Interesting, Doc.
One thing to remember is that when I started shooting SASS only some clubs had a computer. Many were scoring with a calculator or by hand. So they could not handle a complicated system. Rank and total time were both pretty easy to do manually. Computers do give us some additional flexibility, but do we want to require everyone to buy a $250 program, or would SASS provide one?
As to the suggested scoring, I’ve heard good things about some of them so twas eager to see your example.
It would take a lot of study and additional comparisons to see what the difference would really be. But my initial guess would be that it may take a larger change including changing the penalty for a miss. From a quick review, is 5 seconds appropriate for a miss – when using this new system?
For example, when I look at the results from stage four. The time difference between places 1 & 2 (Bud & Doc) was 5 seconds with a variation of 4.3 it points. The variation between 2 & 3 (Doc & J.C.) is 0.7 seconds with a variation of over 15 hit points. This is a much lower difference in time but a higher variation in hit points. Wouldn’t this be questioned?
The next thing I looked at was the difference between Jess Brown & Calaveras Bear (since the came in as 6 & 7 in hit points but were 8 & 6 respectively in both total time and rank.) C. They split the 6 stages, winning 3 each compared to each other, with C. Bear the time differences listed below:
C. Bear +5.2 -2 -1.5 -1 +3 +0.03
Jess
Certainly, there are close.
Before I could make a final decision, I would have to see more examples including more DNF, DQ, etc as I see that as the week point in rank scoring. ( I know there was one of those, but that shooter placed consistently low anyway.) Plus these stages were largely the same time required, so I’d want to see matches with a variety of required total times – as that is the weakness of total time.
But, at this point, the system isn’t really bad, but it would have additional controversies as I noted. So it wouldn’t be worth the extra effort and may not be better than rank for large match OR total time for smaller ones. But I’m still open to ideas (as if that mattered
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Sorry for the long post, but tis complicated subject for a simple mind.