Did anyone's rank / rating jump recently?

[MystWalker]

During the last correspondence game I was playing I noticed my rank jumped a good 4 stones as well as my opponent. I thought it was a glitch, but it seems to be staying. I feel uncomfortable suddenly being an SDK.

Has this happened to anyone else? Was there some change to the scoring system?

[yebellz]

Yes, many people had their ranks adjusted in a recent update to the rating system. More details here:

2021 Rating and rank adjustments

tl;dr - Expect a notable bump in your rank. The lower the rank you are, the larger the increase. This transition is planned to take effect around 2021-01-28T01:30:00Z (UTC) . Summary of the update: We are attempting to align our low dan ranks to be comparable to the EGF and AGA low dan ranks. Currently we are projecting that a 1d OGS rank will be about .7 stones weaker than an EGF 1d and about 0.8 stones stronger than an AGA 1d. These numbers will be re-evaluated once the dust settles, but…

[MystWalker]

Ah thanks, I tried searching and only saw the 2020 update for some reason.