Once your competition has entries and rounds set up, you’ll need judges and scores. This article covers how scoring works from the organizer side.
Assigning judges
From your competition dashboard, go to the round you want to score. Add judges by assigning dancer profiles to that round. Each judge gets a unique assignment that tracks their individual scores.
Scoring modes
Each round has a scoring mode:
- Ordinal scoring is the standard for swing dance. Each judge ranks entries from 1st to last. The system combines ordinals using relative placement to compute final results.
- Callback scoring is used for prelims and qualifying rounds. Judges mark “yes” or “no” for each entry. Entries with enough callbacks advance to the next round.
You set the scoring mode when you create the round.
Entering scores
On the judge scores page, you’ll see a grid of judges and entries. For ordinal rounds, enter the placement each judge gave. For callback rounds, toggle whether each judge called back an entry.
Scores auto-save as you enter them. You can come back and adjust scores at any time before computing results.
Computing results
Once all judges have submitted their scores, hit Compute Results on the round. The system runs the relative placement algorithm (for ordinal rounds) or tallies callbacks. Results show final placement with tiebreak details visible.
You can recompute results if you need to fix a score. Published results update automatically.
Good to know
- For more on setting up the competition itself (rounds, entries, types), see Hosting a competition.
- Judge scores are only visible to organizers until you publish results.
- The scoring grid supports JSON responses for faster inline updates if you’re entering a lot of scores at once.
- Tiebreaks follow the standard relative placement rules used across swing dance competitions.