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Uh, we're over 3 pages down and I haven't posted any stats yet and I have so many, gotta start rolling here.

First, I wanted to thank everybody who submitted a top 15 list, now we get the payoff.

TOP 15 PREFERENCE RANKING STATS!
(n=46)

Best finals outcome: tied between Janus, FFDragon and VeryInsane (1 vs. 4)

Worst finals outcome: Nanis (13 vs. 15)

Widest variance: TheArkOfTurus (1 vs. 14)

Narrowest variance: Arti, GMUN, Inviso, Lopen and TotallyNotMI all had Delita and Squall next to each other in their rankings

(For comparisons to last year: best was 1 vs. 6 and worst was 12 vs. 15, so a little better and a little worse respectively this year. The widest variance had been 1 vs. 15, and the narrowest was only one user, Lopen; he had 4 other users joining him this year but once again was narrow (albeit a 3 vs. 4 this time instead of 5 vs. 6 last year!)

The average preference rating of finals participants, if you would believe it, was exactly 8.00. Keep in mind that the overall average in a 1 through 15 ranking is 8 so we hit the exact average (and an improvement over last year's finals average which was an 8.42, which I considered to be "a little below average" but really was uh, way below). Nicely done, everybody.

Janus - 2.5
FFDragon - 2.5
VeryInsane - 2.5
Lopen - 3.5
ecksgem - 4
Lea - 4
Maniac64 - 4.5
illuminatusbubu - 5
GMUN - 5.5
v_charon - 5.5
Eddv - 6
Martin - 6
andy - 6
Mewtwo - 7
Drakeryn - 7
mnkboy - 7
pjbasis - 7
Robazoid - 7
Steiner - 7.5
Mzero - 7.5
Moonroof - 7.5
swordz - 7.5
TheArkOfTurus - 7.5
Bane - 8
RaidenGarai - 8
Zigzagoon - 8
BetrayedTangy - 8.5
Inviso - 8.5
Luis_Sera89 - 9
captaincanadian - 9.5
yellowwolley - 9.5
Snake5555555555 - 10
guffguy89 - 10
Fbike - 10
Xuxon - 10.5
StifledSilence - 10.5
linkhatesganon - 10.5
PrinceKaro - 10.5
Denzokuken - 11
TotallyNotMI - 11.5
KommunistKoala - 11.5
Great_Paul - 11.5
Arti - 12.5
tennisboy213 - 12.5
VengefulKaelee - 12.5
Nanis - 14

How about some BONUS STATS!!! All 25 who participated last year participated again this year, so we can see some YOY stats. In addition to this & last year's average finals ratings, I've provided two sets of numbers: one, the percentage point change in your finals preference average since last year; and secondly, adding together your average from both years to see how people are doing cumulatively. The data is sorted on the last ("sum") column ascending; blue indicates a best score, green a worst score.



So we can see Steiner had a marked improvement over his disastrous finals last year but the real YOY winner was VeryInsane, with his average jumping 9 points to 2.5. MZero is the biggest YOY drop, albeit only 4 percentage points, which makes sense considering he tied for the best average last year. In fact, of the 25 who participated last year, only 8 had a lower average this year than last, and 3 of those 8 were the winners from last year. So, gotta say it was a good year.

I should also point out yours truly, Martin"True Neutral"FF7, who stayed pat with a 6 rating last year (1 vs. 11) and a 6 rating this year (4 vs. 8). Can't really complain I guess!

The big winner appears to be the wonderful Lea who, somehow, has lucked into preferred finals each of the past two years, with a 1 vs. 6 and a 2 vs. 6. Watch out for whoever her #6 most preferred is at the top 15 next year, I guess!

And conversely, the combined worst over the past two years was VengefulKaelee; she didn't have the "least preferred" final in either year but collectively, the score of 23.5 (when the maximum possible worst two-year score is 29) is just... really rough. Of the 4 finalists in the last 2 years, not one of them was ranked outside the double digits. Maybe next year's the year!!

Thanks again to everybody who participated, I got even more stats coming including COMPATIBILITY STATS but those are gonna take a huge honkin' amount of space so will hold those for later.