Below you will find the new AU Standardized Point System which has been programmed in to WinSpeed version 2008A. This new point system will calculate Bird of the Year and Loft of the Year at your local levels as well as new awards coming in the National Database. It will also drive future President Cup awards beginning with 2008 young bird season.
Champion Bird Point System for Local Awards:
Youngbirds
Champion Youngbird/Young Bird of the Year -
Total of all points earned by each pigeon in all races flown in the YB series.
Oldbirds
Middle Distance Champion Bird/Bird of the Year
Total of the points earned by each pigeon during a single OB series in races where the average distance is less than 350 miles.
Long Distance Champion Bird/Bird of the Year
Total of the points earned by each pigeon during a single OB series in races where the average distance is 350 miles or more.
Overall Champion Bird/Bird of the Year
Total of all points earned by each pigeon in all races flown in the OB series.
Champion Loft/Loft of the Year Point System for Local Awards:
Youngbirds
Youngbird Champion Loft/Loft of the Year -
Total of all points earned by an individual loft in all races flown in the YB series.
Oldbirds
Middle Distance Champion Loft/Loft of the Year
Total of the points earned by an individual loft during a single OB series in races where the average distance is less than 350 miles.
Long Distance Champion Loft/Loft of the Year
Total of the points earned by an individual loft during a single OB series in races where the average distance is 350 miles or more.
Oldbird Overall Champion Loft/Loft of the Year
Total of all points earned by an individual loft in all races flown in the OB series.
The New AU Standardized Points System gives each bird in the top 20% of the race sheet a point score which is the product of two factors: 1) The Ranking Factor and 2) the Distance Factor.
The ranking factor is derived from the percentile rank which is used in the current National Ace Pigeon and new AU Hall of Fame. However unlike the percentile rank, which gets smaller as the performance of the bird gets better, the committee wanted to convert it so that the numerical value increased as the performance improved. The procedure they came up with is to subtract the percentile rank fr om 20 and multiply by 5. This gives a point scale which starts at 100 points for the winner of a race with an infinite number of birds and then gives progressively less points to the birds down the sheet until it goes to zero at the 20th percentile position. (For example the 20th percentile would be 20th place in a 100 bird race and 200th place in a 1000 bird race.) The first place winning points are also decreased as the number of birds in the race falls, although the decrease is calibrated based on the values of the original percentile ranks used in the calculation.
The Distance Factor increases as the mileage of the race increases. Definitions, formulas and examples are shown below:
Definitions, formulas and examples:
Percentile Rank = Position of bird, divided by number of birds entered in the race, multiplied by 100.
Example: 3rd against 300 birds; 3 divided by 300 = 0.01, 0.01 times 100 = 1%.
RF, Ranking Factor = (20 minus the Percentile rank) times 5.
Example: 3rd position against 300 birds.
RF =(20 minus 1%) times 5 = (20—1) x 5 = 19 x 5 = 95
Distance Factor (DF)
DF = (Distance x .005) + 0.5 = (DF)
100 miles = 1.0 x points
200 miles = 1.5 x points
300 miles = 2.0 x points
400 miles = 2.5 x points
500 miles = 3.0 x points
600 miles = 3.5 x points
3rd against 300 birds at 200 miles gets 95 times 1.5 = 142.5 points
3rd against 300 birds at 400 miles gets 95 times 2.5 = 238 points
Complete Examples:
#1
200 pigeons entered in the race.
100 mile race.
Bird placed 5th.
Percentile Rank = (5/200100) = .025 x 100 = 2.5
RF = (20-2.5)5 = 17.5 x 5 = 87.5
DF = (100 x 0.005) + 0.5 = 0.5 + 0.5 = 1
Points = RF times DF = 87.5 x 1 = 87.5 points
#2
200 pigeons entered in the race.
500 mile race.
Bird placed 5th.
Percentile Rank = (5/200100) = .025 x 100 = 2.5
RF = (20-2.5)5 = 17.5 x 5 = 87.5
DF = (500 x 0.005) = 0.5 = 2.5 + 0.5 = 3
Points =87.5 x 3 = 262.5 points
