How long are junior contests, and how is a draw decided?

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Contest length Cadet, Junior and Senior categories: 4 minutes. All other categories (including Pre-Cadet and younger): 3 minutes, and this can't be changed. Athletes get at least 6 minutes' rest between contests. An athlete who doesn't reach the start position after three calls, one minute apart, loses by fusen-gachi. Draws in technical restriction categories These categories have no golden score. The same end-of-contest rule also applies to under-16 categories limited to orange belt and under. If scores are level at the end of normal time: Pools: the contest is a draw (hikiwake). Knockout: all penalties are ignored and the referees decide by majority who came closest to a technical score. There's no appeal. They decide in this order: the longest osaekomi (hold-down) under 5 seconds who came closest to scoring with a throw the most positive attacking judo the most effective control of the opponent