"Consistency"

"It seems like all about consistency. You don't have to do perfect dives， but you have to do everything consistently. " -- Moritz Wesemann (GER)

"At this level, you have to be consistent on a really high level." -- Chiara Pellacani (ITA)

The most essential key to success is consistency. No matter the conditions, you must be able to do your best and stable style."-- Maddison Keeney (AUS)

"Fun"

"I think for the crowd, they get to see the head-to-head, semifinal and the final in one time, and this is really good fun. It is very fast-paced and very captivating. "-- Jack Laugher (GBR)

"It's very interesting. There are a lot of dives you have to do in a very short period of time， especially if it's just four people in the final， but also before just six in each semifinal. It's a lot of fun, a different way of experiencing diving, and probably watching it." -- Moritz Wesemann (GER)

 "It's all about fun. I don't know if I would like it in every competition， but I think it's something really good and different.  I would be interested in watching the voices from the stands. I think the crowd enjoyed it." -- Maddison Keeney (AUS)

"I don't really aim to get medals; I aim to have fun, and obviously, the more fun I have, the better I do. So this competition was amazing. The fans are amazing. Beijing is amazing, and I competed here. " -- Cassiel Rousseau (AUS)

"Mentally tired"

 "I think it's mostly mental because I get really nervous in the competition and sometimes struggle with my dives. I am usually very nervous, and my hands and fingers are still shaking right now after the awarding ceremony. It's a lesson learning how to control my nerves and being able to perform even when I'm nervous." -- Maddison Keeney (AUS)

"I was not used to the new format and felt stressed at the beginning. I forced myself to focus on my own dives."-- Chen Jia

"I think I am a little bit tired physically, but more mentally because you have to compete for two hours straight. So it's really tough mentally." -- Chiara Pellacani (ITA)

"You have to be mentally focused on the competition within two hours by using a lot of brain power. And this isn't like what we would do in the daily training session." -- Jack Laugher (GBR)

"It was very exhausting. My entries in the final were very splashy because my brain was very tired." -- Cassiel Rousseau (AUS)

"Physically tired"

"The new format pushed us to enter our peak form from the very beginning, and I started rather high in the first two sessions. In fact, I  lost some energy in the final. -- Wang Zongyuan (CHN)

"I felt faint at last and wordless right now. It is a huge challenge facing the new competition format, especially to learn how to relax and adjust myself in between. I tried hard to focus on my dives." -- Chen Yuxi (CHN)

"The total time of individual competition was limited to less than two hours. I felt out of energy a bit because I could hardly climb up to the platform, mainly because I am still learning to balance my growing height and weight." -- Quan Hongchan (CHN)

Lucky Draw

"It's a little bit unfair to split into two groups depending on your draw; you might have a harder group to make it to the final; someone like Jack Laugher, who had an awesome performance, didn't make it, I feel bad in that way. Maybe we have to change from it in that way. -- Moritz Wesemann (GER)

"The draw was very important and difficult. I am sad because, in my semifinal, I scored 480 points and beat everybody in the other semifinal, but I didn't make it to the final. I think that maybe World Aquatics hopefully could change a few things if this continues next year. It can be a slightly different format, but with the same idea, Maybe a big semifinal works. I think this is a really good learning curve for all of us. I'm really happy I did a good performance, but I would have loved to be in the final and fight the medals. "-- Jack Laugher (GBR)

Suggestions

"I think maybe it's not exciting for the spectators to see number 12 and number one go against each other. My suggestion would be maybe the top four divers from the first two stops get a bye. They don't have to compete until they directly enter the final round. The remaining eight divers competed against each other from the head-to-head and semifinal sessions and then came to the final against the top four divers. It may be more fun and competitive. " -- Cassiel Rousseau (AUS)

"I hope it would be fun if the No.1 vs No. 6, and 2 vs 5, from the first set, then No. 7 vs No. 12, and so on for the second set in the head-to-head session. Then, all the eight qualifiers placed by their overall results in the semifinal, with the top four advancing to the final. Everyone has to keep fighting all the way until the final. That might be cool and fun for the crowd and good for the television. "-- Jack Laugher (GRB)