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Originally Posted by vthobby
I still feel as an overall "best guess" you should have added all the grades up to see who came the closest. That is because I'm pretty good at getting an order "guessed" as a whole.
In fact, your total grades = 51.5
My total grades guess = 51.5
No surprise to me!
I lost however based on the exact guesses. I am a supremely confident and accurate loser! 
Thanks for the contest!
Mike |
This would be a terrible way to gauge which guesses were the most accurate. The total sum means nothing. You could be miles off with every card and still get the same total. If you want to "improve" the scoring algorithm, you should use the root mean squared error. Whoever has the lowest RMSE is the most accurate. But it doesn't matter anyhow. The OP already set up the scoring. It's directionally accurate and fun.