Skills Match Types

There are two types of Skills Matches at an event:

1. Piloting Skills Matches
2. Autonomous Skills Matches

The number of matches and the length of the matches are determined by the competition program type and rules for the current competition season. The Competition Portal will automatically include the updated information for the current season for each Skills match type.

Running Skills Matches

Skills matches are unscheduled and optional for teams to compete, therefore a new Skills match will need to be created for each instance a team will be completing a Skills match.

Skills matches are run from the Skills Matches menu that can be accessed in the Dashboard or in the left-hand menu of the Competition Portal.

Who Should Control the Skills Matches?

Scorekeeper Referees under the guidance of a Head Referee typically control creating, running and scoring Skills matches using a tablet. Scorekeepers at each Skills field can independently create, run and score Skills matches.

Notes for Event Partners and Technology Coordinators:

• Use the Skills Match Scoring Device Permission settings on tablets to make it more user friendly for the Scorekeeper Referee.
• Ensure the Scorekeeper Referee knows which Skills Field they are assigned to so that they can enter the correct Skills Field number when creating matches.

Creating a Skills Match

1. When the team approaches the Skills field, select Add Skills Challenge +.

   

2. Select the Skills Field name in the drop-down menu. This will ensure that the correct Field Timer will be enabled during the match. 
3. Select the Team from the drop-down menu. 
   1. Once you select the Team number, a new section will appear to show how many Autonomous and Piloting Skills matches the team has completed. 

   2. The system will not allow adding new matches if the team has completed their allotted amount for that event day.

      

4. Select the Skills match type: Piloting or Autonomous.

5. Select Save. This will add the Timer Controls and Scoring interface to the Skills match screen.

   

Running & Scoring Skills Matches

1. Select Queue Skills Challenge. This will queue the Field Timer assigned to the Skills Field with the appropriate Skills Match type.

2. Share with the team that there will be a 5-second countdown and the match starts once the countdown ends. When the team is ready, select Start in the Timer Controls.

   

3. During the match, enter scores in the Scoring section.

4. If the team indicates they no longer want to continue the match before the match is done, the match can be ended early by selecting End Early in the Timer Controls.

   

5. After the match, complete the scoring section and review the score with the Team. Once the Team and Scorekeeper Referee agree upon the Skills match score, select Save Scores.
6. The scoring status will change from Unofficial to Official with a green check mark.
   1. WARNING: Verify the Official status is present before returning to the main Skills screen. Leaving this page before scores are saved will result in the loss of the scoring data.

7. Return to the Skills Challenge main menu and repeat this process for additional Skills Matches.

   

Editing a Skills Match Score

If the Head Referee authorizes a change to a previously saved Skills match score, then the following steps can be taken to update the score:

1. Go to the appropriate match menu: Skills Challenges
2. Select the match to be edited. 
3. At the bottom of the Scoring section, there are four options:
   1. Unfinalize and Update: Changes the scoring status from Official to Unofficial.
   2. Clear Scores: This will reset all scoring items to zero.
   3. Revert: This will revert to the last saved scores.
   4. View Score History: This will provide a list of saved scores entries (date/time & User) that can restore the scoring values.
4. In the Scoring section, select Unfinalize and Update. This will change the Scoring status from Official to Unofficial, but the score values will remain intact.
5. Adjust the scoring values by manually adjusting the scores, clearing the scores or reverting the scores to a previous state. 
6. After verifying the updated scores, select Save Scores. 

Editing a Skills Match Type

If the Skills match type needs be changed for a Skills match that has been previously created, then follow these steps:

1. Go to the appropriate match menu: Skills Challenges
2. Select the match to be edited. 
3. If the previous Skills match score has already been saved, use a paper score sheet or take a screenshot of the Scoring section to ensure those scores are preserved for future reference, if needed. 
   1. If no scores were previously entered or saved, go to the next step.
   2. Otherwise, any previously saved match scores will need to be unfinalized and cleared. At the bottom of the Scoring section, there are four options. Select Unfinalize and Update and Clear Scores.

4. Select the edit icon in the Edit Skills Challenge Match section.

   

5. Once the window is expanded, modify the Skills match type and select Save.
6. Refresh the browser window to update the Scoring section. 
7. Enter the updated scores and select Save Scores. Verify that the scoring status has changed from Unofficial to Official.

Skills Match Reports

Three types of Skills match reports are available in the Signs/Reports/Certificates area in the Dashboard or directly on the Skills Challenges screen.

Skills Challenge Rankings

This is a downloadable PDF document that includes the Skills match ranking information. This report can be provided to the Judges to assist with determining certain judged awards.

Skills Challenge Rankings per Age Group

This report is similar to the Skills Challenge Ranking report, except that it will separate the teams by age group for blended events. In larger events when there are separate awards based on grade level, this report is used by judges with determining certain judged awards.

Skills Challenge Team Scores

This is a downloadable PDF document that includes all of the Skills scores and number of attempts for each team throughout the event.