Hi all, if my performance in a contest is equivalent to the skill of x elo and my actually elo is y, what formula is used to update my elo?
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Formula blog i think this is how they calculate ratings
That Blog is 15 years old . I am sure there have been changes in the algorithm...
Edit : Here's a more recent blog published by mike.
thank you very much
Don't know about the original formula, but in this case your delta can be calculated as (y — x) // 4 with pretty good precision.
$$$y = \infty$$$ goes brr.
works for that case too
It's almost (x-y)/3.7