Why does my rating go up so much in Chess.com

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sreerajchundayil

I have been using Chess.com for past 1 year but I never played any rapid game until recently. 

Now I played only 3 games in rapid category and all 3 I won. But my rating shot up 361 points(1561).

It seems weird.How close is Chess.com rating with FIDE rating? Do I get similar result if I play FIDE rated games?

baddogno

It's the rating system.  It tries to find your range as quickly as possible; hence the large rating jumps.   Feel free to check out previous forum posts:

https://www.chess.com/forum/search?keyword=Glicko+Rating+system