Interclub Scoring

Racers score points based on their finish within their age group (faster of two runs) and the size of their group. A team's points for a race are based on its best 18 racers, with a minimum of 4 women.

Calculating Individual Points

The fastest racer in a category earns a number of points based on the number of racers who start in that category. Racers who are on the start list, but do not start (scored as DNS) are not counted. Racers who start but do not finish or are disqualified on both of their runs (scored as DNF or DSQ) are counted in the number of racers in a category. If there is a tie, both racers earn the higher number of points, with the next racer earning the points for his or her actual position.

The scoring system is complex. In each age group, if there is only one racer, he or she scores 21 points. For two, scoring is 22 for first and 21 for second. For three, scoring is 22, 21, 20. (The first place score increases if an additional racer creates an even number of racers in the age group and the last place score decreases if the addition makes an odd number.) Therefore, the winner in a men’s baby boomer group often scores 28 to 30 points, while the fastest individual of the day will only score 21 if there happens to be no one else in his group. (Or in her group. At the bitterly cold race in Caledon in 2016, Craigleith's Kate Ryley, an eight-time NCAA All-American, beat the entire men's field by nearly a second in what was for her barely a 21 second slalom, despite not taking off her down jacket to race.)

Examples

• The top racer in a category earns the following: 1 racer: 21 points, 2 racers: 22 points, 3 racers: 22 points, 4 racers: 23 points, and so on.
• The winner of a category with four racers would score 23 points (21 + 1 point each for the second and fourth racers).
• If the second and third racers tied, they would each score 22 points.
• The fourth racer would earn 20 points.
• A category in which two racers finish, one does not start, and one DNFs both runs would have a top score of 22 (three racers count as participating).

Calculating Team Points

A team's score for a race is the sum of its top 18 racers, of which a minimum of 4 must be women.