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Avatar of srn347

Ok, so according to my page I'm in the top 68.4th percentile (this may be subject to change), yet I have more losses then wins. This means that over half the people on chess.com have more losses than wins, so WHERE are all the wins going?!

Avatar of ivandh

I think the percentile is based on your rating, not your win-loss record.

Avatar of aquiredtaste

ivandh is correct.

Avatar of srn347

Oh...still, if I have more losses than wins how is my rating higher than the top 50%?

Avatar of eddiewsox

Someone could have way more wins than you but only plays very low rated opponents, you could haave more losses than wins but are playing a lot of higher rated opponents.

Avatar of srn347

Ah, that makes sense. Which is rather unfortunate, why must all great paradoxes be solved? (lolz)

Avatar of srn347

Sounds about right, as variance continues to decrease the variance OF variance also decreases.