Mid-Season Promotion/Relegation Schedule

[UBT - Timbo]

Hi all

The mid-season promotions and relegations of Teams and Members from each league, would ideally take place exactly half way through the season - so after the first 12 Sprints.

But, the close spacing of Sprints in July, which are due to take place as follows:

Sprint #11 - 2026-07-02 16:00 UTC - 2026-07-05 16:00 UTC
Sprint #12 - 2026-07-16 16:00 UTC - 2026-07-19 16:00 UTC
Sprint #13 - 2026-07-23 16:00 UTC - 2026-07-26 16:00 UTC

and after which the F1 mid-season break takes place until:

Sprint #14 - 2026-08-20 16:00 UTC - 2026-08-23 16:00 UTC

So, it makes sense for me to compute the relevant stats and make any relevant changes, during the same break period as F1.

And that will then leave 11 Sprints to take place until the end of the season.

regards
Tim

[megacruncher]

Hi Tim,
Can you remind us what the rules are for promotion or relegation for teams and individuals?
Many thanks in anticipation and for all you are doing to keep FB going.

[UBT - Timbo]

Hi Tim,
Can you remind us what the rules are for promotion or relegation for teams and individuals?
Many thanks in anticipation and for all you are doing to keep FB going.

Hiya

It is basically a very simple calculation, based on average BOINC CREDITS earned per Sprint

More in depth explanation:
In basic terms, I log all the CREDITS earned by each Team and each Member in each League which gives me a TOTAL.

I then work out the average CREDITS earned for each Sprint that the Team or the Member took part in. (So if a Team/Member only took part in a few Sprints, then they are not disadvantaged compared to those who took part in EVERY Sprint).

This then allows me to compare Team and Member "performances" over the previous period and it is then very easy to sort these by decreasing average credits per Sprint....which then allows Teams and Members to be grouped together into the 4 Leagues by their relative performance levels.

So, any Team or Member who has *tried* to compete will be put into Leagues 1 through 3 commensurate with their "crunching ability". I also look at the number of Sprints they actually took part in, if any Team or Member is "on the cusp" between promotion or relegation, so there is a little subjective assessment given and those who compete in more Sprints will be given the benefit.

Any Team or Member who appears to have made little or NO EFFORT to take part (as they have earned very few total credits in most of the previous Sprints), is/are demoted to League 4.

Sorry for the long explanation !

regards
Tim