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Relationship of skill level metrics to IQ score

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I do not understand what the parallel and short turn modes are looking for. In parallel mode for example I have 30s on the 4 main skills but Iq score of only 115 so it does not seem that skills match to the out put. What am I missing?

Posted by Michael O'Connor ·
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  • ofer

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    Jan 5

    I have the same situation, parallel shows skill levels of 30, 30, 27 and 28 with highest skiIQ of 117. Would be helpful to get more clarity on how SkiIQ is calculated in relation to the skills and in general. The situation as is is that it’s unclear what’s missing to improve the SkiIQ given all the skills are pretty much maxed out.

  • John Moore

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    Dec 6, 2025

    Thanks for the question, Michael.

    Skill levels are based on metric scores for a subset of the metrics that drive the Ski:IQ for a given technique (e.g. Parallel). This helps to break down the problem of getting better into more bite-size challenges.

    Ski:IQ, on the other hand, is driven by all of the metrics for that technique at the same time. So it is possible to do all of the skills well individually but still have some challenges in putting them together at the same time. You might lean in on one but sacrifice one of the others. That could be part of what you are experiencing. You have demonstrated that you can do all of the individual skills well. You just need to practice putting them all together more.

    The other guidance is that the Parallel skill pathway is for foundational parallel skiing. Short Turns, Carving, Moguls, and Powder are all more advanced parallel techniques. If you start working on those skills, either on Short Turns or Carving depending on the conditions that you have available to you, that is another next step in coaching to improve your Ski:IQs.