The Scoring Formula

This section will outline how the scoring officer takes a distance result and turns it into a point total. Before the actual math is done 2 things must happen: application of result penalties and sorting the competitors into 3 groups.

The application of result penalties is a relatively simple process. There are certain penalties which add or subtract to/from the measured result of the competitor rather than subtracting points (for example, turning a 0m result into a 50m result). This must be done first. 

The competitors can then be sorted into the below groups.

All information in this section has been taken from Section 14 of the FAI AXMERs (Rulebook).

The competitor with the best result on that task receives 1000 points before penalties.

The pool is then sorted into 3 new groups:

If no competitor achieves a result, then all competitors receive 500 points before penalties.

If less than half of the competitors achieve a result:

RM = lowest ranking result in group A

SM = rounded score of the lowest ranking competitor in group A, calculated under Formula 2

M = lowest ranking competitor in group A

In order for a task to count, half of all competitors must fly in the flight.