What a camera can see in a ring dip
The rubric scores the smallest elbow angle at the bottom — full marks require the shoulders to drop below the elbows — and the largest elbow angle at the top. Control, measured as the lowering-to-lifting ratio, is weighted almost as heavily as the depth criterion. The identity gate checks that the rep does not finish overhead, which would make it a ring muscle-up, and that the body stays extended, which separates a dip from a kip.
How ScoreRep scores a ring dip
The rubric declares 4 scored criteria. The strongest single camera angle is the front view. Every criterion below is available from that angle.
The score is the points earned divided by the points the recorded angle could support, so a clip filmed from a limited angle is never quietly marked down for what the camera could not see. At least 60% of the applicable weight has to be measured before a result is ranked at all.
| Criterion | Points | Measured from the athlete’s pose | Full marks when |
|---|---|---|---|
| Full range of motion | 35 | smallest elbow angle in the rep | 70° or less |
| Full extension | 25 | largest elbow angle in the rep | 165° or more |
| Control | 25 | ratio of lowering time to lifting time | 0.8 or more |
| Consistency across the set | 15 | drop in rep speed between the fastest and the slowest rep | 10% or less |
Does this ring dip rep count?
ScoreRep answers that in two separate steps. First, the clip has to read as a ring dip at all: every check in the table below has to pass, and a reading the camera could not take counts as a fail, never as a pass. A clip that fails is returned unranked with the reason attached, rather than scored low against the wrong rubric, and no template can override a failed check.
Second, the scoring criteria award points. Falling short of a full-marks threshold costs points, not the rep. Every number here is read from version 2 of the ring dip rubric, the same file the scoring engine runs.
- Compare the ring dip standard with the other 29 movements on the movement standards page.
- How the rep counter decides between a valid rep and a no-rep, station by station.
| Reading | Has to be | Otherwise rejected because |
|---|---|---|
| Smallest elbow angle in the rep | 90° or less | the elbows do not close far enough for a complete dip |
| Whether the hands finish above the shoulders | no | the rep finishes overhead, which reads as a ring muscle-up rather than a ring dip |
| Vertical travel of the shoulders across the rep | 0.04 or more | the shoulders do not descend far enough on the rings |
| Largest hip angle in the rep | 160° or more | the body is not extended enough, which reads as kipping rather than a ring dip |
What the recording has to contain
Eligibility decides whether a result can enter a leaderboard. Failing it does not block the feedback — the clip is still scored and returned, but marked unranked with the reason attached, so a bad camera position never silently becomes a bad score.
- A pose has to be detected in at least 55% of the frames.
- The camera angle has to be one of: front, back, left side, right side, left oblique and right oblique.
- At least 1 complete repetition has to be detected.
What is deliberately not scored
Identity, repetition counting, eligibility and the score are derived only from the athlete’s pose. Measurements that come from tracking an external object — the path of a barbell, for example — are drawn on the review overlay but are deliberately outside the scoring contract, so they never affect the number.
Reading the result
The control criterion is the one that separates a training set from a workout set. In a workout, athletes drop into the bottom and the control score falls immediately while depth stays high; in a strength set the pattern is reversed. Neither is wrong, but comparing a workout set against a strength set on this criterion will always mislead.
A technique score is educational feedback about visible movement. It cannot tell you whether a load is safe for your joints, whether pain means something, or whether a programme suits you. Those judgements need a coach or clinician who knows your history.