Band Rankings

Our rankings system reflects a band's recent form based on their results at the Regional Championships (Area contests) and the National Finals.

Each result from the past five years is converted into a points score using a formula that accounts for the band's placing and the number of competitors in their section. This ensures fairness across contests with different band counts.

Additional bonus points are awarded to bands that qualify for the National Finals and to those that gain promotion in any given year.

To reflect recent form more strongly, points are weighted by year using a decay system - a result from the most recent contest is worth more than the same result from five years ago.

To better reflect the increasing difficulty of higher sections, results are also weighted by a small section multiplier - for example, a Championship Section result scores slightly more than an equivalent result in the Fourth Section. This rewards bands for success at more competitive levels while still allowing comparison across all sections.

More info on how we calculate scores

How Points Are Awarded

A band that places 1st in an Area contest receives 100 points; last place (or withdrawal/disqualification) receives 0. Placings in between are scaled proportionally based on the number of bands in the section.
Bands that qualify for the National Finals receive a 15-point bonus.
Bands that gain promotion also receive a 15-point bonus.
At the National Finals, 1st place earns 125 points; last place (or withdrawal/disqualification) receives 0. Placings in between are similarly scaled by field size.
Each score is also multiplied by a small section factor: for example, 1.20 for Championship, 1.05 for Third, 1.00 for Fourth, etc. This rewards strong results at tougher levels.
Results are also subject to a decay multiplier, so that more recent results have more of an impact on the band's overall score than older results

How are ranking points calculated?

Each band’s contest result is converted into a score using the following formula:

(1 - ((placing - 1) / (competitors - 1))) × base points × section multiplier

This ensures that:

Placing 1st always gives the full base points
Placing last gives a score of 0
Other positions are evenly scaled in between

Why do we subtract 1?

We subtract 1 from both the placing and number of competitors to ensure consistent scaling across contests of different sizes. This way, the best possible result always equals the full score, and the worst equals zero.

1st of 10: (1 - (0 / 9)) × 100 = 100
10th of 10: (1 - (9 / 9)) × 100 = 0
5th of 10: (1 - (4 / 9)) × 100 ≈ 55.56

Result Decay Multipliers

Contest Age	Multiplier
Most recent contest	×1.0
1 contest ago	×0.8
2 contests ago	×0.6
3 contests ago	×0.4
4 contests ago	×0.2

Section Multipliers

Section	Multiplier
Championship	×1.20
First	×1.15
Second	×1.10
Third	×1.05
Fourth	×1.00

Scoring Examples

Below are examples showing how points are calculated using placing, number of bands, bonuses, section multiplier, and year-based decay:

🎯 Example 1: Area Contest

A band places 3rd out of 14 in the Area contest, 2 years ago, in the First Section.

Base Score = (1 - ((3 - 1) / (14 - 1))) × 100 = (1 - (2 / 13)) × 100 ≈ 84.62
Section multiplier (First Section) = ×1.15 → 84.62 × 1.15 ≈ 97.31
No finals qualification or promotion bonus
Decay multiplier = ×0.6
Final score = 97.31 × 0.6 = 58.39

🎯 Example 2: National Finals

A band qualifies for the Finals and places 5th out of 18, 1 year ago, in the Championship Section.

Base Score = (1 - ((5 - 1) / (18 - 1))) × 125 ≈ 96.32
Section multiplier (Championship) = ×1.20 → 96.32 × 1.20 = 115.58
Nationals bonus = +15
Decay multiplier = ×0.8
Final score = (115.58 + 15) × 0.8 = 104.46

🎯 Example 3: Promotion Bonus

A band finishes 2nd out of 10 at the Area contest this year in the Second Section and gains promotion.

Base Score = (1 - ((2 - 1) / (10 - 1))) × 100 = 88.89
Section multiplier (Second Section) = ×1.10 → 88.89 × 1.10 = 97.78
Promotion bonus = +15
Decay multiplier = ×1.0
Final score = (97.78 + 15) × 1.0 = 112.78

Filter by Region

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North West Rankings:

#	Band Name	Region	Section	Score
1	Foden's	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 North West	C Championship	829.386
2	Morecambe	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 North West	2 Second	551.434
3	Skelmersdale	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 North West	1 First	542.744
4	Diggle	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 North West	1 First	476.905
5	Golborne	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 North West	2 Second	464.795
6	Tyldesley	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 North West	1 First	408.668
7	Wardle Anderson Brass	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 North West	C Championship	406.088
8	Whitworth Vale and Healey	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 North West	1 First	405.245
9	Liverpool	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 North West	2 Second	393.530
10	Leyland	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 North West	C Championship	391.002
11	Besses Boys	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 North West	2 Second	363.803
12	KDNS Fairey	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 North West	C Championship	360.212
13	Littleborough	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 North West	4 Fourth	345.406
14	Dobcross Silver	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 North West	3 Third	333.063
15	Boarshurst Silver	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 North West	C Championship	315.191
16	Stalybridge Old	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 North West	3 Third	310.792
17	Oldham (Lees)	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 North West	C Championship	299.297
18	Blackburn and Darwen	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 North West	1 First	282.155
19	Valley Brass (Haydock)	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 North West	1 First	276.883
20	Rivington & Adlington	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 North West	3 Third	274.494
21	Pemberton Old Wigan DW	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 North West	C Championship	271.622
22	Acceler8	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 North West	C Championship	266.782
23	Ramsey Town	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 North West	4 Fourth	263.987
24	Lostock Hall Memorial	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 North West	2 Second	250.656
25	Pemberton Old Wigan DW (B)	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 North West	1 First	247.376
26	Freckleton	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 North West	1 First	240.391
27	Roberts Bakery	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 North West	1 First	222.543
28	Eagley	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 North West	2 Second	222.171
29	Uppermill	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 North West	2 Second	220.365
30	Poulton-Le-Fylde	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 North West	2 Second	220.027
31	Eccleston Brass	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 North West	3 Third	211.051
32	Milnrow	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 North West	C Championship	209.455
33	Hawk Green	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 North West	2 Second	207.735
34	Ashton-under-Lyne	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 North West	1 First	207.558
35	Eccles Borough	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 North West	1 First	205.645
36	Red Admiral Brass	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 North West	4 Fourth	204.780
37	Hazel Grove	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 North West	1 First	199.317
38	Onchan Silver	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 North West	4 Fourth	196.692
39	Manx Concert Brass	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 North West	1 First	186.988
40	Rainford	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 North West	C Championship	182.561
41	Sale Brass	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 North West	3 Third	182.497
42	Goodshaw (BMP Europe)	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 North West	3 Third	176.130
43	Thornton Cleveleys	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 North West	3 Third	170.465
44	Flixton	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 North West	1 First	169.652
45	Pilling Jubilee Silver	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 North West	3 Third	163.488
46	Bollington Brass	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 North West	2 Second	162.521
47	Delph	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 North West	2 Second	159.112
48	Haydock	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 North West	1 First	152.635
49	Darwen Brass	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 North West	4 Fourth	149.940
50	Middleton	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 North West	2 Second	149.921
51	Old Hall Brass	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 North West	2 Second	141.566
52	Silk Brass	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 North West	1 First	139.068
53	City of Chester Bluecoat	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 North West	2 Second	127.712
54	Hoover Bolton	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 North West	3 Third	124.151
55	Wingates	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 North West	C Championship	122.182
56	Longridge	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 North West	C Championship	121.786
57	Trinity Girls	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 North West	3 Third	121.110
58	Brindle	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 North West	4 Fourth	117.553
59	Blackpool Brass	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 North West	3 Third	115.169
60	Haslingden & Helmshore	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 North West	2 Second	111.682
61	CWA Brass	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 North West	3 Third	106.071
62	Clock Face Miners Heritage	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 North West	3 Third	104.565
63	Marple	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 North West	2 Second	102.477
64	Rode Hall Silver	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 North West	3 Third	101.461
65	Cadishead Public	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 North West	4 Fourth	97.619
66	Allerton Brass	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 North West	2 Second	96.541
67	Stacksteads	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 North West	4 Fourth	90.355
68	Dobcross Youth	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 North West	4 Fourth	88.897
69	St. John's Mossley	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 North West	4 Fourth	87.960
70	Greenfield	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 North West	3 Third	83.317
71	Mossley	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 North West	1 First	70.533
72	Blackley	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 North West	4 Fourth	68.571
73	Manx Youth	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 North West	4 Fourth	58.333
74	VBS Poynton	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 North West	2 Second	52.800
75	Besses o' th' Barn	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 North West	3 Third	50.967
76	Douglas Town	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 North West	4 Fourth	40.584
77	Farnworth and Walkden	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 North West	3 Third	33.843
78	Crewe Brass	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 North West	4 Fourth	26.082
79	Port Sunlight Lyceum	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 North West	4 Fourth	20.059
80	Cheshire Constabulary	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 North West	3 Third	13.278
81	Parr St. Helens	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 North West	4 Fourth	5.250
82	Denton	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 North West	4 Fourth	0.000