Rankings and Scoring
FairWinds Ranking scores every finish with a simple formula, then builds Season championships and a World Ranking from official series. Per-series discards apply in both — so the races that count in a series are the same ones that count toward World.
Live standings: fairwinds.world/results/rankings
Rankings vs series scoring
These are two different systems:
| FairWinds Rankings (Season / World) | Series scoring (series results page) | |
|---|---|---|
| Purpose | Season championship + World Ranking | Standings inside one series |
| Style | High-point (EventGrade / pos^0.15 × ln(N)) |
Low-point (1st = 1, 2nd = 2, …) |
| DNF / DNS | 0 points (still count for discards / series membership) | Hard penalties: DNF = totalCompeted + 1, DNS = totalCompeted + 2 |
totalCompeted = boats that finished or DNF’d in that race. DNS does not inflate the fleet.
A DNS is cheap in Rankings (zero) but expensive in series low-point scoring. Discard thresholds are similar; the point values are not.
Two Views
| View | What it covers | Window |
|---|---|---|
| Season | Official series assigned to a championship season | That season's calendar |
| World Ranking | All official series | Races starting 1 September 2026 onward |
Both use the same points formula, the same Gold / Silver / Bronze tiers, and the same per-series discard rules. World Ranking also requires more than one actual start (finish or DNF) to appear — auto-filled DNS does not unlock a World listing by itself.
Individual and team tables are available for both views. Team points are the sum of member boat points earned while racing under that team.
Points Formula
Points = EventGrade / position^0.15 × ln(N)
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| EventGrade | Prestige of the race tier (see below) |
| position | Finish place (1 = winner) — finishes only |
| N | Fleet size = finishers + DNFs (boats that started) |
| 0.15 | Softens place gaps — 2nd earns about 90% of 1st |
ln(N) scales points up for bigger fleets and is self-limiting — no separate fleet-size cap is needed. Races with fewer than 2 starters award 0 points to finishers.
DNF and DNS score 0 points. They still count as series results for discard eligibility.
Race Tiers (EventGrade)
Official series are assigned a ranking tier when they are linked to a season. That tier sets EventGrade for every race in the series:
| Tier | EventGrade | Relative value |
|---|---|---|
| Gold (Premier) | 250 | A Gold win is worth 5× a Bronze win |
| Silver (Open) | 150 | |
| Bronze (Sprint) | 50 |
Tier is about championship weight, not a global “best of N” portfolio. There is no separate 50% aging year and no worldwide top-20 list — FairWinds is not VSR-style best-of.
Series Membership and DNS
If you sail at least one race in a series, you are treated as in every race of that series.
- Missed races become DNS at 0 points
- Those DNS slots count toward discard thresholds
- Someone who never sailed the series at all remains a non-entry (no results)
So DNS is not “invisible.” It is binary series membership with zero points.
Per-Series Discards
Within each series, each sailor may drop their worst result(s) by points:
| Results in that series (including DNS / DNF) | Discards |
|---|---|
| 1–4 | 0 |
| 5–7 | 1 (keep best remaining) |
| 8+ | 2 |
Rules that matter:
- Discards are per series, not across the whole World Ranking.
- The drop is the race with the lowest points (DNS/DNF at 0 are natural drop candidates).
- Season and World both use these counted races. A throwaway inside a series does not pad World Ranking.
- Across different series, counted races still add up — there is no global top-N cherry-pick of easy events.
Example: five-race series, one discard
| Sailor | Results | Kept for Season & World |
|---|---|---|
| Pinco Pallino | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 | 1, 2, 3, 4 (drops the 5) |
| Mario Rossi | DNS, 1, 1, 3, 3 | 1, 1, 3, 3 (drops the DNS at 0) |
Mario’s DNS is a real series result (0 points). With five results he earns one discard and throws the DNS away — same counted set size as Pinco after Pinco drops his worst finish.
Finish Statuses (FairWinds Rankings)
| Status | Ranking points | Series result for Rankings? |
|---|---|---|
| Finished (crossing) | Formula points | Yes |
| DNF (collision, quit, abandoned, timeout, etc.) | 0 | Yes — discardable |
| DNS (miss after sailing ≥1 in the series) | 0 | Yes — discardable |
| Never in the series | — | No — not a result at all |
Series Low-Point Scoring
Shown on each series’ results page. Lower total wins.
Basic Low Point
| Result | Points |
|---|---|
| Finished | Finish position (1st = 1, 2nd = 2, …) |
| DNF | totalCompeted + 1 |
| DNS | totalCompeted + 2 |
totalCompeted = finishers + DNFs in that race. DNS boats are not counted in totalCompeted.
Example: 10 boats finish or DNF → DNF scores 11, DNS scores 12.
Series membership (series scoring)
Any boat that appears as a participant in any completed race of the series gets a result for every completed race. Missed races are DNS.
Discards
Based on how many races in the series are completed (same drop count for everyone):
| Completed races in series | Discards |
|---|---|
| 1–4 | 0 |
| 5–7 | 1 (worst / highest points) |
| 8+ | 2 |
Weighted variants
Optional systems on the series results page also apply:
- Distance factor — longer races weigh more (log scale)
- Extra multipliers — DNF × 1.3, DNS × 2.0
- Series factor — later races up to +10%
- Participation (weighted_participation) — 5% / 2% bonus at 100% / 80%+ starts
Teams
Best 3 boats per race; team needs at least 3 boats to qualify; same discard ladder.
Mixed Crew
A race can accept solo, double, and crewed entries in the same fleet. That is a participation option, not a scoring division.
- Official place is still overall
finishPosition, plus existing class rank by polar when the race has more than one boat class. - Viewer / results / tracker filters hide other crew types but do not re-rank. A solo in 7th is still 7th after you filter to Solo.
- Series, Season, and World Ranking keep using that same overall place. There is no solo trophy inside a mixed race.
This matches how multi-class already works: filter chips and badges, one points table.
Where to Look
- Rankings: Results → Rankings (
/results/rankings) - Series low-point: each series’ Results page
- Scoring summaries are also printed on those pages