In preparing for the USAs I noticed all the major sites had all these articles, videos, ones to watch, etc for every category but ours. Also, the college and NFL football seasons are about to begin and we all know the emphasis and excitement the BCS rankings as well as the fantasy football player rankings bring to the sport. So I figured why not do it for our sport.
This is a subjective sport to begin with so I wanted to take opinion out of the rankings and have it completely based on a mathematical equation based on our performance on the national level. Here is the equation I came up with
(show score + top 5 bonus) + [show score + (top 5 bonus x # of top 5 finishes)] / # of shows = avg score/show
Avg score/show + # of shows squared = Total score
To start I wanted how we placed as well as the size of our classes to be taken into account. If you have 20 competitors in your class and finish 1st then your score will be 20, 2nd place is 19, 3rd place 18, and so on. Since they do not place competitors who finish 16 and lower those competitors will receive 1 point. Since it is more difficult to win against a large class than a small one this will reward competing against a larger field.
Then I wanted to reward a top 5 finish. Finishing in the top 5 will receive an additional 5 points for the first time you finish in 5th place or better. If you place in the top 5 in a 2nd show then you will receive 10 points. This will be your 5 point bonus multiplied by the number of times you finished top 5.
You total the scores for all the shows you competed in and divide that number by the number of shows you competed in to come up with your average show score. I finally wanted to reward guys who competed in multiple shows because it is very hard on our bodies to do more shows. This final part grows exponentially the more shows you compete in. So if you competed in 2 shows then you multiply 2 x 2 to equal 4 points added to your average score per show which will equal you total score. The higher your total score the better your ranking will be.
Hopefully that makes sense and if it didn’t then too bad. Just kidding. I will post a ranking the next 3 weeks as well so we have the most recent ranking a week prior to the North Americans. Here is the first Top 20 ranking following the Jr USAs.
1.Michael Bevins 21
2.Alex Carneiro 20
3.Eddie Baird 19
4.Bobby Ashhurst 18
5.Mikey McFall 17
6.Douglas Peaney 17
7.Michael Walding 16
8.Steve Cook 16
9.Brent Baumgarner 15
10.Tony Robinson 15
11.Tim Staggs 14
12.Aaron O’Connell 14
13.Paul Harcher 13
14.Steve Mousharbash 13
15.Adam Lamb 12
16.Keith Baker 12
17.Blake Barnett 11
18.Antonio Mitchell 11
19.Patrick Pinckey 10
20.Joe Pearson 10
Pro Card Winners: Matt Christianer (Overall Winner) & Ryan Hughes (Class B winner)
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