DCP Standings & Stats

[Drumdad]

I've been going on to the DCP Standings & Stats for years. My son is an Open Class percussionist, so the OC drumline standings are of special interest to me. But, every now and then, the stats and standings are completely out of whack. They're not even close. Then, a day or two later, they're back to the way they should be. I know these stats are unofficial and are more for fun than anything else, but I have long wondered how they get so messed-up. Does anyone know?

[JohnD]

There have been 2 things going on this year:

1 - DCI changed the scoring model for the 5 judge panel and it took us a few days to accommodate the random method of selecting the 5th caption. Those changes have been made to our code and should now be resolved.

2 - The early part of the season is always a bit difficult to get 'credible' ranking, because of the change in judging panel sizes (some 5, some 8) - plus our ranking computes a weighted average spread over several shows. If the corps does not have the a number of scores in the database for this year, it will cause the rankings to be less 'realistic'. Once we get a number (at-least 4) shows per corps, things should become more accurate.

-john

[Drumdad]

Thanks for that. I appreciate it.

There have been 2 things going on this year:

1 - DCI changed the scoring model for the 5 judge panel and it took us a few days to accommodate the random method of selecting the 5th caption. Those changes have been made to our code and should now be resolved.

2 - The early part of the season is always a bit difficult to get 'credible' ranking, because of the change in judging panel sizes (some 5, some 8) - plus our ranking computes a weighted average spread over several shows. If the corps does not have the a number of scores in the database for this year, it will cause the rankings to be less 'realistic'. Once we get a number (at-least 4) shows per corps, things should become more accurate.

-john