Awards

There is more than one way to win. Nobody takes all of these — a persona built to lose most fights can still take Overachiever or Giant Killer, and you don't have to win a single battle to top Most Connected.

Most wins

Raw victories. The straightforward one.

1 Michael I. Jordan
11–1 · 7 opponents 11 2 David Blei
9–1 · 6 opponents 9 3 John Santerre host
9–19 · 26 opponents 9 4 Larry Wasserman
7–2 · 6 opponents 7 5 Aaron Clauset
6–2 · 2 opponents 6

Most connected

Distinct people you have battled. The point of an in-person event.

1 John Santerre host
9–19 · 26 opponents 26 2 Judea Pearl
5–3 · 8 opponents 8 3 Michael I. Jordan
11–1 · 7 opponents 7 4 Bernhard Scholkopf
6–5 · 7 opponents 7 5 David Blei
9–1 · 6 opponents 6

Most battles

Sheer volume. Show up and keep tapping.

1 John Santerre host
9–19 · 26 opponents 28 2 Michael I. Jordan
11–1 · 7 opponents 12 3 Leo Breiman
5–6 · 5 opponents 11 4 Andrew Gelman
5–6 · 4 opponents 11 5 Ashish Vaswani
3–8 · 4 opponents 11

Best win rate

Efficiency, among players with at least 8 battles.

1 Michael I. Jordan
11–1 in 12 91.7% 2 David Blei
9–1 in 10 90% 3 Larry Wasserman
7–2 in 9 77.8% 4 Aaron Clauset
6–2 in 8 75% 5 Rudolf Kalman
5–3 in 8 62.5%

Overachiever

How far above your persona’s expected win rate you played. A weak draw can win this outright — and often does.

1 David Blei
expected 42.9% · played 90% +47.1 2 Aaron Clauset
expected 42.3% · played 75% +32.7 3 Frank Rosenblatt
expected 27.9% · played 50% +22.1 4 Michael I. Jordan
expected 76% · played 91.7% +15.7 5 Grace Hopper
expected 24.2% · played 37.5% +13.3

Giant killer

Wins over personas who were, on paper, far more likely to beat you.

1 John Santerre host
9 wins overall 9 2 David Blei
9 wins overall 5 3 Rudolf Kalman
5 wins overall 4 4 Frank Rosenblatt
5 wins overall 3 5 Grace Hopper
3 wins overall 2

Polymath

Distinct problem categories you have won in. Range, not depth.

1 John Santerre host
9–19 · 26 opponents 8 2 Michael I. Jordan
11–1 · 7 opponents 7 3 David Blei
9–1 · 6 opponents 7 4 Larry Wasserman
7–2 · 6 opponents 6 5 Aaron Clauset
6–2 · 2 opponents 5

Scholar

Distinct problems you have seen. You are here to learn the history — this measures how much of it you met.

1 John Santerre host
9–19 · 26 opponents 23 2 Leo Breiman
5–6 · 5 opponents 11 3 Andrew Gelman
5–6 · 4 opponents 11 4 Michael I. Jordan
11–1 · 7 opponents 11 5 Ashish Vaswani
3–8 · 4 opponents 11

Time traveller

Distinct eras whose figures you have beaten — from Bayes to the transformer.

1 Michael I. Jordan
11–1 · 7 opponents 4 2 John Santerre host
9–19 · 26 opponents 4 3 Larry Wasserman
7–2 · 6 opponents 4 4 David Blei
9–1 · 6 opponents 3 5 Bernhard Scholkopf
6–5 · 7 opponents 3

How Overachiever works