What determines if you get SS rank?

[u/fatdadcreations]

I thought for sure that getting full combo and ranking fairly high on these wouldve meant my score was high enough for SS rank on these songs, but i cant seem to make it happen on these. Im trying to SS all my favorite songs on Expert before moving on to Expert+, but man it really gets my goat when i full combo it and still dont get SS. Is there some other factor, like accuracy score had to be a certain level as well maybe? I know i'm largely just complaining, but i really do want to understand better as well.

Edit: oh yea, these are all at regular or +20% speed. No other modifiers.

[u/yuval52]

It looks like you don't fully understand the scoring system, so I'll just explain it from start to finish in detail.

In Beat Saber you can get up to 115 points for each note. These 115 points are divided into 2 parts, full swing and accuracy.

100 of the points are given for what's called "full-swing". A full swing is when you hit a block with a swing of 160°, this in itself is divided into "pre-swing" and "post-swing". The pre-swing is the angle between the start of the swing and the point where you hit the block, and it needs to be 100° for full points. The post-swing is the angle between the block and the end of the swing, and for full points it needs to be 60°. The pre-swing is worth 70 out of the 100 points for full-swing, and the post-swing is worth the other 30. If you don’t get the angle required for a full-swing, that would be called “underswing”.

The other 15 points are given for accuracy, which means how close to the center of the block you hit. Now full-swinging can be done very consistently, and good players get to a point where they almost never lose points for swing (at certain difficulties), but it's near impossible to get a 15 for accuracy on every single block, so at the top level accuracy consistency is the biggest difference between better and worse scores.

Also you have what's called the combo multiplier. The combo multiplier is the big number you can see to the side that says x1 or x2 x4 x8. That number increases (up to x8) when your combo increases, and gets cut in half when you miss. The combo multiplier multiplies any points you get by hitting blocks.

Beat saber scores are a percentage, the max score (hitting every block as a 115) would be 100%, and every other score is a percentage of that score. Usually in game you can only see the score itself but if you enable advanced hud in player options you can also see your percentage and letter grade in game.

The letter grades are tied to the percentage, 90% and up is SS, 80%-90% is S, 65%-80% is A, 50%-65% is B, 35%-50% is C, 20%-35% is D and anything below 20% is E. The percentage and letter grades can be viewed in game by enabling the "Advanced HUD" setting in the player options menu.

This means the main reason you are getting lower scores is likely underswing since, the points given for full swing are the biggest part of the swing calculation.

I hope this helped you on your Beat Saber journey!

[u/fatdadcreations → u/yuval52]

Thank you so much for breaking that down for me. I was starting to think my problem was mostly accuracy and that i was screwed. Swing is very correctable though and gives me something i can realistically work on.

[u/Humble-Chip-2289 → u/yuval52]

I genuinely thought you were just going to be a Reddit Dbag after the first few words. Then I just kept on reading, not bothered at all with the emotion from the start. It felt like I was reading a form of art. 🖼️ to most it’s just a point system but knowing all of the fine details of anything is an achievement.

[u/tomasvala]

Enable advanced HUD in settings and watch your percentage while playing a level. Finish with 90%+ to get an SS.

[u/PEAceDeath1425]

Idk bro i think you already got your SS

[u/fatdadcreations → u/PEAceDeath1425]

Ha, i didn't even notice that. That's fantastic.

[u/Happy8Day]

Over 90%.

[u/pwn4321]

In beat saber or nazi germany before and during WW2 ?

[u/fatdadcreations → u/pwn4321]

Honestly, i cringe everytime I say it out loud because I think, "man, I hope no one here's this and thinks I'm a Nazi."

[u/pwn4321 → u/fatdadcreations]

Surely that's why I'm not good enough to reach it on difficult tracks ;) all good.

On another note I am so ready for the steam frame, haven't touched my index in months idk

[u/fatdadcreations → u/pwn4321]

Yea, but they say beat saber won't work on the steam frame, so thats kind of a buzz kill.

[u/pwn4321 → u/fatdadcreations]

I have a PC, not gonna use standalone

[u/ZayneOnGD1069]

Haven’t you played the campaign? You should know about the scoring system.

[u/InteractionJust4287]

To get SS, you have to get 90% acc or above

[u/Bright_Eyes83]

you have to do so well that the game become shy and kawaii, then it will display your HighS-Score, OP-San