SCORING MATCHUPS

Band vs judge

Explore a judge's history with a band and their wider scoring pattern.

Band

Judge

Season

Marysville · Best, J.

Compared to other judges, this judge tends to be

Historically Generous

Best, J. · 130 matched scores across 9 competitions. +2.032 percentage points versus the same bands' other-judge averages.

Compared to other bands, this judge tends to be

Historically Strict

towards Marysville.

5 matched band scores across 5 competitions. -2.172 percentage points relative to this judge's scoring pattern for other bands.

These summaries follow the selected season and category filters. “Fair” means within ±1 percentage point of the comparison average. The band-specific summary compares scoring deviations for other bands in the same season, flight, category, and measure; it accounts for their usual scores. These are descriptive labels, not proof of fairness or predictions.

Band statistics · Judge statistics

Direct history5competitions · 5 caption scores

This band: matched difference+1.467percentage points · 5 matched scores

Judge across all bands: matched difference+2.032percentage points · 130 matched scores

This band: Higher than comparison average. Judge's wider history: Higher than comparison average. Negative differences indicate lower scoring relative to the comparison; positive differences indicate higher scoring. These are historical patterns, not a rating of fairness or a prediction.

Category averages

Only attributed caption Tot scores are used, including Percussion and Auxiliary. Rows keep different measures and maximum scores separate. Scores without a judge, live overall totals, penalties, exhibitions, and future competitions are excluded.

Category / measure	Max	Judge: all bands Average / scores	Judge: this band Average / scores	This band: other judges Average / scores	This band: matched difference / count	Judge: all bands matched difference / count
Percussion — Tot	20	15.948 / 134	14.360 / 5	13.940 / 10	+0.293 / 5	+0.406 / 130

Percussion — Tot / 20.0Other-judge reference (zero)

When this judge scored this band

Date / competition	Flight	Category / measure	Score / max	Same-season other-judge average	Reference scores	Difference
Oct 25, 2025 Flight IV - MCBA State Championship Preliminary Contest	Flight IV	Percussion — Tot	13.800 / 20	14.250	2	-0.450
Oct 4, 2025 Lake Orion Marching Band Invitational	Flight IV	Percussion — Tot	13.200 / 20	14.250	2	-1.050
Oct 12, 2024 Clarkston Marching Band Invitational	Flight IV	Percussion — Tot	13.800 / 20	14.233	3	-0.433
Oct 28, 2023 Flight IV - MCBA State Championship Preliminary Contest	Flight IV	Percussion — Tot	16.000 / 20	13.800	2	+2.200
Oct 21, 2023 Huron Valley Invitational	Flight IV	Percussion — Tot	15.000 / 20	13.800	2	+1.200

How to read this comparison

For each attributed score, the matched reference is the average from other judges at other competitions for that same band, season, flight, category, score type, and maximum. The selected judge's scores and the same competition are excluded from its reference. A missing reference stays blank.

Each matched score contributes once to the average difference. Category-table differences use raw score points. Overall cards and the chart use percentage points of each measure's maximum so different scales are not added together. All-years comparisons still match within individual seasons. Raw category averages summarize the selected history and may cover different seasons or flights; use matched differences for the more comparable view.

Band improvement, show timing, contest conditions, and limited samples can explain differences. This analysis does not establish bias, fairness, or expected future scores.