2007.5 Assembly Cup Series

Overview

Each assembly competition will carry a total number of points equivalent to the prize money for that competition. Placement Points will be awarded based on the number of submissions that pass review, as follows:

		# of Submissions that Pass Review
Placement Points	Place	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	1st	100%	65%	54%	50%	49%	48%	47%
	2nd		35%	30%	29%	27%	26%	26%
	3rd			16%	15%	15%	15%	15%
	4th				6%	6%	6%	6%
	5th					3%	3%	3%
	6th						2%	2%
	7th							1%

If more than seven (7) submissions pass review, the competitors who place in 8th position or below will not receive any placement points.

Up to 100% of the placement points may be deducted for bugs or late final fixes. Twenty percent of the placement points will be deducted for every four (4) hours a final fix is late. On a case-by-case basis, as determined by TopCoder staff, additional placement points may be deducted for bugs found in the application within 30 days of completion.

The number of points allocated to an individual will be equal to the number of points received multiplied by the percentage of prize money the individual agreed to during registration.

NOTE: Coaches may earn digital run points.

For example:

Team A, with three participants, places second and Team B, with two participants, places first in a $10,000 contest; both teams had agreed to split their prizes equally. The participants on Team A would receive (10,000 * .35)/3 = 1166.67 points per person and Team B would receive (10,000 *.65)/2 = 3250.00 per person.

Example 2:

• Team A finishes in first place for a $12,000 competition with two participants splitting the prize.
• Team B comes in second place with two people splitting the prizes of 40% and 40% and giving 20% to a coach.
• Team C comes in third place with the team captain taking 50% and two other team members each taking 25%.

The points would be awarded as follows:

Team	Percentage of Points	Points Earned	Team mate percentage	Points earned
Team A	54%	6480	50%	3240
			50%	3240
Team B	30%	3600	40%	1440
			40%	1440
			20%	720
Team C	16%	1920	50%	960
			25%	480
			25%	480

Example 3:

• Team A finishes in first place for a $12,000 competition with two participants splitting the prize. Team A also was late on final fixes for 8 hours and had one bug for a penalty of 3%.
• Team B comes in second place with two people splitting the prizes of 40% and 40% and giving 20% to a coach.
• Team C comes in third place with the team captain taking 50% and two other team members each taking 25%.

The points would be awarded as follows:

Team	Percentage of Points	Penalties	Points Earned	Team mate percentage	Points earned
Team A	54%	3%	6285.6	50%	3142.8
				50%	3142.8
Team B	30%	0%	3600	40%	1440
				40%	1440
				20%	720
Team C	16%	0%	1920	50%	960
				25%	480
				25%	480