How to interpret rating table?

[BHydden]

@Zacharias030

What does it tell me if I have 12 different numbers that are somewhat dependent but not very much. Does it mean I am stronger in some aspects (slow games) than others? But then the aggregate numbers don’t necessarily bear that out since they are calculated differently. ===> looks like transitivity is broken in the rating system (transitivity: if chocolate is better than vanilla and vanilla is better than hazelnut, then chocolate should also be better than hazelnut).

There is no transitivity at all beyond the fact that you are the same person and some of the pools have data that overlaps.

Don’t think of them as parts of a whole. Think of them as totally unique views of you. As unique as your KGS, or Tygem, or Fox ranks may be.

The “overall” sections are not in any way an aggregate, each section is uniquely calculated from its own subset of games against the same section of each of your opponents.

It would be wrong to compare your corr rating with your live rating and conclude they’re saying you’re stronger at one than the other.

What you can do is compare your corr rating with another person’s corr rating and have some kind of prediction as to which of you would win a corr game.

@Zacharias030

How do those 12 numbers inform my rank, which Number (e.g. 2100?) Constitutes a 1d rating and how much do I stand to gain against an opponent of equal strength? (equal in all 12 or just the rank?)

Only your overall rating informs your rank and game pairings, all other ratings, while accurate, are merely cosmetic.

Hope i have answered some of your questions.

@Zacharias030

the human-to-rating-system interaction has not been given much weight in favor of maximal predictive power and I think a balance would be best.

Our dev agrees, if all goes to plan we should have a shift in this direction this week