The regular battles of survival have an order to them. The characters that you will fact are in a cycle that repeats infinitly. The cycle starts at a random place, but you will know where by facing yoru first opponent. Dizzy and Testament enter into the cycle after you beat their Gold forms.

Survival Battle Order

Ky
May
Jam
Anji
Potemkin
Chipp
Sol
Faust
Millia
Axl
Johnny
Venom
Zato
Baiken

Note:At this time I do not remember where Testament and Dizzy fit in. I did not write them down either when I found out. I believe that Testament comes in after Chipp and I have no clue where Dizzy comes in anymore. I will add these two on a later date.

The Survival Mode can be one of the most challenging thing in thsi game due to the existence of the Gold Characters. They are programmed to be faster, stronger and smarter than you. Most of the times, the smarter part doesn't come in, but once you start hitting Gold Faust, you can see it.
Gold characters will always interupt your match when you hit the survival level that they rest at. If you are going for a new colour and your match is interupted, you will still get the new colour.

Gold Character Order

Level 20 - Gold Testament
Level 30 - Gold Dizzy
Level 40 - Gold Chipp
Level 50 - Gold Potemkin
Level 60 - Gold Baiken
Level 70 - Gold Faust
Level 80 - Gold Venom
Level 90 - Gold Millia
Level 100 - Gold Zato
Level 110 - Gold Johnny