# Understand score status

> Every score moves through a lifecycle from entry to verification. Here's what each status means and what you can do at each stage.

When a score enters the system, it doesn't go straight to the final results. It passes through a series of statuses that let judges correct mistakes and let admins verify accuracy before anything becomes official. Understanding this lifecycle helps you know where things stand during competition.

## Prerequisites

* You are entering scores through the [Judges Companion app](https://docs.gymart.org/scoring/enter-scores-judges-companion) or the [admin interface](https://docs.gymart.org/scoring/enter-scores-admin).

## The score lifecycle

Scores move through these stages:

```
Not Started → In Progress → Submitted → In Review → Verified
                                              ↑
                                        (can revoke)
```

| Status          | What it means                                                                                |
| --------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Not Started** | The gymnast hasn't been scored yet. No judge has opened their score entry.                   |
| **In Progress** | A judge has started entering the score but hasn't hit submit.                                |
| **Submitted**   | The judge has submitted the score. It's visible to the admin and appears in the leaderboard. |
| **In Review**   | An admin is looking at the score to confirm it's accurate.                                   |
| **Verified**    | The score has been reviewed and locked as final. It cannot be changed.                       |
| **Scratch**     | The gymnast did not compete. They were withdrawn from the event.                             |

## What this means if you're a judge

You enter your scores and submit them. At that point, the status moves to **Submitted**. If you realize you made an error, you can **revoke** the score, which sends it back to **In Progress** so you can fix it and resubmit.

Once an admin marks the score as **Verified**, it's locked. You can no longer change it. If there's a problem after verification, the admin has to handle the correction from their side.

## What this means if you're an admin

You see all submitted scores across every apparatus. Your job is to review them for accuracy and **verify** the ones that look correct. Verified scores feed into the official results and rankings.

If a score looks wrong, you can send it back for review or correct it yourself from the admin interface. See [Enter scores from admin](https://docs.gymart.org/scoring/enter-scores-admin) for how to do that.

## Timestamps

The system records a timestamp at each transition:

* **Time submitted** — when the judge hit submit
* **Time reviewed** — when the admin reviewed the score
* **Time revoked** — if and when the score was revoked
* **Last updated** — the most recent change of any kind

These timestamps create a full audit trail for every score in your meet.

## What's next

* [Export scores](https://docs.gymart.org/scoring/export-scores)

## Related

* [Enter scores with the Judges Companion app](https://docs.gymart.org/scoring/enter-scores-judges-companion)
* [Enter scores from the admin interface](https://docs.gymart.org/scoring/enter-scores-admin)
* [How does scoring work?](https://docs.gymart.org/scoring/index)