A score is considered stray when the connection between an entry and a judge is broken after the judge has already evaluated that entry.
You can identify stray scores in the Manage workspace by going to Judging > Settings > Assignments and using the Method filter set to Stray in the advanced search.
Stray scores can occur when:
A judge is removed from a panel
An entry is deleted
The judge role is removed from a user
An entry may originally have been assigned through a panel or a manual assignment and then removed. Because Award Force does not delete data, the scores remain in the system and are marked as stray. These scores are no longer included in the leaderboard or any exports.
If you wish to recover stray scores, you will need to recreate the original connection—for example:
Add the judge back to the panel
Recreate the manual assignment
Restore the judge role on the user
Good to know
Stray scores are preserved for audit and data integrity, but they do not count toward judging progress or leaderboard results.
Restoring the original assignment connection automatically re-links the scores.
If multiple changes were made, you may need to retrace several steps to fully restore the relationship between the judge and the entry.
