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Re: The Society for the Discontinuation of the Pentathlon
Posted: March 14th, 2009, 7:00 pm
by gyourkoshaven
The physical part is bad, (And somewhat pointless, along with the randomness factor) but you do actually have to know some science concepts, facts and history to get a good score.
Re: The Society for the Discontinuation of the Pentathlon
Posted: March 15th, 2009, 8:58 am
by Jocool
i dont even do it but my coach told me about it and i do not like it! my coach doesn't like it either if i am not mistaken.
Re: The Society for the Discontinuation of the Pentathlon
Posted: March 15th, 2009, 9:22 am
by Phenylethylamine
What kind of questions have people gotten in competition? Because as a national trial last year, the questions were so elementary it was funny ("Point to the kidneys on this model of the human body.").
Re: The Society for the Discontinuation of the Pentathlon
Posted: March 16th, 2009, 1:23 pm
by EastStroudsburg13
I guess I would like this event more if at least 80% of the score came from the science knowledge. Does anyone know the exact rubric?
Re: The Society for the Discontinuation of the Pentathlon
Posted: March 16th, 2009, 2:12 pm
by croman74
Wow, I'm doing pentathlon instead of elevated bridge. My coach wants me to do this because i'm the most athletic kid on the team. I just have to build a bridge and have somebody else test it.
Re: The Society for the Discontinuation of the Pentathlon
Posted: March 16th, 2009, 2:25 pm
by gyourkoshaven
EASTstroudsburg13 wrote:Does anyone know the exact rubric?
I wish that they would put one of those out for every event. The only event that I got a rubric for was Compute This. I would hope that at least 65% of the points came from the questions.
Re: The Society for the Discontinuation of the Pentathlon
Posted: March 16th, 2009, 8:58 pm
by fleet130
EASTstroudsburg13 wrote:Does anyone know the exact rubric?
Scoring for Pentathlon is based strictly on the amount of time a team takes to complete the course. This includes the time it takes to answer the questions. See Para. 2.a & 3.a.
Re: The Society for the Discontinuation of the Pentathlon
Posted: March 17th, 2009, 4:02 am
by Phenylethylamine
Wait, scoring is based only on time?
I guess that almost sort of makes sense, since you have to get the question right to go on, right?
Re: The Society for the Discontinuation of the Pentathlon
Posted: March 17th, 2009, 11:23 am
by Mr. Cool
Phenylethylamine wrote:Wait, scoring is based only on time?
I guess that almost sort of makes sense, since you have to get the question right to go on, right?
Yes, if you don't get the question right, judges can add minutes to your overall time, or keep you until you get it right.
Re: The Society for the Discontinuation of the Pentathlon
Posted: March 17th, 2009, 12:55 pm
by EastStroudsburg13
OK, I guess there's enough emphasis on the science part...still don't really like the event though...