CincyBowling Individual Rankings provide a broader look at a
bowler's season than average alone. Rankings combine verified
regular-season, tournament and postseason performance while also
considering the amount of competition recorded for each bowler.
Every verified individual game contributes to the ranking, but
games are weighted differently depending on the level of
competition. The goal is to recognize season-long performance
while giving additional importance to tournament and postseason
competition.
1.0×
Regular Season
Dual matches, conference competition and other
regular-season events establish the foundation of a
bowler's season.
1.2×
Tournaments
Tournament games receive additional influence because they
often involve larger fields and competition outside a
bowler's normal schedule.
1.4×
Postseason
True Sectional, District and State performances receive the
greatest influence in the weighted performance calculation.
What does weighting mean?
The multipliers do not add bonus pins to a bowler's actual
score or season average. Instead, they determine how strongly
each group of games influences the weighted performance used
by the CincyBowling rating.
For example, a 220 average during postseason competition has
more influence on the weighted calculation than a 220 average
during regular-season competition.
Example: Alex Taylor
Alex Taylor is a fictional bowler used only to demonstrate
how the rating works.
Competition
Games
Average
Weight
Regular Season
20
200.00
1.0×
Tournaments
6
215.00
1.2×
Postseason
4
225.00
1.4×
Actual Games
30
Weighted Games
32.8
Weighted Average
207.56
CB Rating
69.19
Why does the number of games matter?
CincyBowling also uses a reliability factor. This helps
prevent a bowler with only a small number of recorded games
from automatically outranking someone who has demonstrated
similar performance across a much larger sample.
As more verified games are recorded, the reliability factor
increases. Once the full weighted-game threshold is reached,
the reliability factor becomes 1.000 and no longer reduces
the bowler's rating.
What are First 5 and Last 10?
The expanded player statistics also show a season trend.
First 5 Average uses the bowler's first five recorded
individual games, while Last 10 Average uses the final ten
recorded individual games.
The difference provides a simple look at how scoring changed
over the course of the season. When fewer than five or ten
games are available, the rankings show the actual number of
games used.
The CincyBowling Individual Rating is intended to supplement
traditional statistics such as average, high game and series —
not replace them.
