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Sample Results Posting

The results posting shown below is representative of what you might see hanging on the wall at most local competitions. The numbers are from a for-real event, though the names have been changed. The boxed notes explain the way that the scores are computed.

Mountain Town Classic 2008
Mt Pleasant FSC

Apr 19 2008
Senior Freeskate A
***** Final Standings *****

1 Pam 1 Anne 1 Hayley 1 Melissa 1 Ginni

Place	Competitor	J1	J2	J3	J4	J5	Low Maj	TOM	TOO

1	Leah	1	1	2	1	1	4/1
2	Nicole	4	5	1	2	2	3/2
3	DeAnna	2	2	8	8	3	3/3	7
4	Amanda	3	4	3	3	6	3/3	9
5	Kenzee	5	6	4	4	4	3/4
6	Erin	8	3	6	5	5	3/5
7	Kelly	6	7	7	6	8	4/7	26	34 TIE
7	Lauryn	7	8	5	7	7	4/7	26	34 TIE

Leah received 4 1st place ordinals; this is a majority of the votes, and is enough to put her in 1st place overall.

The 1 in Nicole's row is counted as a 2, which gives her a majority (3) of 2nd place ordinals, which is enough to put her in 2nd place.

DeAnna and Amanda each have the same number of "3" votes, so the tie is broken by adding up the total numeric value of the ordinals in the "majority place" (in this case, the 3's). DeAnna gets 2+2+3=7, and Amanda gets 3+3+3=9. So DeAnna has a lower value for TOM and places 3rd.

Both skaters are initially tied for 7th place, with (4) "7" votes each. On TOM (see note above), they both get a total of 26, and are still tied. So we add up ALL of the ordinals (6+7+7+6+8=34 for Kelly, and 7+8+5+7+7=34 for Lauryn). SInce they both have the same value for TOO, they're really TIED. Had the TOO numbers differed, the lower number would have placed better.