June 2, 2015

The performances in the recent Prefontaine Classic Diamond League meeting were truly amazing and it is well reflected in the All-Athletics.com Competition Rankings as well.

The meeting produced 95,753 points which is the highest Competition Score ever since the introduction of such rankings in 2001. It is currently the #1 meet in the world this year..

Pre Meet best ever

ALL-ATHLETICS.COM COMPETITION RANKINGS RULES - INVITATIONAL/ONE-DAY COMPETITIONS

Invitational/One-day competitions are those competitions which are organized with only a selected number of events and/or are based on inviting the athletes, like IAAF Diamond League meetings, IAAF World Challenge meetings, Area and National permit meetings, other one-day competitions, etc. They are mostly organized in one day, but in some cases they may be organized in two days.

Basic Rules

When calculating the Competition Score the following factors are considered:

• 1. Result Score: The actual results achieved in the competition

  2. Participation Score: The level of the participating athletes

  3. WR Bonus: World Records achieved in the competition

Competition Score = Competition Result Score + Competition Participation Score + WR Bonus

1. Competition Result Score

1.1. Calculating the Competition Result Score

• 1. The 12 best Events (see 1.2.) plus the 12 best remaining results (see 1.3.), i.e. a total of 72 results, are calculated to get the Result Score of the competition .

1.2. Calculating the 12 best Events:

• 1. The 5 best results in all the Events are added up to get the Event's Result Score.

  2. From all the Events which meet the above requirement, the 12 best Events are included for the calculation.

  3. In the 12 best Events only Finals are considered. Heats, Quarterfinals, Semifinals or Qualifications are not included in this calculation.

1.3. Remaining 12 results

• 1. From all the results which are not included in the 5 best results of the 12 best Events, the 12 best remaining results are included.

  2. Results from Heats, Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Qualifications are also considered when calculating the remaining 12 results.

1.4. Result Scores

• 1. Results Scores are awarded for the results achieved by the athletes according to the latest edition of the relevant (i.e. indoor/outdoor) IAAF Scoring Tables of Athletics (by Dr. Bojidar Spiriev). For disciplines which are not included in the latest editions of IAAF Scoring Tables of Athletics, special Scoring Tables have been developed in full conformity with the IAAF versions.

  2. Results Scores are calculated with the Wind and Hand Timing Modification System for Track & Field events, as used in the All-Athletics.com World Rankings as well.

2. Competition Participation Score

2.1. Calculating the Competition Participation Score

• 1. The sum of the 5 best Participation Scores of the athletes in each of the 12 best events (see 1.2.b) plus the further 12 best Participation Scores for athletes who are not included in the previous 60 (i.e. a total of maximum 72 Participation Scores).

  2. Participation Scores for each athlete are determined by the following achievements:

     1. • Position in the All-Athletics.com World Rankings - see point 2.2.

        • Top 3 placings in the latest World Championships or Olympic Games. - see point 2.3

        • Current World Record holder - see point 2.4.

  3. From the 2.2., 2.3. and 2.4. points the highest score is regarded as the Participation score for each athlete.

  4. Participation Scores are awarded for athletes who in fact took part in the competition. For athletes who are listed in the start list but did not start in the competition, no Participation Scores are given.

2.2. Position in the All-Athletics.com World Rankings

• 1. A Participation Score is awarded for the athlete if he/she was ranked in the latest All-Athletics.com World Rankings, which were published at least 4 days prior to the start of the competition.

  2. Scores are given for the Overall or the Event Ranking position of the athletes, depending on which means the higher Participation score.

  3. Event Ranking positions are only considered in the same Event Group to which the event belongs, in which the athlete participated in the competition.