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Old 08-03-2016, 04:35 PM   #456
NevStar
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Originally Posted by Brian Swartz View Post
One point of interest this week is that Iglar ascended to #1 while Girsh fell to #2 in the world rankings, despite both players being tied in the points total still. My working hypothesis at the moment is that in such situations the game uses the highly sophisticated, complex, and deeply mathematical method known as 'flipping a coin' to resolve such situations.

In doubles (where having two players with the same score at the top is more frequent), it alternates the top player every week. I'd bet the same thing is happening here.
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