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At the end of every simulation, you receive a detailed performance assessment. This tells you how you performed across four core diplomatic skills and gives you an overall rank.

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Overall score

Your overall score is a number from 0–100. It’s a weighted average of your four skill scores (see below), adjusted for:
  • Difficulty level — Harder simulations reward higher scores for the same performance
  • Country position difficulty — Representing a country with a minority position is harder and is scored accordingly
  • Resolution outcome — Whether your country’s objectives were achieved

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Skill scores

Your performance is broken down into four diplomatic skills, each scored from 0–100:

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Diplomacy (0–100)

How well you navigated relationships with other delegates. This includes:
  • Building coalitions and bloc relationships
  • Maintaining constructive engagement with opponents
  • Using appropriate diplomatic language and tone
  • Avoiding unnecessary escalation
High diplomacy score = You built bridges and found common ground. Low score = You alienated potential allies or behaved in ways that closed off negotiation.

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Negotiation (0–100)

How effectively you achieved your country’s objectives through negotiation. This includes:
  • Successfully advancing your resolution language
  • Making strategic concessions to build support
  • Identifying and exploiting points of agreement
  • Avoiding concessions that undermined your core objectives
High negotiation score = You moved the outcome toward your country’s goals. Low score = You were unable to influence the outcome, or made concessions that worked against you.

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Critical Thinking (0–100)

How well you analyzed the situation and adapted your strategy. This includes:
  • Correctly identifying the key issues and actors
  • Adapting when your initial strategy wasn’t working
  • Anticipating how other countries would respond to your moves
  • Using evidence and facts appropriately in speeches
High critical thinking score = Your strategy showed understanding of the geopolitical reality and adapted intelligently. Low score = You repeated the same approach even when it wasn’t working.

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Communication (0–100)

The quality of your speeches and responses. This includes:
  • Clarity and persuasiveness of your arguments
  • Appropriate use of diplomatic language
  • Effective handling of points of information
  • Structure and pacing of your speeches
High communication score = Your speeches were clear, persuasive, and diplomatically appropriate. Low score = Your speeches were unclear, overly aggressive, or failed to advance your position.

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Rank titles

Your overall score maps to a diplomatic rank:
ScoreRank
90–100Expert Diplomat
75–89Senior Diplomat
60–74Diplomat
45–59Junior Diplomat
30–44Diplomatic Attaché
0–29Diplomatic Novice
These ranks appear on your profile and in your simulation history.

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Simulation Leaderboard

Each simulation has its own leaderboard showing the highest scores achieved for that scenario. You can see how your score compares to other delegates who’ve run the same simulation. This is separate from the main Community Leaderboard, which is based on total XP and course progress.

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Using your debrief

The debrief screen after a simulation shows:
  • Your score breakdown across all four skills
  • A written summary of what you did well and what to improve
  • Specific moments in the simulation that affected your score (e.g., “Your speech in Round 3 was persuasive and shifted two delegates to your position”)
  • Recommendations for which courses or Atlas searches would help you improve the skills where you scored lowest
Run the same simulation twice. The first time, try your natural approach. Read the debrief carefully. Then run it again with the feedback in mind. The improvement is usually significant.

Start a simulation

Learn how to set up and run your first simulation