Victorian Pipe Band Competition

Calculated ranking scores by grade and set

Competition Details Back to Rankings

Ranking Model: Elo-like (discipline-weighted). Event deltas are based on expected vs actual field outcomes.

Competition Info

Date

March 29, 2026

Location

Croydon

Bands / Results

16 bands · 42 results

Competition Results with Calculated Scores

1

1 band 2 results

MSR

1 band

Place	Band	Positions	PU	Q_P1	Q_P2	Q_D	Q_E	Q	Delta	Rating	Actions
1	Hawthorn Pipe Band Melbourne, Victoria	P1: 1, P2: 1 D: 1, E: 1	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	9.57	1555.73

Medley

1 band

Place	Band	Positions	PU	Q_P1	Q_P2	Q_D	Q_E	Q	Delta	Rating	Actions
1	Hawthorn Pipe Band Melbourne, Victoria	P1: 1, P2: 1 D: 1, E: 1	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	10.11	1546.16

2

2 bands 4 results

MSR

2 bands

Place	Band	Positions	PU	Q_P1	Q_P2	Q_D	Q_E	Q	Delta	Rating	Actions
1	Moorabbin City Pipe Band Melbourne, Victoria	P1: 2, P2: 2 D: 1, E: 1	100.0	93.75	93.75	100.0	100.0	96.88	4.16	1551.94
2	City of Melbourne Highland Pipe Band (Gr. 2) Melbourne, Victoria	P1: 1, P2: 1 D: 2, E: 2	93.75	100.0	100.0	93.75	93.75	96.88	4.14	1552.35

Medley

2 bands

Place	Band	Positions	PU	Q_P1	Q_P2	Q_D	Q_E	Q	Delta	Rating	Actions
1	City of Melbourne Highland Pipe Band (Gr. 2) Melbourne, Victoria	P1: 1, P2: 1 D: 2, E: 1	100.0	100.0	100.0	95.0	100.0	98.5	6.83	1548.21
2	Moorabbin City Pipe Band Melbourne, Victoria	P1: 2, P2: 2 D: 1, E: 2	95.0	95.0	95.0	100.0	95.0	96.5	2.6	1547.78

3

4 bands 8 results

MSR

4 bands

Place	Band	Positions	PU	Q_P1	Q_P2	Q_D	Q_E	Q	Delta	Rating
1	Old Scotch Pipes & Drums (Gr. 3) Melbourne, Victoria	P1: 1, P2: 1 D: 1, E: 1	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	11.42	1519.5
2	Scotch College Pipes & Drums (Gr. 3) Melbourne, Victoria	P1: 2, P2: 2 D: 2, E: 2	93.75	93.75	93.75	93.75	93.75	93.75	7.92	1577.26
3	Victoria Scottish Pipes & Drums Yarraville, Victoria	P1: 3, P2: 3 D: 4, E: 3	87.5	87.5	87.5	81.25	87.5	85.62	-6.0	1484.12
4	Haileybury Pipes & Drums (Gr. Novice Juvenile A) Melbourne, Victoria	P1: 4, P2: 4 D: 3, E: 4	81.25	81.25	81.25	87.5	81.25	83.12	-0.3	1507.11

Medley

4 bands

Place	Band	Positions	PU	Q_P1	Q_P2	Q_D	Q_E	Q	Delta	Rating
1	Scotch College Pipes & Drums (Gr. 3) Melbourne, Victoria	P1: 3, P2: 3 D: 1, E: 1	100.0	90.0	90.0	100.0	100.0	95.0	5.92	1569.34
2	Old Scotch Pipes & Drums (Gr. 3) Melbourne, Victoria	P1: 2, P2: 2 D: 3, E: 3	95.0	95.0	95.0	90.0	90.0	92.5	-2.12	1508.08
3	Victoria Scottish Pipes & Drums Yarraville, Victoria	P1: 1, P2: 1 D: 4, E: 4	90.0	100.0	100.0	85.0	85.0	92.5	1.44	1490.12
4	Haileybury Pipes & Drums (Gr. Novice Juvenile A) Melbourne, Victoria	P1: 4, P2: 4 D: 2, E: 2	85.0	85.0	85.0	95.0	95.0	90.0	4.16	1507.4

4A

1 band 2 results

MSR

1 band

Place	Band	Positions	PU	Q_P1	Q_P2	Q_D	Q_E	Q	Delta	Rating	Actions
1	City of Melbourne Highland Pipe Band (Gr. 4A) Melbourne, Victoria	P1: 1, P2: 1 D: 1, E: 1	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	7.67	1593.45

Medley

1 band

Place	Band	Positions	PU	Q_P1	Q_P2	Q_D	Q_E	Q	Delta	Rating	Actions
1	City of Melbourne Highland Pipe Band (Gr. 4A) Melbourne, Victoria	P1: 1, P2: 1 D: 1, E: 1	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	8.14	1585.77

4B

6 bands 12 results

MSR

6 bands

Place	Band	Positions	PU	Q_P1	Q_P2	Q_D	Q_E	Q	Delta	Rating
1	Scotch College Pipes & Drums (Gr. 4B) Melbourne, Victoria	P1: 2, P2: 2 D: 1, E: 2	100.0	93.75	93.75	100.0	93.75	95.62	1.82	1553.85
2	PLC (Melbourne) Pipe Band Melbourne, Victoria	P1: 6, P2: 5 D: 1, E: 1	93.75	68.75	75.0	100.0	100.0	85.94	-2.86	1530.19
3	Riverina Highlanders Pipe Band Melbourne, Victoria	P1: 4, P2: 4 D: 4, E: 3	87.5	81.25	81.25	81.25	87.5	82.5	-8.09	1481.02
4	Ballarat Grammar Pipe Band Ballarat, Victoria	P1: 3, P2: 2 D: 6, E: 4	81.25	87.5	93.75	68.75	81.25	82.19	-5.53	1475.85
5	Golden City Pipe Band California Gully, Victoria	P1: 5, P2: 3 D: 3, E: 5	75.0	75.0	87.5	87.5	75.0	81.88	-6.73	1455.07
6	Royal Caledonian Society Adelaide, South Australia	P1: 1, P2: 6 D: 8, E: 8	68.75	100.0	68.75	56.25	56.25	70.31	-8.06	1490.31

Medley

6 bands

Place	Band	Positions	PU	Q_P1	Q_P2	Q_D	Q_E	Q	Delta	Rating
1	Scotch College Pipes & Drums (Gr. 4B) Melbourne, Victoria	P1: 2, P2: 2 D: 2, E: 1	100.0	95.0	95.0	95.0	100.0	96.0	6.55	1552.03
2	PLC (Melbourne) Pipe Band Melbourne, Victoria	P1: 6, P2: 5 D: 3, E: 3	95.0	75.0	80.0	90.0	90.0	83.75	-0.58	1533.05
3	Golden City Pipe Band California Gully, Victoria	P1: 3, P2: 6 D: 1, E: 6	90.0	90.0	75.0	100.0	75.0	86.25	-2.46	1461.8
4	Ballarat Grammar Pipe Band Ballarat, Victoria	P1: 4, P2: 4 D: 4, E: 4	85.0	85.0	85.0	85.0	85.0	85.0	-6.35	1481.38
5	Riverina Highlanders Pipe Band Melbourne, Victoria	P1: 5, P2: 3 D: 6, E: 2	80.0	80.0	90.0	75.0	95.0	84.0	-8.15	1489.1
6	Royal Caledonian Society Adelaide, South Australia	P1: 1, P2: 1 D: 8, E: 7	75.0	100.0	100.0	65.0	70.0	83.5	-1.63	1498.37

Novice Juvenile A

2 bands 4 results

MSR

2 bands

Place	Band	Positions	PU	Q_P1	Q_P2	Q_D	Q_E	Q	Delta	Rating	Actions
1	Scotch College Pipes & Drums (Gr. 3) Melbourne, Victoria	P1: 1, P2: 1 D: 1, E: 1	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	7.92	1577.26
2	Haileybury Pipes & Drums (Gr. Novice Juvenile A) Melbourne, Victoria	P1: 2, P2: 2 D: 2, E: 2	93.75	93.75	93.75	93.75	93.75	93.75	-0.3	1507.11

Medley

2 bands

Place	Band	Positions	PU	Q_P1	Q_P2	Q_D	Q_E	Q	Delta	Rating	Actions
1	Scotch College Pipes & Drums (Gr. 3) Melbourne, Victoria	P1: 1, P2: 1 D: 2, E: 1	100.0	100.0	100.0	95.0	100.0	98.5	5.92	1569.34
2	Haileybury Pipes & Drums (Gr. Novice Juvenile A) Melbourne, Victoria	P1: 2, P2: 2 D: 1, E: 2	95.0	95.0	95.0	100.0	95.0	96.5	4.16	1507.4

Novice Juvenile B

5 bands 10 results

March

5 bands 6 results

Place	Band	Positions	PU	Q_P1	Q_P2	Q_D	Q_E	Q	Delta	Rating
1	Scotch College Pipes & Drums (Gr. 4B) Melbourne, Victoria	P1: 1, P2: 3 D: 2, E: 1	100.0	100.0	66.67	83.33	100.0	86.67	-5.68	1545.47
2	PLC (Melbourne) Pipe Band Melbourne, Victoria	P1: 3, P2: 1 D: 1, E: 2	83.33	66.67	100.0	100.0	83.33	88.33	10.4	1533.63
3	Ballarat Grammar Pipe Band Ballarat, Victoria	P1: 2, P2: 2 D: 5, E: 4	66.67	83.33	83.33	33.33	50.0	61.67	2.22	1487.73
4	Haileybury Pipes & Drums (Gr. Novice Juvenile B) Melbourne, Victoria	P1: 4, P2: 4 D: 3, E: 5	50.0	50.0	50.0	66.67	33.33	51.67	0.59	1444.91
5	Scotch College Pipes & Drums (Gr. 4B) Melbourne, Victoria	P1: 5, P2: 5 D: 4, E: 3	33.33	33.33	33.33	50.0	66.67	45.0	-5.68	1545.47
6	Haileybury Pipes & Drums (Gr. Novice Juvenile B) Melbourne, Victoria	P1: 6, P2: 6 D: 6, E: 6	16.67	16.67	16.67	16.67	16.67	16.67	-13.73	1447.15

Medley

4 bands

Place	Band	Positions	PU	Q_P1	Q_P2	Q_D	Q_E	Q	Delta	Rating
1	Scotch College Pipes & Drums (Gr. 4B) Melbourne, Victoria	P1: 1, P2: 1 D: 2, E: 1	100.0	100.0	100.0	95.0	100.0	98.5	6.55	1552.03
2	PLC (Melbourne) Pipe Band Melbourne, Victoria	P1: 3, P2: 2 D: 1, E: 3	95.0	90.0	95.0	100.0	90.0	94.25	-0.58	1533.05
3	Ballarat Grammar Pipe Band Ballarat, Victoria	P1: 4, P2: 4 D: 3, E: 2	90.0	85.0	85.0	90.0	95.0	88.5	-6.35	1481.38
4	Haileybury Pipes & Drums (Gr. Novice Juvenile B) Melbourne, Victoria	P1: 2, P2: 3 D: 4, E: 4	85.0	95.0	90.0	85.0	85.0	88.75	-3.25	1441.67

Score Statistics

Highest Delta

11.42

Lowest Delta

-13.73

Bands Scored

16

Grade Distribution

1 1 band

2 2 bands

3 4 bands

4A 1 band

4B 6 bands

Novice Juvenile A 2 bands

Novice Juvenile B 5 bands

Scoring Explanation

PU (Placing Units): Base score from overall position
Q_P1/Q_P2: Qualified piping scores (Piping 1 & 2)
Q_D: Qualified drumming score
Q_E: Qualified ensemble score
Q: Overall qualified score (weighted average)

Delta: Rating change for this event
Rating: Elo-like rating after this event
Scores are calculated using current ranking parameters
Higher positions (1st, 2nd, etc.) generate higher scores
Piping, drumming, and ensemble outcomes drive rating changes