2021 Golden Gate Invitational (C)

[pepperonipi]

Possibly helpful conversation from the Scioly.org Discord:

Umaroth (Tim/Timmy) said:
GGSO ES list is out

https://goldengateso.com/team/

[Giantpants]

Hi all!
GGSO's this weekend - Fantasy SO time again!
https://forms.gle/pEsiKmcDYa5k5YZe6

School Prediction rules: Submit once. Vote for one school at most once and no more. You will get 5 points for predicting a school on the dot, 3 points for 1 off, 2 points for 2 off, 1 point for 3 off, and none for more than 3 off.

Event Prediction rules: Submit once. Your score is the sum of all the event placements of each of your school choices. In the case that a school sends two teams, the event placement will be the higher of the two. You may select one school up to FIVE times.*

*Excludes Trials

Good luck! Prediction contest ends right before first block this Saturday, the 13th!

[sciolyfailure]

Fantasy predictions! There were 23 submissions for teams and 22 for events.

Top (10) Teams + 1 because tie:
1st: West Windsor-Plainsboro HS North (Stacked)
2nd: Troy High School (CA) (Stacked)
3rd: Mason High School (Stacked)
4th: Mountain View High School (Stacked)
5th: Seven Lakes High School (Stacked)
6th: Adlai E Stevenson HS (Stacked)
7th: Carmel High School (Stacked)
8th: Solon High School (Stacked)
9th: West Windsor-Plainsboro HS South (Unstacked)
10th: Mission San Jose High School [T] (Stacked)
10th: Tesla STEM High School [T] (Stacked)
(10 points for predicted for 1st, 9 for 2nd, etc.)

[M] Dictates majority (11+ submissions). [T] Dictates tie.
Anat: Mountain View
Astro: Mason [M]
Chem Lab: Seven Lakes
Circuit: WWPN
Code: Mason
Designer: Lexington
Detector: Mason [M]
Digital Structures: WWPN [M]
Disease: Troy
DP: Troy/Mountain View [T]
ExData: Solon
Forensics: Mason
Fossils: WWPN [M]
GLM: Troy/WWPN [T]
Machines: WWPN [M]
Orni: Troy/Mountain View [T]
Protein: Lexington
Sounds: WWPN [M]
Water: Troy [M]
WICI: WWPN

[smayya337]

Hi everyone! There'll be an awards tracker going during the ceremony on Saturday at this link (in fact, it's already live!) Get hyped for awards!

[Birdmusic]

This is me at every invi ngl

[mnoga]

Results:

1. Mountain View 107
2. Mason 131
3. WWPN 185
4. Seven Lakes 239
5. Troy 264

Scoring Sheet Link: https://goldengateso.com/scoresheet21

[sciolyperson1]

Correction for above post - Troy got 264, not 239

Event Reviews!

Digital Structures (1st): Well run! Props to bernard (again) for taking the 1st block issues so smoothly. The length parameter was 22.52cm, which was technically against the rules - lengths should only go to the tenths. 10/10

Experiment and Data Analysis (we dont talk about it): Test was on the short side and they graded pretty harshly. Points were way too close - with almost 3.5 places per point and multiple 2 point MCs, the distribution would be quite left skewed :\

Write It CAD It (4th): Despite the issues that some people encountered with Onshape (I didn't encounter any), the event was well run and the test was insanely long. Most tests would be ~20 pieces, 30 at most, but this one had up to 50 (60?) pieces, making it so nobody could finish. Props to them for putting the event together!

Overall (3rd): Some tests were questionable but competing was a pretty good experience overall. Both keynote speakers were engaging and enjoyable to listen to. We should fly to Cali next year

[Giantpants]

Fantasy SO Results!

Team
Sciolyperson1 - 30
malikaow1004 - 22
amk578 - 21
will0416 - 20
legitimately - 20
nobodynobody - 19

Events
name - 118
glaucophane - 119
will0416 - 125
Giantpants - 127
builderguy135 - 132
nobodynobody - 137

Superscore Predictions
Nobody got it right ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Full results: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/ ... bwAv8/edit

Notes:
- 1st place team predictions
- Worst predicted was ExData with an average of 37.15, 1/20 predicted correct (Giantpants!). Best predicted was Digital Structures with an average of 1.9, 18/20 predicted correct.
- The most golds a team got was 3.
In order, the most unanimous voted events were:
Digital Structures - 18/20 (1st)
Fossils - 15/20 (2nd)
Astronomy - 14/20 (1st)
Water Quality - 13/20 (1st)
Machines - 12/20 (6th)
Circuit Lab - 11/20 (6th)
Detector Building - 11/20 (13th)
Sounds of Music - 11/20 (2nd)

[Giantpants]

Event Supervisor Comments: Digital Structures

Parameters: The distance from the origin to the Contact Width Lines was 6.53 cm. The distance between the origin and the Contact Depth Line was 15.0 cm. The distance between the Testing Wall and the Loading Point closest to the Testing Wall was 22.52 cm. I mistakenly provided this last distance to one more decimal point of precision than specified in the rules; however, this mistake affected the scoring of no teams as none had measurements ≥ 22.50 cm and < 22.52 cm.

Scoring: Teams' submissions were scored following the rules. To allow some leniency following technical issues in the morning which decreased my confidence in the validity of start times recorded, teams whose SkyCiv submissions were received within 60 minutes of starting their Scilympiad test were not penalized for exceeding time allowed; all teams that did not report technical difficulties with SkyCiv were able to satisfy this requirement. Fifteen teams' SkyCiv submissions were received 45–60 minutes after their Scilympiad test start time, some just a few seconds over 45 minutes. Please see my recommendations for ensuring timely submission.

Histograms: Coordinating with GGSO's timeline for test return, I will publish histograms for this event on or after March 1, 2021. A histogram has been posted here.

[mnoga]

Corrected results are above in my original post. Troy did in fact score 264.