Chicago Scottish Festival and Highland games

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

June 14, 2025

Location

Chicago

Bands / Results

38 bands · 53 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	St. Thomas Alumni Pipe Band Houston, Texas	P1: 1, P2: 1 D: 1, E: 1	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	8.17	1516.72

Medley

1 band

Place	Band	Positions	PU	Q_P1	Q_P2	Q_D	Q_E	Q	Delta	Rating	Actions
1	St. Thomas Alumni Pipe Band Houston, Texas	P1: 1, P2: 1 D: 1, E: 1	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	8.55	1508.55

2

5 bands 10 results

MSR

5 bands

Place	Band	Positions	PU	Q_P1	Q_P2	Q_D	Q_E	Q	Delta	Rating
1	Ulster Scottish Pipe Band Warminster, Pennsylvania	P1: 1, P2: 1 D: 2, E: 1	100.0	100.0	100.0	93.33	100.0	98.0	6.68	1530.96
2	MacMillan Pipe Band Springfield, Virginia	P1: 2, P2: 2 D: 1, E: 2	93.33	93.33	93.33	100.0	93.33	95.33	5.7	1516.8
3	Great Lakes Pipe Band Cleveland, Ohio	P1: 3, P2: 3 D: 3, E: 3	86.67	86.67	86.67	86.67	86.67	86.67	1.77	1518.09
4	Greater Midwest Pipe Band Delafield, Wisconsin	P1: 5, P2: 5 D: 4, E: 4	80.0	73.33	73.33	80.0	80.0	76.67	-2.03	1503.76
5	Midlothian Scottish Pipe Band Lombard, Illinois	P1: 4, P2: 4 D: 5, E: 5	73.33	80.0	80.0	73.33	73.33	76.67	-1.93	1500.36

Medley

5 bands

Place	Band	Positions	PU	Q_P1	Q_P2	Q_D	Q_E	Q	Delta	Rating
1	Ulster Scottish Pipe Band Warminster, Pennsylvania	P1: 1, P2: 1 D: 1, E: 1	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	8.08	1524.28
2	MacMillan Pipe Band Springfield, Virginia	P1: 2, P2: 2 D: 2, E: 2	96.15	96.15	96.15	96.15	96.15	96.15	5.7	1511.1
3	Great Lakes Pipe Band Cleveland, Ohio	P1: 4, P2: 3 D: 3, E: 4	92.31	88.46	92.31	92.31	88.46	90.58	2.11	1516.32
4	Midlothian Scottish Pipe Band Lombard, Illinois	P1: 3, P2: 4 D: 4, E: 3	88.46	92.31	88.46	88.46	92.31	90.19	2.29	1502.29
5	Greater Midwest Pipe Band Delafield, Wisconsin	P1: 5, P2: 5 D: 5, E: 5	84.62	84.62	84.62	84.62	84.62	84.62	-1.26	1505.79

3

9 bands 18 results

MSR

9 bands

Place	Band	Positions	PU	Q_P1	Q_P2	Q_D	Q_E	Q	Delta	Rating
1	Carnegie Mellon University Development Pipe Band Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	P1: 1, P2: 1 D: 1, E: 3	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	86.67	97.33	6.76	1521.21
2	Macalester College Pipe Band (Gr. 3) Saint Paul, Minnnesota	P1: 2, P2: 2 D: 2, E: 1	93.33	93.33	93.33	93.33	100.0	94.67	5.51	1511.37
3	Wake & District Pipes & Drums Raleigh, North Carolina	P1: 6, P2: 5 D: 5, E: 5	86.67	66.67	73.33	73.33	73.33	71.67	-3.73	1495.73
4	City of Angels Pipe Band Los Angeles, California	P1: 7, P2: 4 D: 7, E: 4	80.0	60.0	80.0	60.0	80.0	69.0	-4.17	1505.61
5	Kevin R. Blandford Memorial Pipe Band (Gr. 3) Rancho Cucamonga, California	P1: 3, P2: 8 D: 4, E: 6	73.33	86.67	53.33	80.0	66.67	72.33	-3.19	1515.26
6	Westminster Pipe Band Edmond, Oklahoma	P1: 4, P2: 6 D: 6, E: 7	66.67	80.0	66.67	66.67	60.0	68.67	-4.39	1496.4
7	City of Chicago Pipe Band Chicago, Illinois	P1: 8, P2: 7 D: 8, E: 2	60.0	53.33	60.0	53.33	93.33	63.0	-4.97	1491.29
8	Turlach Ur Pipe Band (Gr. 3) Grinnell, Iowa	P1: 5, P2: 3 D: 3, E: 8	53.33	73.33	86.67	86.67	53.33	76.67	-0.87	1488.81
9	Chicago Celtic Pipe Band Chicago, Illinois	P1: 9, P2: 9 D: 9, E: 9	46.67	46.67	46.67	46.67	46.67	46.67	-9.32	1487.76

Medley

9 bands

Place	Band	Positions	PU	Q_P1	Q_P2	Q_D	Q_E	Q	Delta	Rating
1	Carnegie Mellon University Development Pipe Band Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	P1: 1, P2: 1 D: 1, E: 1	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	8.37	1514.45
2	Macalester College Pipe Band (Gr. 3) Saint Paul, Minnnesota	P1: 2, P2: 2 D: 2, E: 2	96.15	96.15	96.15	96.15	96.15	96.15	5.86	1505.86
3	City of Angels Pipe Band Los Angeles, California	P1: 6, P2: 4 D: 5, E: 3	92.31	80.77	88.46	84.62	92.31	86.15	-0.33	1509.78
4	Westminster Pipe Band Edmond, Oklahoma	P1: 3, P2: 5 D: 3, E: 7	88.46	92.31	84.62	92.31	76.92	87.31	0.79	1500.79
5	Kevin R. Blandford Memorial Pipe Band (Gr. 3) Rancho Cucamonga, California	P1: 4, P2: 3 D: 4, E: 5	84.62	88.46	92.31	88.46	84.62	88.65	0.86	1518.46
6	Wake & District Pipes & Drums Raleigh, North Carolina	P1: 5, P2: 6 D: 6, E: 6	80.77	84.62	80.77	80.77	80.77	81.73	-2.55	1499.46
7	City of Chicago Pipe Band Chicago, Illinois	P1: 7, P2: 8 D: 7, E: 4	76.92	76.92	73.08	76.92	88.46	78.27	-3.74	1496.26
8	Turlach Ur Pipe Band (Gr. 3) Grinnell, Iowa	P1: 8, P2: 7 D: 8, E: 8	73.08	73.08	76.92	73.08	73.08	74.04	-5.52	1489.68
9	Chicago Celtic Pipe Band Chicago, Illinois	P1: 9, P2: 9 D: 9, E: 9	69.23	69.23	69.23	69.23	69.23	69.23	-7.72	1497.08

4

11 bands

Medley

11 bands

Place	Band	Positions	PU	Q_P1	Q_P2	Q_D	Q_E	Q	Delta	Rating
1	Siren City Pipe Band (Gr. 4) Norfolk, Virginia	P1: 1, P2: 1 D: 7, E: 2	100.0	100.0	100.0	76.92	96.15	92.31	4.09	1504.09
2	Kansas City St. Andrew Pipes & Drums Shawnee Mission, Kansas	P1: 2, P2: 2 D: 3, E: 5	96.15	96.15	96.15	92.31	84.62	92.69	3.78	1503.78
3	Chicago Stockyard Kilty Band Pipe Band (Gr. 4) Evergreen Park, Illinois	P1: 3, P2: 3 D: 2, E: 6	92.31	92.31	92.31	96.15	80.77	91.15	2.82	1506.93
4	87th Cleveland Pipe Band (Gr. 4) Brook Park, Ohio	P1: 5, P2: 7 D: 1, E: 4	88.46	84.62	76.92	100.0	88.46	88.08	1.34	1504.3
5	Capital City Pipes & Drums (Gr. 4) Columbus, Ohio	P1: 4, P2: 4 D: 10, E: 3	84.62	88.46	88.46	65.38	92.31	82.31	-1.45	1504.46
6	Bergen Irish Pipe Band Bergan, New Jersey	P1: 9, P2: 9 D: 4, E: 1	80.77	69.23	69.23	88.46	100.0	81.15	-1.71	1498.29
7	Loch Norman Pipe Band (Gr. 3) Huntersville, North Carolina	P1: 6, P2: 5 D: 5, E: 7	76.92	80.77	84.62	84.62	76.92	82.12	-2.44	1505.03
8	Caledonia Kilty Pipe Band Mishawaka, Indiana	P1: 8, P2: 6 D: 6, E: 11	73.08	73.08	80.77	80.77	61.54	75.0	-4.54	1477.83
9	Dundee Scottish Pipe Band Crystal Lake, Illinois	P1: 7, P2: 8 D: 9, E: 9	69.23	76.92	73.08	69.23	69.23	72.12	-6.49	1495.7
10	Madison Pipes & Drums Madison, Wisconsin	P1: 10, P2: 11 D: 8, E: 8	65.38	65.38	61.54	73.08	73.08	68.27	-7.71	1496.88
11	Silver Thistle Pipes & Drums Austin, Texas	P1: 11, P2: 10 D: 11, E: 10	61.54	61.54	65.38	61.54	65.38	63.27	-9.16	1490.84

5

12 bands

March

12 bands

Place	Band	Positions	PU	Q_P1	Q_P2	Q_D	Q_E	Q	Delta	Rating
1	Macalester College Pipe Band (Gr. 5) Saint Paul, Minnnesota	P1: 3, P2: 2 D: 1, E: 1	100.0	83.33	91.67	100.0	100.0	93.75	8.3	1508.3
2	87th Cleveland Pipe Band (Gr. 5) Brook Park, Ohio	P1: 2, P2: 3 D: 5, E: 4	91.67	91.67	83.33	66.67	75.0	78.75	4.95	1511.67
3	Grand Traverse Pipes & Drums Traverse City, Michigan	P1: 5, P2: 5 D: 2, E: 3	83.33	66.67	66.67	91.67	83.33	77.5	4.79	1508.22
4	Nashville Pipes & Drums Nashville, Tennessee	P1: 6, P2: 9 D: 3, E: 2	75.0	58.33	33.33	83.33	91.67	66.25	2.54	1502.54
5	City of Rockford Pipe Band Rockford, Illinois	P1: 4, P2: 4 D: 6, E: 8	66.67	75.0	75.0	58.33	41.67	63.33	1.76	1507.2
6	Firefighters Highland Guard of Naperville Pipe Band Naperville, Illinois	P1: 1, P2: 1 D: 12, E: 9	58.33	100.0	100.0	8.33	33.33	59.17	1.05	1501.21
7	Chicago Highlanders Pipes & Drums Long Grove, Illinois	P1: 8, P2: 8 D: 4, E: 7	50.0	41.67	41.67	75.0	50.0	53.33	-0.26	1502.62
8	Omaha Pipes & Drums Omaha, Nebraska	P1: 9, P2: 6 D: 11, E: 5	41.67	33.33	58.33	16.67	66.67	41.25	-2.7	1497.3
9	Flint Scottish Pipe Band Flint, Michigan	P1: 7, P2: 7 D: 7, E: 11	33.33	50.0	50.0	50.0	16.67	43.33	-2.16	1494.28
10	Chicago Stockyard Kilty Band Pipe Band (Gr. 5) Chicago, Illinois	P1: 11, P2: 12 D: 8, E: 6	25.0	16.67	8.33	41.67	58.33	30.42	-4.89	1492.39
11	James Enright, Sr. Memorial Pipe Band Chicago, Illinois	P1: 12, P2: 11 D: 9, E: 10	16.67	8.33	16.67	33.33	25.0	21.25	-6.81	1490.63
12	Celtic Cross Pipes and Drums Bloomington, Illinois	P1: 10, P2: 10 D: 10, E: 12	8.33	25.0	25.0	25.0	8.33	21.67	-6.57	1485.59

Score Statistics

Highest Delta

8.55

Lowest Delta

-9.32

Bands Scored

38

Grade Distribution

1 1 band

2 5 bands

3 9 bands

4 11 bands

5 12 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