About & Coverage
Barbershop Study links BHS and BABS contest score records to YouTube performances. Scores are sourced from official published scoresheets. An AI agent matches each score record to a candidate video from a curated set of official contest channels, using the group name, year, round, and category — never a guess: if the agent can't confidently identify the right video, the record shows no video rather than a wrong one. “AI-matched” means the agent found a confident match. “Coming Soon” means the contest was held recently and BHS's First Look subscription window hasn't lifted yet.
Data coverage
| Org | Year | Records | AI-matched | Last processed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BHS | 2017 | 208 | 96.6% | 7/7/2026 |
| BHS | 2018 | 170 | 63.5% | 7/7/2026 |
| BHS | 2019 | 228 | 97.8% | 7/7/2026 |
| BHS | 2022 | 228 | 95.2% | 7/7/2026 |
| BHS | 2023 | 248 | 97.6% | 7/7/2026 |
| BHS | 2024 | 252 | 99.2% | 7/7/2026 |
| BHS | 2025 | 270 | 97.8% | 7/7/2026 |
Overall: 1505 of 1604 records (93.8%) are AI-matched. Browse all contests →
Data sourced from BHS and BABS official published scoresheets, cross-referenced with Thinking Barbershop. This is an independent project, not affiliated with BHS or BABS.