2021 Rating and rank adjustments

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but 25k is too high for the moment for players that generally lose against other 25k’s

I’m not completely following all this but doesn’t this mean that 25k’s are also generally winning against 25k’s?

But also discussion here:

Recognising and fully implementing ranks beyond 25 kyu

This thread is intended to be a partial continuation of the excellent thread started by @Maharani : Please (re)instate ranks beyond 25k and 9d which is now closed. I would like to limit this thread to discussing “recognising and fully implementing ranks beyond 25 kyu”. The other half of the original conversation (9d+) seems to involve different issues. I’m not suggesting any change to the Glicko2 ranking system. It already goes beyond 25 kyu. We just don’t display it and possibly don’t use it…

And here:

Please (re)instate ranks beyond 25k and 9d

So if your rank as converted from your ELO is lower than 25k or higher than 9d, the site will still display your rank as 25k or 9d, respectively. It used to be that people’s and bots’ displayed rank could exceed 9d if their ELO merited it, but not anymore. As far as I know, ranks lower than 25k have never been displayed by the site. (Automatching and the ranking system are based on ELO rather than the displayed rank as converted from that, so for all practical purposes, the site DOES distinguis…

Although I suppose these have been over taken by events somewhat