As usual, the situation is very different in the horizontal 4-way events, where only Aethers Medjay have been confirming their current top position in the world. They gave away the highscore for the fast sequence in Round 8 and are still far ahead of the rest of the field. The French national team in 4-way Open is also the cleanest team of all leaderboards with only one point deduction.

The tightest battle for medal positions is going on in 4-way Women, where China and France are separated by one single point. Almost all other positions on the 4-way leaderboards are under pressure, either for the FAI medals, or for other internal battles. Arizona Airspeed are back in the expected race for the 2nd place with NMP PCH HayaBusa, and the Czech Skywalkers Junior have clearly taken the position of the unofficial amateur world champions. Skywalkers Junior have their most passionate team fan in Slovakia. Patricia Zara Herdicky competed in 4-way Junior herself when Skywalkers Junior transitioned to senior and outdoor training and competition. She has been following the action at Paraclete XP very carefully and provided the view and commentary of the audience in her region between Slovakia and Czech Republic. However, her observations are going beyond the performance of her favorite team, Skywalkers Junior.