Talk:Elo rating system/@comment-24.9.41.20-20110528054815/@comment-99.147.168.162-20110712041617

Let it be known that elo scaling vs % better you are than someone is nowhere near as low as one of these posters said. If you check the LoL solo queue rankings you can find that there are currently 144800 people above 1200 elo. So in theory there should also be 144800 people below 1200 elo, for at least 289600 players.

There are currently approx 1350 people above 1800 elo. 1350/289600 = .004...

Hence, if your rating is above 1800, you are AT LEAST better than 99.6% of everyone who plays lol, not a meager 90%. 90% is probably closer to the 1400-1500 elo range (not sure though, I haven't done that calculation).