Rankings query

[greywolf]

Greywolf - if you ran out of class you should have been n/c unless you were running up which could mean you could be ranked in multiple classes.

No. Because I was (and still am) unfit/lazy/fragile I chose to run M45S, but not all events had S courses, so i ended up with rankings at M45L from the JK sprint, M40L from the Scottish sprint, etc

[Tim]

Greywolf,

I think we are talking cross purposes. I was referring to the ranking systems in the 1990s. If, for example, you were an M17 you gained points for running M17A or B based on your time verses an "ideal time" which was reasonably simply calculated, the B courses having a correction factor for being easier. This got you in the M17 rankings, as the rankings were published class by class. If you ran up at races (i.e. in M19 or M21) you would get into the M19 or M21 rankings as well. If you ran down - M15 you had to be non-competitive. The points were theoretically comparable across classes and at the end of the year the person with the most points in their class was the overall champion - by the vagaries of the system this was usually a W60.

[greywolf]

Indeed - I was refering to the previous system which was in operation until 2009, I don't know when it was established.

[EddieH]

You are both right. As I remember it the system Tim talks about was so wrongheaded (in overranking B and S runners) that Greywolf's system was introduced. I was ranked in every age class from M21 up to my age at the time
Whatever might be poor about the new system it is a whole lot better than that.

Incidentally I once received a certificate for "winning" the ranking list (and I'd not even looked at it )

[Tim]

I liked that system - at one point my 4 best results on M21S in the previous 12 months put me 34th in the rankings out of 467 M21s

[EddieH]

That's like taking pride out of publicity regardless of accuracy such as when Mick Hunter of WightO gave his Scottish 6 day elite entry to someone rather good who hadn't entered. The local paper ran a huge splash with a headline something like "Isle of Wight orienteer leads international field ...".

I know a copy of the article took pride of place on his wall after that