[youngace89]

What if we counted extra events, but team's events after their first one didn't give teams as many points? So being a semifinalist at your second event would be the same number as points as being a quarterfinalist at your first event.

We couldn't take the average of the two events here, because going to a second event could hurt a team's chances, so the team's score for state would be the better of their two scores.

This way the only teams that would benefit from attending a second event are those who are successful enough to be winners or finalists at their second event. 2175 and 3130 would have made it this year, and 2502 would have made it last year.