2008 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%	70%	65%	60%	56%	53%	51%
	2nd		30%	25%	22%	20%	18%	17%
	3rd			10%	10%	10%	10%	10%
	4th				8%	8%	8%	8%
	5th					6%	6%	6%
	6th						5%	5%
	7th							3%

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 (20%) 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 thirty (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 has three participants and places second; Team B has two participants and places first. The challenge has a prize purse of $10,000. Both teams agree to split their prizes equally among their respective team members. The participants on Team A would receive (10,000 * 0.30)/3 = 1000.00 points per person and Team B would receive (10,000 * 0.70)/2 = 3500.00 per person.

Example 2:

• Team A finishes in first place for a $12,000 competition and has two members splitting the prize equally.
• Team B finishes in second place with two members splitting the prizes so that each member receives 40% and their coach receives 20%.
• Team C comes in third place with the team captain taking 50% of the prize purse and two other team members each taking 25%.

The points would be awarded as follows:

Team	Percentage of Points	Total Points Earned	Individual percentage	Individual Points earned
Team A	65%	7800	50%	3800
			50%	3800
Team B	25%	3000	40%	1200
			40%	1200
			20%	600
Team C	10%	1200	50%	600
			25%	300
			25%	300

Example 3:

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

The points would be awarded as follows:

Team	Percentage of Points	Team Penalties	Total Points Earned	Individual Percentage	Individual Points Earned
Team A	65%	3%	7566	50%	3783
				50%	3783
Team B	25%	0%	3000	40%	1200
				40%	1200
				20%	600
Team C	10%	0%	1200	50%	600
				25%	300
				25%	300