where, for example between Month X (Dec / Jan) and Month Y (Jul / Aug / Sep) they propose that 10 Halves constitute the "World Cup" (lets use ITU terminology) and they say you need to complete 4, 5 or 6 halves and 1 IM
none of it affects qualifying for HA and it could be scheduled such that it allows everyone time to both qualify and recover, but they could consolidate events, have stronger fields, make it feel like you're actually following a professional sport as opposed to watching a random series of events that all occur over a series of months that bear no relation to one another, you could see how people are doing relative to one another and halves appear to be short enough that individuals seem to be able to race them quite frequently with great success
none of it affects qualifying for HA and it could be scheduled such that it allows everyone time to both qualify and recover, but they could consolidate events, have stronger fields, make it feel like you're actually following a professional sport as opposed to watching a random series of events that all occur over a series of months that bear no relation to one another, you could see how people are doing relative to one another and halves appear to be short enough that individuals seem to be able to race them quite frequently with great success