Just to make things clear, it is the top 40% of all *teams* participating
in the Robot Game, not the top 40% of the scores. Sometimes people get
confused over that nuance.

http://firstlegoleague.org/event/judgingfaq

*Q: How is the Champion’s Award determined?  Are certain weights used?*
**
*A:* FLL’s Champion’s Award recognizes a team that “embodies the FLL
experience, by fully embracing our Core Values while achieving excellence
and innovation in both the Robot Game and Project.”
At an official event judges will look for balanced, strong performance
across all 3 areas; this means that all three judged sessions (Core Values,
Robot Design, and Project) are weighted equally to determine the initial
group of Champion’s candidates.  All candidates must also meet the
following requirements:

   - Robot: The team must score in the top 40% of all teams participating
   in the Robot Game at the event.
   - Project: The team must complete all parts of the Project, including
   the identification of a real world problem related to the Challenge theme,
   creation of an innovative solution and sharing their research and solution
   with others, as well as any other season-specific requirements that may
   exist.
   - Core Values: The team must adhere to all Core Values throughout the
   event and the season.

All candidate teams are then reviewed during a deliberative process that
considers Robot Performance placement and other qualitative factors.  Final
determination of the award winner(s) is based on a vote of the full judging
panel.*
*



On Wed, Dec 5, 2012 at 7:39 PM, Ralph Grove <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Just to clarify the process - there are no scores for judged events. Only
> the robot performance competition is scored. The Champions award and all
> other awards for judged events are determined through deliberation by the
> judging panels, not by numbers. There is no overall team score.
>
> The only relevant score in judged award deliberations is in the 40% rule:
> Only teams scoring in the top 40% of robot performance may receive a
> Champions award.
>
> Ralph
>
>
> On 12/5/12 7:20 PM, Ashit Kumar wrote:
>
>> I am a little confused as to how the top 40% are counted for
>> eligibility for overall awards in the tournament. I was under the
>> impression that the teams top score in the table rounds is counted for
>> eligibility. Thereafter, the scores in the judging session are used to
>> determine the overall team scores.
>>
>> During the regional tournament at Eagle Ridge MS, the scorekeepers
>> kept running averages for each team and told me that the average score
>> was used to determine eligibility (top 40%) and and contributed to the
>> overall score. This is not what I understood to be the case last year.
>>
>> A clarification would be welcome.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>>
>>
> --
> Ralph F Grove, Ph.D.
> Professor
> James Madison University Department of Computer Science
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