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Random rating observations - USBGF

Posted By: Daniel Murphy
Date: Friday, 13 January 2012, at 6:04 p.m.

The USBGF "all-tournaments" rating list ranks approximately 1336 players^* in three years of rated tournament play (2009-2011).

Percentage of players who are rated:
above 1700:	0.5%
above 1600:	10.6%
above 1500:	45.2%
below 1500:	54.8%
below 1400:	7.1%
below 1300:	0.3%

Percentage of players who have won:
70% or more of their matches:	6.4%
60% or more of their matches:	18.9%
More than half of their matches:	36.4%
Exactly half of their matches:	9.9%
Less than half of their matches:	53.7%
40% or less of their matches:	39.9%
30% or less of their matches:	21.9%

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^*Of 1339 entries, there at least 3 (and possibly 5) non-player and duplicate player entries.