Statland: Records by beatability

	Adam Gillard Paul's superb 195 has lifted Hypertouch Letters Attack away from the 100% formats into 64th place on its own.
	Charlie Reams Italian Letters Attack has also been elevated from the 100% zone, nice work Anglo.
	Adam Gillard Snapshot of the 4 records I set in the last 24 hours - WAS: 36th Spoilage 9 10%; 37th Unlimited Flat 9 12%; 45th Spoilage 15 21%; 54th Spoilage Letters Attack 39%. NOW (in ascending order): 32nd Spoilage 15 6%; 27th Spoilage LA 4%; 18th Unlimited Flat 9 3%; 9th Spoilage 9 1%. Going to be proper difficult to beat that last one even with a following wind, despite not having solved the conundrum.
	Adam Gillard Not many formats left at 100% now. Good work from Amie on the Russian 9 and 15 rounders.
	Jon O'Neill Is it me or is this list upside-down to what you expect coming in? Or should it be called "Records by unbeatability?"
	Adam Gillard Ascending beatability; makes sense to me.
	Jon O'Neill Fair enough, you probably look at this page more than anyone.
	Gevin Chapwell Doesn't make sense to me. Records by x would normally mean descending. Top scores would start with the highest, for example. So yeah, it is upside-down.
	Adam Gillard Are goaty formats' beatability determined by max available or metamax available? Either way, Goatdown Standard looks surprisingly beatable.
	Adam Gillard Well done Bob! Down to 1% beatability now.
	Stephen Moore What does 1 in ∞ mean?
	Stephen Moore It updated overnight - it is now beatable one in 3,314 games!
	Catherine Mullan Why is that?
	Stephen Moore Whoops, I was looking at the Junior 9 Rounder score, not the Junior 15, in 23rd at 1 in 243.
	Jon Stitcher Players don't get accused of cheating, they get discovered cheating.
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	Gevin Chapwell Just looking at this, I was thinking that the beatability becomes a bit inaccurate when it's very low. Octorock 9 is 1 in infinity, even though it is beatable, presumably because a higher max has never been seen. So maybe rather than using stats from whole games, a calculation that uses round-by-round information might be more accurate.
	Johnny Canuck Agreed that the 1 in ∞ figure is misleading, especially for a rather rare format-variant combination. Perhaps a question mark ("1 in ?") or the current number of attempts followed by a plus sign ("1 in 1,009+") would be more suitable.
	Mike Lee Are these beatability figures getting adjusted now that we’ve just had the 2024 dictionary cull???
	Matthew Brockwell These figures are calculated by the empirical data of actual games played over all time. Given how rarely some of these variants are played I don’t think it is worth it, they will naturally adjust over time, and already include pre-2015 data.
	Callum Todd Yes I believe the formula is something like: The number of games ever played in this format (Attempts Column) divided by: The number of those games in which the maximum available score was higher than the current high score equals: the Beatable 1 game in... column That as a percentage gives the Beatability score. So for example the 15 rounder, there have been 831,626 of those played in apterous history. 37 of these have hada max score greater than 179. Therefore the high score is beatable 37 games in 831,626, or 1 game in 22,476, 0.004% of the time. I'm not sure how many of those 37 games occurred during the bloated dictionary era, but the 13 I can see all did: https://www.apterous.org/viewformat.php?format=269&section=3 I don't expect it will be reasonably possible to recalculate these scores based on new dictionary as that would required recomputing the maximum of more or less every round ever played in apterous history.

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Statland: Records by beatability

This table shows all current beatable high scores ordered by "beatability". This is defined as the proportion of games in which the maximum score is higher than the current high score. The table also shows how many games one would have to play, on average, to get even one chance to beat the current record. Formats in which the maximum possible score has already been achieved are not shown.

#	Format	High score	Beatability	Beatable 1 game in...	Attempts
1st	Junior 9 Rounder	106	0%	∞	9,682
1st	Lockdown 9	79	0%	∞	1,988
3rd	15 Rounder	179	0.004%	23,990	911,615
4th	Old 15	170	0.005%	21,994	329,903
5th	9 Rounder	117	0.01%	14,352	114,819
6th	Nice 9	83	0.02%	6,536	13,072
7th	Unlimited Jnr Letters Attack	144	0.02%	4,971	14,913
8th	Bullet Letters Attack	228	0.02%	4,677	28,061
9th	Unlimited Jnr 15	125	0.03%	3,957	11,870
10th	Unlimited Jnr 9	78	0.03%	3,669	7,338
11th	Mocktorun	1165	0.04%	2,295	11,477
12th	Octorock 9	74	0.05%	2,081	2,081
13th	Octorock Numbers Attack	186	0.1%	1,822	9,109
14th	Letters Attack	218	0.1%	1,639	52,459
15th	CSW 9 rounder	116	0.1%	1,623	1,623
16th	Blitz	178	0.1%	1,465	5,859
17th	Instant Letters Attack	200	0.1%	1,426	42,772
18th	Goat Attack	299	0.1%	1,182	47,281
19th	Bullet 9	107	0.1%	982	11,785
20th	Unlimited Flat 9	98	0.1%	873	1,746
21st	Spoilage 15	426	0.1%	847	3,386
22nd	Spoilage 9	261	0.1%	685	2,741
23rd	Unlimited 9	102	0.2%	619	6,193
24th	Lightning Goatblitz	216	0.2%	617	9,253
25th	Speed 9	106	0.2%	587	12,904
26th	Unlimited Blitz	169	0.2%	575	1,724
27th	Junior Letters Attack	194	0.2%	569	6,258
28th	Speed Letters Attack	214	0.2%	525	9,452
29th	Speedgoat	215	0.2%	492	15,250
30th	Goatdown Jnr. Letters Attack	137	0.2%	485	3,398
31st	Bullet 15	164	0.2%	442	17,690
32nd	Lockdown Jnr 9	70	0.2%	441	1,322
33rd	CSW 15 rounder	168	0.2%	414	1,655
34th	Spoilage Letters Attack	623	0.2%	406	4,464
35th	Unlimited Letters Attack	214	0.3%	339	10,854
36th	CSW Letters Attack	216	0.3%	312	3,437
37th	Nice 15	133	0.3%	294	6,464
38th	Nice Letters Attack	167	0.4%	280	18,183
39th	Speed 15	161	0.4%	266	8,498
40th	Lockdown Jnr Letters Attack	125	0.4%	253	1,265
41st	Octolock 9	73	0.4%	246	983
42nd	Nasty 9	77	0.4%	243	1,704
43rd	Unlimited 15	162	0.4%	226	6,104
44th	Hyper 15	168	0.4%	224	6,260
45th	Instant 15	152	0.5%	222	11,305
46th	Flat 9	74	0.5%	217	3,695
47th	Goatdown Jnr. 15	113	0.5%	214	3,203
48th	Instant 9	96	1%	199	11,126
49th	Hyper Unlimited Letters Attack	262	1%	191	9,360
50th	Goatdown Standard	214	1%	184	16,743
51st	Deepdown Letters Attack	136	1%	181	1,992
52nd	Lockdown Jnr 15	110	1%	159	1,907
53rd	Goatblitz	213	1%	127	15,522
54th	Lightning 15	161	1%	127	3,052
55th	Touchdown 15	137	1%	127	4,190
56th	Hyper Unlimited 9	113	1%	126	2,270
57th	Berserk 9	104	1%	121	6,165
58th	Junior 15 Rounder	151	1%	100	10,195
59th	Berserk 15	158	1%	76	6,174
60th	Berserk Letters Attack	204	1%	76	3,334
61st	Flat 15	121	1%	68	1,778
62nd	Touchdown 9	83	1%	68	2,519
63rd	Hyper Unlimited 15	186	2%	61	3,004
64th	Hyper Letters Attack	208	2%	57	5,402
65th	Hyper Unlimited Flat 9	107	2%	56	1,390
66th	Lockdown 15	125	2%	55	2,953
67th	Nice Blitz	129	3%	40	3,437
68th	Touchdown Letters Attack	174	3%	39	5,935
69th	French 9 Rounder	99	3%	33	3,212
70th	Hypergoat 9	118	3%	33	1,736
71st	Octolock 15	114	3%	33	1,928
72nd	Portuguese 9 Rounder	96	3%	33	1,354
73rd	Nasty Letters Attack	147	3%	32	6,495
74th	Nasty 15	122	3%	30	2,308
75th	Duckdown 9	149	3%	30	1,891
76th	Hypertouch 9	95	3%	30	1,659
77th	Hypergoat Letters Attack	250	3%	29	14,136
78th	Octolock Numbers Attack	182	4%	28	5,287
79th	Octorock 15	114	4%	28	2,807
80th	Lockdown Letters Attack	151	4%	27	1,746
81st	Octorock Letters Attack	140	4%	27	2,577
82nd	Hyper 9	99	4%	27	5,144
83rd	Lightning Goatdown 15	204	5%	22	3,153
84th	Hypergoat Blitz	185	5%	21	2,392
85th	French Letters Attack	203	6%	18	10,042
86th	Touchblitz	134	6%	18	1,655
87th	German 9	82	7%	14	1,519
88th	Welsh 9 rounder	81	9%	11	796
89th	Russian 15	112	9%	11	3,481
90th	Beanstalk Letters Attack	198	10%	10	3,015
91st	Hyper Nasty Letters Attack	184	10%	10	2,076
92nd	German 15	132	10%	10	3,322
93rd	Spanish 9	102	11%	10	2,656
94th	Hyper Blitz	153	11%	9	1,232
95th	French 15 Rounder	152	11%	9	5,780
96th	Portuguese 15 Rounder	148	13%	8	1,735
97th	Russian 9	69	13%	8	851
98th	Hypergoatdown	173	13%	8	3,394
99th	Italian 15	158	16%	6	1,985
100th	Old Mocktorun	1054	16%	6	887
101st	Octolock Letters Attack	134	17%	6	587
102nd	Russian Letters Attack	128	17%	6	7,610
103rd	Nasty Blitz	117	18%	6	1,109
104th	Hyperlock 9	86	18%	6	460
105th	Duckdown 15	238	21%	5	2,560
106th	Hyper Nasty 9	85	22%	5	1,122
107th	Spanish 15	157	22%	4	3,706
108th	German Letters Attack	155	23%	4	6,240
109th	Portuguese Letters Attack	180	27%	4	1,954
110th	Italian 9	91	35%	3	1,402
111th	Hyperlock Letters Attack	180	35%	3	968
112th	Hyperlock 15	140	37%	3	1,769
113th	Hypertouch 15	154	37%	3	2,500
114th	Catalan 9	94	40%	2	332
115th	Italian Letters Attack	199	41%	2	3,890
116th	Duckdown Letters Attack	345	43%	2	1,996
117th	Dutch 9	78	45%	2	756
118th	Hypertouchblitz	154	46%	2	1,673
119th	Hypertouch Letters Attack	206	55%	2	5,593
120th	Hyper Nasty 15	139	56%	2	1,311
121st	Latin 9	98	58%	2	1,020
122nd	Hyper Nasty Blitz	135	65%	2	671
123rd	Spanish Letters Attack	190	70%	1	3,142
124th	Greek 9	74	73%	1	2,488
125th	Welsh 15 rounder	114	86%	1	2,621
126th	Hebrew 9 Rounder	69	93%	1	418
127th	Dutch Letters Attack	148	93%	1	2,034
128th	Greek 15	118	95%	1	840
129th	Catalan 15	134	96%	1	378
130th	Latin 15	151	97%	1	2,378
131st	Catalan Letters Attack	174	98%	1	489
132nd	Latin Letters Attack	202	99%	1	1,255
133rd	Dutch 15	114	99%	1	1,736
134th	Greek Letters Attack	142	99.8%	1	1,581
135th	Hebrew Letters Attack	129	99.9%	1	673
136th	Spoilage Numbers Attack	180	100%	1	9,919
136th	Instant Conundrum Attack	198	100%	1	5,962
136th	Welsh Letters Attack	127	100%	1	2,029
136th	Omelette Blitz	148	100%	1	1,433
136th	Hyper Nasty Conundrum Attack	190	100%	1	1,331
136th	Spoilage Conundrum Attack	150	100%	1	1,120
136th	Finnish 15 Rounder	99	100%	1	1,119
136th	Touchdown Jnr Conundrum Attack	170	100%	1	986
136th	Finnish Letters Attack	110	100%	1	782
136th	Finnish 9 Rounder	58	100%	1	771
136th	German Conundrum Attack	170	100%	1	588
136th	Hebrew 15 Rounder	106	100%	1	533
136th	Hypertouch Conundrum Attack	170	100%	1	337
136th	Portuguese Conundrum Attack	150	100%	1	333
136th	Spanish Conundrum Attack	100	100%	1	307
136th	Italian Conundrum Attack	90	100%	1	238
136th	Greek Conundrum Attack	90	100%	1	223
136th	Latin Conundrum Attack	100	100%	1	199
136th	Russian Conundrum Attack	90	100%	1	118
136th	Dutch Conundrum Attack	70	100%	1	113
136th	Hebrew Conundrum Attack	90	100%	1	72
136th	Finnish Conundrum Attack	60	100%	1	47
136th	Catalan Conundrum Attack	80	100%	1	40

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