Settings for Grades

Final Round

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.

Semi-Final Round

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.

	Enforce Gender Restrictions
	If set to Yes only athletes of the gender specified will be able to be entered into the grade. If athletes of any gender can compete in the grade then untick the setting to Enforce Gender Restrictions.

Enforce Age Restrictions

If set to Yes only those athletes whose age falls between the minimum and maximum age values for the grade will be able to be entered into the grade. If athletes of any age can compete in any of the grades then untick this option.

If there is only a few grades where age restrictions do not apply then it is better to set the minimum and maximum ages for these grades to 0 and 99 respectively rather than removing the age checking on all grades.

	Tie Break Rule
	Shows 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.

	Calculation of execution
	Setting to specify the method which is used for calculating the Execution score (E-scores) of routines in this grade. At the moment the E-scores can only be calculated by inputting the total of the judge's score (i.e. the maximum score minus the sum of the judge's deductions)

	Inputting of Scores
	Setting to specify which people are responsible for entering the scores into ScoreManager. Currently only Recorders can enter scores

Settings to enforce any gender and age restrictions.

Similarly if athletes of any age can compete in the grade then untick the setting to Enforce Age Restrictions.


	Setting to specify which people are responsible for entering the scores into ScoreManager. Currently only Recorders can enter scores


	Setting to specify the method which is used for calculating the Execution score (E-scores) of routines in this grade. At the moment the E-scores can only be calculated by inputting the total of the judge's score (i.e. the maximum score minus the sum of the judge's deductions)


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