{"id":233,"date":"2018-11-27T04:04:16","date_gmt":"2018-11-27T04:04:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.proracquetballstats.com\/?p=233"},"modified":"2018-11-27T14:17:55","modified_gmt":"2018-11-27T14:17:55","slug":"irt-points-system-alternatives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.proracquetballstats.com\/index.php\/2018\/11\/27\/irt-points-system-alternatives\/","title":{"rendered":"IRT Points System Alternatives"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Is the current ranking system unfair to Waselenchuk?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

On 11\/20\/18, the 12-month rolling IRT rankings shifted enough points away from last season to account for a pretty monumental set of movements in the rankings table:\u00a0Alejandro Landa<\/strong> ascended to #1 for the first time ever, while the sports most dominant player\u00a0Kane Waselenchuk<\/strong> fell to #6.<\/p>\n

Kane’s descent was due to two primary factors:<\/p>\n

1. he missed a number of events in the second half of the 2017-18 season, and<\/p>\n

2. There was a sudden drop in the number of events in the first half of the 2018-19 season.<\/p>\n

When the IRT posted the update to facebook<\/a>, A predictable firestorm of comments arose, criticizing the rankings and the ranking system.\u00a0 I weighed in, pondering initially why it mattered (other than tourney seeding of course) what the rankings were in November, but many believe a different ranking system is needed.<\/p>\n

Here are some Ranking system alternatives with some personal analysis.\u00a0 I tried to emulate all the solid suggestions on the facebook thread from various players and commenters.\u00a0 The working spreadsheet is available at Google Spreadsheets here<\/a>.\u00a0 I’ll just list the top 10 players ranked though I extended the logic down to the top 20 running players or so throughout the last 2+ seasons.<\/p>\n

Important Caveats<\/strong> to the below:<\/p>\n