WABF

Transparency · v1.0 · September 3, 2026

RESULT TRANSPARENCY

WABF ADVANCED SCORING is an optional mode for big events. We publish the exact formulas: a result is only credible if anyone can recompute it by hand.

STEP 1 — JUDGE SCORE

Each judge scores 0 to 10 per criterion (Aura, Creativity, Response, plus Teamwork in 2vs2). All judges' totals are normalised to a 0-100 scale.

0–10

Aura / Presence

0–10

Creativity

0–10

Response / Battle IQ

See technical details
judgeRawA  = average of all judges' (aura + creativity + response [+ teamwork]) for A
judgeScoreA = (judgeRawA / maxPossible) * 100   // normalised 0-100

STEP 2 — LIVE DIGITAL VOTE

The host opens voting after the exchanges; each device votes once. digitalVote is the percentage of valid votes, never the absolute count.

See technical details
digitalA = 100 * votesA / (votesA + votesB)
digitalB = 100 - digitalA

// Example: A gets 120 votes, B gets 80 votes → 60 / 40, regardless of
// how many total votes the room happens to have.

An absolute vote count never makes one battle worth more than another: it is always compared as a percentage within the same battle.

STEP 3 — APPLAUSE

The applause meter (WABF Crowd Sound) measures how loudly the crowd cheers after the battle, with the same device, position and time window for A and B. soundScore is a relative percentage, never an absolute decibel value.

See technical details
intensity = 10 ^ (dB / 10)              // only if using a dB meter
soundA    = 100 * energyA / (energyA + energyB)
soundB    = 100 - soundA

STEP 4 — WABF ADVANCED SCORING FINAL RESULT

See technical details
finalA = judgeScoreA * 0.75 + digitalA * 0.15 + soundA * 0.1
finalB = judgeScoreB * 0.75 + digitalB * 0.15 + soundB * 0.1

DOCUMENTED FALLBACKS

  • No digital vote: judges 75% + sound 25%. Displayed as “NO DIGITAL VOTE DATA”.
  • No sound: judges 75% + digital vote 25%. Displayed as “NO SOUND DATA”.
  • Neither digital vote nor sound: judges 100%. Displayed as “JUDGES ONLY RESULT”.
  • A fictitious 50/50 is never used and points are never invented for a missing component.

Judges hold 75% so the discipline does not depend on who brings a bigger crowd or makes more noise.

INTEGRITY

  • Judges do not see the digital vote or sound meter before locking their score.
  • A locked score changes only for a recorded technical error.
  • Conflicts of interest declared before the event.
  • Every result is recorded with the applied rulebook version (v1.0, September 3, 2026).
  • Penalties are handled by the Head Judge, not deducted on the score sheet.