2023 CGC Grading Contest Season 2 Spring Edition (#6) Round 2 Results 3 3

[CGC Mike]

Unfortunately, I wasn't supplied with a format that I could copy like I did for round 1 which made the scores large and clear.  However, I believe this score chart is pretty clear with a couple of clicks.  

[CGC Mike]

[CGC Mike]

The spreadsheet was not kind to me for this round.  If someone was missed, or I made a mistake, let me know.

[zzutak]

According to Mike's grade distribution table, only 116 players completed Round 2 (down from 131 at sign-up and 121 in Round 1).  Here are the key measures of central tendency for this round (Mean = the average grade; Median = the middle grade in a numerically rank-ordered list; Mode = the most common grade):

Book	CGC	Grade Distribution Statistics
#	Grade	Mean	Median	Mode
6	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.0
7	9.0	8.9	9.2	9.2
8	3.0	3.1	3.0	3.0
9	9.4	9.0	9.2	9.4
10	9.0	8.8	9.0	9.0

The Board scored 158 bulls-eyes in Round 2 (27% of all grades submitted, compared to 26% in Round 1).  Here are a few other notable observations based on the data reported above:

• Book #06 (Jungle Comics #11):  One of the two most difficult books for the Board as a whole, with only 16% of the contestants at the same grade as CGC and only 53% within one grade increment of CGC.  However, the Board as a whole agreed with CGC (5.5 vs 5.5). 
• Book #07 (Super Comics #44):  The other of the two most difficult books for the Board as a whole, with only 18% of the contestants at the same grade as CGC and only 56% within one grade increment of CGC.  However, the Board as a whole essentially agreed with CGC (8.9 vs 9.0).   
• Book #08 (Journey Into Mystery #84):  One of the two easiest books for the Board as a whole, with 37% of the contestants at the same grade as CGC and 76% within one grade increment of CGC.  Once again, the Board as a whole essentially agreed with CGC (3.1 vs 3.0).   
• Book #09 (Silver Surfer #16):  A relatively easy book for the Board as a whole, with 31% of the contestants at the same grade as CGC and 65% within one grade increment of CGC.  Collectively, the Board was two grade increments more critical than CGC (9.0 vs 9.4). 
• Book #10 (Cerebus #2):  The other of the two easiest books for the Board as a whole, with 34% of the contestants at the same grade as CGC and 80% within one grade increment of CGC.  Collectively, the Board was nearly one-half grade increment more critical than CGC (8.8 vs 9.0). 

Although the grade distributions are all pretty wide, it looks like the Board as a whole has CGC's system dialed in!    Now onto the back nine ...

Edited April 30, 2023 by zzutak

[zzutak]

     

[JohnH19]

3 of my 4 points on Jungle.

[Point Five]

On 4/29/2023 at 9:25 PM, JohnH19 said:

3 of my 4 points on Jungle.

And 2 of my 5. Word on the street is it had a bottom spine split.... I know a few eagle eyes here spotted it  but I sure didn't. Smokin' book for a 5.5!

 

[Point Five]

On 4/29/2023 at 9:01 PM, zzutak said:

     

I'm going to submit my Round 3 scores Tuesday night at 7:59 pm.

Because I'm not ready for this magic moment to end. 

 

[CGC Mike]

On 4/29/2023 at 9:35 PM, Point Five said:

I'm going to submit my Round 3 scores Tuesday night at 7:59 pm.

Because I'm not ready for this magic moment to end. 

 

I think my computer clock is a minute fast.

[musicmeta]

Feast or famine with me on round 2.  Two bullseyes, one point off but 3pts off each on two books. My grades were lower.  7pts. 

[JohnH19]

On 4/29/2023 at 8:30 PM, Point Five said:

And 2 of my 5. Word on the street is it had a bottom spine split.... I know a few eagle eyes here spotted it  but I sure didn't. Smokin' book for a 5.5!

 

I gave it a ridiculous 4.0 because of the split, the dust shadow and the stain on the back. I still don’t see it as a 5.5 but 4.0 was a bad call.

[Point Five]

On 4/29/2023 at 9:42 PM, CGC Mike said:

I think my computer clock is a minute fast.

I shouldn't even joke about literal-last-minute entries. I know *exactly* how annoying that is. 

 

[TC33]

I thought they were tightening it up after the first round surprised me with no GA bumps and others fairly tight etc, so I tightened up way too far and over corrected this round with the exception of the JIM.

[Cat]

 Now do you believe it's me, @Get Marwood & I? 

[Get Marwood & I]

On 4/30/2023 at 10:42 AM, Cat said:

 Now do you believe it's me, @Get Marwood & I? 

Hang on, let me go check your revised placing.....

[Get Marwood & I]

....yes, it's you.

Spoiler

 

[Warlord]

Can you fill us in on what was happening on the back of Super Comics #44?  Lots of color loss at the top, along the right, and across the bottom.  Even a couple spots looked like divots.  I was baffled enough that I searched and found an image of the back cover of another SC44 and it didn't have all that business going on, so I figured I wasn't seeing things and that there was widespread real wear on the contest copy. 

[zzutak]

On 4/30/2023 at 11:54 AM, Warlord said:

Can you fill us in on what was happening on the back of Super Comics #44?

The Grader Notes say "light, multiple scuffs."  I thought the scuffing was extensive enough to warrant a more severe deduction (so my own grade assessment was lower than CGC's).  Here's a comparison of back covers for Contest Book 7 (upper image) and a previously graded CGC 9.0 (lower image).  Live and learn, right? 

[scburdet]

On 4/30/2023 at 5:16 PM, zzutak said:

a previously graded CGC 9.0

Is this the one that is/was listed on ebay? I found one trying to see examples of what this book looked like in the wild for possible manufacturing defects, etc. IMO, that one looks way nicer. Of course, different days, different graders, all grades are subject to some wiggle room.

[zzutak]

It may or may not be (I did not look there).  Even though I graded Book 7 more harshly than CGC did, I don't think a 9.0 is unreasonable.  It does have some color-breaking stress at the bottom-right corner of the front cover (in addition to the aforementioned back cover scuffing), but it's a very nice looking book.  My mistake was forgetting that "the tie goes to the runner" when that runner is 80 years old.