The ELO for ranking Deal Dash Users

DealDash.com is a bidding site that requires a good deal of skill and knowledge to excel at. Since I discovered UncleTan has been beating the system for all these years, I realized we need a new metric to gauge users to see who is bidding effectively and who is wasting bid after bid. Use this scoring to see who on Dealdash is the best at winning auctions while spending the least amount of bids. Then, since you can look at each user’s bid history, you can look back to figure out how they are doing it. With this information, you can either learn from it, or avoid bidding against them in the future.

How the Metric Works

To put it simply the lower their ELO score the better they are at winning auctions with fewer bids. The complete algorithm is:

 1000 * (Number_of_all_bids_made / Buy_It_Now_Dollar_amont_of_all_auctions_won)

Each auction has a Buy It Now price. For example, a 1000 bid pack has a Buy It Now price of $600. If someone new to Deal Dash wins a 1000 bid pack auction with 300 bids, then their ELO would be

1000 * (300/ $600) = 500

They won this auction with significantly fewer bids (300) than the Buy It Now Price (600) this gives a good low ELO sore. The score takes into account all recent auctions a user has participated in, even auctions they didn’t win, and sums up all the bids. It will only change gradually and reflects the overall performance of a user.

If someone has a 0 ELO then that just means there isn’t enough information yet to evaluate their raking.

Why this matters

Anyone with an ELO score of less than 1000 is on average winning auctions with less bids than the Buy It Now price. Most auctions you can “exchange” after winning for bids equal to the Buy It Now price. This means anyone with less than a 1000 ELO is likely a skilled user who is gaming the system to avoid paying for bids, like UncleTan. Anyone with a higher than 1000 ELO needs to continuously purchase more bids to stay in auctions.

Even though UncleTan is the most prolific DealDash user, he is not the best. Below is a perpetually up-to-date list of the current Deal Dash “winners”. Every one of these users, in theory, has unlimited bids. They can reliably win auctions and then exchange their wins for more bids than they spent on the original auction! If you’re serious about your penny bidding, then you will want to be on this list.

The 100 Most Efficient Deal Dash Users

UserNameName of DealDash User
AuctionsNumber of all auctions this user has placed a bid on
Auctions WonTotal Number of Auctions this user has won
Total bidsSum of ALL bids this user has placed
ELOThe ELO score, Lower is better
ckunzler161210116396433
ekang243411418153854743
carlhix3216429460206380
Bidder #16351010721605789
BJOReeves3191371696553100
wbisback6217928313765108
FinCountDown2082191352148146
sami16161466145333637183
66iceman66548111171150183
RobinSaner20226908417120191
DrRichie3522316484395312
MareMc99805101164097336
miztusweet1034421051497937338
localsocalgirl5500720446719361
pspknine1538724183241259371
ricker0402265104126731407
TexasGMen342814022632828409
jetcontroller1419215363323420
blackjack19711546303959897425
garybarbour2935188293786433
cly390610862736577634433
dream3921596263492662437
CarrieP41955371322419454
Fantasysports20211115906036028470
jasonix466285686670476
kelleyinthesky23123898717974489
christiana1972937134318583497
goatpacker23317831254090507
dolly6511831038174186706512
kay1966528170172989520
thechef225939349436103532
ct613783769527200647539
lilviz2173711090625543
BID2BUYWATCHme1106739383539663554
adam_cart173612319507554
Rush223294053331655442559
claudebarcos883321863482151566
Fishbot99941515703657586
os20012489938171351729592
mikereb111286546081316686593
bidbang424051789678332594
BidPatrol4619529215663594
WiLLlWinOrBin22498139709982410594
johnkahn43511847394601
brian20812106559551160124603
bluesky19517137551242725604
phantom20221371165141877607
Giant_Robot2347347157917618
blackhawk30211199563143381623
Doc198390610465038627
ALLREALallIn1778632821989678629
Trina3233039135493495112632
kittykatteehan1975114152771633
slurpylady4036314268355634
mrom102013310630746332640
TrSquad414257262409648
onegodma1490817673095973650
kdejong14144391764675334650
Advantageous2727523501109910660
Mybirdtully190849197484660
Arizdoug2175101111764666
UNLTDB1DS121012561097666
Wait4YourTurn213412616902669
ris702696722362230060673
Nicky_Lynn4622684332712675
rianyu666526451268408047681
BIGLEAUGE2017205883480976466681
bushunter131539034312184987684
jimcarso1553200530559685
starvinmarv282512912723381688
mrjmusiwa1849632362350371693
Kenny_Penny1047036113433232696
doodlebugsara3199244274810697
SaveYour8ids3463461395893700
lam1215159361322336612703
fiftyshdsofjon316911317371706
SpoiledMilk242439648678709
nitrile116352760977192712
rontlove1175155240289715
lauren2223141209119648717
DrEyehacker1590124861619385721
cmheim12131614166125719725
remember911696750411166074730
wontGive6010200209343732
WarriorsWay45451016366498732
fansett6501577433360734
sjudd1951102305481747
2016ashrconr1579255199796747
UncleTan702812555716090615750
rehnie272413159812750
Taurus2151651815232297750
poopa4272858813410933751
Hoping15332968294927752
BIGMANRED197439661350823295755
nanashe48423128183534756
haliberry921705935661970747759
mike1ross1468024401936390764
LivaVasLegas3580868637153765
Randy1305385466882011093767
killerneeley8758111141506767