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Experiment: How many matches does it take?

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This season:

To get to 1700, it took me eight games (7-1)

To get to 1800, it took me 17 games (15-2)

Last season:

1700: nine games (8-1)
1800: twenty two games (20-2)
1900: thirty four games (32-2)
2000: seventy six games (68-8)
 
If its of any use here's mine:

1700 - 15 games (10-5)
1800 - 30 games (22-8)
1900 - 38 games (30-8)

Highest: 1960 in 44 matches (36-8)
 
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Flaming_Spinach said:
I am trying to provide a future resource.

So when someone says, "The number of matches you play has nothing to do with your record", I can respond with, "Well, no one has ever gotten a 2000 rating in under 98 matches", or something similar.

Also, it gives people a benchmark for (minimum) how many matches they will have to play in order to recieve that trip to Worlds. If 2000 is the approximate cut-off line, and you can't make it to more than 3 or 4 tournaments this year, you'd better start planning that trip to Nats now.

Lastly, it is always better to use real-world numbers. Sure, it's possible to reach 2000 in 16 matches; but the real-world restrictions on your rating make this a rediculously impossible feat.



BTW, now that we have Ross's numbers, we have benchmarks for every level. There are probably better numbers out there, but at least we have a start.
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I see what your doing, but re-read your whole last post with one a couple of words added/changed.



I am trying to provide a future resource.

So when someone says, "The number of matches you play has nothing to do with your record", I can respond with, "Well, no one has ever gotten a 2000 rating in under 98 matches", or something similar.

Also, it gives people a benchmark for minimum average number of matches they will have to play in order to recieve that trip to Worlds. If 2000 is the approximate cut-off line, and you can't make it to more than 3 or 4 tournaments this year, you'd better start planning that trip to Nats now.

Lastly, it is always better to use real-world numbers. Sure, it's possible to reach 2000 in 16 matches; but the real-world restrictions on your rating make this a rediculously impossible feat.



BTW, now that we have Ross's numbers, we have benchmarks for every level. There are probably better numbers out there, but at least we have a start.
 
138 604000455 4 1789 1880 You +20 1809

If we are counting all matches last year in Modified Overall I first went over 1800 after 138 matches going 73-65. All it took was one Hot streak (ie going 5-0 in a prerelease to really boost your rankings, but only Preimer Constructed counts today)
 
Well, keep in mind that we're missing 2100 (I know somebody like Steve P.'s son broke it) and maybe even 2200. It isn't over yet, folks!
 
What Plaf is telling is true btw, I was only looking at my end of tourney result. After 6 rounds, I was 1701 with 6 matches won to zero matches lost. So that's a new score I guess.
 
Ya I got to 1700 (1701) last year in 6 rounds (6-0).

2 years ago I got 2000 (2011) in 77 games, almost as good as you Ketts!
 
My son, in the juniors division, has played in two cities and has won both with a record of 10-0.

He is at 1745 and 24th globally.

PokeDaddy

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BTW - when I tried to look at the total games from last year in my son's account, I got this message.

"You are not authorized to see that page. You may only view your own Ratings History report!"

Anyone know what gives here?

PokeDaddy
 
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Records this way are only the extreme situations, if you are looking for a "real-world" (or better called more average way to reach xx rating)
I don't know if this is true but can it work this way:

If you have won 7 more matches than you lost, you will be around 1700.
If you have won 15 more matches than you lost, you will be around 1800.
If you have won 30 more matches than you lost, you will be around 1900. ETc.

So with 25-18 you will be around 1700, or 37-22 around 1800???
It's not possible for everybody to go xxx-0 or xx-1, but I do believe it's still possible to reach a high rank even if you lost over 10-20 matches. (you need to play more tournaments of course).

Again I don't know if it works that way, but I do think it will come close.
 
Some numbers from a friend:

1700: 17
1800: 42
1900: 68
2000: 77



We have a good estimation of how many games it takes to get to the benchmarks now.


2000 in 75-100 matches.
 
hey, I think this Experiment is invalid, because the way your ranking goes up is based on the ranking of your opponent, for example, it could take 5 games to get your points to 1800, it could take 50, it all depends
 
Krucifier said:
hey, I think this Experiment is invalid, because the way your ranking goes up is based on the ranking of your opponent, for example, it could take 5 games to get your points to 1800, it could take 50, it all depends
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What method do you suggest?

And I'm not looking for the average ammount of time it takes to reach X, I'm looking for the FASTEST.
 
The rating used last season would be completely different used to the one used this year, so, this experiment would be invalid...unless i'm wrong lol.

I went 4-0 at my cities (small, i know...need more players...and more challenging ones at that [no offense guys lol]) how many points is that?
 
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