Median Tiebreak

Median is like Solkoff (see Solkoff) in that it measures the strength of your opponents.  Solkoff adds up the total scores of all of your opponents.  The higher your score, the harder competition you faced.

Median removes the lowest Solkoff score (essentially, your easiest game) and your highest Solkoff score (your most difficult opponent).

For instance, suppose two players with 4-1 scores met players who ended with the following scores:

Player A: 0,3,3,4,5

Player B: 3,2,5,3,3

 Player A’s Solkoff tie–break is 0+3+3+4+5=15, Player B’s is 3+2+5+3+3=16. Player A’s Modified Median is 3+3+4+5=15 (discard the 0) and Player B’s is 3+5+3+3=14 (discard the 2). Player A’s Median is 3+3+4=10, Player B’s is 3+3+3=9. If we use Modified Median or Median first, A ranks higher than B; if we use Solkoff first, B ranks higher than A.