What We Track

SwingElo collects publicly available competition results from the West Coast Swing circuit and the WSDC registry. Here's what goes into the system.

Data at a glance

Sources

Competition results

Results are collected from the three platforms where WCS events publish their scores — EEPro, scoring.dance, and World Dance Registry. Many events post to only one of them, so pulling from all three gives much wider coverage than any single source. This includes:

• Every prelim round with individual judge callback marks (Y/A/N)
• Every finals round with individual judge placements
• Division names, skill levels, competitor counts

A number of events — including Trilogy Swing, The Chicago Classic, Montreal Westie Fest, Swingapalooza, and Rocket City Swing — publish through World Dance Registry, so adding it brought in events that weren't available anywhere else.

WSDC Registry

The World Swing Dance Council maintains an official point registry for WCS dancers. We pull:

• Dancer profiles (level, role, division)
• Per-division point totals
• Competition point history

WSDC Event Calendar

Upcoming event dates, locations, and website URLs from the WSDC event listing.

Freshness

Data is refreshed weekly. New competition results are typically available within a week of the event posting results on EEPro, scoring.dance, or World Dance Registry.

What we don't track

• Social dancing — Only competitive results
• Routines and showcases — We focus on Jack & Jill and Strictly Swing
• Private or invitational events — Only events with publicly posted results
• Subjective assessments — Everything is derived from published scores and marks