Ugh, this is complicated. I guess you meant "1500" by "1150"?

K




Quoting Bret Fortenberry <bret@...>:

> I have designed a scoring system for the 2006 season. Let me know if
> this is clear and if everybody agrees. I mixed the scoring for the
> triathlon collegiate nationals and the scoring for collegiate water
> skiing.
>
> The points will be awarded to the top three positions on each team for
> men and women. So a total of 3 men and 3 women can score per team.
> If a team does not have 3 men or women then they will only score the
> number of athletes they do have. It does not matter if a fourth place
> on team A is greater than a 1st place on team B. The 1st place on
> team B will score on the 4th place on team A will not.
>
> The points will accumulate 10 points for each collegiate athlete that
> finishes the race in each field. So if 170 men start but only 150
> finish, there will be 10 points for the 150 finishers giving max of
> 1150 points for the first place finisher. For each subsequent
> finisher 10 points will be dropped off.
>
> Equation for top score: top score = (# of finishers) * 10.
> Equation for individual places: top score - ((finishing place-1)*10)
> Example for 150 finishers: 1150 - ((finishing place-1)*10)
> 1st = 1150,
> 2nd = 1140,
> 3rd = 1130,
> 15th = 1150-(14*10) = 1010,
> 99th = 1150 - (98*10) = 170,
> 150th place = 10.
>
> To make the women’s and men’s field equivalent, the scores will be
> ranged from 0 to 100.
> Equation: new score = old score * 100/(top score).
> Example for 150 finishers:
> 1st place = 1150 * 100/1150 = 100,
> 21st place = 950 * 100/1150 = 82.61,
> 50th place = 660 * 100/1150 = 57.39,
> 80th place = 360 * 100/1150 = 31.3,
> 150th place = 10 * 100/1150 = 0.87.