Pacific Northwest Scottish Highland Games

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

July 26, 2025

Location

Seattle

Bands / Results

16 bands · 34 results

Competition Results with Calculated Scores

1

2 bands 4 results

MSR

2 bands

Place	Band	Positions	PU	Q_P1	Q_P2	Q_D	Q_E	Q	Delta	Rating	Actions
1	Simon Fraser University Pipe Band Burnaby, British Columbia	P1: 1, P2: 1 D: 1, E: 1	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	6.09	1550.28
2	St. Thomas Alumni Pipe Band Houston, Texas	P1: 2, P2: 2 D: 2, E: 2	92.31	92.31	92.31	92.31	92.31	92.31	1.27	1519.31

Medley

2 bands

Place	Band	Positions	PU	Q_P1	Q_P2	Q_D	Q_E	Q	Delta	Rating	Actions
1	Simon Fraser University Pipe Band Burnaby, British Columbia	P1: 1, P2: 1 D: 1, E: 1	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	6.28	1544.19
2	St. Thomas Alumni Pipe Band Houston, Texas	P1: 2, P2: 2 D: 2, E: 2	92.31	92.31	92.31	92.31	92.31	92.31	1.31	1518.04

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	Cascadia Pipe Band (Gr. 2) Seattle, Washington	P1: 1, P2: 1 D: 1, E: 1	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	6.56	1535.04

Medley

1 band

Place	Band	Positions	PU	Q_P1	Q_P2	Q_D	Q_E	Q	Delta	Rating	Actions
1	Cascadia Pipe Band (Gr. 2) Seattle, Washington	P1: 1, P2: 1 D: 1, E: 1	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	6.76	1528.48

3

3 bands 6 results

MSR

3 bands

Place	Band	Positions	PU	Q_P1	Q_P2	Q_D	Q_E	Q	Delta	Rating
1	Greighlan Crossing Pipe Band Surrey, British Columbia	P1: 1, P2: 1 D: 1, E: 1	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	5.9	1556.86
2	Portland Metro Pipe Band Portland, Oregon	P1: 2, P2: 2 D: 2, E: 2	92.31	92.31	92.31	92.31	92.31	92.31	1.68	1505.94
3	Keith Highlanders Pipe Band (Gr. 3) Bellevue, Washington	P1: 3, P2: 3 D: 3, E: 3	84.62	84.62	84.62	84.62	84.62	84.62	-1.85	1486.45

Medley

3 bands

Place	Band	Positions	PU	Q_P1	Q_P2	Q_D	Q_E	Q	Delta	Rating
1	Greighlan Crossing Pipe Band Surrey, British Columbia	P1: 1, P2: 1 D: 1, E: 2	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	92.31	98.46	4.92	1550.96
2	Portland Metro Pipe Band Portland, Oregon	P1: 2, P2: 2 D: 2, E: 1	92.31	92.31	92.31	92.31	100.0	93.85	2.88	1504.26
3	Keith Highlanders Pipe Band (Gr. 3) Bellevue, Washington	P1: 3, P2: 3 D: 3, E: 3	84.62	84.62	84.62	84.62	84.62	84.62	-1.91	1488.3

4

7 bands 14 results

MSR

7 bands

Place	Band	Positions	PU	Q_P1	Q_P2	Q_D	Q_E	Q	Delta	Rating
1	Northwest Junior Pipe Band (Gr. 4) Edmonds, Washington	P1: 3, P2: 1 D: 1, E: 1	100.0	84.62	100.0	100.0	100.0	96.15	4.02	1537.24
2	Robert Malcolm Memorial Pipe Band (Gr. 4) Burnaby, British Columbia	P1: 2, P2: 2 D: 3, E: 3	92.31	92.31	92.31	84.62	84.62	88.46	-0.93	1523.76
3	Cascadia Pipe Band (Gr. 4) Seattle, Washington	P1: 1, P2: 3 D: 5, E: 2	84.62	100.0	84.62	69.23	92.31	85.38	0.45	1478.71
4	Salt Lake Scots Pipe Band Salt Lake City, Utah	P1: 6, P2: 6 D: 2, E: 4	76.92	61.54	61.54	92.31	76.92	73.85	-4.6	1506.16
5	Portland Metro Youth Pipe Band Portland, Oregon	P1: 4, P2: 5 D: 4, E: 5	69.23	76.92	69.23	76.92	69.23	73.46	-4.8	1477.74
6	Keith Highlanders Pipe Band (Gr. 4) Bellevue, Washington	P1: 5, P2: 4 D: 6, E: 6	61.54	69.23	76.92	61.54	61.54	67.31	-4.95	1438.93
7	Clan Gordon Pipe Band Tacoma, Washington	P1: 7, P2: 7 D: 7, E: 7	53.85	53.85	53.85	53.85	53.85	53.85	-8.84	1472.23

Medley

7 bands

Place	Band	Positions	PU	Q_P1	Q_P2	Q_D	Q_E	Q	Delta	Rating
1	Cascadia Pipe Band (Gr. 4) Seattle, Washington	P1: 1, P2: 1 D: 5, E: 1	100.0	100.0	100.0	69.23	100.0	90.77	4.09	1478.26
2	Northwest Junior Pipe Band (Gr. 4) Edmonds, Washington	P1: 2, P2: 2 D: 2, E: 3	92.31	92.31	92.31	92.31	84.62	90.77	0.02	1533.22
3	Robert Malcolm Memorial Pipe Band (Gr. 4) Burnaby, British Columbia	P1: 3, P2: 3 D: 1, E: 4	84.62	84.62	84.62	100.0	76.92	87.69	-0.55	1524.69
4	Portland Metro Youth Pipe Band Portland, Oregon	P1: 4, P2: 4 D: 4, E: 2	76.92	76.92	76.92	76.92	92.31	80.0	-2.88	1482.54
5	Salt Lake Scots Pipe Band Salt Lake City, Utah	P1: 6, P2: 6 D: 3, E: 5	69.23	61.54	61.54	84.62	69.23	70.0	-6.3	1510.75
6	Keith Highlanders Pipe Band (Gr. 4) Bellevue, Washington	P1: 5, P2: 5 D: 6, E: 6	61.54	69.23	69.23	61.54	61.54	65.38	-5.51	1443.88
7	Clan Gordon Pipe Band Tacoma, Washington	P1: 7, P2: 7 D: 7, E: 7	53.85	53.85	53.85	53.85	53.85	53.85	-9.1	1481.06

5

4 bands 8 results

March 1

4 bands

Place	Band	Positions	PU	Q_P1	Q_P2	Q_D	Q_E	Q	Delta	Rating
1	Northwest Junior Pipe Band (Gr. 5) Edmonds, Washington	P1: 1, P2: 1 D: 3, E: 2	100.0	100.0	100.0	50.0	75.0	80.0	3.96	1522.89
2	Kenmore & District Pipe Band Evertt, Washington	P1: 3, P2: 3 D: 1, E: 1	75.0	50.0	50.0	100.0	100.0	75.0	2.57	1502.57
3	Salt Lake Scots Pipe Band Salt Lake City, Utah	P1: 2, P2: 2 D: 2, E: 3	50.0	75.0	75.0	75.0	50.0	70.0	1.74	1511.22
4	Tacoma Scots Pipe Band Tacoma, Washington	P1: 3, P2: 4 D: 4, E: 4	25.0	50.0	25.0	25.0	25.0	31.25	-8.27	1482.13

March 2

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: 2, P2: 1 D: 2, E: 1	100.0	75.0	100.0	75.0	100.0	86.25	5.84	1517.06
2	Kenmore & District Pipe Band Evertt, Washington	P1: 1, P2: 2 D: 1, E: 2	75.0	100.0	75.0	100.0	75.0	88.75	6.8	1509.37
3	Northwest Junior Pipe Band (Gr. 5) Edmonds, Washington	P1: 4, P2: 3 D: 3, E: 3	50.0	25.0	50.0	50.0	50.0	43.75	-4.67	1518.22
4	Tacoma Scots Pipe Band Tacoma, Washington	P1: 4, P2: 4 D: 4, E: 4	25.0	25.0	25.0	25.0	25.0	25.0	-7.97	1474.16

Score Statistics

Highest Delta

6.80

Lowest Delta

-9.10

Bands Scored

16

Grade Distribution

1 2 bands

2 1 band

3 3 bands

4 7 bands

5 4 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