Fun stats about the Lichess 2024 Autumn Marathon

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27 Oct 20247,064 viewsEnglish (US)

Chess Tournament

Stats like: Who played the most games, highest rank per rating category and a lot more

2024 Autumn Marathon (time control: bullet 2 1) played on 26 October 2024

Congratulations to the winner: FM Ragehunter

Games: 454
Rank: 1
Score: 1006
Rating: 2717
Performance: 2733

Number of players

20555 players participated in the autumn 2024 marathon.
There were 2352 players who did not play a game at all (11%).
A total of 219733 (!) games were played during the tournament.

Most games played

Player with the most games: Hai_Fisch

Games: 505
Rank: 173
Score: 278
Rating: 2078
Performance: 2016

Top 100 player with the most games: FM Ragehunter

Games: 454
Rank: 1
Score: 1006
Rating: 2717
Performance: 2733

Average number of games played

Looking at all the players who played at least 10 games the average number of games played is:
48

Longest time spent playing

The most played games does not necessarily mean the longest time playing. There are some reasons for this:

your berserk percentage has a major impact
a lot of short games mean less playing time
also Arena strategy has impact. For example: (some) people quickly resign a worse position to start a new game (and they might be right from a marathon score point of view)

There are also some factors which are (unfortunately) not part of the calculated playing time:

the waiting time to get paired
the time after the last move (this is not recorded in the game notation)

Player with the longest time spent playing, namely an astonishing 20:31 (hour:min): IM marantz3

Games: 305
Rank: 9
Score: 513
Rating: 2672
Performance: 2685

which is only 0 minutes and 6 seconds more than number 2: StatHouKoS

Average time spent playing

Average time spent playing is:
2 hours and 31 minutes
(players who played at least 10 games)

Least games played in the top 100/500

Top 100 player with the least games: GM gsvc

Games: 98
Rank: 48
Score: 365
Rating: 3132
Performance: 2755

Top 500 player with the least games: GM BlunderPandaZz

Games: 59
Rank: 406
Score: 234
Rating: 2940
Performance: 2498

Lowest performance in the top 100/500

Top 100 player with the lowest performance: MeikeSchlecker

Games: 392
Rank: 35
Score: 383
Rating: 2277
Performance: 2246

Top 500 player with the lowest performance: Eye_inthe_Sky

Games: 500
Rank: 473
Score: 229
Rating: 1818
Performance: 1825

Highest performance in the top 100/500

Top 100 player with the highest performance: Dynamirock

Games: 167
Rank: 5
Score: 589
Rating: 3165
Performance: 2955

Top 500 player with the highest performance: Dynamirock

Games: 167
Rank: 5
Score: 589
Rating: 3165
Performance: 2955

*#lowest-rated-player-in-the-top-100-500

Lowest rated player in the top 100/500

Top 100 player with the lowest rating: MeikeSchlecker

Games: 392
Rank: 35
Score: 383
Rating: 2277
Performance: 2246

Top 500 player with the lowest rating: Eye_inthe_Sky

Games: 500
Rank: 473
Score: 229
Rating: 1818
Performance: 1825

Highest rated player in the top 100/500

Top 100 player with the highest rating: Dynamirock

Games: 167
Rank: 5
Score: 589
Rating: 3165
Performance: 2955

Top 500 player with the highest rating: Dynamirock

Games: 167
Rank: 5
Score: 589
Rating: 3165
Performance: 2955

Highest rank per rating category

Highest ranked player with rating < 3400: FM Ragehunter

Games: 454
Rank: 1
Score: 1006
Rating: 2717
Performance: 2733

Highest ranked player with rating < 3200: FM Ragehunter

Games: 454
Rank: 1
Score: 1006
Rating: 2717
Performance: 2733

Highest ranked player with rating < 3000: FM Ragehunter

Games: 454
Rank: 1
Score: 1006
Rating: 2717
Performance: 2733

Highest ranked player with rating < 2800: FM Ragehunter

Games: 454
Rank: 1
Score: 1006
Rating: 2717
Performance: 2733

Highest ranked player with rating < 2600: Slivoviy

Games: 339
Rank: 11
Score: 480
Rating: 2446
Performance: 2397

Highest ranked player with rating < 2400: MeikeSchlecker

Games: 392
Rank: 35
Score: 383
Rating: 2277
Performance: 2246

Highest ranked player with rating < 2200: Slowzerker335

Games: 410
Rank: 120
Score: 309
Rating: 2152
Performance: 2142

Highest ranked player with rating < 2000: artdan21

Games: 381
Rank: 320
Score: 246
Rating: 1986
Performance: 1969

Highest ranked player with rating < 1800: JGC46

Games: 402
Rank: 930
Score: 146
Rating: 1699
Performance: 1763

Highest ranked player with rating < 1600: matt89n

Games: 236
Rank: 1377
Score: 109
Rating: 1581
Performance: 1674

Highest ranked player with rating < 1400: german11

Games: 218
Rank: 2132
Score: 79
Rating: 1337
Performance: 1502

Highest ranked player with rating < 1200: sevakiy

Games: 112
Rank: 3763
Score: 45
Rating: 1185
Performance: 1429

Highest ranked player with rating < 1000: qu0thraven

Games: 110
Rank: 6653
Score: 21
Rating: 961
Performance: 1295

Highest rank per number of played games

Highest ranked player with number of games < 500: FM Ragehunter

Games: 454
Rank: 1
Score: 1006
Rating: 2717
Performance: 2733

Highest ranked player with number of games < 450: CM Statham_13

Games: 413
Rank: 2
Score: 647
Rating: 2642
Performance: 2505

Highest ranked player with number of games < 400: Fritzi_2003

Games: 265
Rank: 3
Score: 633
Rating: 2818
Performance: 2768

Highest ranked player with number of games < 350: Fritzi_2003

Games: 265
Rank: 3
Score: 633
Rating: 2818
Performance: 2768

Highest ranked player with number of games < 300: Fritzi_2003

Games: 265
Rank: 3
Score: 633
Rating: 2818
Performance: 2768

Highest ranked player with number of games < 250: Dynamirock

Games: 167
Rank: 5
Score: 589
Rating: 3165
Performance: 2955

Highest ranked player with number of games < 200: Dynamirock

Games: 167
Rank: 5
Score: 589
Rating: 3165
Performance: 2955

Highest ranked player with number of games < 150: GM Crest64

Games: 145
Rank: 18
Score: 417
Rating: 2801
Performance: 2703

Highest ranked player with number of games < 100: GM gsvc

Games: 98
Rank: 48
Score: 365
Rating: 3132
Performance: 2755

Highest ranked player with number of games < 50: magdanoz

Games: 49
Rank: 650
Score: 194
Rating: 2452
Performance: 2324

Some stats per rating category

This shows the results of all the players in a rating category.
This might help you, based on your own rating, what is possible to achieve.
This only takes into account players who played at least 10 games

Rating category 3000-3200

Number of players in this category: 5
Average rank: 1141
Average number of games played: 73
Average time spent playing is:
3 hours and 36 minutes
(players who played at least 10 games)

Rating category 2800-3000

Number of players in this category: 28
Average rank: 1331
Average number of games played: 64
Average time spent playing is:
3 hours and 4 minutes
(players who played at least 10 games)

Rating category 2600-2800

Number of players in this category: 132
Average rank: 1563
Average number of games played: 81
Average time spent playing is:
4 hours and 8 minutes
(players who played at least 10 games)

Rating category 2400-2600

Number of players in this category: 433
Average rank: 1739
Average number of games played: 73
Average time spent playing is:
4 hours and 1 minutes
(players who played at least 10 games)

Rating category 2200-2400

Number of players in this category: 992
Average rank: 2247
Average number of games played: 68
Average time spent playing is:
3 hours and 42 minutes
(players who played at least 10 games)

Rating category 2000-2200

Number of players in this category: 1542
Average rank: 3069
Average number of games played: 58
Average time spent playing is:
3 hours and 5 minutes
(players who played at least 10 games)

Rating category 1800-2000

Number of players in this category: 1794
Average rank: 4170
Average number of games played: 43
Average time spent playing is:
2 hours and 18 minutes
(players who played at least 10 games)

Rating category 1600-1800

Number of players in this category: 1508
Average rank: 5200
Average number of games played: 39
Average time spent playing is:
2 hours and 0 minutes
(players who played at least 10 games)

Rating category 1400-1600

Number of players in this category: 907
Average rank: 6569
Average number of games played: 34
Average time spent playing is:
1 hours and 41 minutes
(players who played at least 10 games)

Rating category 1200-1400

Number of players in this category: 478
Average rank: 7695
Average number of games played: 31
Average time spent playing is:
1 hours and 28 minutes
(players who played at least 10 games)

Rating category 1000-1200

Number of players in this category: 229
Average rank: 9379
Average number of games played: 26
Average time spent playing is:
1 hours and 6 minutes
(players who played at least 10 games)

Rating category 800-1000

Number of players in this category: 84
Average rank: 11062
Average number of games played: 24
Average time spent playing is:
0 hours and 53 minutes
(players who played at least 10 games)

Some stats per rank category

This shows the performance of players in a rank cateory.
This will give you an idea what performance you probably need to achieve (and number of games you need to play) to reach a certain rank category.
You can see that earning a trophy (top 500) will be a real challenge for most players!

Rank 1-50

Average score: 441
Average number of games played: 233
Average rating: 2644
Average performance: 2578
Average time spent playing is:
11 hours and 47 minutes
(players who played at least 10 games)

Rank 51-100

Average score: 337
Average number of games played: 188
Average rating: 2503
Average performance: 2466
Average time spent playing is:
10 hours and 44 minutes
(players who played at least 10 games)

Rank 101-500

Average score: 254
Average number of games played: 164
Average rating: 2342
Average performance: 2303
Average time spent playing is:
8 hours and 46 minutes
(players who played at least 10 games)

Rank 501-1000

Average score: 176
Average number of games played: 121
Average rating: 2205
Average performance: 2176
Average time spent playing is:
6 hours and 33 minutes
(players who played at least 10 games)

Rank 1001-2000

Average score: 105
Average number of games played: 73
Average rating: 2074
Average performance: 2049
Average time spent playing is:
3 hours and 55 minutes
(players who played at least 10 games)

Rank 2001-3000

Average score: 68
Average number of games played: 49
Average rating: 1993
Average performance: 1959
Average time spent playing is:
2 hours and 36 minutes
(players who played at least 10 games)

Rank 3001-4000

Average score: 48
Average number of games played: 35
Average rating: 1940
Average performance: 1915
Average time spent playing is:
1 hours and 51 minutes
(players who played at least 10 games)

Rank 4001-5000

Average score: 36
Average number of games played: 26
Average rating: 1912
Average performance: 1880
Average time spent playing is:
1 hours and 23 minutes
(players who played at least 10 games)

Rank 5001-6000

Average score: 28
Average number of games played: 21
Average rating: 1864
Average performance: 1841
Average time spent playing is:
1 hours and 10 minutes
(players who played at least 10 games)

Rank 6001-7000

Average score: 21
Average number of games played: 17
Average rating: 1849
Average performance: 1812
Average time spent playing is:
0 hours and 59 minutes
(players who played at least 10 games)

Rank 7001-8000

Average score: 16
Average number of games played: 14
Average rating: 1796
Average performance: 1784
Average time spent playing is:
0 hours and 54 minutes
(players who played at least 10 games)

Rank 8001-9000

Average score: 12
Average number of games played: 11
Average rating: 1746
Average performance: 1734
Average time spent playing is:
0 hours and 48 minutes
(players who played at least 10 games)

Rank 9001-10000

Average score: 9
Average number of games played: 9
Average rating: 1771
Average performance: 1766
Average time spent playing is:
0 hours and 46 minutes
(players who played at least 10 games)

Notable GM/IM losses

The marathon gives a nice opportunity to play against GM/IM's. Usually they will beat you but sometimes, sometimes they make a big mistake or you are able to surprise them and score a victory!

These are the losses by a GM/IM with white against an opponent which has 600 rating points less

These are the losses by a GM/IM with black against an opponent which has 600 rating points less

Longest games

These are the longest games during the marathon. Some might be a bit silly..

Shortest games, ended by checkmate

If we show the longest games then we are also interested in the shortest games.
The shortest games ended by checkmate are usually caused by completely missing a mating threat or by a bad pre-move. Selection criteria are: both players have >2400 rating and a maximum length of 15 moves.

Shortest games, NOT ended by checkmate

The usual causes are: an opening blunder, a mouseslip or a bad pre-move (sometimes related to an unusual move). Selection criteria are: both players have >2400 rating, minimum length of 5 moves and a maximum length of 15 moves.

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