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How do ratings work?
Ratings are the backbone of our entire system. Why are they so important?
Combat sports are fun and exciting when athletes are appropriately matched, but they can be painful and humiliating when mismatches occur. Many organizations have attempted to implement skill divisions in their events, but the absence of a fair and objective method for rating athletes often leads to mismatches and instances of skill cheating. Also, skill divisions are not black and white, there exists a significant difference in ability between a 1-month beginner and a 1-year beginner. Some parents, driven by their love for their children, go to great lengths, including misrepresenting their child's skill level, to enter them into novice divisions, thereby bolstering their own egos at the expense of other children. Our rating system eliminates this problem and makes skill cheating impossible.
- Based on results When an athlete wins a match, their rating will increase, when they lose a match, their rating will decrease. The amount that their rating will increase or decrease depends upon the rating of the other athlete.
- Beat a higher rated opponent, gain a lot of points.
- Beat a lower rated opponent, gain a few points.
- Lose to a higher rated opponent, lose a few points.
- Lose to a lower rated opponent, lose a lot of points.
- Changes in weight Since size matters in combat sports, ratings adjust as athletes grow or shrink in size. This allows ratings to remain accurate across weight classes.
- Manual adjustments Sometimes our staff will deem it necessary to manually adjust the rating of an athlete so that they are appropriately placed in the hierarchy.
Ratings are an estimate of skill, they are good, but they not perfect. An athlete having a good day may perform at a level a few hundred points higher than their current rating, while an athlete cutting too much weight may perform far below their rating.
| Difference in rating | Likelihood the higher rated athlete wins |
|---|---|
| 0 | 50% |
| 100 | 64% |
| 200 | 76% |
| 300 | 85% |
| 400 | 92% |
| 500 | 96% |
| 600 | 98% |
| 800 | 99.74% |
| 1500 | 99.99999% |
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