Performance Science

The Gasmograph™

The certified telemetry system underneath modern Battlegasm scoring: six trace phases, one legal Fin marker and enough evidence to make “I know what I saw” an appeal strategy of last resort.

REFERENCE TRACE // MODERN IBGF TELEMETRY PEAK G BUILDTHRESHOLDCLIMAXPEAK GAFTERSHOCKRECOVERY
0–10

Gasm Score™

One performance. Five weighted components. Final scores are reported to two decimal places.

Intensity 30 · Duration 20 · Difficulty 20 · Execution 15 · Showmanship 15

0–100

Gasm Index™

A rolling strength rating used for world rankings. It incorporates recent Gasm Scores, opponent quality, result placement, consistency, discipline coefficient and championship weighting.

Updated weekly · trailing 12 months

Peak G™

The Statistic Fans Misuse Most Confidently

Peak G measures the highest instantaneous telemetry amplitude during a qualifying performance. A giant Peak G can still lose to a technically cleaner overall Gasm Score. The statistic is important. It is not sovereign.

Fin Marker // Timing Layer

Fin Is Not Peak G

The Fin is the rule-defined verified endpoint of a qualifying response. In Speed, the clock stops at the Fin marker. In scored disciplines, the Fin can occur after the principal peak and before Recovery is complete. A competitor can therefore fin, lose the Battle and still spend several minutes looking extremely zoned.

Six Phases of a Certified Trace

01

Build

Baseline-to-threshold activity. Useful for pacing analysis, less useful for people who insist nothing is happening.

02

Threshold

The certified point at which a qualifying response becomes scorable under event rules.

03

Climax

The primary scored response window. Component judging and telemetry analysis converge here; the legal Fin may occur at or after the principal peak depending on format.

04

Peak G

The highest instantaneous amplitude recorded during the qualifying response. Peak G is a telemetry statistic, not the final Gasm Score.

05

Aftershock

Secondary activity following the principal peak. Persistent activity can affect recovery analysis and has already forced two scoring-window revisions.

06

Recovery

Return toward baseline. In Endurance and Multiples formats, recovery is strategy, not merely aftermath.

What the Machine Does Not Decide

Judges Still Exist

Execution, Difficulty and Showmanship require human judging. The Gasmograph supplies biometric evidence; it does not possess taste, context or a union.

The Index Is Not a Score

A 98.2 Gasm Index does not mean a competitor produced a 98.2-point Gasm. It means the ranking model has become very confident that everyone else should be concerned.

Legacy Telemetry

The current technical standard dates to 2024. Results from 2019–2023 remain recognized but may display a Legacy-Equivalent score when the archived sensor package cannot be reconstructed under the modern five-component model.

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