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FAQ

General

What is SwingElo? An analytics platform for West Coast Swing competitions. We collect publicly available competition results, compute metrics like strength scores and odds to finals, and make them available through a searchable interface.

Where does the data come from? Competition results from EEPro and scoring.dance, plus dancer profiles and event dates from the WSDC registry. All data is publicly available.

How often is data updated? Weekly. New results are typically available within a week of an event posting results.

How far back does data go? 2018 to present. We currently track 176 events and 13,684 dancers.

Scoring

Why is my strength score low even though I think I'm a good dancer? The strength score is relative to all dancers in your role (leader/follower) across all levels. A novice with a score of 25 is right at the median for novice dancers — that's typical. The scale goes up to 100, but even most champions score in the 50–80 range.

Why didn't my score change after I did well at an event? It should have. If you advanced through prelims with strong callbacks, the callback quality metric should reflect that. If you're a novice, callback quality is 30% of your strength score. Check that the event's results have been posted on EEPro — we can only track what's published.

Are leaders and followers scored together? No. All scoring is separate by role. A leader's strength score is based on their performance competing as a leader, compared to other leaders.

Can novices outrank intermediates? Rarely. The scoring is designed so that the typical novice scores well below the typical intermediate. Some exceptional novices (usually about to promote) may score above the weakest intermediates, but this is uncommon.

Profiles

Why are my callback numbers different from my WSDC points? Callbacks count prelim entries and promotions. WSDC points come from finals placements. A dancer can have a 100% callback rate and 0 WSDC points. More details →

My name is misspelled or I appear twice. Can this be fixed? Name variations across events are common. The system tries to unify them, but some slip through. If you notice a duplicate or misspelling, it will be fixed in a future data update.

I compete but I'm not in the WSDC registry. Why? Some dancers aren't registered with WSDC, or their registered name doesn't match their EEPro competition name. Your competition data will still appear — you'll just be missing WSDC point totals.

Events

Why does an event show a different name than what I remember? Events sometimes rename between years. We unify them under the current official name. If you search for the old name, it will still find the right event.

What does "Next: Mar 11-15, 2027" mean on an event? That's the next scheduled date from the WSDC event calendar. It links to the event's website if available.

An event I competed at isn't listed. Why? We can only track events that post results on EEPro or scoring.dance. If your event uses a different platform, we don't have the data.