Results & your judges packet

When the host publishes scores — usually right after the awards ceremony — two things unlock at once: the public results page, and your band's private judges packet.

The public results page

Every competition has a public results page anyone can see, grouped by class, showing Rank, Band, School, and Ratings (I = Superior, II = Excellent, III = Good). Share the link with parents freely.

The Overall rating appears separately from each configured caption's rating. Captions follow the host's rubric order. Not entered marks a caption your band opted out of; Unavailable means no rating value was published for that caption. A scored zero is still rated normally. Each round's caption ratings stay with that round in prelims-to-finals results. The live-schedule button is removed once results are published.

As a director of a competing band, you get a little more: when you're signed in, a Show: Ratings | Numeric Scores switch appears so you can see the actual numbers. The public sees ratings only (and if a band turned off public scores, only its rating shows).

Your judges packet

The judges packet is your band's full debrief, private to you and your co-directors:

• The published score, effective Class Rank (including a host placement correction), and overall Rating.
• Every configured caption and category, in rubric order, with each judge's recorded scores and saved sheet total. Category values are points out of the configured maximum; sub-caption labels keep grouped rubrics recognizable.
• Each available caption result and its rating, using the competition's class thresholds. A caption your band did not enter is labeled Not entered and has no caption rating. Any historical judge feedback for it remains visible.
• Each judge's written feedback.
• Each judge's audio commentary — a voice recording made while watching your show, playable right on the page.
• A Full Competition Rankings table with your band's row highlighted, so you can see exactly where you landed. On a phone, scroll the ranking tables sideways to see all columns.

If the competition ran a two-round prelims → finals format, both the public results page and your packet also show a Prelim Standings table — every band's preliminary rank and rating, including bands that didn't advance to finals. If your band didn't advance, your packet explicitly says Preliminary round and Prelim Score, with your preliminary result and feedback. It does not present that performance as a finals placement.

Missing scores and historical sheets

Not recorded means the saved value is unavailable. A recorded zero displays as 0.0 for a category or 0.00 for a total; missing cells never become zeros. The sheet denominator includes the complete configured rubric, even when historical category details are missing. A saved cell whose recorded maximum differs from today's rubric is labeled with that recorded maximum. The saved sheet total is retained rather than rebuilt from the visible cells.

The Sheet rating follows the same whole-sheet rule as the judge's recap, using the complete rubric maximum and class thresholds. A zero sheet total has no sheet rating under that rule. Caption ratings compare the aggregate score as a percentage of its aggregate maximum against the class thresholds. A recorded zero caption result with a valid maximum has Rating III; a missing or invalid maximum leaves the caption rating unavailable. Individual categories and sub-captions show numeric points, without an invented rating.

Submitted historical sheets can still contain a total, written feedback, or audio even when no category details were saved. Paper sheets remain labeled Paper. Written feedback retains its line breaks. Captions without submitted sheets show the rubric as an unscored reference; unknown historical participation is labeled explicitly.

Open it

When scores are published, you and each current co-director receive a Judges Packet available notification in the bell menu. It names your band and the competition and opens that band's packet directly. If you direct more than one attending band, each band has its own notification. These in-app notifications arrive even if you have turned off results emails.

1. Go to your Dashboard. Competitions with published scores appear under Recently Completed with a Scores Published badge.
2. Click View Judges Packet.

(You can also reach packets any time from My Competitions — the Open Judges Packet link appears the moment scores are published, so it's there the very night of the show, and stays for every past event.)

Exhibition bands receive their judges' scores and feedback in an unranked packet, with the round labeled for a two-round competition. An accepted band without submitted feedback still has a packet page. It explains that no scored result was published; contact the competition host if you expected scores or feedback.

Listen and save recordings

Each recording has a duration label above the player. It starts with Loading duration…, then shows the length when your browser can read it from the recording's metadata. Duration unavailable means the length could not be read; it does not mean the recording is empty. Some original WebM recordings have no duration metadata. The native player's own time display may still show an unknown length, even when the separate label can show one.

Use Download recording on iPhone or desktop to request the original file through your browser's download controls. Keep that original as your archive copy. The download retains its recorded format and bytes; it does not convert WebM to M4A or make every format playable in every device or app. Playback and saving still depend on your browser and device. MusterSheet does not currently provide a separate compatible audio export.

Sealed until published

If you open the packet page before the host publishes, you'll see a wax-seal graphic and "Sealed until results are published." Nothing's wrong — the host just hasn't clicked Publish yet. It unlocks automatically the moment they do; there's nothing to request or download.

Festival events

Some events run in festival format: no scores or rankings are published at all. Instead, the judges' written commentary (and audio) is the product — you'll find it in your packet, and the public page simply explains that the event was a festival.