I got my results on 9/8 and scored an 80, which I'm happy with.
I've since helped to judge two competitions and I've learned a ton from both.
I got a bit frustrated with the whole competition process in the last competition because I was pared with a very experienced judge who tended to evaluate beers based on personal preference and not in the guidelines, and thought "vegetal" and "green apple" described the same thing. Then finally he and the other more experienced judge chose a barleywine that had declared it's abv on the entry at 18% as the winning beer. While I agreed that it was well made, for a beer that big, it was far outside the guidelines on ABV which they deducted no points for at all. In the same flight they scored an extremely well crafted barrel aged tripel very low because it was too clean and didn't have enough yeast character.
Then when I was between sessions, I observed another table. It was being judged by a pro brewer and a non- certified but experienced judge. When they finished, I tasted their gold medal beer and while it was a great beer there was soap in it! It was obvious the brewer had not rinsed his bottles or something and there was an intense dish soap after taste. That won gold.
Of course, it wasn't my table and I had an entry in the category (which did receive decent feedback) so it wasn't ethical for me to say anything, but it was disappointing and frustrating as both a brewer and a judge
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