Answered: Skills Rankings

[drdanielfc]

On the world skills rankings on at http://www.robotevents.com/robot-competitions/vex-robotics-competition/programming-skills I can’t seem to figure out how a tie is determined.

For example, Isoelectronic has 130 points but is ranked higher than 2 teams who also have 130 points. Also, one 85 point team (Tech-Know Commandos) is in the green section but 4 others are outside that range for some reason.

Is this a mistake or is there something in the rankings that I’m not understanding?

[Karthik]

On the world skills rankings on at http://www.robotevents.com/robot-competitions/vex-robotics-competition/programming-skills

I can’t seem to figure out how a tie is determined.

For example, Isoelectronic has 130 points but is ranked higher than 2 teams who also have 130 points. Also, one 85 point team (Tech-Know Commandos) is in the green section but 4 others are outside that range for some reason.

Is this a mistake or is there something in the rankings that I’m not understanding?

If two teams are tied for their highest score, the first tiebreaker is their next highest score. Full details can be found in the Programming Skills Challenge Rankings section of [Appendix C - Programming Skills Challenge. I’ve quoted the pertinent section here:

For each Programming Skills Match teams are awarded a score based on the above scoring rules.
• Teams will be ranked based on their highest Programming Skills Match score, with the team with the highest score being declared the Programming Skills Challenge Winner.
• In the case where two teams are tied for the highest score, the tie will be broken by looking at both teams’ next highest Programming Skills Match score.

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