Hello everyone,

I have updated the rating distribution histogram for this year and I have created rating percentiles so you can find out how you compare against other active users. I define an active user as a user who has 1) participated in the last 6 months and 2) participated in at least 6 contests. The second condition is to ensure that the user's rating is stabilized.

Here is the chart (n = 89352):

clearer version

And here are some previous years' histograms: 2023 note: uses >= 5 contest participations instead of >= 6 participations. 2021 note: the author of this post wrote the script that creates very nice histograms so credit to him.

Some interesting facts:

The median Codeforces rating is 1143. The mean rounded to the nearest integer is 1205. The standard deviation is 378 rounded down to the nearest integer.

A rating of 1900 places you at the 94th percentile.

A rating of 2400 places you at the 99.2nd percentile.

The minimum rating for an LGM, 3000, is at the 99.93rd percentile.

55% of Codeforces users are gray.

If you want to see an exact rating percentile, go here.

If you want to see the rating data, go here. The data is in python dictionary format.

That is all, I hope this was interesting.