ROFC Simulation Program

import random
import time
SIMS=1000000 # Number of simulations to run
MINSCORE=0 # Lower cap of event scores
MAXSCORE=20000 # Upper cap of event scores
AVGSCORE=10000 # Average event score
STDEV=2000 # Standard deviation of event scores
CONTS=12 # Number of contestants
top_1=list()
top_3=list()
top_5=list()
fails=list()
for i in range(CONTS):
    top_1.append(0)
    top_3.append(0)
    top_5.append(0)
    fails.append(0)
for i in range(SIMS):
    if i==0:
        t1=time.time()
    scores=[70188,66058,65043,64980,64662,63870,63614,63074,62632,60897,59874,58481] # Contestant scores
    CONTS=12
    assert len(scores)==CONTS, 'CONTS constant must equal length of scores list'
    while CONTS>1:
        lowestScore=MAXSCORE*1000000000
        worstCont=-1
        for cont in range(len(scores)):
            if scores[cont]!=None:
                toadd=random.normalvariate(AVGSCORE,STDEV)
                if toadd>MAXSCORE:
                    toadd=MAXSCORE
                elif toadd<MINSCORE:
                    toadd=MINSCORE
                scores[cont]+=toadd
                if scores[cont]<lowestScore:
                    lowestScore=scores[cont]
                    worstCont=cont
        scores[worstCont]=None
        CONTS-=1
        if CONTS==len(scores)-1:
            fails[worstCont]+=1
        elif CONTS==5:
            for cont in range(len(scores)):
                if scores[cont]!=None:
                    top_5[cont]+=1
        elif CONTS==3:
            for cont in range(len(scores)):
                if scores[cont]!=None:
                    top_3[cont]+=1
        elif CONTS==1:
            for cont in range(len(scores)):
                if scores[cont]!=None:
                    top_1[cont]+=1
    if i==0:
        t2=time.time()
        texp=(t2-t1)*(SIMS-1)
        print('This should take about %s seconds.' % texp)
print('Eliminated next: %s' % fails)
print('Top 5: %s' % top_5)
print('Top 3: %s' % top_3)
print('Top 1: %s' % top_1)