The competition exists out of a single elimination tournament, with athletes competing against each other in a head-to-head format. Each contest consists of three rounds of three minutes, with the knockout draw based on a seeding system. After nine minutes, the competitor with the highest number of points advances to the next round. The athlete with the most points in the final wins the event.
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Twenty-two athletes qualified for the event with world champion Bekzad Nurdauletov, European qualifier winner Loren Berto Alfonso Dominguez, 2016 Olympic champion Arlen Lopez, and All-Africa Games winner Abdelrahman Salah Orabi Abdelgawwad as the top seeds. Other big names and potential medal contenders included Benjamin Whittaker, Mohamed Houmri, Paolo Aokuso, Dilshodbek Ruzmetov, and Shakul Samed.
Mohamed Assaghir
Imam Khataev
Shabbos Negmatulloev
Chen Daxiang
Jorge Luis Vivas Palacios
Benjamin Whittaker
Mohammed Houmri
Nalek Korbaj Barrera
Luka Plantic
Odai Riyad Adel Alhindawi
Emmet Brennan
Dilshod Ruzmetov
Bekzad Nurdauletov
Gazimagomed Jalidov Gafurova
Paulo Aokuso
Keno Machado
Abdelrahman Salah Orabi Abdelgawwad
Arlen Lopez
Rogelio Romero Torres
Shakul Samed
Bayram Malkan
Loren Berto Alfonso Dominguez
