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

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All Sections Championship First Second Third Fourth

All Regions Rankings:

#	Band Name	Region	Section	Score
1	Black Dyke	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Yorkshire	C Championship	780.869
2	Foden's	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 North West	C Championship	764.474
3	Flowers	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 West of England	C Championship	737.541
4	Cory	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Wales	C Championship	663.536
5	Desford Colliery	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Midlands	C Championship	644.437
6	Tredegar	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Wales	C Championship	644.398
7	Whitburn	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland	C Championship	634.193
8	The Cooperation Band	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland	C Championship	614.351
9	Aldbourne	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 West of England	C Championship	611.466
10	GUS	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Midlands	C Championship	590.297
11	Zone One Brass	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 London & Southern Counties	C Championship	582.791
12	Brighouse and Rastrick	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Yorkshire	C Championship	513.278
13	NASUWT Riverside	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 North of England	C Championship	474.997
14	Ebbw Valley	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Wales	C Championship	467.069
15	Hepworth	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Yorkshire	C Championship	422.337
16	Michelmersh Silver	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 West of England	C Championship	413.945
17	KDNS Fairey	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 North West	C Championship	395.780
18	Kidlington Concert Brass	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 London & Southern Counties	C Championship	364.636
19	Leyland	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 North West	C Championship	354.955
20	Freckleton	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 North West	C Championship	350.642
21	Derwent Brass	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Midlands	C Championship	349.738
22	EverReady	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 North of England	C Championship	336.371
23	Grimethorpe Colliery	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Yorkshire	C Championship	333.115
24	Hammonds	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Yorkshire	C Championship	318.199
25	Langley	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Midlands	C Championship	311.991
26	East London Brass	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 London & Southern Counties	C Championship	310.182
27	Lydbrook	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 West of England	C Championship	308.961
28	Easington Colliery	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 North of England	C Championship	304.827
29	Unite the Union	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Yorkshire	C Championship	301.909
30	Wardle Anderson Brass	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 North West	C Championship	299.452
31	Newtongrange Silver	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland	C Championship	297.962
32	Sandhurst Silver	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 London & Southern Counties	C Championship	296.041
33	Northop Silver	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Wales	C Championship	293.265
34	Carlton Main Frickley Colliery	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Yorkshire	C Championship	290.943
35	Verwood Concert Brass	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 West of England	C Championship	288.026
36	City of Hull	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 North of England	C Championship	286.095
37	Friary Brass Band	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 London & Southern Counties	C Championship	284.601
38	Pemberton Old Wigan DW	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 North West	C Championship	282.100
39	Redbridge Brass	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 London & Southern Counties	C Championship	280.608
40	Whitworth Vale and Healey	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 North West	C Championship	274.654
41	Kirkintilloch	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland	C Championship	274.611
42	Coalburn Silver	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland	C Championship	274.088
43	Sovereign Brass	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Midlands	C Championship	260.183
44	Camborne Town	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 West of England	C Championship	259.891
45	Oldham (Lees)	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 North West	C Championship	255.402
46	Tewit Silver	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 North of England	C Championship	254.071
47	Ratby Co-operative	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Midlands	C Championship	253.846
48	Granite City Brass	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland	C Championship	251.860
49	Kibworth	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Midlands	C Championship	242.500
50	Cockerton Prize Silver	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 North of England	C Championship	242.058
51	Wantage	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 London & Southern Counties	C Championship	240.000
52	Rothwell Temperance	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Yorkshire	C Championship	239.526
53	St. Dennis	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 West of England	C Championship	228.218
54	A W Parker (Drybrook)	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 West of England	C Championship	227.040
55	Boarshurst Silver	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 North West	C Championship	225.558
56	Bon-Accord Silver	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland	C Championship	224.719
57	Woodfalls	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 West of England	C Championship	220.800
58	Thoresby Colliery	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Midlands	C Championship	219.123
59	Staffordshire	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Midlands	C Championship	218.702
60	Regent Brass	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 London & Southern Counties	C Championship	217.613
61	Yorkshire Imperial	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Yorkshire	C Championship	214.545
62	Old Silkstone	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Yorkshire	C Championship	211.594
63	Milnrow	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 North West	C Championship	199.636
64	Dalmellington	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland	C Championship	197.333
65	Newstead Brass	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Midlands	C Championship	196.406
66	Amersham	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 London & Southern Counties	C Championship	195.000
67	Enderby	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Midlands	C Championship	183.030
68	City of Bristol	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 West of England	C Championship	179.018
69	Stannington	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Yorkshire	C Championship	174.205
70	Bo'ness and Carriden	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland	C Championship	169.083
71	Haverhill Silver	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 London & Southern Counties	C Championship	159.000
72	Acceler8	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 North West	C Championship	154.925
73	Milton Keynes Brass	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 London & Southern Counties	C Championship	153.831
74	Kingdom Brass	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland	C Championship	152.333
75	Goodwick Brass	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Wales	C Championship	149.714
76	City of Cardiff (Melingriffith)	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Wales	C Championship	146.459
77	Chalford	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 West of England	C Championship	141.753
78	Skelmanthorpe	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Yorkshire	C Championship	139.515
79	Fishburn	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 North of England	C Championship	138.429
80	BTM	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Wales	C Championship	131.345
81	Tongwynlais Temperance	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Wales	C Championship	129.090
82	Shepherd Brass	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 North of England	C Championship	126.000
83	Hitchin Band	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 London & Southern Counties	C Championship	122.605
84	Rainford	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 North West	C Championship	113.455
85	Llwydcoed	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Wales	C Championship	106.571
86	Filton Concert Brass	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 West of England	C Championship	99.709
87	Blidworth Welfare	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Midlands	C Championship	92.655