Victorian Pipe Band Competition

Calculated ranking scores by grade and set

Competition Details Back to Rankings

Ranking Model: Elo-like (discipline-weighted). Event deltas are based on expected vs actual field outcomes.

Competition Info

Date

March 29, 2026

Location

Croydon

Bands / Results

16 bands · 42 results

Competition Results with Calculated Scores

1

1 band 2 results

MSR

1 band

Place	Band	Positions	PU	Q_P1	Q_P2	Q_D	Q_E	Q	Delta	Rating	Actions
1	Hawthorn Pipe Band Melbourne, Victoria	P1: 1, P2: 1 D: 1, E: 1	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	9.18	1554.73

Medley

1 band

Place	Band	Positions	PU	Q_P1	Q_P2	Q_D	Q_E	Q	Delta	Rating	Actions
1	Hawthorn Pipe Band Melbourne, Victoria	P1: 1, P2: 1 D: 1, E: 1	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	9.75	1545.55

2

2 bands 4 results

MSR

2 bands

Place	Band	Positions	PU	Q_P1	Q_P2	Q_D	Q_E	Q	Delta	Rating	Actions
1	Moorabbin City Pipe Band Melbourne, Victoria	P1: 2, P2: 2 D: 1, E: 1	100.0	93.75	93.75	100.0	100.0	96.88	4.03	1545.8
2	City of Melbourne Highland Pipe Band (Gr. 2) Melbourne, Victoria	P1: 1, P2: 1 D: 2, E: 2	93.75	100.0	100.0	93.75	93.75	96.88	4.45	1537.57

Medley

2 bands

Place	Band	Positions	PU	Q_P1	Q_P2	Q_D	Q_E	Q	Delta	Rating	Actions
1	City of Melbourne Highland Pipe Band (Gr. 2) Melbourne, Victoria	P1: 1, P2: 1 D: 2, E: 1	100.0	100.0	100.0	95.0	100.0	98.5	7.19	1533.11
2	Moorabbin City Pipe Band Melbourne, Victoria	P1: 2, P2: 2 D: 1, E: 2	95.0	95.0	95.0	100.0	95.0	96.5	2.51	1541.76

3

4 bands 8 results

MSR

4 bands

Place	Band	Positions	PU	Q_P1	Q_P2	Q_D	Q_E	Q	Delta	Rating
1	Old Scotch Pipes & Drums (Gr. 3) Melbourne, Victoria	P1: 1, P2: 1 D: 1, E: 1	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	11.15	1516.32
2	Scotch College Pipes & Drums (Gr. 3) Melbourne, Victoria	P1: 2, P2: 2 D: 2, E: 2	93.75	93.75	93.75	93.75	93.75	93.75	8.74	1553.43
3	Victoria Scottish Pipes & Drums Yarraville, Victoria	P1: 3, P2: 3 D: 4, E: 3	87.5	87.5	87.5	81.25	87.5	85.62	-6.66	1488.67
4	Haileybury Pipes & Drums (Gr. Novice Juvenile A) Melbourne, Victoria	P1: 4, P2: 4 D: 3, E: 4	81.25	81.25	81.25	87.5	81.25	83.12	-0.38	1500.11

Medley

4 bands

Place	Band	Positions	PU	Q_P1	Q_P2	Q_D	Q_E	Q	Delta	Rating
1	Scotch College Pipes & Drums (Gr. 3) Melbourne, Victoria	P1: 3, P2: 3 D: 1, E: 1	100.0	90.0	90.0	100.0	100.0	95.0	6.81	1544.69
2	Old Scotch Pipes & Drums (Gr. 3) Melbourne, Victoria	P1: 2, P2: 2 D: 3, E: 3	95.0	95.0	95.0	90.0	90.0	92.5	-2.36	1505.17
3	Victoria Scottish Pipes & Drums Yarraville, Victoria	P1: 1, P2: 1 D: 4, E: 4	90.0	100.0	100.0	85.0	85.0	92.5	0.79	1495.34
4	Haileybury Pipes & Drums (Gr. Novice Juvenile A) Melbourne, Victoria	P1: 4, P2: 4 D: 2, E: 2	85.0	85.0	85.0	95.0	95.0	90.0	4.12	1500.49

4A

1 band 2 results

MSR

1 band

Place	Band	Positions	PU	Q_P1	Q_P2	Q_D	Q_E	Q	Delta	Rating	Actions
1	City of Melbourne Highland Pipe Band (Gr. 4A) Melbourne, Victoria	P1: 1, P2: 1 D: 1, E: 1	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	8.69	1564.35

Medley

1 band

Place	Band	Positions	PU	Q_P1	Q_P2	Q_D	Q_E	Q	Delta	Rating	Actions
1	City of Melbourne Highland Pipe Band (Gr. 4A) Melbourne, Victoria	P1: 1, P2: 1 D: 1, E: 1	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	9.24	1555.65

4B

6 bands 12 results

MSR

6 bands

Place	Band	Positions	PU	Q_P1	Q_P2	Q_D	Q_E	Q	Delta	Rating
1	Scotch College Pipes & Drums (Gr. 4B) Melbourne, Victoria	P1: 2, P2: 2 D: 1, E: 2	100.0	93.75	93.75	100.0	93.75	95.62	2.38	1534.34
2	PLC (Melbourne) Pipe Band Melbourne, Victoria	P1: 6, P2: 5 D: 1, E: 1	93.75	68.75	75.0	100.0	100.0	85.94	-3.24	1529.09
3	Riverina Highlanders Pipe Band Melbourne, Victoria	P1: 4, P2: 4 D: 4, E: 3	87.5	81.25	81.25	81.25	87.5	82.5	-8.47	1480.24
4	Ballarat Grammar Pipe Band Ballarat, Victoria	P1: 3, P2: 2 D: 6, E: 4	81.25	87.5	93.75	68.75	81.25	82.19	-6.03	1477.32
5	Golden City Pipe Band California Gully, Victoria	P1: 5, P2: 3 D: 3, E: 5	75.0	75.0	87.5	87.5	75.0	81.88	-6.92	1450.46
6	Royal Caledonian Society Adelaide, South Australia	P1: 1, P2: 6 D: 8, E: 8	68.75	100.0	68.75	56.25	56.25	70.31	-8.45	1489.55

Medley

6 bands

Place	Band	Positions	PU	Q_P1	Q_P2	Q_D	Q_E	Q	Delta	Rating
1	Scotch College Pipes & Drums (Gr. 4B) Melbourne, Victoria	P1: 2, P2: 2 D: 2, E: 1	100.0	95.0	95.0	95.0	100.0	96.0	7.21	1531.96
2	PLC (Melbourne) Pipe Band Melbourne, Victoria	P1: 6, P2: 5 D: 3, E: 3	95.0	75.0	80.0	90.0	90.0	83.75	-0.96	1532.33
3	Golden City Pipe Band California Gully, Victoria	P1: 3, P2: 6 D: 1, E: 6	90.0	90.0	75.0	100.0	75.0	86.25	-2.61	1457.37
4	Ballarat Grammar Pipe Band Ballarat, Victoria	P1: 4, P2: 4 D: 4, E: 4	85.0	85.0	85.0	85.0	85.0	85.0	-6.86	1483.35
5	Riverina Highlanders Pipe Band Melbourne, Victoria	P1: 5, P2: 3 D: 6, E: 2	80.0	80.0	90.0	75.0	95.0	84.0	-8.52	1488.71
6	Royal Caledonian Society Adelaide, South Australia	P1: 1, P2: 1 D: 8, E: 7	75.0	100.0	100.0	65.0	70.0	83.5	-2.0	1498.0

Novice Juvenile A

2 bands 4 results

MSR

2 bands

Place	Band	Positions	PU	Q_P1	Q_P2	Q_D	Q_E	Q	Delta	Rating	Actions
1	Scotch College Pipes & Drums (Gr. 3) Melbourne, Victoria	P1: 1, P2: 1 D: 1, E: 1	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	8.74	1553.43
2	Haileybury Pipes & Drums (Gr. Novice Juvenile A) Melbourne, Victoria	P1: 2, P2: 2 D: 2, E: 2	93.75	93.75	93.75	93.75	93.75	93.75	-0.38	1500.11

Medley

2 bands

Place	Band	Positions	PU	Q_P1	Q_P2	Q_D	Q_E	Q	Delta	Rating	Actions
1	Scotch College Pipes & Drums (Gr. 3) Melbourne, Victoria	P1: 1, P2: 1 D: 2, E: 1	100.0	100.0	100.0	95.0	100.0	98.5	6.81	1544.69
2	Haileybury Pipes & Drums (Gr. Novice Juvenile A) Melbourne, Victoria	P1: 2, P2: 2 D: 1, E: 2	95.0	95.0	95.0	100.0	95.0	96.5	4.12	1500.49

Novice Juvenile B

5 bands 10 results

March

5 bands 6 results

Place	Band	Positions	PU	Q_P1	Q_P2	Q_D	Q_E	Q	Delta	Rating
1	Scotch College Pipes & Drums (Gr. 4B) Melbourne, Victoria	P1: 1, P2: 3 D: 2, E: 1	100.0	100.0	66.67	83.33	100.0	86.67	-4.47	1524.75
2	PLC (Melbourne) Pipe Band Melbourne, Victoria	P1: 3, P2: 1 D: 1, E: 2	83.33	66.67	100.0	100.0	83.33	88.33	10.2	1533.29
3	Ballarat Grammar Pipe Band Ballarat, Victoria	P1: 2, P2: 2 D: 5, E: 4	66.67	83.33	83.33	33.33	50.0	61.67	1.86	1490.21
4	Haileybury Pipes & Drums (Gr. Novice Juvenile B) Melbourne, Victoria	P1: 4, P2: 4 D: 3, E: 5	50.0	50.0	50.0	66.67	33.33	51.67	0.31	1446.46
5	Scotch College Pipes & Drums (Gr. 4B) Melbourne, Victoria	P1: 5, P2: 5 D: 4, E: 3	33.33	33.33	33.33	50.0	66.67	45.0	-4.47	1524.75
6	Haileybury Pipes & Drums (Gr. Novice Juvenile B) Melbourne, Victoria	P1: 6, P2: 6 D: 6, E: 6	16.67	16.67	16.67	16.67	16.67	16.67	-14.82	1462.47

Medley

4 bands

Place	Band	Positions	PU	Q_P1	Q_P2	Q_D	Q_E	Q	Delta	Rating
1	Scotch College Pipes & Drums (Gr. 4B) Melbourne, Victoria	P1: 1, P2: 1 D: 2, E: 1	100.0	100.0	100.0	95.0	100.0	98.5	7.21	1531.96
2	PLC (Melbourne) Pipe Band Melbourne, Victoria	P1: 3, P2: 2 D: 1, E: 3	95.0	90.0	95.0	100.0	90.0	94.25	-0.96	1532.33
3	Ballarat Grammar Pipe Band Ballarat, Victoria	P1: 4, P2: 4 D: 3, E: 2	90.0	85.0	85.0	90.0	95.0	88.5	-6.86	1483.35
4	Haileybury Pipes & Drums (Gr. Novice Juvenile B) Melbourne, Victoria	P1: 2, P2: 3 D: 4, E: 4	85.0	95.0	90.0	85.0	85.0	88.75	-3.66	1442.8

Score Statistics

Highest Delta

11.15

Lowest Delta

-14.82

Bands Scored

16

Grade Distribution

1 1 band

2 2 bands

3 4 bands

4A 1 band

4B 6 bands

Novice Juvenile A 2 bands

Novice Juvenile B 5 bands

Scoring Explanation

PU (Placing Units): Base score from overall position
Q_P1/Q_P2: Qualified piping scores (Piping 1 & 2)
Q_D: Qualified drumming score
Q_E: Qualified ensemble score
Q: Overall qualified score (weighted average)

Delta: Rating change for this event
Rating: Elo-like rating after this event
Scores are calculated using current ranking parameters
Higher positions (1st, 2nd, etc.) generate higher scores
Piping, drumming, and ensemble outcomes drive rating changes