SOS

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Sum of Opponents' Scores

This number is the sum of the score (wins) of all opponents that this player played against in that tournament. It doesn't matter if the game was a win or a loss.

This number is often used as tiebreaker in McMahon or other tournaments. When two players have the same win-loss record, a difference in SOS value indicates that the player with the higher SOS value played a set of opponents who did better in the tournament than the player with the lower SOS value. Based upon this, the player with the higher SOS value is ranked higher in the tournament.

Example. Alvin played in a three round tournament. He won against Larry, lost against William and won again against Leroy for a record of 2 W vs 1 L.

Larry won 2 of his games, William won all 3 and Leroy only won 1.

So after three rounds:

  • Alvin's win-loss score is 2 (wins against Larry and Leroy)
  • Alvin's SOS score is 6 (2 from Larry + 3 from William + 1 from Leroy)
  • For comparison, Alvin's SODOS score is 3 (2 from Larry + 1 from Leroy)

Chess players dub it Buchholz.

See Also: SODOS


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