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
ekang245111458158774143
carlhix3217129460220880
Bidder #16373210923355390
BJOReeves3191371696553100
wbisback6217928313765108
FinCountDown2082191352148146
sami16161473146334083182
66iceman66548111171150183
RobinSaner20226908417120191
DrRichie3598325493787308
MareMc99805101164097336
miztusweet1034421051497937338
localsocalgirl5500720446719361
pspknine1543524243250314367
bbranbo9211654507183384
ricker0402266104145841407
TexasGMen342814022632828409
jetcontroller1419215363323420
blackjack19711554303966799425
garybarbour2971188293971433
cly390610862736577634433
dream3921596263492662437
CarrieP41955371322419454
Fantasysports20230115996036196474
jasonix485296704743487
kelleyinthesky23165898718045489
christiana1972937134318583497
goatpacker23317831254090507
dolly6511837138514261696509
kay1966528170172989520
ct613783769527200647539
lilviz2173711090625543
Fishbot100371534706736546
BID2BUYWATCHme1106739383539663554
adam_cart175212319706554
Rush223306653771676716564
BidPatrol4649534217146565
claudebarcos883321863482151566
bluesky19517328565245609570
os20012502138491364574581
mikereb111302846651322017585
Trina3233044335573497204588
brian20812115459811166225597
bidbang425691799681829600
johnkahn43511847394601
phantom20221371165141877607
Giant_Robot2347347157917618
ALLREALallIn1787633021996268620
blackhawk30211199563143381623
WiLLlWinOrBin225501397910035792623
Doc198390610465038627
kittykatteehan1975114152771633
slurpylady4036314268355634
rianyu666527181273408544636
mrom102013310630746332640
onegodma1490817673095973650
Cynannm1020963721021660310657
Devinispro8522825645796658
Advantageous2727523501109910660
Mybirdtully191149197529660
UNLTDB1DS121012561097666
Arizdoug2175101111764666
TrSquad418259262684667
Nicky_Lynn4642686332735667
Wait4YourTurn213412616902669
ris702696722362230060673
kdejong14145041771679786674
BIGLEAUGE2017206873515983149683
jimcarso1557200530582685
Kenny_Penny1057536703473887687
starvinmarv282512912723381688
mrjmusiwa1872632852369684688
thechef225977361450507695
bushunter131562634782203432697
doodlebugsara3199244274810697
SaveYour8ids3463461395893700
nitrile118342803985946704
fiftyshdsofjon316911317371706
SpoiledMilk245640849133707
rontlove1175155240289715
lauren2223141209119648717
lam1215163141354343541720
Taurus2151772858240674721
DrEyehacker1594424861620517721
cmheim12131621166125929725
poopa4272874820411751726
wontGive6010200209343732
WarriorsWay45451016366498732
fansett6501577433360734
remember911701550771172144740
xstar995861447146298746
Hoping15360983296395746
2016ashrconr1579255199796747
sjudd1951102305481747
BIGMANRED197439931353824809749
rehnie272413159812750
drsam322467553627353603750
nanashe48423128183534756
LivaVasLegas3581868637336765