Utah Scottish Festival and Highland Games

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

June 14, 2025

Location

Salt Lake City

Bands / Results

16 bands · 28 results

Competition Results with Calculated Scores

2

1 band 2 results

MSR

1 band

Place	Band	Positions	PU	Q_P1	Q_P2	Q_D	Q_E	Q	Delta	Rating	Actions
1	Wasatch & District Pipe Band (Gr. 2) Bountiful, Utah	P1: 1, P2: 1 D: 1, E: 1	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0	1500.0

Medley

1 band

Place	Band	Positions	PU	Q_P1	Q_P2	Q_D	Q_E	Q	Delta	Rating	Actions
1	Wasatch & District Pipe Band (Gr. 2) Bountiful, Utah	P1: 1, P2: 1 D: 1, E: 1	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0	1500.0

4

7 bands 13 results

MSR

6 bands

Place	Band	Positions	PU	Q_P1	Q_P2	Q_D	Q_E	Q	Delta	Rating
1	Pikes Peak Highlanders Pipes & Drums (Gr. 4) Colorado Springs, Colorado	P1: 4, P2: 1 D: 2, E: 4	100.0	50.0	100.0	83.33	50.0	72.5	3.09	1505.03
2	Red Sky Collective Pipes & Drums (Provo) Provo, Utah	P1: 5, P2: 5 D: 1, E: 1	83.33	33.33	33.33	100.0	100.0	66.67	2.22	1495.54
3	Utah Pipe Band (Gr. 4) Salt Lake City, Utah	P1: 2, P2: 1 D: 6, E: 3	66.67	83.33	100.0	16.67	66.67	64.17	2.31	1513.12
4	Salt Lake Scots Pipe Band Salt Lake City, Utah	P1: 3, P2: 3 D: 3, E: 4	50.0	66.67	66.67	66.67	50.0	63.33	1.15	1509.47
5	Wasatch & District Pipe Band (Gr. 4) Bountiful, Utah	P1: 4, P2: 4 D: 2, E: 5	33.33	50.0	50.0	83.33	33.33	56.67	-0.52	1502.96
6	Michael Collins Pipes & Drums Denver, Colorado	P1: 6, P2: 6 D: 5, E: 6	16.67	16.67	16.67	33.33	16.67	21.67	-8.25	1488.32

Medley

7 bands

Place	Band	Positions	PU	Q_P1	Q_P2	Q_D	Q_E	Q	Delta	Rating
1	Wasatch & District Pipe Band (Gr. 4) Bountiful, Utah	P1: 1, P2: 1 D: 2, E: 2	100.0	100.0	100.0	93.75	93.75	96.88	7.77	1503.48
2	Salt Lake Scots Pipe Band Salt Lake City, Utah	P1: 3, P2: 3 D: 1, E: 1	93.75	87.5	87.5	100.0	100.0	93.75	6.3	1508.32
3	Pikes Peak Highlanders Pipes & Drums (Gr. 4) Colorado Springs, Colorado	P1: 4, P2: 4 D: 4, E: 3	87.5	81.25	81.25	81.25	87.5	82.5	1.95	1501.95
4	Utah Pipe Band (Gr. 4) Salt Lake City, Utah	P1: 2, P2: 2 D: 6, E: 4	81.25	93.75	93.75	68.75	81.25	83.75	2.01	1510.81
5	Red Sky Collective Pipes & Drums (Provo) Provo, Utah	P1: 5, P2: 5 D: 5, E: 5	75.0	75.0	75.0	75.0	75.0	75.0	-1.16	1493.32
6	Michael Collins Pipes & Drums Denver, Colorado	P1: 7, P2: 7 D: 4, E: 6	68.75	62.5	62.5	81.25	68.75	69.38	-3.43	1496.57
7	White Peaks Centennial Pipe Band Payson, Utah	P1: 6, P2: 6 D: 7, E: 7	62.5	68.75	68.75	62.5	62.5	65.62	-5.16	1494.84

5

8 bands 13 results

March

4 bands

Place	Band	Positions	PU	Q_P1	Q_P2	Q_D	Q_E	Q	Delta	Rating
1	Salt Lake Scots Pipe Band Salt Lake City, Utah	P1: 1, P2: 2 D: 3, E: 1	100.0	100.0	75.0	50.0	100.0	78.75	3.87	1509.33
2	Utah Pipe Band (Gr. 5) Salt Lake City, Utah	P1: 2, P2: 1 D: 4, E: 3	75.0	75.0	100.0	25.0	50.0	61.25	-0.26	1495.8
3	Ben Lomond High School Bagpipe Corps Ogden, Utah	P1: 4, P2: 4 D: 2, E: 2	50.0	25.0	25.0	75.0	75.0	50.0	-0.74	1516.99
4	Wasatch & District Pipe Band (Gr. 5) Bountiful, Utah	P1: 6, P2: 6 D: 1, E: 4	25.0	0.0	0.0	100.0	25.0	35.0	-2.88	1468.65

Medley

8 bands 9 results

Place	Band	Positions	PU	Q_P1	Q_P2	Q_D	Q_E	Q	Delta	Rating
1	Salt Lake Scots Pipe Band Salt Lake City, Utah	P1: 1, P2: 1 D: 2, E: 1	100.0	100.0	100.0	93.75	100.0	98.12	8.24	1505.46
2	Ben Lomond High School Bagpipe Corps Ogden, Utah	P1: 2, P2: 2 D: 1, E: 3	93.75	93.75	93.75	100.0	87.5	94.38	6.28	1517.73
3	Payson High School Pipe Band Payson, Utah	P1: 5, P2: 5 D: 3, E: 6	87.5	75.0	75.0	87.5	68.75	77.5	0.02	1496.0
4	Upland Highland Pipe Band Rancho Cucamonga, California	P1: 3, P2: 3 D: 7, E: 7	81.25	87.5	87.5	62.5	62.5	75.0	-1.85	1516.16
5	Wasatch & District Pipe Band (Gr. 5) Bountiful, Utah	P1: 8, P2: 8 D: 4, E: 2	75.0	56.25	56.25	81.25	93.75	71.25	-6.27	1471.53
6	Ciorcal Cairde Irish Pipes & Drums Centennial, Colorado	P1: 7, P2: 6 D: 6, E: 5	68.75	62.5	68.75	68.75	75.0	68.44	-4.01	1495.99
7	Utah State University Sotsmen Pipe Band Logan, Utah	P1: 6, P2: 7 D: 8, E: 4	62.5	68.75	62.5	56.25	81.25	65.94	-4.84	1495.16
8	Utah Pipe Band (Gr. 5) Salt Lake City, Utah	P1: 4, P2: 4 D: 9, E: 8	56.25	81.25	81.25	50.0	56.25	66.88	-3.94	1496.06
9	Wasatch & District Pipe Band (Gr. 5) Bountiful, Utah	P1: 9, P2: 9 D: 5, E: 9	50.0	50.0	50.0	75.0	50.0	57.5	-6.27	1471.53

Score Statistics

Highest Delta

8.24

Lowest Delta

-8.25

Bands Scored

16

Grade Distribution

2 1 band

4 7 bands

5 8 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