CGC Grading Contest Awards Based on Cumulative Performance Through Contest #9 4 4

[Superman2006]

Hey guys / gals,

I have been posting cumulative rankings dating back to the completion of the 6th grading contest.

It felt a bit too much like work putting this together this time around, so this may or may not be my last cumulative rankings update. 

With that said...

As usual, the cumulative CGC grading contest rankings ignore tie breaker rounds. Following are the "MVP", "Diamond Club", and "Honor Roll" award winners based on performance through the first 9 CGC grading contests (I set the qualifying requirement at just under 50% x total contests to date = 4.25 contests; 4.25 contests x 4 rounds per contest = 17 rounds to qualify);

 

 

Thanks again for CGC Mike for providing the contest results for each round in an easy to copy / paste format.

[grendelbo]

On 4/20/2024 at 6:05 PM, Superman2006 said:

It felt a bit too much like work putting this together this time around, so this may or may not be my last cumulative rankings update.

If I drop another five places like I did after the end of the last contest then maybe that's for the best. 

Seriously though, your analysis and hard work is much appreciated. 

I had been wondering where this cumulative performance ranking was. 

Thanks very much. 

[Superman2006]

On 4/20/2024 at 7:27 PM, grendelbo said:

On 4/20/2024 at 7:05 PM, Superman2006 said:

It felt a bit too much like work putting this together this time around, so this may or may not be my last cumulative rankings update.

If I drop another five places like I did after the end of the last contest then maybe that's for the best. 

Seriously though, your analysis and hard work is much appreciated. 

I had been wondering where this cumulative performance ranking was. 

Thanks very much. 

Thanks, buddy!

It takes a few hours to put it all together with a lot of data checks throughout to account for any data issues (there haven't been many in recent contests thanks to good work by CGC Mike and Get Marwood & I) and to perform other cross-checks, so it's not an incredible amount of work. Maybe I'll keep updating it in the future, if more people want it than not.  Holding off on publishing it until the start of the next contest like I did this time does give me more freedom to update it at my convenience.

 

[Superman2006]

In case anyone was wondering what the rankings would look like if I didn't set a minimum number of contests requirement for the cumulative rankings in my first post above, here are all of the scores for candidates with an average score of 20 or less with no minimum number of contests requirement:

 

[Superman2006]

Here are the average scores by contest, along with the number of participants that submitted grades for 1 or more rounds:

The average grade has been in the 29 to 32 range for all but the first contest.  For the first contest there were a lot more participants at the start (203 vs. a high of 134 for the other contests), and from what I recall CGC marketed the contest on social media, so a presumably a lot more non-regular boardies participated, which presumably is the main reason for the higher than usual average score in the first contest.

[CGC Mike]

Great stuff, @Superman2006  Very much appreciated.  

[Superman2006]

On 4/20/2024 at 8:14 PM, CGC Mike said:

Great stuff, @Superman2006  Very much appreciated.  

Thanks, Mike!

[CGC Mike]

On 4/20/2024 at 9:08 PM, Superman2006 said:

For the first contest there were a lot more participants at the start (203 vs. a high of 134 for the other contests), and from what I recall CGC marketed the contest on social media

I sent out 354 PM's for that first contest.  It was very difficult accumulating all of the user ids.  Many needed to be approved, and I would have to go back through the thread to make sure I didn't miss anyone.   It was very disappointing to see that most of the social media people never submitted any grades.  What a waste of time.  

[Get Marwood & I]

Fellow participants, you might not have seen this - Superman2006's cumulative performance thread. A lot of work goes into it 

 

@1337pino @1Cool @AbsoluteCarnage @ADAMANTIUM @Ahsoka Tano Jedi Apprentice @aj_curated @AJD @alecholland @AnthonyTheAbyss  @apocalypse76 @ArAich @ArcherC @ashsaytr @asteroid-comix @aszumilo @Axelrod @batcollector @Batman Fett @Benjamin1977 @BlackOut21 @Bmattioli86 @boron @BrashL @brumil190 @BuscemasAvengers @canickus @Carpendaddy @Cerebus3000 @CHASEnBLUE @CJ Design @Cman429 @comicstock @ChrispyC66 @comicginger1789 @Crose87420 @Cushing Fan @Dark Elf @Darwination @davidking623 @Deputy Dan @Doctor Dositheus @Dormian @Dr. Ogie Porterhouse @EastEnd1 @eeb03 @Electron @F For Fake @FigaroToe @flashlites @frozentundraguy @FSQIV @GawkHawk @genrlzod @Get Marwood & I @grendelbo @Grendel72 @Hudson @Jackhartmann @jas1vans @jayhawker @jbpez @jcjames @Jesse-Lee @JohnH19 @John R @JollyComics @JWKyle @Kramerica @KryptoMayor @LiftedAndShifted @Lninefingers @makeminemarvel @Mars76 @mattn792 @mikenyc @misterrmystery @Morganmi @Motor City Rob @Mr. Zipper @musicmeta @ned @Nschenks @old_dano @Old Fashion PB and J @Panda2 @paqart @pastandpresentcomics @Pickie @pmpknface @Point Five @Ride the Tiger @sagii @Sandflea  @scburdet @silverseeker @skypinkblu @SNiPER @southern cross @spidermanbeyond @SpidersComics @Supa-Bad-Mofo @Superman2006 @TC33 @TheGeneral @thehumantorch @TheTallGuy @thingsofstuff @thirdgreenham @timfinz @tmac100 @Tom789 @topcat54 @topofthetotem @toro @trmoore54 @TSwift25 @TTG @Vince G @Warlord @William-James88 @WilliamLunt @Wipple @Withering Wind @Yorick @zzutak

 

[Ahsoka Tano Jedi Apprentice]

  No doubt that was a lot of work........Way to go Superman.................

[ADAMANTIUM]

I might have missed one contest, hard to believe that I missed more than half of the contests to not be included in the rankings. I don't remember even missing one contest, but idk, seem to remember inquiring before....  

No worries, glad there is some work put in  Cool!

[ADAMANTIUM]

although I haven't got under 20 in a long time, if I'm now reading that right  I thought it went up to 50th place  then I'd be somewhere haha

Carry on  

[Superman2006]

On 4/21/2024 at 9:09 AM, ADAMANTIUM said:

I might have missed one contest, hard to believe that I missed more than half of the contests to not be included in the rankings. I don't remember even missing one contest, but idk, seem to remember inquiring before....  

No worries, glad there is some work put in  Cool!

I have not received an inquiry from you before, but here's some additional info since you asked:

There have 424 different participants across the 9 contests to date (I didn't check to see if anyone changed there user name, but if any name changes are brought to my attention I can update my info accordinly)

Out off the 424 participants to date, 86 participants have completed 4.25 or more contests (i.e. 4.25 x 4 = 17 rounds or more)

Those 86 participants qualify for the top 50 rankings in my first post.

You are currently in 71st place with an average score of 35.8. You have participated in all contests to date; 8.75 contests to be precise, since you didn't make it into the top 10 in the first contest through the first 3 rounds and therefore you didn't qualify for the 4th and final round of that contest.

Your best score was 28 which you received in contests 4 and 6.

Hope that helps  If you'd like your scores for all rounds let me know here or via PM (I have the info readily available and it would just take me 2 seconds to pull up)

If anyone else thinks they were excluded from the rankings in error, let me know in this thread or shoot me a PM.

[Superman2006]

@ADAMANTIUM You are one of just 10 participants with a perfect attendance record. Three of the participants with a perfect attendance record qualified for the 4th and final round of the first contest and hence they have a total 9 rounds played while the other seven have a total of 8.75 rounds played. @zzutak @Motor City Rob and @pastandpresentcomics proved that their top 10 finish in the first contest was no fluke as they currently sit very high up in the cumulative rankings as well (9th, 11th and 13th respectively). @Point Five has the best cumulative ranking of those with perfect attendance (7th overall).

Edited April 21 by Superman2006
Highlighted Point Five's cumulative performance

[ChrispyC66]

Thanks @Superman2006, I was waiting to see if I made it into the Honor Roll this time. Woohoo…47! 

I appreciate you spending time on this for those of us that don’t get close to the money it’s small sense of accomplishment. 

[Superman2006]

On 4/21/2024 at 11:10 AM, ChrispyC66 said:

Thanks @Superman2006, I was waiting to see if I made it into the Honor Roll this time. Woohoo…47! 

I appreciate you spending time on this for those of us that don’t get close to the money it’s small sense of accomplishment. 

Thanks, ChrispyC66, and congrats on making the honor roll. You have been on fire the past few contests with an average 22.7 over he past three contests!

[ChrispyC66]

On 4/21/2024 at 12:15 PM, Superman2006 said:

Thanks, ChrispyC66, and congrats on making the honor roll. You have been on fire the past few contests with an average 22.7 over he past three contests!

Much appreciated!

[ADAMANTIUM]

On 4/21/2024 at 11:15 AM, Superman2006 said:

Thanks, ChrispyC66, and congrats on making the honor roll. You have been on fire the past few contests with an average 22.7 over he past three contests!

Lol since I don't have the $$ to collect golden age at all, I wonder if my score of 28 twice will suffice me  comparitivly with a 22.7 average making an honor roll, kudos @ChrispyC66

I've owned one golden age throughout my time back and never sent it in for grading haha

For those inclined that criteria is different, idk

But thanks for the heads up. I don't do 9.8 prescreens either (because who now has more than two thirds the cost of grading to waste if a 9.8 reject ). That said, maybe I have more time considered with moderns since I'm not 9.8 or bust! 

Still, thanks for the heads up, I figured I hadn't placed well enough,  excuses aside. 

 

Edited April 21 by ADAMANTIUM

[AnthonyTheAbyss]

On 4/20/2024 at 7:47 PM, Superman2006 said:

Thanks, buddy!

It takes a few hours to put it all together with a lot of data checks throughout to account for any data issues (there haven't been many in recent contests thanks to good work by CGC Mike and Get Marwood & I) and to perform other cross-checks, so it's not an incredible amount of work. Maybe I'll keep updating it in the future, if more people want it than not.  Holding off on publishing it until the start of the next contest like I did this time does give me more freedom to update it at my convenience.

 

May I ask what you use to analyze the data?  Excel?  Pen/Paper/Caluclator?  Just wondering if there's a way to make this easier or automated since this is great information to have and I would hate to see it stop.

 

***I love excel

[Superman2006]

On 4/21/2024 at 3:55 PM, AnthonyTheAbyss said:

May I ask what you use to analyze the data?  Excel?  Pen/Paper/Caluclator?  Just wondering if there's a way to make this easier or automated since this is great information to have and I would hate to see it stop.

 

***I love excel

I use Excel. I'm a big fan of Excel and I've been using it forever; well at least since I switched over to it from Lotus 123 back in the late 90's.

It doesn't take that long to put together; I think it took about 2.5 to 3 hours to prepare from start to finish this past time, which I don't think is that bad (I have a lot of checks that I perform to ensure accuracy). It is a fairly automated process already; there are some minor things that could be done to speed it up (data wise, and preparation wise), but probably not enough time savings to make it worth the additional effort.

Since it sounds like you and a number of folks would like me to continue publishing the cumulative rankings, I'll plan to keep doing so going forward.