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Of the top four last round, 'Chai Dragons' of Manchester retain their second place with a points improvement of 20%.
'SWOLE' of NUS rise to first place from fourth with a points improvement of 30%. 'TaskForce 141' of GCU fall from first to third with a points improvement of 13% and 'Prasinos Aegis' of Manchester slip one place to fourth also with a points improvement of 13%.
'Chai Dragons' are only 11 points, about half a percent, behind SWOLE, TaskForce 141 are 108 point off the leader, just over 5% and Prasinos Aegis are 180 point off the lead, just under 9%.
With just two rounds left to go, given the scale of improvements in one round the scores are very close and well able to be overtaken. The juggling of positions indicates how close this is.
This is a stage when those trying to catch up start taking more risky decisions, if they succeed they congratulate themselves, but risk means it can easily go the other way.
Careful judgement is needed so as not to get stung.
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Given that the top four last time were tightly bunched then changes in ranking are not surprising.
'TaskForce 141' of GCU rise from fourth to first and 'Chai Dragons' of Manchester rise from third to second. 'Prasinos Aegis' of Manchester slip from first to third and 'SWOLE' of NUS slip from second to fourth. But this isn't much more than a gentle shuffle. Taskforce 141 in first place have 1743 points and Prasinos Aegis in third have 1675 points. This is only 68 points and can easily be overtaken in a single round. SWOLE in fourth have 1592 points 151 points behind the leader, not a huge amount so the top four are still close to each other.
If any team is going to breakaway from the pack, now may be the time for a serious review of strategy to determine how to improve your ranking. Check your decision making. Does every team member contribute to the discussion. Teamwork ensures that the issues around each decision are explored and understood and that the team reaches the optimum decision.
Although the top four are close, external forces may drive the changes. The market could well tighten. Teams that have won jobs with low bids, or even losing bids, will see the effects ripple through their accounts. Their scores will not rise as before, and some might even fall. This may be happening already, and may explain why some teams have slipped.
These first three rounds has seen the performance of the top teams being broadly similar. Will this sustain or are we watching a calm before the storm.
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A re-arranging at the top sees 'Prasinos Aegis' from the University of Manchester take over the top spot and 'SWOLE' of the National University of Singapore move to second. 'Chai Dragons' also from Manchester grab hold of third, as 'Task Force 141' from Glasgow Caledonian University shimmy into fourth.
With 'GopherDigs' from the University of Minnesota holding onto their fifth position, the leading teams are separated by just 61 points.
With the hustle and bustle of Trialling the first round now out of the way, we should now start to see how the teams mix their decisions into a winning strategy.