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
ekang239561297140477644
carlhix3214329360145874
BJOReeves3191371696553100
wbisback6217928313765108
FinCountDown2082191352148146
sami16161435141310741173
66iceman66548111171150183
RobinSaner20226908417120191
ptrcmessner3553749981403254
DrRichie3413306477861319
MareMc99805101164097336
miztusweet1034421051497937338
localsocalgirl5500720446719361
pspknine1531424043225220386
blackjack19711516295947976393
thechef225862322411490403
TexasGMen342814022632828409
jetcontroller1419215363323420
garybarbour2869188293351433
cly390610862736577634433
dream3921596263492662437
CarrieP41955371322419454
Fantasysports20181115826034450481
kelleyinthesky23055898717906489
christiana1972936134317756497
goatpacker23317831254090507
dolly6511809536733985056522
WiLLlWinOrBin22374139279859760529
lilviz2173711090625543
Rush223242552291604845550
BID2BUYWATCHme1106739383539663554
claudebarcos883321863482151566
Fishbot99721504703335567
mikereb111249644651293406594
os20012476937821330057595
brian20812087558791145592598
adam_cart168511618825600
johnkahn43511847394601
bluesky19516927531237212603
bidbang420691751675958606
phantom20221371165141877607
ALLREALallIn1766332491965489609
Giant_Robot2347347157108618
blackhawk30211199563143381623
Doc198390610465038627
kittykatteehan1975114152771633
slurpylady4036314268355634
mrom102013286630743257640
kdejong14142401726666767648
BidPatrol4572519215003648
onegodma1490717673095963650
Mybirdtully190549097482660
Advantageous2727323501109908660
Trina3233038335483494706664
UNLTDB1DS121012561097666
Wait4YourTurn213412616902669
ris702696722362230060673
mrjmusiwa1793431202307650677
BIGLEAUGE2017204233429948406683
jimcarso1553200530559685
starvinmarv282512912723381688
Nicky_Lynn4557666331447691
lam1215155161282328017695
doodlebugsara3199244274810697
SaveYour8ids3463461395893700
Kenny_Penny1025234953261664703
nitrile110752604936383703
fiftyshdsofjon316911317371706
rontlove1175155240289715
StrategicBids4640192237137715
lauren2223141209119648717
mimithomson3069253202718718
bushunter131485233042133870723
cmheim12131589164124070728
remember911687749651141282729
DrEyehacker1578724791607544729
wontGive6010200209343732
WarriorsWay45451016366498732
fansett6498577433182734
ljohansson2596402803472740
BIGMANRED197437161278791939744
sjudd1951102305481747
2016ashrconr1579255199796747
mike1ross1465124371932600749
rehnie272413159812750
UncleTan698442542415954171751
nanashe48423128183534756
Hoping15268945290929756
haliberry921685135001933282761
LivaVasLegas3555861614116762
relentl3ss1790842902036276765
Randy1305385466882011093767
killerneeley8758111141506767
Cynannm1020927819961603900768
zone219593051157504879769
IDONTQUIT3213634301685063769
SpoiledMilk235436747749773
xkycd3736209151332774
Daprince3112069479134829779