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"Is this what she showed the Gamemakers? She should have gotten a ten."
Katniss reminisces on Rue's training score[src]

A training scores was a numerical score given to tributes after their private training sessions in front of the Gamemakers. Scores ranged from one to twelve, with one being the worst and twelve being the best. These scores gave Capitol citizens an idea of who stood the best chance during the Hunger Games, and therefore, who to bet on and sponsor.[1] Other tributes used scores to determine who would be a threat to them in the arena.

Mechanics[]

Private sessions[]

Private training sessions were held in the afternoon on the third day of training.[1] Tributes were called into the gymnasium one at a time, starting with District 1 and ending with District 12, alternating by sex (boy-girl-boy, etc). During their individual session, a tribute could showcase their skills at any of the stations, while the Gamemakers watched and evaluated their performance. After fifteen minutes, or once the Gamemakers believed they had seen enough, that tribute was dismissed and they called in the next one.[2]

Announcing scores[]

After their private sessions, tributes returned to their apartments in the Training Center and awaited their scores, which were announced on television in the evening. Going in the same order the tributes were called into the gym, the program showed a photo of the tribute, and then their score was flashed underneath it.[1]

Strategy[]

Most tributes aimed for high scores in order to appeal to sponsors. Career Tributes from District 1, District 2, and District 4 generally scored between eight and ten.[1]

Known scores[]

74th Hunger Games[]

Most of the tributes this year averaged a five. The Careers were exceptions, as were Rue, Thresh, Katniss Everdeen, and Peeta Mellark.[1]

District Tribute Score Demonstrated skills
1 Marvel 9 (film)[3] Spears (presumed)
Glimmer 9 (film)[3] Knives (presumed)
2 Cato 10 (film)[3] Physical strength, aggression, swordplay (presumed)
Clove 10 (film)[3] Knife throwing (presumed)
4 Unnamed male 8[3]
5 Foxface 5 (film)[3] Intelligence (presumed)
11 Thresh 10 (book)[4]

9 (film)[3]

Physical strength (presumed)
Rue 7[1][3] Stealth, climbing skills, knowledge of plants; also had some skill with a slingshot
12 Peeta Mellark 8[1][3] Throwing weights around in a show of physical strength[1]
Katniss Everdeen 11[1][3] Bow and arrows, fierce temper[1][3]

75th Hunger Games[]

Career tributes Cashmere, Gloss, Brutus, Enobaria, and Finnick Odair all received "predictably high scores". Save for Katniss and Peeta, the rest of the tributes got "low to medium" scores.[5]

District Tribute Score Demonstrated skills
1 Gloss 10 (film)[6] Knives (presumed)[7]
Cashmere 10 (film)[6] Knives (presumed)[7]
2 Brutus 11 (film)[6] Spear (presumed)[7]
Enobaria "High" Knives, hand-to-hand combat (presumed)[7]
4 Finnick Odair "High" Trident (presumed); also adept with knives and spears[8]
12 Peeta Mellark 12[5] Painted a picture of Rue with supplies from the camouflage station[5]
Katniss Everdeen 12[5] Hung a training dummy and wrote the name of Seneca Crane across its body[7]

Trivia[]

  • Katniss and Peeta were the first and only tributes to receive a 12.[5]
  • During the 71st Hunger Games, Johanna Mason kept up a guise of weakness,[9] so she presumably got a low score on purpose.
  • "A few years" before the 74th Hunger Games, an unknown male victor only received a score of three.[1]

References[]

  1. 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 The Hunger Games, Chapter 8
  2. The Hunger Games, Chapter 7
  3. 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 The Hunger Games film
  4. The Hunger Games, Chapter 9
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 Catching Fire, Chapter 17
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 Catching Fire, Chapter 16
  8. Catching Fire, Chapter 15
  9. The Hunger Games, Chapter 3
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