2012-2013/1.1 - Kentucky High School Speech League

KHSSL Handbook 50 2012-2013/1.18. One judge shall be used in each preliminary round, three judges in a semi-final round, and threeor five judges in the final round. If only two preliminary rounds are held, there may be two judgesin one of the preliminary rounds to provide a total of three preliminary round scores. The samejudge should not judge the same contestant in the same event more than once at a particulartournament.9. At the conclusion of the preliminary rounds, contestants shall be placed in order as follows:a. Contestants are first ordered by composite rank. Students with the lowest compositeranks are preferred. For example, if one contestant has ranks of 1, 2, and 3, his/her composite rankwould be 1 + 2 + 3 = 6, and he/she would be preferred over a contestant having ranks of 2, 2, and 4 fora composite rank of 2 + 2 + 4 = 8.b. Contestants having identical composite ranks are then ordered by composite reciprocal.Students with the highest composite reciprocal are preferred. The reciprocal of 1 is 1/1or 1, the reciprocal of 2 is 1/2 or .5, the reciprocal of 3 is 1/3 or .333, etc. For example,contestants having ranks of 1, 1, 3 and 1, 2, 2 both have a composite rank of 5; however, the firstcontestant has a composite reciprocal of 1/1+ 1/1 + 1/3 = 1 + 1 + .333 = 2.333 and is preferredover the second contestant who has a composite reciprocal of 1/1 + 1/2 + 1/2 = 1 + .5 + .5 = 2.c. Contestants having identical composite ranks and composite reciprocals are thenordered by composite rating. Students with the highest composite rating are preferred.For example, suppose a first contestant has ranks/ratings of 1/100, 2/96, and 3/94 while asecond contestant has ranks/ratings of 1/100, 2/94, and 3/85. Both contestants have a compositerank of 6 and a composite reciprocal or 1/1 + 1/2 + 1/3 = 1 + .5 + .333 = 1.833, butcontestant one has a composite rating of 100 + 96 + 94 = 290 and is preferred overcontestant two with a composite rating of 100 + 94 + 85 = 279.d. If two or more contestants have identical composite ranks, reciprocals, and ratings, theyshall be considered tied in order.10. The top six contestants in order shall advance to the final round. Only in the event of anabsolute tie as outlined in items 7a-d shall additional contestants be advanced to the final round.11. At the conclusion of the final round, contestants shall be placed in order as follows:a. Contestants are first ordered by composite rank as outlined in item 7a.b. Contestants having identical composite ranks are then ordered by judges' preference infinals.Consider the following example which gives the ranks of two contestants from judges A, B, and C:A B CContestant OneContestant Two124124Judge A indicated that he/she preferred contestant one by giving him/her the lowest rank.