**Created:** [August 12, 2013, 4:27pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-does-open-mean-in-a-contest/57817 "2013-08-12T16:27:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![FuzzehKitteh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a5b964/32.png) [@FuzzehKitteh](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/FuzzehKitteh)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2013, 4:27pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-does-open-mean-in-a-contest/57817/1 "2013-08-12T16:27:26Z")

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Just wondering. Thanks 😃

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**Author:** ![patrickcondon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/patrickcondon/32/619950_2.png) [@patrickcondon](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/patrickcondon)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2013, 4:47pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-does-open-mean-in-a-contest/57817/2 "2013-08-12T16:47:39Z")

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Open registration; not invitation.

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**Author:** ![Nathan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/nathan/32/191605_2.png) [@Nathan](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Nathan)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2013, 5:03pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-does-open-mean-in-a-contest/57817/3 "2013-08-12T17:03:57Z")

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Or the old Open division was all styles except for 1A.

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**Author:** ![Casey888](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f04885/32.png) [@Casey888](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Casey888)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2013, 7:32pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-does-open-mean-in-a-contest/57817/4 "2013-08-12T19:32:05Z")

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Pretty sure it’s when there aren’t enough people registered to do 2a-5a so they combine them all into one big division.