Amateur Winemakers of Canada
AWC 58% System



Before medal judging was adopted the 58% system was used where the results of a number of Judges in a single class had to be combined numerically, or Champions chosen based on places in a number of different classes.

Judge's raw scores were not used for these purposes. 58% system rank points were the determining factor. The system generated a place order, results of which the following is a sample:

Two firsts
A first + a second
Two seconds + a third
A first + a third

A second + 2 thirds
A first + a fourth
Two seconds
A first + a fifth

A first + a sixth etc
A first
A second + a third
Two thirds + a fourth etc. etc.

With the advent of the Medal System, the 58% system may still be used. The top score doesn't matter. Let's choose 100.00 points for a Gold. For the system to work in all cases, two decimal places should be considered. Thus a Silver gets 58% x 100.00 = 58.00 and a Bronze, 58% x 58.00 = 33.64. The system yields, in part, the following order:

 
One gold four bronze            234.56
One gold on silver two bronze   225.28
One gold two silver             216.00
One gold three bronze           200.92
Two gold                        200.00
One gold one silver one bronze  191.64
Three silver                    174.00
One gold two bronze             167.28
One gold one silver             158.00

Two silver one bronze 149.64 One gold one bronze 133.64 Two silver 116.00 Three Bronze 100.92 One gold 100.00 One silver one bronze 91.64 Two bronze 67.28 One silver 58.00 One bronze 33.64


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