John Sinclair wrote:

Hi Chip,
I was in the scoring office at Hobbs when a contestant
was told there was no trace on his little black box.
The guy was devastated, didn't go to the banquet and
I'm told he drove till midnight, not saying a word
to his wife.
...

This reaction is difficult to understand. Anyway there is
nothing to win in a contest, except the satisfaction of
having done the best you can and that the best you can is
comparable to or better than what the others did. The fact
that this is officially sanctionned by the rule of scoring
should be secondary, even if you don't get the place you
think you are deserving, you know that you made the flight
and what are your ranking compared to others. I agree that
it would be better if the official result shows that. But
this is the opinion of a non-competitor.