Please can someone explain the Eventing Dressage scoring?

the marks are penalties so the lower the better. then xc and sj faults are added to them and the lowest mark wins
 
I was wondering this, I understand they get their percentage but how do they work out the penalties from that? I was trying to explain it to a friend when I realised I dont actually understand that bit :o
 
tonitot said:
I was wondering this, I understand they get their percentage but how do they work out the penalties from that? I was trying to explain it to a friend when I realised I dont actually understand that bit :o
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This is the bit I always struggle with. Wouldn't it be easier to take the percentage away from 100 (so a score of 70%, for example, would gain you 30 penalties)?

In answer to the original question, Wiki gives quite a good explanation, but in essence, each move is marked out of ten then the total is totted up, multiplied by a co-efficient (why? why?) and subtracted from 100 to give total penalties for that rider going forward into the next phases. There are penalties for a few things, such as not starting within 45 seconds of the bell going.
 
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Ah thank you Kittykins, that helps a bit :) is the co-efficient a set number or is it different for each rider? (sorry if that is a really dumb question!!)
 
The percentage is subtracted from 100 and then multiplied by 1.5. For example is someone scored 70%, then that would be taken away from a 100 to give 30 and multiplied by 1.5 to give a penalty score of 45. The lower the score the better.
 
minkymoo said:
Ok, thanks for the explaination, I sort of get it, but don't understand why x by 1.5? Still, we are doing pretty well aren't we! :)
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The coefficient of 1.5 is to ensure the appropriate weighting of the dressage score to the overall competition.
 
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