Glossary
Definitions of terms used throughout Gym Art Meets documentation.
General
Meet
A gymnastics competition event organized through Gym Art Meets
Club
An organization (gym, team) that manages gymnasts and registers for meets
Discipline
The type of gymnastics: WAG (Women's Artistic), MAG (Men's Artistic), etc.
Level
A competition category (e.g., Level 5, Xcel Gold, Junior Elite) with its own rules and pricing
Registration
The process of adding gymnasts/coaches to a meet and paying
Scheduling
Session
A competition time block (e.g., "Saturday Morning") with its own rotations and timeline
Rotation
A group of gymnasts that competes together, starting at a specific apparatus and cycling through all apparatus
Flight
A sub-group within a rotation (Flight A / Flight B) used to split large groups
Apparatus
A piece of equipment gymnasts compete on: Vault (VT), Uneven Bars (UB), Balance Beam (BB), Floor Exercise (FX) for WAG; Floor Exercise (FX), Pommel Horse (PH), Still Rings (SR), Vault (VT), Parallel Bars (PB), Horizontal Bar (HB) for MAG
Apparatus Order
The sequence in which rotations move through apparatus
Rotation Bump Number
A configuration value used in rotation assignment calculations
Scoring
D Score (Difficulty)
The difficulty value assigned by the D1 judge, based on element difficulty
E Score (Execution)
The execution deduction assigned by E judges (E1-E7), starting from 10.0
Start Value
The pre-deduction value: Initial Execution + Difficulty + Bonus
Final Score
The calculated result: Execution + Difficulty + Bonus - Neutral Deductions
Neutral Deduction
Penalties for time violations, boundary violations, etc.
All-Around
The sum of scores across all apparatus
Vault Scoring Decision
How two vault attempts are combined: one vault only, average, or best
Judge Roles
D1
Difficulty judge — evaluates element content and difficulty
E1-E7
Execution judges — evaluate execution quality (deductions from 10.0)
S1
Supervisor — can fulfill any judge role
VR
Video recorder — records routines for review
Score Status
Not Started
No score entered yet
In Progress
Judge is entering the score
Submitted
Score submitted by the judge
In Review
Admin is reviewing the score
Verified
Score confirmed as final
Scratch
Gymnast did not compete
Competitions & Grouping
Competition
The combination of a level + age group + subdivisions — the unit that gets assigned to sessions and ranked
Age Group
A birth date range that groups gymnasts by age within a level (e.g., born 2014-2015)
Subdivision
A sub-group of gymnasts within a competition, used for scheduling and optionally for separate awards
Award Group
When "treat subdivisions as award groups" is enabled, each subdivision is ranked and awarded separately
Bump Rank
Rank method where tied ranks skip the next number (1, 1, 3 instead of 1, 1, 2)
Cascading All-Around
A tiebreaker that progressively drops the lowest apparatus score and compares remaining sums
Tiebreaker
An algorithm that determines which gymnast ranks higher when final scores are equal
Registration Status
Not Registered
No registration submitted
Pending
Registration submitted, awaiting approval
Approved
Registration accepted
Waitlisted
Capacity full, gymnast is in the queue
Rejected
Registration failed validation
Scratched
Withdrawn after approval
Migration Terms
KSIS
Gymnastics Ontario's competition management system — see KSIS-to-Gym Art Meets migration guide
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