Build a score map before the round
List each eligible action and its base value, then add any category requirement, multiplier, maximum and penalty. Mark stages or rounds with a different weight.
Use the table attached to the current IX7 event, not an earlier campaign with a similar name. One altered cap or weighted round can change the best scoring priority.
- Record base values
- Mark weighted rounds
- Include caps and penalties
- Use the current event table
Apply operations in the stated order
A multiplier used before a category cap can produce a different total from one applied afterward. Decimal values may also be rounded at a specific stage rather than only at the end.
Work through an official example when available. Show each intermediate value so a difference can be traced to one step instead of argued from the final number alone.
- Follow the published sequence
- Apply category caps correctly
- Use the stated rounding rule
- Keep intermediate values
Separate live points from settled points
A live total may omit pending results or later penalties. Track category details at natural breaks, but wait until the event is marked final before completing the audit.
If the rank changes while the score remains the same, another result, correction or tie-break may have changed the ordering. Open the final table before assuming the score itself moved.
- Treat live totals as provisional
- Allow pending results
- Check penalties and corrections
- Use the final breakdown
Work through tie-breaks in sequence
When totals are equal, use the first criterion listed by IX7. Compare completion time, named category, highest round or another value only in the order the rules provide.
Stop as soon as one criterion separates the accounts. Jumping directly to a later tie-break can produce a convincing calculation that does not match the actual ranking method.
- Find the first criterion
- Compare it consistently
- Move to the next only if tied
- Save the resolved rank
Report one precise scoring difference
Confirm final status and recalculate the disputed category with the correct values, order, cap and rounding. Include the matching rule line.
If the number still differs, send IX7 support the event ID, final screen, category, published value and your line-by-line calculation. Keep unrelated strategy questions outside that scoring case.
- Wait for final settlement
- Recalculate one category
- Quote the applicable rule
- Show the expected value
