Settings for Competition Grades and Their Meaning

 

 

The Code is a unique code which ScoreManager uses to identify this grade in the competition. This code is set into ScoreManager and cannot be changed.

Short Name of the grade which is used in ScoreManager's other screens and on the scoreboards.

Long description of the grade which is used in printed results, start lists etc.

Minimum and maximum age for the athletes being entered into this grade.

 

The maximum age must be equal or greater than the minimum age and a minimum age of 0 can be entered. If you want athletes of any age to be able to compete in this grade, then either set the Minimum Age to 0 and the Maximum Age to 99 or untick the setting to Enforce Age Restrictions.

The gender of athletes being entered into this grade.

 

If both genders can compete in this grade then leave this setting and untick the setting to Enforce Gender Restrictions

This button either shows or hides the advanced settings for the grade. The advanced settings are those settings shown below this button and they are hidden by default.

Settings which tell ScoreManager to enforce any gender and age restrictions when entries are being created.

 

Unticking these boxes will allow athletes of any gender or age to be entered in the grade.

Determines whether the FIG tie break rules will be applied to the Preliminary or Semi-Final rounds. The tie break rules will vary depending upon which FIG CoP the competition is being used to score the competition.

This setting specifies the method used for calculating the Execution score (E-scores) of routines in this grade.

 

At the moment ScoreManager can only calculate E-scores by inputting the total of the judge's score (i.e. the maximum score minus the sum of the judge's deductions). Future versions of ScoreManager will encompass calculating E-scores by each skill in the athlete's routine.

The Scores Entered by is used to specify who will be entering the scores into ScoreManager. Currently only Recorders can enter scores but future versions of ScoreManager will enable judges to enter their scores electronically.

Settings which apply to the Final round of this grade.

 

Athletes who are marked as Guests appear in the starting order for the Final in the place they achieve in the Preliminary or Semi-Final rounds. They are not put at the bottom of the starting order. If the number of guest athletes who qualify for the Final round is more than the number shown, the number of guest athletes in the Final is limited to the number shown and any remaining places in the Final round are filled by other athletes.

Settings which apply to the Semi-Final round of this grade. The settings for the Maximum number of athletes and maximum number of Guest athletes are greyed out if the grade has not Semi-Final round.

 

Athletes who are marked as Guests appear in the starting order for the Semi-Final in the place they achieve in the Preliminary rounds. They are not put at the bottom of the starting order. If the number of guest athletes who qualify for the Semi-Final round is more than the number shown, the number of guest athletes in the Semi-Final is limited to the number shown and any remaining places in the round are filled by other athletes.

This setting can be used to specify whether the Time of Flight is to be included in the scores for this grade.

 

Unticking this box will cause the Time Of Flight box in the the score input screens to be greyed out and inaccessible.

This setting is used to specify whether Horizontal Displacement is to be used in the calculation of the scores for this grade. This setting will be greyed out of the FIG 2016 CoP is being used for the current competition.

 

Unticking this box will cause the Displacement box in the the score input screens to be greyed out and inaccessible.