Well done @LargoLaGrande! This is EXCELLENT data. Very easy to confirm by any of us with most up-to-date stats at any time and quite compelling, considering it uses only the top 10 players.LargoLaGrande wrote: ↑22 December 2023, 16:15 I've checked for curiosity the last 5 losses for the first 10 players ranked in Arena, regardless of the strength of the opponent.
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1. CuSO44ek - 5/5 starting 2° - 100% 2. Victhan - 4/5 starting 2° - 80% 3. predatorc - 3/5 starting 2° - 60% 4. slywww2020 - 4/5 starting 2° - 80% 5. Wolog - 2/5 starting 2° - 40% 6. kapout - 5/5 starting 2° - 100% 7. viermaaldomi - 5/5 starting 2° - 100% 8. Almatziol - 4/5 starting 2° - 80% 9. ViciousCyclist - 3/5 starting 2° - 60% 10. SrkiBG - 5/5 starting 2° - 100%
I updated it with current data now that it's been a couple days since the original post (and i would encourage others to do the same in the future).
FWIW, I'm not a top player, but my own anecdotal experience completely follows this as well—all of my 5 most recent losses have been 2nd player. I have yet to see a single configuration in which i would wish to go 2nd. I will be quite surprised if we see any significant exceptions following this very strict metric: 5 most recent losses by a top-10-ranked player.