Current Tournament Tabulations
ALL ABOUT THE K-12 TEAM TOURNAMENT RESULTS CHART
Cool! What a pretty results chart! So... how do I read it?
Good question! This tutorial will tell you how! So you'll see something that looks like this...
Pretty! Now here's what the columns mean. Starting from the far LEFT. The number tells you what ranking your team is in. Don't worry if you have a high number, because this event is FAR from over. Besides, there are participation prizes if you can get all your matches finished.
The second column tells you the division and the team name.
GC = go club, nifty right?
HS = high school. The "A" shows that this school has entered more than one team, and the letter helps us know which team from Stuyvesant is playing.
The next few columns, tells us the results.
In one round, you will have two columns. The first column tells us the opponent. So Redwood Shores GC first faced the team with the entry code "CA18". If you look down the list, you can find out which team that is. (Useless fact: The first half of the team code tells which state that the team is from! Everyone knows that former president Chris Vu roots for Texas. What about you?) The next column has three marks that are either "O" or "X". The O signifies a win, both a normal and a forfeit win. The X signifies a loss, both a normal and a forfeit loss. So a OOO means three wins in that round. An OOX means two wins and a loss. There is no difference between OOX and OXO, this just tells us on which board the wins and the losses came from. OOX (win on 1st and 2nd board, loss on 3rd board) while OXO is (win on 1st and 3rd board, loss on 2nd board).
The number tells you how many State Points (SPs) that the team earned that round. The SPs is a tie-breaker that we use to determine your rankings, and we'll explain more in the next section.
The last three columns are the team's scores. This is what we use to determine your ranking. Because we live in America (or Canada for some of you), we read this series LEFT to RIGHT. So the first number is the MOST IMPORTANT one.
TW = Team Wins. (This score is determined by the number of rounds that your team wins in the majority.)
BW = Board Wins (This score is determined by the number of games that your team wins throughout the tournament.)
SP = State Points (This score is given a value of 0-10 points in each round based on the team's participation and results. It is determined like this:
+2 points for individual win (each one), +1 point for individual loss (Each one), + 0 points for forfeiture loss
+1 point if your team won the overall match of three games (wins two of three individual boards)
+2 points if your team plays in ALL of your games (no one on your team forfeited a match)
+1 point if your opponents' team plays in ALL of their games (no games were decided by forfeiture).
So the highest score any team can earn in one round is equal to 10 points.
To determine team rankings, we first look at TW. If two teams have the same TW, then we will look at the BW. If two teams still have the same values, then the final tie-breaker of SP is used. In all three cases, the higher the number, the better.
If we look back at this example, we use the first column to determine rnakings. Redwood Shores, Orange County, and Stuyvesant HS "A" all have two team wins. So we have to move to the second column. Redwood Shores has an impressive SIX board wins, while Orange County and Stuyvesant HS both only have four... So Redwood Shores is ranked #1, while the other two still require another tie-breaker. The third column is the total of all the SPs that the team earned over the rounds. Orange County has more (14 is greater than 13) than Stuyvesant, so Orange County is #2 and Stuyvesant is #3.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
- FAQ: What do the colors on the chart mean?
- FAQ: How come some people have a 1/2 for a team win?
- FAQ: What does "TR" stand for in the School Cup / Rookies Cup standings?
- FAQ: Next to each division, there is a number. What does that mean?
- FAQ: Because of that multiplication value, does that mean that my team has no chance of winning an award since we don't have any teams in the top tiers?
- FAQ: My team has more SPs than a team ranked higher than us. Shouldn't we be ahead of them?
- FAQ: I don't think it's fair that my team is penalized for taking a forfeiture win compared to a regular win. They should be valued the same.
- FAQ: This tabulation is really interesting! I want to help tabulate tournaments in the future!
Answers:
1) FAQ: What do the colors on the chart mean?
AGHS: That means if you keep it up, your team may win an award! The Gold, silver, and bronze colors are obvious. And this year, we are introducing "honorable mention" awards to those teams who performed in the top 25% of their category, but did not do well enough to win a trophy.
2) FAQ: How come some people have a 1/2 for a team win?
AGHS: That means that not all the games were completed and NEITHER team won a majority of the matches. So the AGHS tournament split the result, but both teams lose major SPs because they didn't complete matches.
3) FAQ: What does "TR" stand for in the School Cup / Rookies Cup standings?
AGHS: That means "Tournament Record". We also record the highest number ever achieved by a school in the nation and each state. See if you can shatter one of them this year!
4) FAQ: Next to each division, there is a number. What does that mean?
AGHS: You mean this OPEN DIVISION (x1.15)?
The number is the multiplication value of the division. When we calculate State Cup, School Cup, Rookies Cup, and Juniors Cup, we offer a slight priority for points earned in a higher division than those earned in a lower division. Because the level of competition is harder, we give an extra boost for strong showings in higher tiers.
5) FAQ: Because of that multiplication value, does that mean that my team has no chance of winning an award since we don't have any teams in the top tiers?
AGHS: Of course not! 2009's champion Pasadena Central GC only have one team as high as Junior Varsity. The tournament record for highest accumulation of points to win the event was 2004's Clear Lake HS. Of their five teams, three of their teams entered had an average rating of 20-kyu or less. So you can see that it doesn't make a difference, just work hard and you never know what you are capable of!
6) FAQ: My team has more SPs than a team ranked higher than us. Shouldn't we be ahead of them?
AGHS: Not necessarily. The SP is the third tie-break system. We value team and individual wins FIRST. But if two teams have won the same number of matches, then we will look at the SP score. If a team that has 3 wins, earned 1 by forfeit, and a second team that has 3 wins, earned 0 from opponents' forfeits, then we will give higher priority to the team that worked hard enough to win three matches.
7) FAQ: I don't think it's fair that my team is penalized for taking a forfeiture win compared to a regular win. They should be valued the same.
AGHS: It's also unfair that you got a win much easier than someone who had to fight for it. We cannot be held responsible for the actions of the players, but we are trying our hardest to make this tournament as fair and fun as possible. But truthfully, this adapted system is better because we prioritize participation and do not penalize as harshly as other ranking systems. For example, the AGHS system makes you lose 1 point in the THIRD tie-breaker. The AGA-preferred system would make you lose as many as 4 points, effectively knocking you out of contention of a medal of any color.
8) FAQ: This tabulation is really interesting! I want to help tabulate tournaments in the future!
AGHS: Great! We are always looking for new volunteers and new leaders to help make AGHS the #1 youth go organization in the world. Send an e-mail to aghsregister@gmail.com that says you want to help out, and we'll be more than happy to chat with you!
Any further tabulations questions can be addressed to "Christopher Vu" at eternalesnow@gmail.com