betiko wrote:sempai, how do you award standing points when different teams are tied in event points?
I find ways to break the tie. The tiebreakers I use are different for each event, but you can see which ones were used on the spreadsheet in the column to the right of the "Standings Points" column on each event's results page.
[spoiler=Fencing Tiebreakers]For Fencing, the first tiebreaker I used was the number of wins each team had earned in the most recent round in which it had played. More wins = more standings points.
The next tiebreaker I used (for bracket rounds only) was the number of games a series had gone. You get more Standings Points if you won a best-of-3 in 2 games than in 3, because winning in 3 games meant you had lost 1, while winning in 2 games meant your opponent had not been able to beat you. By the same token, losing a best-of-3 in 3 games gives you more Standings Points than losing in 2 games, because losing in 3 games means you won 1 game, while losing in 2 means you didn't win any.
For the next tiebreaker, I added together the round numbers of a team's wins in the most recent bracket round or group stage. For example, if you won 1 game in Round 8 and another in Round 10, you won 2 games in 18 rounds. Win in less rounds, earn more Standings Points - the less rounds it takes you to win, the easier the win was for you, and the better you look.
Then, I did the same thing with each team's losses. Lose in
more rounds, earn more Standings Points - the more rounds it takes you to lose, the harder you are to beat, and the better you look.
Finally, I took the round number of the game each team won quickest in that stage (less rounds = more Standings Points) and if that didn't break the tie, the game that took each team the longest to lose (more rounds = more Standings Points).[/spoiler]
[spoiler=Shooting Tiebreakers]The first tiebreaker I used is the number of Round Points earned in the most recent round the team had played in.
Then, I took the number of Round Points earned in the round before that, and before that, and so on, back to Round 1, if necessary.
Next, the number of games each team won, lost or threw in that round ("throwing a game" here means killing someone else's target) - wins give the most standings points and throwing a game moves you to the bottom of the pile ("the pile" comprising only the tied teams).
Then, I took the number of rounds it had taken each team to win the game(s) it had won (less rounds, more Standings Points) and to lose the games it had lost (more rounds, more Standings Points).
Finally, I took the round number of the game each team won quickest in that stage (less rounds = more Standings Points) and if that didn't break the tie, the game that took each team the longest to lose (more rounds = more Standings Points).[/spoiler]
[spoiler=Show Jumping Tiebreakers]To break Show Jumping ties, I compare the number of faults each team earned on the most recent completed day (less faults = more Standings Points). If teams are still tied, I compare the number of faults earned the day before that, and the day before that, all the way back to Day 1, if necessary.[/spoiler]
[spoiler=Synchronized Swimming Tiebreakers]To break Synchronized Swimming ties, I compare the number of Event Points each team earned on the most recent completed day (more Event Points = more Standings Points). If teams are still tied, I compare the number of Event Points earned the day before that, and the day before that, all the way back to Day 1, if necessary.[/spoiler]
[spoiler=Cross-Country Relay Tiebreakers]For the Cross-Country Relay, the first tiebreaker I used was the number of relays each team had won in the most recent round in which it had played. More wins = more standings points.
The next tiebreaker was the number of games a relay had gone. You get more Standings Points if you won a best-of-7 in 4 games than in 7, because winning in 7 games meant you had lost 3, while winning in 4 games ("sweeping") meant your opponent had not been able to beat you. By the same token, losing a best-of-7 in 7 games gives you more Standings Points than losing in 4 games, because losing in 7 games means you won 3 games, while losing in 4 ("being swept") means you didn't win any. (For Group Stages in which each tied team had won or lost both of its relays, I took the sum of the number of games of the two relays and compared those numbers).
For Group Stages, I then looked at the number of games needed for the relay which took each team the shortest to win or the longest to lose.
For Bracket Rounds, I added up the number of rounds of the relay games each team had won, then of the games they had lost.
If teams were still tied after that, Standings Points were divided evenly between them.[/spoiler]
[spoiler=Overall Tiebreakers]If teams are tied in the overall standings, I compare their places in the standings of each individual event. If 2 teams are tied, the team with more standings points in at least 3 of the 5 events is placed higher. (example: TOG & JAM: TOG ranked higher in Fencing, Show Jumping, and Cross-Country Relay).
If more than 2 teams are tied, the team who has the highest rank of the tied teams in the most individual events is moved to the top, and the team who has the highest rank of the tied teams in the fewest individual events is moved to the bottom. Teams still tied are then compared by the 2-team tiebreaker, as above. (Example: CHA, EGY, & IRI after Day 5 (if my memory serves me right). CHA was ranked highest of the 3 in 3 events, the other 2 in 1 event each. CHA was given the highest place of the three, and EGY and IRI were placed by the 2-team tiebreaker.[/spoiler]
Hope that helps!
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