Handle vault scoring

Vault works differently from every other apparatus. Gymnasts may perform one or two vaults, and the meet organizer decides how those scores combine.

On bars, beam, and floor, there's one routine and one score. Vault breaks that pattern. A gymnast might perform two vaults, and the way those two scores feed into the all-around depends on how the meet organizer configured the level. This page covers how that works and how to enter vault scores correctly.

Prerequisites

Vault scoring decisions

The meet organizer picks one of these options for each level:

Decision
How it works

One Vault Only

Only the first vault counts toward all-around. The second vault, if performed, is ignored.

Two Vault Average

Both vaults are scored, and their average is used for all-around.

Two Vault Best

Both vaults are scored, and the higher of the two is used for all-around.

This is set at the level, not the meet. So your CCP levels might use one-vault-only while your Xcel levels use two-vault-average, all in the same competition.

Entering two vault scores

In the Judges Companion app

  1. Enter the first vault as you would any other score: D score, E deductions, neutral deductions.

  2. Submit the first vault.

  3. Tap Add Second Vault.

  4. Enter the second vault's D and E scores.

  5. Submit both.

In the admin interface

  1. Enter the first vault score in the scoring section.

  2. Add the second vault score in the second vault section below it.

  3. Save. Both scores are stored together.

How vault scores are calculated

Each vault is scored individually:

  • Start Value = Initial Execution + Difficulty + Bonus

  • Final Score = Execution Score + Difficulty + Bonus - Neutral Deductions

For the all-around total, the system applies whichever scoring decision the organizer chose: one vault, the average, or the best.

Second vault details

The second vault has its own score ID (the first vault's ID with a _2 suffix). It can be revoked independently of the first vault. If the second vault is revoked, the system falls back to one-vault-only scoring automatically, so the gymnast's all-around total still works.

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