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What does percentile mean in Chess.com? At the moment I am around 1340 and it says that I have a percentile of 81,1%, does it mean I have a better rating than 81,1% of users? I hope so but definitely I don't feel so strong
Also, I'm around 1800 in [another site -- VP] and I have the same percentile, this make the thing even stranger
Jun 14, 2020
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Matteo1927 wrote:
What does percentile mean in Chess.com? At the moment I am around 1340 and it says that I have a percentile of 81,1%, does it mean I have a better rating than 81,1% of users? I hope so but definitely I don't feel so strong
https://support.chess.com/article/857-what-does-percentile-mean
Most members are casual players. Even in OTB chess, there are a lot of beginner player, or casual tournament players, so it doesn't take a high rating to be in the top 20%.
Ratings across pools are not normally comparable, since different sites have differing starting ratings, but the percentile numbers, in pools of sufficient size, likely have a better correlation.
Thank you very much
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