How to Tabulate Disciplines by Place
Twirlmate supports two styles of tabulation: by score and by place. This article walks you through the process of tabulating a discipline by place. But first, here's a brief explanation of how this works under the hood.
How place-based tabulation works
Place-based tabulation sorts contestants according to the raw placement that the judge awarded them.
For multi-judge place-based tabulation, Twirlmate sorts the contestants by place for each judge as separate lists, and combines their placement points to determine the overall winner (whoever has the lowest combined placement points, wins).
If two or more contestants have the same combined placement points, the tie stands or must be manually broken.
Now, here's how to tabulate by place.
1. Find the discipline
The page for discipline tabulation is located in the "{year} Results" section of the left navigation menu. On that page, you'll find a list of all disciplines for which contestants have registered this year.
Clicking on the name of a discipline will take you to a new page .
2. Find the division
On the discipline page, you'll find a list of divisions in which contestants are competing.
For each division, you can see its current tabulation status, which might be:
Scheduled (no results yet)
Judging Complete (contestant scoresheet places are entered and finalized, but no overall/final places have been awarded yet)
Tabulation Complete (final places are awarded, but not published yet)
Results published (visible in the attendee portal).
Clicking on the name of a division will take you to a new page.
3. Find the master scoresheet
On the division page, you'll find a list of master scoresheets as well as contestants, along with a read-only version of the master results.
To enter/update results, click the name of the judge in the masters table or the Enter Scores button. This will take you to a new page.
4. Find the contestant
On the master scoresheet page, you'll find a list of contestants along with another read-only version of the master results. Clicking a contestant's name will take you to their scoresheet on a new page.
5. Enter placement
On the contestant scoresheet page, enter the place awarded by the judge along with the athlete's vitals.
Because there's no final score to calculate, there are no penalty or time fields.
Once you have filled out all appropriate fields, click "Save and Score Next" to see the next contestant's scoresheet according to performance order, or click "Save and Return to Master" to go back to the master.
6. Finalize the master
Once you've given all active contestants scores, click the "Finalize for Review" button to indicate that all scores are in. You will then be taken to the division page.
7. Finalize contestant placements
On the division page, once you've entered all contestant placements and finalized all masters, click Place Contestants at the top of the Contestants table. This will tabulate final placement.
8. Print and publish results
If you'd like to print and/or publish the results in the attendee portal, click the Print and Publish Results button at the top of the division page. You will be taken to a new page to perform either of these actions.
Attendees will not see the results until they are published.
Congratulations! You've successfully tabulated a discipline by score with Twirlmate!
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