Rating, as in the absolute number, will only tell you how good you are relative to people within the same group. That is to say, your chess.com rating will only tell you how good you are compared to other people on chess.com. The much more telling factor is your percentile. For example, if you are in the 25% percentile, you are in the top 25% of players. This acually tells you something about your strength compared to others directly, which the number of your rating does not do. You can also think of it this way: if chess.com suddenly decided to add an extra zero to everyone's rating, would that instantly just make you a better player? The number doesn't matter, the percentile is much more telling.
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Is 28% percentile ok if you’re less than 1000? I’m 988 at the moment I think.
DonRoderick wrote:
Rating, as in the absolute number, will only tell you how good you are relative to people within the same group. That is to say, your chess.com rating will only tell you how good you are compared to other people on chess.com. The much more telling factor is your percentile. For example, if you are in the 25% percentile, you are in the top 25% of players. This acually tells you something about your strength compared to others directly, which the number of your rating does not do. You can also think of it this way: if chess.com suddenly decided to add an extra zero to everyone's rating, would that instantly just make you a better player? The number doesn't matter, the percentile is much more telling.
sure i understand that, but that not my point. Also i think you're confusing something - i'm 30% percentile didn't mean i'm top 30% lol it's actually mean opposite. it means there're 70% of user here better than me. it's weird and didn't sound correct but you can check at global rank on chess. Avg Rating here is 864.0. i'm below 700 but still show 30% percentile. but that's also not the point.
Point is in chess.con i'm lower than the mean/average , like you said i'm 30% so there're 70% of people who better than me in chess.com but in[deleted-UpbeatAngle] my percentile is better[deleted-UpbeatAngle] like way better. when on chess.com i'm below avg.
Are you gonna tell me chess.com people are so much better skills than[deleted-UpbeatAngle] ? i doubt so somehow. (not compare by rating but by percentile i'm at).
@DonRoderick
also you're at 1300+ rapid you're at 90% percentile right now. percentile here work opposite as you describe. you're actually top 10% here at rapid not the other way around.
and i'm not talking about adding 0 mean i'm better. i already stated usually rating there and here different by 200-300 at beginer range. which i compared them by avg percentile and everything already duh.
also you're at 1300+ rapid you're at 90% percentile right now. percentile here work opposite as you describe. you're actually top 10% here at rapid not the other way around.
and i'm not talking about adding 0 mean i'm better. i already stated usually rating there and here different by 200-300 at beginer range. which i compared them by avg percentile and everything already duh.
i'm totally beginner lol struggle here on chess.com rapid around 500-680 (cant get 700) for a while now.
i'm trying[deleted-UpbeatAngle] and confused... since there i'm beating 1500-1700 (and they are not like just starting accounts.. played 100+ rapid games).... how is that possible? is it pure luck? lol i heard rating on lichess at beginner range probably gonna be 200-300 different but this is beyond that.
anyone who on both side? what different of your rating here and there?
i would love to achieve 1000 rating here since that a mean here.