Average Beginner ranking is 1,200.
If you've ever taught someone the rules you'd know a real beginner is probably rated below 0. The only reason it doesn't happen is they artificially stop ratings from going lower than 100.
But of course when you're that new you can gain rating fast. Your first 100 games you probably gain a few 100 points, so you're more like 500 than below zero.
Real Beginners are not called Beginners in Chess.
They are considered provisional or novice.
They are often not given ranking to ensure the stability of the ranking economy.


I consider 1600 players to be pretty bad at chess but I guess everyone disrespects heavily lower-rated players. Anyway 1100 is a decent rating to have if you're not playing tournaments.
I'm trying to be respectful but it's hard when I literally got 1100 in like my first month of playing