Queensland Pipe Band Championships

Calculated ranking scores by grade and set

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

Competition Info

Date

June 21, 2025

Location

Toowong

Bands / Results

18 bands · 40 results

Competition Results with Calculated Scores

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	St. Andrew's Pipe Band AU Brisbane, Queensland	P1: 1, P2: 2 D: 1, E: 1	100.0	100.0	91.67	100.0	100.0	97.92	5.29	1525.74
2	Emmanuel College Highlanders at UQ Pipe Band Brisbane, Queensland	P1: 2, P2: 1 D: 2, E: 2	91.67	91.67	100.0	91.67	91.67	93.75	2.38	1516.53

Medley

2 bands

Place	Band	Positions	PU	Q_P1	Q_P2	Q_D	Q_E	Q	Delta	Rating	Actions
3	St. Andrew's Pipe Band AU Brisbane, Queensland	P1: 1, P2: 2 D: 2, E: 2	85.71	100.0	92.86	92.86	92.86	94.64	2.41	1520.45
4	Emmanuel College Highlanders at UQ Pipe Band Brisbane, Queensland	P1: 2, P2: 1 D: 1, E: 1	78.57	92.86	100.0	100.0	100.0	98.21	5.65	1514.15

3

5 bands 10 results

MSR

5 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: 2, P2: 3 D: 2, E: 1	100.0	91.67	83.33	91.67	100.0	91.25	1.17	1510.48
2	Queensland Police Pipes & Drums Brisbane, Queensland	P1: 3, P2: 2 D: 3, E: 2	91.67	83.33	91.67	83.33	91.67	87.08	-1.26	1510.8
3	Brisbane Boys College Pipe Band (Gr. JUV) Brisbane, Queensland	P1: 1, P2: 1 D: 4, E: 4	83.33	100.0	100.0	75.0	75.0	87.5	-0.1	1505.26
4	BBC Old Collegians Pipe Band Brisbane, Queensland	P1: 5, P2: 5 D: 1, E: 3	75.0	66.67	66.67	100.0	83.33	80.0	-3.45	1505.96
5	City of Ipswich Pipe Band (Gr. 4A) Ipswich, Queensland	P1: 4, P2: 4 D: 5, E: 5	66.67	75.0	75.0	66.67	66.67	70.83	-7.48	1474.03

Medley

5 bands

Place	Band	Positions	PU	Q_P1	Q_P2	Q_D	Q_E	Q	Delta	Rating
1	Queensland Police Pipes & Drums Brisbane, Queensland	P1: 1, P2: 3 D: 2, E: 2	100.0	100.0	85.71	92.86	92.86	92.86	1.34	1512.07
2	Brisbane Boys College Pipe Band (Gr. JUV) Brisbane, Queensland	P1: 2, P2: 1 D: 4, E: 1	92.86	92.86	100.0	78.57	100.0	91.79	1.35	1505.36
3	Old Scotch Pipes & Drums (Gr. NJA) Melbourne, Victoria	P1: 3, P2: 2 D: 3, E: 5	85.71	85.71	92.86	85.71	71.43	84.64	-3.98	1509.31
4	BBC Old Collegians Pipe Band Brisbane, Queensland	P1: 4, P2: 5 D: 1, E: 3	78.57	78.57	71.43	100.0	85.71	84.64	-3.15	1509.41
5	City of Ipswich Pipe Band (Gr. 4A) Ipswich, Queensland	P1: 5, P2: 4 D: 5, E: 4	71.43	71.43	78.57	71.43	78.57	74.64	-8.2	1481.51

4A

4 bands 8 results

MSR

4 bands

Place	Band	Positions	PU	Q_P1	Q_P2	Q_D	Q_E	Q	Delta	Rating
1	City of Ipswich Pipe Band (Gr. 4A) Ipswich, Queensland	P1: 1, P2: 1 D: 2, E: 3	100.0	100.0	100.0	91.67	83.33	94.17	-7.48	1474.03
2	Queensland Irish Association Pipe Band Brisbane, Queensland	P1: 4, P2: 3 D: 1, E: 2	91.67	75.0	83.33	100.0	91.67	87.92	-0.05	1510.72
3	Murrumba Pipes & Drums Brisbane, Queensland	P1: 2, P2: 4 D: 3, E: 3	83.33	91.67	75.0	83.33	83.33	83.33	-2.85	1490.87
4	Moree Caledonian Society Pipes & Drums Moree, New South Wales	P1: 3, P2: 3 D: 4, E: 4	75.0	83.33	83.33	75.0	75.0	79.17	-4.29	1473.31

Medley

4 bands

Place	Band	Positions	PU	Q_P1	Q_P2	Q_D	Q_E	Q	Delta	Rating
1	City of Ipswich Pipe Band (Gr. 4A) Ipswich, Queensland	P1: 1, P2: 1 D: 2, E: 2	100.0	100.0	100.0	92.86	92.86	96.43	-8.2	1481.51
2	Queensland Irish Association Pipe Band Brisbane, Queensland	P1: 2, P2: 3 D: 1, E: 1	92.86	92.86	85.71	100.0	100.0	94.64	2.9	1510.76
3	Moree Caledonian Society Pipes & Drums Moree, New South Wales	P1: 3, P2: 2 D: 4, E: 3	85.71	85.71	92.86	78.57	85.71	85.36	-2.53	1477.59
4	Murrumba Pipes & Drums Brisbane, Queensland	P1: 4, P2: 4 D: 3, E: 4	78.57	78.57	78.57	85.71	78.57	80.71	-6.28	1493.72

4B

8 bands 11 results

March

8 bands

Place	Band	Positions	PU	Q_P1	Q_P2	Q_D	Q_E	Q	Delta	Rating
1	MacLean & District Pipe Band MacLean, New South Wales	P1: 1, P2: 1 D: 6, E: 2	100.0	100.0	100.0	64.29	92.86	87.86	2.92	1502.92
2	Gold Coast Tweed Pipes & Drums (Gr. 4B) Gold Coast, Queensland	P1: 4, P2: 2 D: 4, E: 1	92.86	78.57	92.86	78.57	100.0	86.43	1.08	1501.08
3	Brisbane Boys College Pipe Band (Gr. NJB) Brisbane, Queensland	P1: 2, P2: 4 D: 3, E: 3	85.71	92.86	78.57	85.71	85.71	85.71	1.69	1499.24
4	Brisbane Pipe Band Brisbane, Queensland	P1: 5, P2: 3 D: 2, E: 6	78.57	71.43	85.71	92.86	64.29	80.0	-1.01	1487.33
5	Moree Caledonian Society Pipes & Drums Moree, New South Wales	P1: 6, P2: 5 D: 8, E: 4	71.43	64.29	71.43	50.0	78.57	64.64	-6.04	1480.12
6	Scots PGC Pipes & Drums Warwick, Queensland	P1: 3, P2: 6 D: 7, E: 7	64.29	85.71	64.29	57.14	57.14	66.07	-5.41	1498.59
7	Wynnum RSL Pipe Band Brisbane, Queensland	P1: 7, P2: 7 D: 1, E: 8	57.14	57.14	57.14	100.0	50.0	68.57	-3.54	1495.22
8	Queensland Police Juvenille Pipes & Drums Brisbane, Queensland	P1: 8, P2: 8 D: 5, E: 5	50.0	50.0	50.0	71.43	71.43	60.71	-7.4	1497.72

Medley

3 bands

Place	Band	Positions	PU	Q_P1	Q_P2	Q_D	Q_E	Q	Delta	Rating
1	Wynnum RSL Pipe Band Brisbane, Queensland	P1: 2, P2: 2 D: 1, E: 2	100.0	92.86	92.86	100.0	92.86	95.0	3.39	1498.6
2	Moree Caledonian Society Pipes & Drums Moree, New South Wales	P1: 1, P2: 1 D: 3, E: 3	92.86	100.0	100.0	85.71	85.71	92.86	-2.53	1477.59
3	Brisbane Pipe Band Brisbane, Queensland	P1: 3, P2: 3 D: 2, E: 1	85.71	85.71	85.71	92.86	100.0	90.71	0.44	1487.77

Novice Juvenile A

1 band

MSR

1 band

Place	Band	Positions	PU	Q_P1	Q_P2	Q_D	Q_E	Q	Delta	Rating	Actions
1	Brisbane Boys College Pipe Band (Gr. NJA) Brisbane, Queensland	P1: 1, P2: 1 D: 1, E: 1	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	6.99	1514.37

Novice Juvenile B

3 bands 6 results

March

3 bands 6 results

Place	Band	Positions	PU	Q_P1	Q_P2	Q_D	Q_E	Q	Delta	Rating
1	Brisbane Boys College Pipe Band (Gr. NJB) Brisbane, Queensland	P1: 1, P2: 1 D: 2, E: 1	100.0	100.0	100.0	92.86	100.0	97.86	1.69	1499.24
1	Scots PGC Pipes & Drums Warwick, Queensland	P1: 2, P2: 1 D: 1, E: 1	100.0	92.86	100.0	100.0	100.0	98.21	-5.41	1498.59
2	Brisbane Boys College Pipe Band (Gr. NJB) Brisbane, Queensland	P1: 1, P2: 2 D: 2, E: 2	92.86	100.0	92.86	92.86	92.86	94.64	1.69	1499.24
2	Queensland Police Juvenille Pipes & Drums Brisbane, Queensland	P1: 2, P2: 3 D: 1, E: 3	92.86	92.86	85.71	100.0	85.71	91.79	-7.4	1497.72
3	Scots PGC Pipes & Drums Warwick, Queensland	P1: 3, P2: 3 D: 3, E: 3	85.71	85.71	85.71	85.71	85.71	85.71	-5.41	1498.59
4	Brisbane Boys College Pipe Band (Gr. NJB) Brisbane, Queensland	P1: 4, P2: 4 D: 4, E: 4	78.57	78.57	78.57	78.57	78.57	78.57	1.69	1499.24

Score Statistics

Highest Delta

6.99

Lowest Delta

-8.20

Bands Scored

18

Grade Distribution

2 2 bands

3 5 bands

4A 4 bands

4B 8 bands

Novice Juvenile A 1 band

Novice Juvenile B 3 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