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

17 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	5.68	1537.04

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	5.94	1531.36

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	2.61	1529.64
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	2.88	1520.63

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	4.47	1517.75
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	1.7	1527.03

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. NJA) Melbourne, Victoria	P1: 1, P2: 1 D: 1, E: 1	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	6.16	1521.3
2	Scotch College Pipes & Drums (Gr. NJA) Melbourne, Victoria	P1: 2, P2: 2 D: 2, E: 2	93.75	93.75	93.75	93.75	93.75	93.75	5.94	1520.27
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	-4.54	1501.04
4	Haileybury Pipes & Drums (Gr. NJA) Melbourne, Victoria	P1: 4, P2: 4 D: 3, E: 4	81.25	81.25	81.25	87.5	81.25	83.12	-0.58	1502.92

Medley

4 bands

Place	Band	Positions	PU	Q_P1	Q_P2	Q_D	Q_E	Q	Delta	Rating
1	Scotch College Pipes & Drums (Gr. NJA) Melbourne, Victoria	P1: 3, P2: 3 D: 1, E: 1	100.0	90.0	90.0	100.0	100.0	95.0	4.73	1514.33
2	Old Scotch Pipes & Drums (Gr. NJA) Melbourne, Victoria	P1: 2, P2: 2 D: 3, E: 3	95.0	95.0	95.0	90.0	90.0	92.5	-1.9	1515.15
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	-0.06	1505.58
4	Haileybury Pipes & Drums (Gr. NJA) Melbourne, Victoria	P1: 4, P2: 4 D: 2, E: 2	85.0	85.0	85.0	95.0	95.0	90.0	2.1	1503.5

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	5.78	1533.58

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	6.05	1527.79

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. NJB) Melbourne, Victoria	P1: 2, P2: 2 D: 1, E: 2	100.0	93.75	93.75	100.0	93.75	95.62	2.49	1489.98
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	-1.72	1514.81
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	-5.29	1482.33
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	-4.32	1495.03
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	-4.95	1472.23
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	-5.32	1493.27

Medley

6 bands

Place	Band	Positions	PU	Q_P1	Q_P2	Q_D	Q_E	Q	Delta	Rating
1	Scotch College Pipes & Drums (Gr. NJB) Melbourne, Victoria	P1: 2, P2: 2 D: 2, E: 1	100.0	95.0	95.0	95.0	100.0	96.0	5.41	1487.49
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	-0.3	1516.54
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	-2.33	1477.18
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	-4.76	1499.36
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	-5.19	1487.62
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	-1.41	1498.59

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. NJA) Melbourne, Victoria	P1: 1, P2: 1 D: 1, E: 1	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	5.94	1520.27
2	Haileybury Pipes & Drums (Gr. NJA) Melbourne, Victoria	P1: 2, P2: 2 D: 2, E: 2	93.75	93.75	93.75	93.75	93.75	93.75	-0.58	1502.92

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. NJA) Melbourne, Victoria	P1: 1, P2: 1 D: 2, E: 1	100.0	100.0	100.0	95.0	100.0	98.5	4.73	1514.33
2	Haileybury Pipes & Drums (Gr. NJA) Melbourne, Victoria	P1: 2, P2: 2 D: 1, E: 2	95.0	95.0	95.0	100.0	95.0	96.5	2.1	1503.5

Novice Juvenile B

6 bands 10 results

March

6 bands

Place	Band	Positions	PU	Q_P1	Q_P2	Q_D	Q_E	Q	Delta	Rating
1	Scotch College Pipes & Drums (Gr. NJB) Melbourne, Victoria	P1: 1, P2: 3 D: 2, E: 1	100.0	100.0	66.67	83.33	100.0	86.67	7.27	1482.08
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	6.48	1516.83
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	0.56	1504.12
4	Haileybury Pipes & Drums (Gr. NJB) Melbourne, Victoria	P1: 4, P2: 4 D: 3, E: 5	50.0	50.0	50.0	66.67	33.33	51.67	-0.49	1465.06
5	Scotch College Pipes & Drums (Gr. NJB) Melbourne, Victoria	P1: 5, P2: 5 D: 4, E: 3	33.33	33.33	33.33	50.0	66.67	45.0	-4.44	1534.58
6	Haileybury Pipes & Drums (Gr. NJB) Melbourne, Victoria	P1: 6, P2: 6 D: 6, E: 6	16.67	16.67	16.67	16.67	16.67	16.67	-9.37	1481.01

Medley

4 bands

Place	Band	Positions	PU	Q_P1	Q_P2	Q_D	Q_E	Q	Delta	Rating
1	Scotch College Pipes & Drums (Gr. NJB) Melbourne, Victoria	P1: 1, P2: 1 D: 2, E: 1	100.0	100.0	100.0	95.0	100.0	98.5	5.41	1487.49
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	-0.3	1516.54
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	-4.76	1499.36
4	Haileybury Pipes & Drums (Gr. NJB) Melbourne, Victoria	P1: 2, P2: 3 D: 4, E: 4	85.0	95.0	90.0	85.0	85.0	88.75	-2.93	1462.13

Score Statistics

Highest Delta

7.27

Lowest Delta

-9.37

Bands Scored

17

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 6 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