Athletes will have a ranking for Park & Pipe as per the RPA system.

 

RPA stands for Rating Points Average. It is the basis for ranking Ontario athletes in Park & Pipe events. RPA is determined by awarding the best score an RPA of 1000. All other scores will then be a percentage of the best score. In other words we divide all the scores by the winning score then multiply that by the value of the event.

 

Events will have different values factored in relative to the caliber of the event.

 

Here is an example of the math:

Athlete RPA will be calculated as follows for a World Cup event worth 90%.

22.0 (athlete score) / 24.0 (winner’s score) *1000 (RPA) * .90% (value) = 825 RPA

 

Two ranking lists are established one for male athletes and one for female athletes using results from CFSA or FIS sanctioned events of Provincial level or higher using only the RPA, regardless of the age category they represent, FSO will rank all eligible athletes in an overall category.

 

·        Events Recognized for FSO Park & Pipe Rankings & their values:

The following events will be used for FSO rankings, event and team selections and their respective values:

Ø      Tournament Series                                                                 60%

Ø      Provincials/Ontario Winter Games                                       65%

Ø      Canadians Series                                                                   70%

Ø      Canada Winter Games (2 seasons out of the games only)           75%

Ø      Junior National Championships                                               75%

Ø      NorAm                                                                                             80%

Ø      Canadian National Championships                                         85%

Ø      Junior World Championships                                                     85%

Ø      WSI Event                                                                                       100%

Ø      US Open                                                                                         100%

 

·        Recognized disciplines are as follows for the FSO Park & Pipe Ranking List:

Big air/Table Top/Hybrid

Half Pipe & Super Pipe

 

·        Athletes’ scores will be entered for qualifying rounds and final rounds but only their higher RPA from that event will be selected for the rankings. Qualifying scores will be compared to qualifying winner’s score and final scores will be compared to the final winner’s score for the sake of relativity.

o       This format is to offer more opportunity to the athlete to get better scores for ranking purposes in a development discipline and program.

o       With this format it is possible that 2 athletes could attain the same RPA from an event - winner or not, so for this reason qualification rounds will be worth 2% less.

 

·        An athlete’s overall FSO Park & Pipe Ranking total will be the sum of his/her best two RPA results from the below approved events.

 

·        Once all athletes’ totals have been established a ranking list will be sorted from highest total RPA to Lowest total RPA.

 

·         Data entry will be done at least 2x/month. This is dependant on receiving proper and official result sheets in a timely manner after competitions.

 

·        Updated FSO Park & Pipe Ranking list will be posted on the FSO website at the following link :

         http://www.ontariofreestyle.com/ranking.html