The root of these projections are the summation of two of the three types of tournament scoring: Placement Points and Advancement Points, as laid out in this chart:
Placement Points are awarded to the top eight finishers as shown in the third column above.
Advancement Points are awarded for wins that move a wrestler forward in a bracket (but not awarded during final placement bouts such as for first or third place). One Advancement Point is earned in the upper championship bracket (when a wrestler has not yet lost any bouts in the tourney) and .