[NSRCA-dist8] Contest Scores

[Patrick Harris]

Gordon,

Thanks for getting the results up and running!


On Sun, Jun 28, 2015 at 9:13 PM, trexlesh at msn.com <
nsrca-dist8 at lists.nsrca.org> wrote:

>  Looking at the raw scores can tell you where you are lacking or winning
> in comparing pilot scores.  To me, the best thing about Gordon's scoring
> sheets is the running summary of the average scores and points cost of
> individual maneuvers.  That will instantly tell me where I need to improve.
>
>
> Comparing normalized scores between you and the other pilots is a quick
> way to see if you are gaining or not, but you have to see where in the
> sequence that is happening.  The only way to do that is to see the other
> pilot raw scores in each maneuver.
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> Sent from my Verizon 4G LTE Tablet
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> *From: *Karl Watts via NSRCA-dist8
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> *Date: *Sun, Jun 28, 2015 6:46 PM
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> *To: *Gordon Anderson;
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> *Cc: *AK, ID, MT, OR, WA, WY;
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> *Subject:*Re: [NSRCA-dist8] Contest Scores
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> Oh, I did not know I could see raw scores.  This helps as I try to compare
> my flights to others from another contest.
>
> Sent from my iPad
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> On Jun 28, 2015, at 6:22 PM, Gordon Anderson <gaa at owt.com> wrote:
>
> Karl,
>
> It is kind of hard to do, you can see all the scores on the web site even
> each pilot's raw scores. I think the best comparison would be the
> normalized scores but this is not perfect. There has been a lot of debate
> over normalization. You can at least get a pretty good idea.
>
> You can learn a lot looking at the scores and seeing how consistent the
> pilots are etc. There is a lot to be said for consistency.
>
> --Gordon
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> On Jun 28, 2015, at 5:15 PM, Karl Watts <karlwatt at sarmc.org> wrote:
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> Yes, this makes sense.  So I really cannot compare my scores in Redmond
> contest to how pilots did in the Boise contest?
>
> Karl
>
> Sent from my iPad
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> On Jun 28, 2015, at 6:11 PM, Gordon Anderson <gaa at owt.com> wrote:
>
> Ok the web site 2015 contest results are posted. I still have to update
> the district champ rules as per the new rules and post the current results.
> I will do this later this week I hope. Please check out the site and make
> sure I have this correct, let me know if you find any errors.
>
> Karl,
>
> Please reference this link from Redmond:
> http://www.nsrca.us/contest_results/2015/D8/Redmond/contestResults.XML
> It shows the standings and has detail you don't see on your score sheets.
> So here is how the scoring works:
> 1.) We generally fly 6 rounds and you take your top 4 rounds and sum them
> to get your final score.
> 2.) Your score sheets show your raw scores that have had the Kfactors
> applies.
> 3.) Your raw scores are normalized to the highest scoring pilot in each
> round. The highest scoring pilots gets 1000 points and all the other pilots
> are normalized to this highest score. So if you received a raw score that
> was 90% of the highest scoring pilot you would get 900 points.
> 4.) Your four highest rounds are then summed to get your final score. If
> you look at the link you will see lines through your rounds that were
> thrown out.
> 5.) The highest possible total score is 4000 if you win 4 rounds.
>
> I hope this makes sense??
>
> --Gordon
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> On Jun 28, 2015, at 4:47 PM, Patrick Harris <harris7148 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Outstanding...thank you.
>
> On Sun, Jun 28, 2015 at 4:44 PM, Gordon Anderson <gaa at owt.com> wrote:
>
>> i will as soon as I finish posted all the web updates, should finish in
>> 10 to 15 mins....
>>
>> --g
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>> On Jun 28, 2015, at 4:45 PM, Patrick Harris via NSRCA-dist8 <
>> nsrca-dist8 at lists.nsrca.org> wrote:
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>> Gordon or Rex....you want to explain "Normalization"?
>>
>> On Sun, Jun 28, 2015 at 12:25 PM, Karl Watts <karlwatt at sarmc.org> wrote:
>>
>>> So what is the connection between the scores I get handed to me after
>>> each round and the ones that determine the places?
>>>
>>> Karl
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