"Skins" format

"diablo" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...

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anyone know if theres a resource for the official format of the Quatas Skins meet, or a knock-out
based meet like it? i've looked around, all i can find is disjointed material.

If you look at the ASI website at swimming.org.auswimming.org.auOpen ↗ you may be able to find information on
the meet. Alternatively you may be able to find an e-mail link to ask them about the format.

Basically there are three types of events at the meet. Skins, mystery medley, and broken 400 m.

This year the Qantas skins changed format slightly, but the concept is that all swimmers race over
50 m of the chosen stroke and the slowest (or slowest 2 in the first round this year) are
eliminated. On the two minute mark the process is repeated with the remaining swimmers, again
deleting the slowest competitor. The process is repeated iteratively until 4, then 3, and then 2 are
left. The winner is decided in the final head to head sprint between the last two.

In the mystery medley each swimmer draws an order in which to swim the strokes. The correct order is
not available, nor is any beginning with backstroke. For example, one swimmer may randomly select
the order Butterfly Breaststroke Backstroke Freestyle, while another may choose Freestyle Backstroke
Butterfly Breaststroke.

The broken 400 m as swum this year consisted of 200 m, followed by 100 m, and then two 50 m sprints
each separated by a set time, possibly 2 minutes. Points were allocated for each segment on the
basis 8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 with the highest point scorer over the four legs winning the event.

There is nothing to stop anyone playing around with these formats or inventing new ones to suit
their needds. Swimming is supposed to be fun.

thanks Tony, that was just what i was looking for 😄

steve

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anyone know if theres a resource for the official format of the Quatas

Skins

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meet, or a knock-out based meet like it? i've looked around, all i can

find

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Quoted message said:

is disjointed material.

If you look at the ASI website at swimming.org.auswimming.org.auOpen ↗ you may be able to find information
on the meet. Alternatively you may be able to find an e-mail link to ask them about the format.

Basically there are three types of events at the meet. Skins, mystery medley, and broken 400 m.

This year the Qantas skins changed format slightly, but the concept is that all swimmers race over
50 m of the chosen stroke and the slowest (or slowest 2 in the first round this year) are
eliminated. On the two minute mark the process is repeated with the remaining swimmers, again
deleting the slowest competitor. The process is repeated iteratively until 4, then 3, and then 2
are left. The winner is decided in the final head to head sprint between the last two.

In the mystery medley each swimmer draws an order in which to swim the strokes. The correct order
is not available, nor is any beginning with backstroke. For example, one swimmer may randomly
select the order Butterfly Breaststroke Backstroke Freestyle, while another may choose Freestyle
Backstroke Butterfly Breaststroke.

The broken 400 m as swum this year consisted of 200 m, followed by 100 m, and then two 50 m
sprints each separated by a set time, possibly 2 minutes. Points were allocated for each segment
on the basis 8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 with the highest point scorer over the four legs winning the event.

There is nothing to stop anyone playing around with these formats or inventing new ones to suit
their needds. Swimming is supposed to be fun.