Alpine races are timed. Slalom and giant slalom are usually two runs, and the combined time decides the result: 52.31 and 54.07 make 1:46.38. Racers with identical times share the place.
A race series then turns places into points. FIS World Cup scoring is the best-known table — 100 points for a win, 80 for second, 60 for third, then 50, 45, 40, 36, 32, 29 and 26 down to tenth, and on to 1 point for 30th — and many club series use it or a shortened version.
Nordic, freestyle and freeride series work the same way at the series level, even though the races are timed, judged or both.