How Points Work

Any athlete 13 years and older are eligible to participate and nominate in WCRA’s Virtual Rodeo Qualifier (VRQ) platform.

Open segment nominations in the Steer Wrestling, Bareback, and Saddle Bronc – Athletes must be a minimum of 15 years of age to nominate and must be 16 years of age at the time of competition. Bull Riding – all athletes over the age of eighteen (18) at the time of competition per PBR Rulebook.

Points are weighted differently for each division and are scaled for go rounds and final rounds/ aggregates. Points are distributed based on the number of paid places*. If an athlete does not place at the event, then consolation or nomination points will be awarded.

For full points, please see competition points in the dropdown below. 

Athletes must be nominated before the advertised start time of the event or prior to the athletes first round of competition. Rodeos with multi-day progressive round formats can be nominated at any round of competition but will only receive points from when the nomination is received. Points from previous rounds will not be applied.

The event must have a payout to be eligible for VRQ points. The results must be posted publicly or official results provided to our results team. All results sent in must be complete with Full Names, Placing, Times/Scores, and Payout for all paid rounds of competition. Email results to [email protected].

Nominate your efforts at upcoming events and earn points towards a WCRA Major event leaderboard. The number of athletes advancing per leaderboard and discipline will vary based on the WCRA Major event format.

VRQ Leaderboards for all segments and series programs are updated on Thursday afternoons each week.

How To Search For Upcoming Events- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLy9tf6YN5w

If an event has an average payout, the athlete must always nominate the event prior to the first time they compete. If an athlete attempts to nominate after they have competed in the first round, the nomination will not be accepted.

If an athlete is entered multiple times in the same competition, they have the option to nominate once and receive points for their highest placing, or to nominate multiple times and receive points for each time they place in a paid round.

Can’t find the event you are looking for? Athletes can email [email protected] to request the event be added in the VRQ database. Event requests must be submitted 24- hours in advance of the advertised start time.

Add Event or “App Add”: App add fee is a defaulted D2 fee of $150 plus transaction fees or DY2 fee of $75 plus transaction fees. After the correct divisional ranking is determined by our team, the nomination will be up charged/refunded any differences in the divisions.

Roping events with incentives included in classes do not require a separate nomination. Points will be awarded to the class as well as the incentive. (No separate entry fee = No separate nomination)

Segment abbreviations-

1. DY- Division Youth
2. WRWC- Women’s Rodeo World Championship
3. RCC- Rodeo Corpus Christi
4. RNC- Rodeo Carolina

VRQ Points are awarded up to the top 10 paid positions in all paid rounds of competition for rodeos and jackpot/single discipline events. Athlete must have a qualified time or score in order to be eligible for competition points.

Barrel racing competition points are awarded as follows:

Alliance Jackpot Barrel Races- VRQ points are awarded to the top 10 fastest times in all paid rounds of competition.

Non alliance events and Rodeos- VRQ Points are awarded up to the top 10 paid positions in all paid rounds of competition.

In an instance where athletes tied, the total points for the tied places will be added together and split evenly between the total number of tied places.

Note: If several athletes tie for 10th place, they will split the base points for last place. If the points equal less than the consolation or nomination point total, the athletes will receive the greater value of points.

VRQ Leaderboards for all segments and series programs are updated on Thursday afternoons each week.

Points earned at alliance events for nominations that do not result in earning competition points.

Consolation Points –

• Division 1: 7.5 consolation points
• Division 2: 4.5 consolation points
• Division 3: 3 consolation points
• Division 4: 1.5 consolation points
• Divison 5: .75

Consolation points are available at alliance events. Consolation points are awarded to those who nominated and competed in alliance events but did not earn a check. Upcoming alliance events can be found in the VRQ platform by Filtering the search parameters to alliance events only.

Consolation points are only awarded to one nomination per class if no competition points are earned.

VRQ Leaderboards for all segments and series programs are updated on Thursday afternoons each week.

Points that are awarded when no competition points, nor consolation points are earned or awarded. Nomination points are applied to non- alliance events.

Nomination Points –

• Division 1: 1.0 points
• Division 2: .75 points
• Division 3: .50 points
• Division 4: .25 points
• Divison 5: .25

Nomination points are only awarded to one nomination per class if no competition points are earned.

VRQ Leaderboards for all segments and series programs are updated on Thursday afternoons each week.

Gold Alliance, Silver Alliance, Qualifier series, and Top Hand alliance events/classes get the opportunity for expanded points regardless of paid positions. Expanded points are awarded up to the top “X” (refer to scale below) athlete with the fastest times/highest scores in each paid round of competition.

Top Hand Non- Alliance- Points up to 10 paid positions

Gold, Silver, and Qualifier Series events also get the benefit of minimal divisional rankings regardless of the previous year’s payout.

Qualifier Series Event or Class- Minimal divisional ranking D2

Gold Alliance- Minimal divisional ranking D3

Silver Alliance/Top Hand- Minimal divisional ranking D4

RODEO SCALE

JACKPOT SCALE

*All numbers listed in the scales above are UP TO “X” athletes with a qualified time or score. NT or NS will not be awarded points for each round paid round of competition.

Expanded points used by VRQ team is determined by the divisional ranking, number of places points will be awarded to, and the number of athletes with qualified scores/times. Example: Advertised we award points up to 20 places but only 18 athletes had qualified times, VRQ team will use the place column that reflects “18” places.

Expanded points chart here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1bkdZC32OUFHKOT2fLYKg8sbpmWS1fk2uIp3A3hYshHo/edit?usp=sharing

In an instance where athletes tied, the total points for the tied places will be added together and split evenly between the total number of tied places.

Note: If several athletes tie for 10th place, they will split the base points for last place. If the points equal less than the consolation or nomination point total, the athletes will receive the greater value of points.

When athletes are nominating their events, here are some important details to keep in mind:

1. If an event has an average payout, the athlete must always nominate the event prior to the first time they compete. If an athlete attempts to nominate after they competed in the first round, the nomination will not be accepted. 
2. If an event is a progressive format, athletes can nominate anytime during the competition and receive points for any rounds following their nomination. They will not be eligible to receive points for any rounds that occurred prior to their nomination. 
3. If an athlete is entered multiple times in the same competition, they have the option to nominate once and receive points for their highest placing, or to nominate multiple times and receive points for each time they place in a paid round. 

If an athlete ever has questions on how to nominate or how points are awarded at an event, please email [email protected] and our team will be happy to help you.