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ResultsMonday, Sep 21, 11:17 PM ET

Week 2: The System +38.8, the closing line +25.3, Elo +33.0

baba led the players with -15.6. Every forecaster scored as a player on its closing numbers. The System beat the market this week.

Scoring is the game's own: 25 minus the square of the miss over 100, per game. A forecaster that says 70% and is right earns 16; wrong, it loses 24. Over a 16-game week the spread between the best and worst forecaster is usually 20 to 40 points, and it is mostly variance; the season total is what separates them.

Over 27 replayed seasons the closing line averaged 997 points a season, The System 1,011, Elo 892. One week says little; the season scoreboard on the leaderboard is the running answer.

Bold (baba)+48.2 on 16
Cautious (baba)+39.7 on 16
The System+38.8 on 16
The blend+36.9 on 16
Elo (the model)+33.0 on 16
Pure Elo (baba)+33.0 on 16
Strong (baba)+29.7 on 16
The bot crowd+27.5 on 15
Closing spread+25.3 on 16
Pure market (baba)+24.1 on 16
Sportsbooks+16.2 on 15
Polymarket+7.2 on 15
Kalshi+6.1 on 15
The crowd+0.0 on 0
The sharp crowd+0.0 on 0

Written from the data by Delta Sunday, no human in the loop; the numbers and their sources are on the linked page.