Alma Highland Festival

Calculated ranking scores by grade and set

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

Date

May 23, 2026

Location

Alma

Bands / Results

16 bands · 23 results

Competition Results with Calculated Scores

2 bands 4 results

2 bands

Place	Band	Positions	PU	Q_P1	Q_P2	Q_D	Q_E	Q	Delta	Rating	Actions
1	Midlothian Scottish Pipe Band Lombard, Illinois	P1: 1, P2: 1 D: 2, E: 1	100.0	100.0	100.0	85.71	100.0	95.71	9.3	1523.74
2	Great Lakes Pipe Band Cleveland, Ohio	P1: 2, P2: 2 D: 1, E: 2	85.71	85.71	85.71	100.0	85.71	90.0	4.28	1532.85

2 bands

Place	Band	Positions	PU	Q_P1	Q_P2	Q_D	Q_E	Q	Delta	Rating	Actions
1	Midlothian Scottish Pipe Band Lombard, Illinois	P1: 2, P2: 1 D: 2, E: 1	100.0	85.71	100.0	85.71	100.0	92.14	7.0	1514.45
2	Great Lakes Pipe Band Cleveland, Ohio	P1: 1, P2: 2 D: 1, E: 2	85.71	100.0	85.71	100.0	85.71	93.57	7.33	1528.57

5 bands 10 results

5 bands

Place	Band	Positions	PU	Q_P1	Q_P2	Q_D	Q_E	Q	Delta	Rating
1	Cabar Feidh Pipes & Drums Royal Oak, Michigan	P1: 2, P2: 2 D: 2, E: 1	100.0	85.71	85.71	85.71	100.0	88.57	5.53	1490.71
2	Capital City Pipes & Drums (Gr. 4) Columbus, Ohio	P1: 1, P2: 1 D: 4, E: 3	85.71	100.0	100.0	57.14	71.43	81.43	1.7	1513.61
3	87th Cleveland Pipe Band (Gr. 4) Brook Park, Ohio	P1: 3, P2: 4 D: 1, E: 2	71.43	71.43	57.14	100.0	85.71	79.29	0.14	1506.34
4	Michigan Scottish Pipes & Drums Grosse Pointe Woods, Michigan	P1: 4, P2: 3 D: 3, E: 5	57.14	57.14	71.43	71.43	42.86	62.14	-7.7	1470.58
5	Caledonia Kilty Pipe Band Mishawaka, Indiana	P1: 5, P2: 5 D: 5, E: 4	42.86	42.86	42.86	42.86	57.14	45.71	-13.23	1453.72

5 bands

Place	Band	Positions	PU	Q_P1	Q_P2	Q_D	Q_E	Q	Delta	Rating
1	Cabar Feidh Pipes & Drums Royal Oak, Michigan	P1: 2, P2: 1 D: 2, E: 1	100.0	85.71	100.0	85.71	100.0	92.14	8.66	1485.18
2	Capital City Pipes & Drums (Gr. 4) Columbus, Ohio	P1: 1, P2: 2 D: 4, E: 4	85.71	100.0	85.71	57.14	57.14	75.0	-2.15	1511.91
3	87th Cleveland Pipe Band (Gr. 4) Brook Park, Ohio	P1: 3, P2: 4 D: 1, E: 3	71.43	71.43	57.14	100.0	71.43	76.43	-1.55	1506.2
4	Michigan Scottish Pipes & Drums Grosse Pointe Woods, Michigan	P1: 5, P2: 5 D: 3, E: 2	57.14	42.86	42.86	71.43	85.71	60.0	-8.42	1478.28
5	Caledonia Kilty Pipe Band Mishawaka, Indiana	P1: 4, P2: 3 D: 5, E: 5	42.86	57.14	71.43	42.86	42.86	53.57	-10.88	1466.96

9 bands

9 bands

Place	Band	Positions	PU	Q_P1	Q_P2	Q_D	Q_E	Q	Delta	Rating
1	87th Cleveland Pipe Band (Gr. 5) Brook Park, Ohio	P1: 3, P2: 3 D: 1, E: 2	100.0	77.78	77.78	100.0	88.89	86.67	10.86	1518.3
2	Gael Force Pipe Band Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario	P1: 1, P2: 1 D: 4, E: 4	88.89	100.0	100.0	66.67	66.67	83.33	9.57	1518.63
3	Grand Rapids Police Pipe Band Grand Rapids, Michigan	P1: 2, P2: 2 D: 6, E: 1	77.78	88.89	88.89	44.44	100.0	77.78	8.04	1508.04
4	Chicago Highlanders Pipes & Drums Long Grove, Illinois	P1: 4, P2: 4 D: 3, E: 5	66.67	66.67	66.67	77.78	55.56	67.78	4.54	1502.75
5	Grand Traverse Pipes & Drums Traverse City, Michigan	P1: 7, P2: 7 D: 2, E: 3	55.56	33.33	33.33	88.89	77.78	58.89	0.51	1514.74
6	Flint Scottish Pipe Band Flint, Michigan	P1: 5, P2: 5 D: 9, E: 6	44.44	55.56	55.56	11.11	44.44	40.0	-5.26	1488.99
7	Grand Rapids & District Pipe Band Grand Rapids, Michigan	P1: 6, P2: 6 D: 5, E: 8	33.33	44.44	44.44	55.56	22.22	43.33	-4.04	1489.92
8	St. Andrew's Pipe Band Of Detroit Detroit, Michigan	P1: 8, P2: 8 D: 8, E: 7	22.22	22.22	22.22	22.22	33.33	24.44	-11.16	1488.84
9	White Pine Pipes & Drums Midland, Michigan	P1: 9, P2: 9 D: 7, E: 9	11.11	11.11	11.11	33.33	11.11	17.78	-13.06	1477.34

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