Average Placement

Your mean finishing position across every match. Lower is better; 1.8 means you usually come first or second.

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Averages of where you finish — fair across uneven schedules. The formula and explanation below describe Average Placement.

How it works About 1 min read

Average Placement calculates your mean finish position across all matches. A player averaging 2.0 consistently finishes near the top.

How it works: Sum all your placements and divide by matches played. In a session where you finished 1st, 3rd, 2nd, and 1st, your average is (1+3+2+1)/4 = 1.75.

When to use it: One of the most balanced and easy-to-understand ranking methods. It treats every match equally and gives a clear picture of typical performance. Lower scores are better.

Watch out for: Variable field sizes can skew results. Finishing 3rd out of 4 players is different from finishing 3rd out of 10, but both show as "3" in the average. Use Average Percentile if field sizes vary.

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Games whose results this method reads cleanly

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Also in Average & Percentile

Averages of where you finish — fair across uneven schedules.

Median PlacementMeasuring someone's typical evening rather than their worst one.Average PercentileMixed field sizes and uneven attendance; the fairest reading in this family, and comparable enough between groups to travel to a global board.Geometric Mean PercentileGroups who believe one catastrophe should count for more than one triumph.Best N of MLong seasons where you want to forgive the occasional disaster and reward a peak.Trimmed MeanA balanced reading that neither a lucky win nor an unlucky collapse can swing.