How to change points for a place and tie-breaks in RegattaHub

"Points for a place" is what a finishing place is worth. RegattaHub uses low point by default. Finish codes such as DNF score "points for the place of …" under whichever system the class uses.

The systems

Change the system for a class

1. Open Advanced scoring settings, choose the class, then Points for a place.
2. Pick a system. The sentence at the top changes straight away, for example Low point, ¾ for a win: 1st = 0.75 points, 2nd = 2 points, and so on, with an example such as DNF in an 8-boat class scores 9.
3. Press Save & rescore. If the class has finished races, the preview lists every boat whose rank or net points change, and which races changed. Confirm to save.

The class's header status changes to Customized scoring. In the results, every race win now shows 0.75.

My own table

Enter the points for each place in its own box (1st, 2nd, 3rd …); Add place adds another, up to 60. After the last place in your table, each further place scores 1 more point.

Example. A table of 0, 2, 3, 4 reads:

My own table: 0, 2, 3, 4 points for 1st to 4th, then 1 more point for each place after — DNF in an 8-boat class scores 9.

So a win scores 0, 5th scores 5, and a DNF in an 8-boat class (the points for 9th) scores 9. In the demo, Sprite has three wins and moves from 2nd to 1st. The rules:

• Every value must be 0 or more.
• Points can stay the same from one place to the next (0, 2, 2, 4 is fine) but never go down. A table of 1, 3, 2 is refused: 3rd place scores 2, less than 2nd (3). A lower place can never score fewer points.

A points formula

Choose Formula and write the points in terms of p, the place, using numbers, + − × / and brackets. The section shows what 3rd place would score.

• p*2 is accepted: 1st = 2, 2nd = 4, 3rd = 6 (3rd place scores 6 points).
• p*p is accepted: 1st = 1, 2nd = 4, 3rd = 9, 4th = 16.
• 10-p is refused, because lower places would score fewer points: 2nd place scores 8, not more than 1st (9). Every place must score more than the one before it.
• A formula that can't be read is refused with the reason and where it went wrong, for example p*: The points formula can't be read: Unexpected end of expression at position 2.

RegattaHub checks a formula for every place up to at least 400, so a formula that turns downward later in the fleet is caught too. Unlike a table, a formula must go up at every place: two places can't score the same.

Penalty codes under another system

Finish codes score the points for a place, so under a table or formula a DNF may score something other than "entries + 1". RegattaHub warns you with the actual number, for example:

Penalty codes score points-for-place under this system: DNF in a 8-boat class = 81 (the points for 9th place).

That is p*p in an 8-boat class: a DNF scores the points for 9th place, 81.

Tick I've read the warnings and want to save anyway to save it.

High point series

A points table or formula can't be used while a series in the regatta scores high point or high point percentage. The message names the series; change the series scoring method, or keep low point for the class. See the high point series guide.

Tie-breaks

In Tie-breaks, tick the rules the sailing instructions call for:

• Most firsts, then most seconds … (RRS A8.1)
• Better score in the last race, then the one before (RRS A8.2)
• Best discarded race wins (Appendix B8.8, windsurfing): checked before A8.1 when on.
• For A8.2 only look at races from race … onwards, for events with qualifying and final series. Leave it blank for every race.

The default reads Ties: RRS A8.1 then A8.2 (rulebook default). With every tie-break off, RegattaHub warns you that tied boats will be ordered by sail number.

Different points for one series

Series in RegattaHub cover every class. In Advanced scoring settings › Series › Overrides, choose a series and tick Also override points and tie-breaks for this series to give it its own points system and tie-breaks. The override applies to every class in the regatta. Sub-series always follow the overall series' points.