How scoring works
Dropping the lowest judge score
An optional rule for four-judge panels: the single lowest score is dropped and the routine's score is the average of the other three.
How it works
- It only applies when exactly four judges scored the routine. A panel of three, five or any other size always uses the plain average of all scores.
- Exactly one score is dropped. If two judges tie for the lowest, only one of those scores is removed.
- The remaining three scores are averaged and rounded to two decimals, the same as any other routine.
- It is off unless the competition turns it on.
Example: four judges, lowest dropped
| Score | ||
|---|---|---|
| Judge 1 | 91.00 | kept |
| Judge 2 | 87.25 | dropped |
| Judge 3 | 90.50 | kept |
| Judge 4 | 89.75 | kept |
| Score | 90.42 | average of the three kept |
Without the rule the same routine would score 89.63, the average of all four.
Why competitions use it
It limits how much one judge's outlier can move a routine's result when a fourth judge is on the panel. It changes nothing for the award level logic itself: the resulting average is matched to the award level bands and ranked for placements and overalls exactly as usual.
This is how CompSync tabulates.
Judges score on tablets, the averages, award levels, placements and overalls are worked out live, and the awards roll straight to the venue screens. Every rule on this page is a setting in your competition.
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