After the competition, participants are given a rank score in each event, based on how their scores placed within that event. Any ties are represented by a .5 ranking; thus, a student that is tied for 1st place would have a rank score of 1.5. To determine participants' final rank, rank values in the three events are added together and ranked from greatest to least. The most favorable rank score would be 3.0, signifying that the participant ranked 1st in all three events. In the case of a tie in final rank score, tiebreaks are in the following order:
