The final round of the music competition where Chen Lingtian was participating was structured such that the participants qualified for the finals will be playing two pieces. At this point, there were seven qualified finalists and only four of them will be able to place in the first up to third runner-up and one will be deemed the champion for that year's competition.
This competition called the Tchaikovsky Annual Competition always serves as the mildest starter contest for young violin players. Though it followed the rules of the major ones in the industry, its own rules were a lot more lenient in great consideration to the composition of the participants which were mostly first-timers in competition and usually very young kids.