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AuthorMatt Shields Last Update2019-10-09
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Each player begins with an initial rating of 40 before their first tournament. After each event, a player's final placement (e.g. 1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc.) is converted to a percentile score.

The formula used is: (([Number of Players in the event]+0.5-[Placement])/[Number of Players in the event])*100

If the event was the World Championship, the tournament value is 20.
Otherwise, if the tournament has only one round, the tournament value is equal to the number of players in the event divided by 7, plus 2. If the event has more than one round, the tournament value is equal to the number of players in the event divided by 3.5, plus two. ( (#players/3.5)+2 ). However, the maximum tournament value for any non-world championship event is 15.

Events before 2001, with the exception of World Championships, have a tournament value of zero, meaning they have no effect on ratings. The theory is that results be based only on the last ten years of competitive play.

As an example of calculating new ratings, suppose a player enters an event with a rating of 55. Suppose also that they finish in 8th place out of 65 players. The player's percentile score is (65 + 0.5 - 8)/65 * 100 = 88.46. A 65 player event would have a tournament value of (65/3.5) +2 = 20.57. However, since the maximum tournament value is 15, that will be the value for this event. Therefore, this player's rating will move 15% of the distance from 55 to 88.46. The difference between 88.46 and 55 is 33.46. 15% of 33.46 is 5.019. Therefore, we add 5.019 points to this player's rating as a results of this event, meaning their rating increases from 55 to 60.019.


GenCon Indianapolis 2014
Date August 14-17, 2014 Place Indianapolis
Number of players78 Number of rounds5 Number of boards17
Coeff 115.00 Coeff 2- Coeff 3-

RankFirstName LastNameLoc.Nat.Score
1Tad RINGO99.36
2Dan MCNEILL98.08
3Matt ZORLINO96.79
4Eli KLEIN95.51
5Robert RICH94.23
6Daniel CULLINA92.95
7Robin CARROLL-DOLCI91.67
8Jennifer GROULING90.38
9Robert ZAHN89.10
10Jim O'KELLEY87.82
11Bill BLOOM86.54
12Jim KERWIN85.26
13Samuel HUBBARD83.97
14Alex CONDIE82.69
15Donna MENDYKE81.41
16Aldin BARNES80.13
17Grant JOHNSON78.85
18Brian ZAHN77.56
19Tony PROKES76.28
20David WILLIAMS75.00
21Brian WARESCHI73.72
22David WYETH72.44
23Jason COVITZ71.15
24Trent COLWELL69.87
25Stephen BAKER68.59
25Tanner FISHER32.69
27Alex KERWIN66.03
28Luke BRADT64.74
29Paul TUCK63.46
30Erich ZAHN62.18
31Nick WILLE60.90
32Charles POWELL59.62
33Owen CASSELMAN58.33
34Carl BOLAS57.05
35Lawrence COLLINS55.77
36Mark SLATTERY54.49
36Jack WILSBACH54.49
38Ken PHILLIPS51.92
39Erich ZAHN62.18
40Ed SUMMERS49.36
41Philip BURK48.08
42Steven LAFOLLETTE46.79
43Carlos BULLARD45.51
44Mark FLAKLEY44.23
45Aj SWANSON42.95
46Michael SMITH41.67
47Max YOUNGQUIST40.38
48Willow PALECEK39.10
49Rick LUDOWESE37.82
50Jim CAUSEY36.54
50Shawn CHOPRA36.54
50Logan KING36.54
53Tanner FISHER32.69
54Kevin O'KELLEY31.41
55John CARPENTER30.13
56Ray NERPAL28.85
57Matt MCDONALD27.56
58Joey FASULO26.28
58Brad PLOGSTED26.28
60Roger WORAK23.72
61Mike ARMALIS22.44
62Nick LUDOWESE21.15
63Tim MILLER19.87
64Eric SUMMERS18.59
65Dean BOYER17.31
66Glen GREESON16.03
67Todd COHN14.74
67Cory CRAMER14.74
67Norman DEAN14.74
67Ken GAUCK14.74
67Michael HOPKINS14.74
67Jay MASON-GRANT14.74
73Sherwin DOROUDI7.05
73Scott MACGREGOR7.05
73Tommy MEADOWS7.05
73Daniel MENDYKE7.05
73Russ SCHAEFER7.05
78John SOPER0.64

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