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
ekang246681507166977443
carlhix3217829560279580
Bidder #16399811824731990
BJOReeves3191371696553100
wbisback6217928313765108
FinCountDown2082191352148146
sami16161482147334445182
66iceman66548111171150183
RobinSaner20226908417120191
DrRichie3662333495290310
MareMc99805101164097336
miztusweet1034421051497937338
localsocalgirl5500720446719361
pspknine1547624303265897369
bbranbo9211654507183384
blackjack19711580313980741388
ricker0402266104167913407
TexasGMen342814022632828409
jetcontroller1419215363323420
cly390610862736577634433
garybarbour2998188294203433
MoMoney4real8906919907013436
dream3921596263492662437
CarrieP41955371322419454
Fantasysports20303116436047722480
dolly6511844839034332973485
jasonix512302720772487
kelleyinthesky23197898718077489
christiana1972937134318583497
goatpacker23317831254090507
kay1966529170174307520
bluesky19517506574249693531
Fishbot100891570710113536
ct613783769527200647539
lilviz2173711090625543
BID2BUYWATCHme1106739383539663554
Sguerette11547154156560557
claudebarcos883321863482151566
BidPatrol4665535218328566
rianyu666529941283410645568
Rush223314453931678875575
mikereb111321947361347620576
os20012502238491364575581
adam_cart177612620276581
bidbang427831824682933590
Trina3233060835863512638592
brian20812128460271177252599
WiLLlWinOrBin225921399610139273600
johnkahn43511847394601
phantom20221371165141877607
Giant_Robot2347347157917618
blackhawk30211199563143381623
Doc198390610465038627
ALLREALallIn1795533282011109633
kittykatteehan1975114152771633
slurpylady4036314268355634
mrom102013310630746332640
Cynannm1020978321411694165650
onegodma1490817673095973650
Nicky_Lynn4671693335258653
BIGLEAUGE2017207833560996666655
Devinispro8522825645796658
Advantageous2728523501110311660
Mybirdtully191349297531660
Arizdoug2175101111764666
UNLTDB1DS121012561097666
Wait4YourTurn213412616902669
TrSquad425261268346670
ris702696722362230060673
Kenny_Penny1065037163530849684
kdejong14146291791685858685
jimcarso1562200530697685
nitrile118812809990091687
starvinmarv282512912723381688
poopa4272898829414122690
bushunter131580835272217481693
doodlebugsara3199244274810697
SpoiledMilk248041549468699
SaveYour8ids3463461395893700
fiftyshdsofjon316911317371706
thechef2251014377464712707
Taurus2151999901264185707
rontlove1175155240289715
lauren2223141209119648717
cmheim12131628166126139725
wontGive6010200209343732
WarriorsWay45451016366498732
xstar995880448146742733
fansett6501577433360734
DrEyehacker1601924901622914741
lauraech107291121328413741
MarkHudspeth289341538428715743
Hoping15385993301018746
remember911705451071176724746
2016ashrconr1579255199796747
sjudd1951102305481747
BIGMANRED197440091355832717749
rehnie272413159812750
drsam322468153627353658750