Alma Highland Festival

Calculated ranking scores by grade and set

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

Date

May 23, 2026

Location

Alma

Bands / Results

16 bands · 23 results

Competition Results with Calculated Scores

2 bands 4 results

2 bands

Place	Band	Positions	PU	Q_P1	Q_P2	Q_D	Q_E	Q	Delta	Rating	Actions
1	Midlothian Scottish Pipe Band Lombard, Illinois	P1: 1, P2: 1 D: 2, E: 1	100.0	100.0	100.0	85.71	100.0	95.71	5.67	1517.36
2	Great Lakes Pipe Band Cleveland, Ohio	P1: 2, P2: 2 D: 1, E: 2	85.71	85.71	85.71	100.0	85.71	90.0	2.66	1528.28

2 bands

Place	Band	Positions	PU	Q_P1	Q_P2	Q_D	Q_E	Q	Delta	Rating	Actions
1	Midlothian Scottish Pipe Band Lombard, Illinois	P1: 2, P2: 1 D: 2, E: 1	100.0	85.71	100.0	85.71	100.0	92.14	4.2	1511.69
2	Great Lakes Pipe Band Cleveland, Ohio	P1: 1, P2: 2 D: 1, E: 2	85.71	100.0	85.71	100.0	85.71	93.57	4.4	1525.62

5 bands 10 results

5 bands

Place	Band	Positions	PU	Q_P1	Q_P2	Q_D	Q_E	Q	Delta	Rating
1	Cabar Feidh Pipes & Drums Royal Oak, Michigan	P1: 2, P2: 2 D: 2, E: 1	100.0	85.71	85.71	85.71	100.0	88.57	3.43	1485.15
2	Capital City Pipes & Drums (Gr. 4) Columbus, Ohio	P1: 1, P2: 1 D: 4, E: 3	85.71	100.0	100.0	57.14	71.43	81.43	0.99	1513.96
3	87th Cleveland Pipe Band (Gr. 4) Brook Park, Ohio	P1: 3, P2: 4 D: 1, E: 2	71.43	71.43	57.14	100.0	85.71	79.29	0.06	1506.89
4	Michigan Scottish Pipes & Drums Grosse Pointe Woods, Michigan	P1: 4, P2: 3 D: 3, E: 5	57.14	57.14	71.43	71.43	42.86	62.14	-4.73	1476.92
5	Caledonia Kilty Pipe Band Mishawaka, Indiana	P1: 5, P2: 5 D: 5, E: 4	42.86	42.86	42.86	42.86	57.14	45.71	-8.08	1463.23

5 bands

Place	Band	Positions	PU	Q_P1	Q_P2	Q_D	Q_E	Q	Delta	Rating
1	Cabar Feidh Pipes & Drums Royal Oak, Michigan	P1: 2, P2: 1 D: 2, E: 1	100.0	85.71	100.0	85.71	100.0	92.14	5.2	1481.72
2	Capital City Pipes & Drums (Gr. 4) Columbus, Ohio	P1: 1, P2: 2 D: 4, E: 4	85.71	100.0	85.71	57.14	57.14	75.0	-1.3	1512.98
3	87th Cleveland Pipe Band (Gr. 4) Brook Park, Ohio	P1: 3, P2: 4 D: 1, E: 3	71.43	71.43	57.14	100.0	71.43	76.43	-0.93	1506.82
4	Michigan Scottish Pipes & Drums Grosse Pointe Woods, Michigan	P1: 5, P2: 5 D: 3, E: 2	57.14	42.86	42.86	71.43	85.71	60.0	-5.05	1481.65
5	Caledonia Kilty Pipe Band Mishawaka, Indiana	P1: 4, P2: 3 D: 5, E: 5	42.86	57.14	71.43	42.86	42.86	53.57	-6.53	1471.31

9 bands

9 bands

Place	Band	Positions	PU	Q_P1	Q_P2	Q_D	Q_E	Q	Delta	Rating
1	87th Cleveland Pipe Band (Gr. 5) Brook Park, Ohio	P1: 3, P2: 3 D: 1, E: 2	100.0	77.78	77.78	100.0	88.89	86.67	6.52	1513.95
2	Gael Force Pipe Band Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario	P1: 1, P2: 1 D: 4, E: 4	88.89	100.0	100.0	66.67	66.67	83.33	5.75	1514.8
3	Grand Rapids Police Pipe Band Grand Rapids, Michigan	P1: 2, P2: 2 D: 6, E: 1	77.78	88.89	88.89	44.44	100.0	77.78	4.83	1504.83
4	Chicago Highlanders Pipes & Drums Long Grove, Illinois	P1: 4, P2: 4 D: 3, E: 5	66.67	66.67	66.67	77.78	55.56	67.78	2.72	1501.04
5	Grand Traverse Pipes & Drums Traverse City, Michigan	P1: 7, P2: 7 D: 2, E: 3	55.56	33.33	33.33	88.89	77.78	58.89	0.3	1514.6
6	Flint Scottish Pipe Band Flint, Michigan	P1: 5, P2: 5 D: 9, E: 6	44.44	55.56	55.56	11.11	44.44	40.0	-3.16	1491.12
7	Grand Rapids & District Pipe Band Grand Rapids, Michigan	P1: 6, P2: 6 D: 5, E: 8	33.33	44.44	44.44	55.56	22.22	43.33	-2.43	1491.54
8	St. Andrew's Pipe Band Of Detroit Detroit, Michigan	P1: 8, P2: 8 D: 8, E: 7	22.22	22.22	22.22	22.22	33.33	24.44	-6.69	1493.31
9	White Pine Pipes & Drums Midland, Michigan	P1: 9, P2: 9 D: 7, E: 9	11.11	11.11	11.11	33.33	11.11	17.78	-7.84	1482.56

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