FIS Park & Pipe Points Calculator
Points for every place in a snowboard slopestyle, halfpipe or big air result, per FIS points rule 5.2
In snowboard park and pipe, the winner of a FIS-calendar contest receives the event factor (EF) as FIS points, and every lower place gets a share of it from the formula in rule 5.2 of the FIS points rules, edition 2026/2027. The share depends on the place (R) and the number of ranked riders (N). Points are rounded up to one decimal and never drop below 0.1. Enter EF, N and a place to see the points, or leave the place empty to get the whole table.
Pick the event factor (EF), enter the number of ranked riders (N) and a place (R). Rule 5.2: the winner gets EF, every lower place gets a share of it, rounded up to 0.1 and never below 0.1.
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Park & pipe table, places 1–30Points for every place
| Place | FIS points | World Cup points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 220.0 | 100 |
| 2 | 180.6 | 80 |
| 3 | 149.2 | 60 |
| 4 | 124.1 | 50 |
| 5 | 103.9 | 45 |
| 6 | 87.5 | 40 |
| 7 | 74.1 | 36 |
| 8 | 63.0 | 32 |
| 9 | 53.7 | 29 |
| 10 | 45.8 | 26 |
| 11 | 39.0 | 24 |
| 12 | 33.0 | 22 |
| 13 | 27.7 | 20 |
| 14 | 22.9 | 18 |
| 15 | 18.5 | 16 |
| 16 | 14.5 | 15 |
| 17 | 10.7 | 14 |
| 18 | 7.0 | 13 |
| 19 | 3.5 | 12 |
| 20 | 0.2 | 11 |
Educational calculator. JudgeMate does not award FIS points; the official points are on the FIS result list.
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The formula in rule 5.2
The FIS rules for snowboard, freestyle and freeski points (edition 2026/2027, Oberhofen, June 2026) give one formula for every rider ranked below first place:
P = EF × [ (1 - d) × ( e^(-(R-1)/t) - (R-1) × e^(-(N-1)/t) / (N-1) ) + d × ( 1 - (R-1)/(N - 0.96) ) ]
| Symbol | Meaning | Value |
|---|---|---|
| P | FIS points for the place | result |
| EF | event factor, the winner's points | from the scale of the contest |
| R | place of the rider | 1, 2, 3 … |
| N | number of ranked riders | from the result list |
| d | weight of the linear part | 0.25 |
| t | steepness of the exponential part | 4 |
Three quarters of the value come from a curve that drops fast after the podium. The remaining quarter falls in a straight line from first to last place, so mid-field places still earn something. The last ranked rider lands just above zero, and the rule sets a floor of 0.1 point. Every result is rounded up to the first decimal, so 180.54 becomes 180.6.
Where the event factor comes from
EF depends on the level of the contest. Each level has a range of scales (rule 5.2.2):
| Contest | Scale range |
|---|---|
| Olympic Winter Games, World Championships, World Cup | 1000 to 500 |
| Junior World Championships | 500 to 240 |
| Continental Cup | 360 to 120 |
| Premium Continental Cup | 500 to 120 |
| FIS Open (once a season per nation or region) | 1000 to 50 |
| FIS National Championships | 320 to 50 |
| FIS National Junior Championships, FIS, Junior | 220 to 50 |
Inside that range the field decides. For World Cup level, FIS takes the average FIS points list rank of the five best-ranked women or eight best-ranked men who started. In a men's World Cup, an average rank of 9 or better gives scale 1000, 13.5 or better gives 800, 18 or better gives 600, and anything weaker stays at 500.
Below World Cup level, FIS adds up the FIS points of those five women or eight men, divides by 5 or 8 and rounds the average up to a whole number. The table in rule 5.2.1 sets an entry threshold for each scale. For scale 220, for example, it is 163 points for men and 211 for women. If fewer than five women or eight men start, the bottom of the range no longer applies and lower scales open up, down to 10.
Worked example: a FIS slopestyle with 20 riders
Take a men's FIS slopestyle where the starters earn scale 220, and 20 riders are ranked. The winner gets 220.0.
Second place, step by step:
- Exponential part: e^(-1/4) = 0.7788, minus 1 × e^(-19/4)/19 = 0.0005, gives 0.7783. Times 0.75 gives 0.5838.
- Linear part: 1 - 1/19.04 = 0.9475. Times 0.25 gives 0.2369.
- Sum 0.8206 × 220 = 180.54, rounded up to 180.6.
The same formula for the rest of the field:
| Place | FIS points |
|---|---|
| 1 | 220.0 |
| 2 | 180.6 |
| 3 | 149.2 |
| 4 | 124.1 |
| 5 | 103.9 |
| 10 | 45.8 |
| 15 | 18.5 |
| 20 | 0.2 |
The gap between first and second place (39.4) is larger than the gap between 10th and 15th (27.3). The 20th rider computes to 0.116, which rounds up to 0.2.
From one contest to the FIS points list
A single result does not become a rider's FIS points directly. The list counts the average of the two best results in each event (slopestyle, halfpipe and big air separately) during the season, or the base list value, whichever is better (rule 5.4.1).
The base list (BL) comes out before the end of June and is built from the season just finished (rule 5.3.2):
- two or more results: average of the best two,
- one result: that result minus 40%, or the previous base list minus 40%, whichever is better,
- no result: previous base list minus 80%.
The first normal list of the new season is published on 1 July. A rider with one result this season and no base list points gets that result minus 40% (rule 5.4.2).
That is why seeding by FIS points rewards riders who compete twice per discipline. Use the calculator for one contest, then average the two best numbers yourself.
FIS points and World Cup points are two different tables
World Cup points go into the World Cup standings, not the FIS points list. In park and pipe they follow a fixed table for places 1 to 30 (World Cup rules 2026/27, rule 1.7.1): 100, 80, 60, 50, 45, 40, 36, 32, 29, 26, 24, 22, 20, 18, 16, 15, 14, 13, 12, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. The size of the field does not change them.
FIS points move with N and EF. A 10th place out of 20 at scale 220 is worth 45.8 FIS points and 26 World Cup points. In a field of 40 the World Cup points stay at 26 and the FIS points go up, because 10th place sits higher in a bigger field.
What JudgeMate does at a snowboard contest
JudgeMate does not calculate FIS points during a contest. This calculator is a separate tool for checking numbers before seeding or after a FIS result list comes out.
What a slopestyle or halfpipe category does handle:
- Judges' scores 0 to 100 on phones, with the panel average truncated to two decimals as ICR 3403 requires (65, 60, 60 gives 61.66).
- Cup points per place: the FIS 100 to 1 table for 30 places is built in, or you upload your own tables from a spreadsheet. Tied riders get the same points. The points show under each rider on the public results page and as a column in the PDF.
- Start lists with FIS data: bib, year of birth, stance and FIS code as organizer fields, imported from a spreadsheet with first and last name in separate columns.
The video tutorial with Mate walks through the setup. To start, create a snowboard slopestyle category. Scoring rules for each run are explained in how snowboarding is scored.
Limits of the calculator
- Edition. The calculator follows the 2026/2027 rules. It matches the published FIS lists of the 2025/26 season. For earlier seasons, check the rules of that season.
- The official number is on the FIS list. If the FIS result list shows a different value, the list wins.
- Event factor by hand. The calculator does not look up the FIS points list. Enter the EF announced for the contest or estimate the scale from the starters.
- Ties. ICR 3503 gives tied riders the same place. Enter that place for each of them. JudgeMate's own ranking breaks ties with the riders' runs (best, second best, then best trick), so a tie that FIS leaves open may get two places in JudgeMate.
- No export to FIS. JudgeMate has no FIS XML export and no import from the FIS database.