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	Queensbury Music Centre	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Yorkshire	4 Fourth	417.417
2	Bon-Accord B	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland	4 Fourth	370.891
3	City of Oxford	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 London & Southern Counties	4 Fourth	344.798
4	Red Admiral Brass	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 North West	4 Fourth	304.180
5	Matlock	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Midlands	4 Fourth	303.260
6	Brackley and District	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Midlands	4 Fourth	281.959
7	Brighton and Hove City Brass	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 London & Southern Counties	4 Fourth	276.619
8	Brindle	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 North West	4 Fourth	272.736
9	Friendly Band	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Yorkshire	4 Fourth	271.056
10	Gwaun-cae-Gurwen	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Wales	4 Fourth	255.000
11	Darwen Brass	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 North West	4 Fourth	250.880
12	Crystal Palace Brass	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 London & Southern Counties	4 Fourth	240.837
13	Wardle Community	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 North West	4 Fourth	240.000
14	Swinton and District Excelsior	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 North of England	4 Fourth	237.137
15	Cubbington Silver	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Midlands	4 Fourth	237.059
16	Bugle Silver	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 West of England	4 Fourth	228.738
17	Onchan Silver	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 North West	4 Fourth	226.103
18	Shaftesbury Town Silver	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 West of England	4 Fourth	224.453
19	Penrith Town	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 North of England	4 Fourth	214.037
20	Newhall	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Midlands	4 Fourth	204.781
21	Pendennis Brass	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 West of England	4 Fourth	203.291
22	Kirkton Brass (Bathgate)	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland	4 Fourth	198.625
23	Craghead Colliery	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 North of England	4 Fourth	195.314
24	Billingham Silver	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 North of England	4 Fourth	180.398
25	Thurcroft Welfare	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Yorkshire	4 Fourth	175.057
26	Driffield Silver	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 North of England	4 Fourth	173.333
27	Wantage Academy	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 London & Southern Counties	4 Fourth	167.731
28	Coalburn Intermediate	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland	4 Fourth	166.667
29	Garforth Brass	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Yorkshire	4 Fourth	160.889
30	Letchworth Garden City	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 London & Southern Counties	4 Fourth	156.429
31	Croft Silver	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Midlands	4 Fourth	154.615
32	Dodworth Colliery MW	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Yorkshire	4 Fourth	154.603
33	Hadstock Silver	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 London & Southern Counties	4 Fourth	150.455
34	Royal Oakeley	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Wales	4 Fourth	149.529
35	Dysart Colliery	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland	4 Fourth	149.391
36	Trentham	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Midlands	4 Fourth	149.010
37	Tewkesbury Town	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 West of England	4 Fourth	140.378
38	Cottenham Brass	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 London & Southern Counties	4 Fourth	138.375
39	Coventry Festival	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Midlands	4 Fourth	135.886
40	Witney Town	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 London & Southern Counties	4 Fourth	127.208
41	St. John's Mossley	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 North West	4 Fourth	126.648
42	Colchester	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 London & Southern Counties	4 Fourth	126.250
43	Reading Spring Gardens	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 London & Southern Counties	4 Fourth	126.085
44	Hawick Saxhorn	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland	4 Fourth	123.524
45	Gawthorpe Brass 85	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Yorkshire	4 Fourth	121.611
46	Arrow Valley	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Midlands	4 Fourth	121.418
47	Bilton Silver (Evolution)	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Midlands	4 Fourth	121.319
48	Penicuik Silver	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland	4 Fourth	119.118
49	Dundee Instrumental	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland	4 Fourth	117.619
50	Weymouth Concert Brass	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 West of England	4 Fourth	116.915
51	South Molton Town	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 West of England	4 Fourth	114.957
52	Pillowell Silver	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 West of England	4 Fourth	113.803
53	Moulton 77 Brass	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Midlands	4 Fourth	112.802
54	Backworth Colliery	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 North of England	4 Fourth	106.984
55	Pangbourne & District Silver	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 London & Southern Counties	4 Fourth	105.925
56	Test Valley Brass	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 West of England	4 Fourth	104.154
57	Whitburn Heartlands	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland	4 Fourth	102.875
58	Woodbridge Excelsior	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 London & Southern Counties	4 Fourth	101.558
59	Blaenavon Town	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Wales	4 Fourth	100.000
60	Tewit Community	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 North of England	4 Fourth	97.933
61	Abbey Brass	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 London & Southern Counties	4 Fourth	96.542
62	Regent Community Brass	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 London & Southern Counties	4 Fourth	89.985
63	Royston Town	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 London & Southern Counties	4 Fourth	89.188
64	Dobcross Youth	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 North West	4 Fourth	88.590
65	Manx Youth	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 North West	4 Fourth	88.333
66	Cleethorpes	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 North of England	4 Fourth	87.778
67	Dunchurch	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Midlands	4 Fourth	87.692
68	Corby Silver	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Midlands	4 Fourth	85.476
69	Dereham	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 London & Southern Counties	4 Fourth	80.000
69	Crookes Brass	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Yorkshire	4 Fourth	80.000
71	Greenfield	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 North West	4 Fourth	79.248
72	Stacksteads	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 North West	4 Fourth	77.707
73	Cadishead Public	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 North West	4 Fourth	75.190
74	Chalford Academy	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 West of England	4 Fourth	71.530
75	Linthwaite	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Yorkshire	4 Fourth	70.000
76	Cheltenham Silver Academy	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 West of England	4 Fourth	68.410
77	Turriff Silver	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland	4 Fourth	67.667
78	Irvine and Dreghorn Community	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland	4 Fourth	66.667
79	Farnworth and Walkden	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 North West	4 Fourth	65.667
80	Bretforton Silver	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Midlands	4 Fourth	60.769
81	Barrhead Burgh	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland	4 Fourth	58.333
82	Deepcar Brass	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Yorkshire	4 Fourth	56.032
83	Wincanton Silver	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 West of England	4 Fourth	55.538
84	University of Warwick	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Midlands	4 Fourth	55.000
85	Skegness Silver	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Midlands	4 Fourth	53.571
86	Okehampton Excelsior Silver	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 West of England	4 Fourth	50.000
86	Oakdale Silver	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Wales	4 Fourth	50.000
88	Marske Brass	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 North of England	4 Fourth	44.444
89	Blackley	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 North West	4 Fourth	44.381
90	MacTaggart Scott Loanhead	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland	4 Fourth	36.000
91	Bakewell Silver Band	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Midlands	4 Fourth	31.429
92	Dunfermline City Brass	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland	4 Fourth	28.333
93	Douglas Town	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 North West	4 Fourth	26.104
94	Indian Queens	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 West of England	4 Fourth	25.000
95	St. Breward Silver	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 West of England	4 Fourth	24.615
96	Rhyl	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Wales	4 Fourth	24.000
97	Burneside Brass	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 North of England	4 Fourth	22.857
98	Malvern Hills and District	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Midlands	4 Fourth	22.527
99	Patcham Silver	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 London & Southern Counties	4 Fourth	21.607
100	Melton	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Midlands	4 Fourth	21.000
101	Cambrian Brass	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Wales	4 Fourth	20.000
102	Tingley Brass	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Yorkshire	4 Fourth	19.683
103	Norfolk Wherry	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 London & Southern Counties	4 Fourth	18.750
104	Crewe Brass	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 North West	4 Fourth	18.462
105	Plymouth City Brass Acedemy	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 West of England	4 Fourth	16.667
106	Port Sunlight Lyceum	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 North West	4 Fourth	12.996
107	Easingwold Town	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 North of England	4 Fourth	6.667
108	Pendeen Silver	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 West of England	4 Fourth	5.600
109	Ogmore Valley	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Wales	4 Fourth	5.000
110	Castleton	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 London & Southern Counties	4 Fourth	4.941
111	Launceston Town	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 West of England	4 Fourth	0.000
111	Torbay Brass	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 West of England	4 Fourth	0.000
111	Tiverton Town	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 West of England	4 Fourth	0.000
111	Gillingham Imperial Silver	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 West of England	4 Fourth	0.000
111	Torrington Silver	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 West of England	4 Fourth	0.000
111	Snowdown Colliery	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 London & Southern Counties	4 Fourth	0.000
111	Luton Youth	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 London & Southern Counties	4 Fourth	0.000
111	East Coast Brass	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 London & Southern Counties	4 Fourth	0.000
111	Bletchington Silver	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 London & Southern Counties	4 Fourth	0.000
111	Amersham Community Brass	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 London & Southern Counties	4 Fourth	0.000
111	Sherwood Forest Brass	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Midlands	4 Fourth	0.000
111	Kirkby Colliery Welfare	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Midlands	4 Fourth	0.000
111	Fairfield (Buxton)	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Midlands	4 Fourth	0.000
111	Ilkeston Brass	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Midlands	4 Fourth	0.000
111	Brass At Bont Academy	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Wales	4 Fourth	0.000
111	Northop Brass	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Wales	4 Fourth	0.000
111	Newbridge Celynen	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Wales	4 Fourth	0.000
111	Buckley Brass	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Wales	4 Fourth	0.000
111	Cwmbran	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Wales	4 Fourth	0.000
111	Denton	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 North West	4 Fourth	0.000
111	Parr St. Helens	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 North West	4 Fourth	0.000
111	Clifton & Lightcliffe B	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Yorkshire	4 Fourth	0.000
111	Armthorpe Elmfield	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Yorkshire	4 Fourth	0.000
111	Queensferry	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland	4 Fourth	0.000
111	Forfar	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland	4 Fourth	0.000