The IUF Official skill levels were created in 1998, and are used around the world for guiding unicycle skill progression. Testing is performed at each Unicon, and can also be performed by any official IUF Skill Level Tester
For full details on the IUF Skill Levels, please check out the PDF version. For a full list of all skills that are part of the Standard Skills, please review the IUF Standard Skills List.
LEVEL 1
- mount unicycle unassisted
- ride 50 meters
- dismount gracefully with unicycle in front
LEVEL 2
- mount with left foot
- mount with right foot
- ride 10 meters between two parallel lines 30 cm apart
- ride a figure eight with circle diameters smaller than 3 meters
- ride down a 15 cm vertical drop
- make a 90 degree turn to the left inside a 1 meter square
- make a 90 degree turn to the right inside a 1 meter square
LEVEL 3
- demonstrate 3 types of mounts
- ride a figure eight with circle diameters smaller than 1.5 meters
- come to a stop, pedal half a revolution backward and continue forward
- ride with the stomach on the seat for 10 meters
- make a 180 degree turn to the left within a 1 meter square
- make a 180 degree turn to the right within a 1 meter square
- hop 5 times
- ride or hop over a 10 x 10 cm. obstacle
LEVEL 4
- demonstrate 4 types of mounts
- ride backward for 10 meters
- ride one footed for 10 meters
- idle with left foot down 25 times
- idle with right foot down 25 times
- ride with seat out in front (against body) for 10 meters
- ride with the seat out in back (against body) for 10 meters
- make a 360 degree turn to the left inside a 1 meter square
- make a 360 degree turn to the right inside a 1 meter square
LEVEL 5
- demonstrate 5 types of mounts
- ride backward in a circle
- ride one footed in a figure eight
- idle one footed with the left foot 25 times
- idle one footed with the right foot 25 times
- ride with seat out in front (against body) in a circle
- ride with the seat out in back (against body) in a circle
- ride with the seat on the side (against body) in a circle
- hop-twist 90 degrees to the left
- hop-twist 90 degrees to the right
- walk the wheel for 10 meters
LEVEL 6
- demonstrate 6 types of mounts
- ride backward in a figure eight
- ride with the seat out in front (against body) in a figure eight
- ride with the seat out in back (against body) in a figure eight
- ride backward with the seat out in front (against body) for 10 meters
- hop standing on wheel 5 times
- ride with the seat on the side (against body) in
- a circle to the left
- ride with the seat on the side (against body) in
- a circle to the right
- ride one footed with the left foot for 10 meters
- ride one footed with the right foot for 10 meters
- back turn
- front turn
- spin
LEVEL 7
- demonstrate 7 types of mounts
- ride backward with the seat out in front (against body) in a circle
- ride one footed with the left foot in a circle
- ride one footed with the right foot in a circle
- walk the wheel in a circle
- walk the wheel one footed for 10 meters
- hop-twist 180 degrees to the left
- hop-twist 180 degrees to the right
- ride backward with the seat out in back (against body) for 10 meters
- spin to the left
- spin to the right
LEVEL 8
- demonstrate 8 types of mounts
- ride one footed with the left foot in a figure eight
- ride one footed with the right foot in a figure eight
- walk the wheel in a figure eight
- walk the wheel one footed in a circle
- ride backward one footed for 10 meters
- glide for 10 meters
- hand wheel walk for 10 meters
- pirouette
- backward spin
LEVEL 9
- demonstrate 9 types of mounts
- walk the wheel one footed in a figure eight
- ride backward one footed in a circle
- ride backward with the seat out in front (against body) in a figure eight
- ride backward with the seat out in back (against body) in a circle
- walk the wheel one footed with the left foot for 10 meters
- walk the wheel one footed with the right foot for 10 meters
- walk the wheel backward for 10 meters
- drag seat in front for 10 meters
- drag seat in back for 10 meters
- ride backward one footed with the left foot for 10 meters
- ride backward one footed with the right foot for 10 meters
- one footed with the seat out in front for 10 meters
- backward pirouette
LEVEL 10
- demonstrate 10 types of mounts
- ride backward with the seat out in back (against body) in a figure eight
- ride backward one footed in a figure eight
- walk the wheel one footed with the left foot in a circle
- walk the wheel one footed with the right foot in a circle
- walk the wheel backward in a circle 180 uni spin
- sideways wheel walk for 10 meters
- coast for 10 meters
- side ride for 10 meters
- walk the wheel one footed backward for 10 meters