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Fluffy Pingu
Profile Joined April 2009
Australia41 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-08-01 18:08:03
August 01 2009 18:00 GMT
#1
DISCLAIMER: Analysis below is not meant to convey any opinion of mine. You can interpret it however you see fit yourself.

I've basically used the KeSPA ranking from TLPD and calculated the percentage difference betwee first rank and second rank, first rank and third rank.

To summarise:

1st to 2nd rank difference
1. NaDa, 41.12%, Feb 2004
2. NaDa, 38.62%, Dec 2003
3. NaDa, 37.53%, Mar 2004
4. iloveoov, 36.61%, Jan 2005
5. iloveoov, 34.01%, Dec 2005
6. BoxeR, 31.58%, Jan 2002
7. NaDa, 31.06%, Jan 2004
8. iloveoov, 31.05%, Nov 2005
9. BoxeR, 29.28%, Oct 2002
10. sAviOr, 29.02%, Jul 2007
...
12. Jaedong, 28.45%, Aug 2009

1st to 3rd rank difference
1. sAviOr, 92.19%, Mar 2007
2. NaDa, 79.62%, Dec 2003
3. NaDa, 79.55%, Feb 2004
4. NaDa, 70.89%, Mar 2004
5. NaDa, 68.72%, Jan 2004
6. sAviOr, 67.86%, Apr 2007
7. sAviOr, 62.40%, May 2007
8. sAviOr, 59.54%, Jun 2007
9. NaDa, 56.34%, Apr 2004
10. Jaedong, 55.90%, Aug 2009
...
16. BoxeR, 48.21%, Dec 2002
...
26. iloveoov, 39.71%, Feb 2005

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Edit: calculating the standard deviation from the average of the top 30 is probably a more accurate measure, but will require more time. If someone could send me the database, the analysis would take a lot less time.
Ethelis
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
United States2397 Posts
August 01 2009 18:08 GMT
#2
where is bisu!? /end bisu fanboy troll comment

nice to see these numbers
Disabled gamer - Diamond 3 (LoL) D+ Rank scrublord on BW. Bisu doesnt need DTs, He uses probes. just ask Flash.
Fluffy Pingu
Profile Joined April 2009
Australia41 Posts
August 01 2009 18:11 GMT
#3
On August 02 2009 03:08 xMiragex wrote:
where is bisu!? /end bisu fanboy troll comment

nice to see these numbers


see inside the spoiler tag. but to answer your question: Bisu is not even close!
Dgtl
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
Canada889 Posts
August 01 2009 18:13 GMT
#4
Cool write up. Wow Savoir had 92% more points than thrid place? Just shows how close everyone is right now (Bisu, JD, Flash, effort, maybe even iris) with JD's points only 28% more than thrid
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Fluffy Pingu
Profile Joined April 2009
Australia41 Posts
August 01 2009 18:16 GMT
#5
JD has 56% more than the third place
Ideas
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
United States8152 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-08-01 18:18:53
August 01 2009 18:18 GMT
#6
oh man it's so cool how JD/flash/bisu/stork have been trading #1 KESPA for so long with each other (almost 2 years!).
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TheYango
Profile Joined September 2008
United States47024 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-08-01 18:44:51
August 01 2009 18:44 GMT
#7
On August 02 2009 03:08 xMiragex wrote:
where is bisu!? /end bisu fanboy troll comment

nice to see these numbers

Bisu was never a "dominant" number 1. For all of the months where he was KESPA number 1, he was narrowly trading spots with Stork.
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ghostWriter
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United States3302 Posts
August 01 2009 18:44 GMT
#8
Holy shit 92.19% for savior?
That's ridiculous...
Sullifam
Atrioc
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
United States1865 Posts
August 01 2009 18:44 GMT
#9
On August 02 2009 03:18 Ideas wrote:
oh man it's so cool how JD/flash/bisu/stork have been trading #1 KESPA for so long with each other (almost 2 years!).


its this crazy post-sAviOr era
no bonjwa no order!
Writerman what
kanu_knl
Profile Joined July 2008
United States83 Posts
August 01 2009 18:48 GMT
#10
Does any one know the reason why Boxer's points jumped from 2398 in Jan-03 to 921.5 in Feb-03?
QuickStriker
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United States3694 Posts
August 01 2009 19:18 GMT
#11
On August 02 2009 03:44 ghostWriter wrote:
Holy shit 92.19% for savior?
That's ridiculous...


Wow.... bonjwa...... but yea, JD isn't close to bonjwa yet imo, either we see JD dominant for a long period of times as well as winning of individual leagues and such, can we see him bonjwa....

Of course beating Bisu and Flash up many many times works too.... but not like a close record...
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Athos
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States2484 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-08-01 19:29:06
August 01 2009 19:27 GMT
#12
Cool beans, but I think the domination over the 2nd position means a lot more than domination over the 3rd. In Mar 2007 Savior and Nada were just the best players around, period. IMO these numbers reflect different eras and shouldn't really impact the Jaedong bonjwa debate (although I'm sure people will try to use this to hold off the inevitable).
natturner
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
342 Posts
August 01 2009 19:47 GMT
#13
On August 02 2009 03:48 kanu_knl wrote:
Does any one know the reason why Boxer's points jumped from 2398 in Jan-03 to 921.5 in Feb-03?


i'm gonna assume kespa made a huge change in their point system
This nigga done stole my bike.
Heyoka
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Katowice25012 Posts
August 01 2009 23:04 GMT
#14
This is really cool, thanks
@RealHeyoka | ESL / DreamHack StarCraft Lead
Plexa
Profile Blog Joined October 2005
Aotearoa39261 Posts
August 01 2009 23:36 GMT
#15
This is an excellent set of stats. Really puts Jaedong's 3k in perspective with the other great gamers.
Administrator~ Spirit will set you free ~
PhilGood2DaY
Profile Joined September 2005
Germany7424 Posts
August 01 2009 23:49 GMT
#16
just shows how fierce the competition is nowadays and that no one can really pull ahead..

NaDa was just big <3

best ever..

hatred outlives the hateful
Fluffy Pingu
Profile Joined April 2009
Australia41 Posts
August 02 2009 00:31 GMT
#17
if jaedong wins both individual leagues, he'll pull ahead by so much, he'll definitely be as dominant as, and in fact, probably more dominant than NaDa and sAviOr from a KeSPA ranking perspective. Two individual league is 1k points i think? That means he'll be over 4k points and bisu still around 2500, and the third place will still be around 2000.
AzureEye
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
United States1360 Posts
August 02 2009 00:35 GMT
#18
What is the exact explanation of how the percentages are calculated? And is the data selective on certain games or unbiased on date/games
Terrans who whine: http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=107788
520
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States2822 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-08-02 00:40:32
August 02 2009 00:40 GMT
#19
The percentage is just (1st place player divided by 2nd place player -1) * 100%.
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7mk
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Germany10157 Posts
August 02 2009 00:50 GMT
#20
good job, pretty interesting stats
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