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NBA · resolved market

Spread: Thunder (-9.5)

Rebuilt .

What this market resolved to

Winning outcome
Thunderof Thunder, Lakers
Resolved
US/Eastern, the zone Polymarket writes its markets in
Scored in
NBAevery record on this page is that Category’s
Volume Polymarket published
$1,477,600
Volume TailMyPicks’s own read summed
$1,450,918

Both are shown because TailMyPicks only trusts a market it can reconcile: it reads every trade itself and compares its own total against the venue’s before scoring anything. The threshold below was applied to $1,477,600 the venue’s figure.

Every figure here describes what TailMyPicks scored — positions held to resolution in markets that cleared the thresholds below. It is not a Polymarket account balance, and open positions are not counted anywhere on this site.

Who was on this market

The 100 largest positions, of 398 wallets holding a qualified pick here — biggest first. This page details 100 at most, and the number beside it is the real one. Ordered by position size rather than by score, because this is a post-mortem of one market — a strong wallet’s small pick does not belong above a large committed one. Each wallet’s record in NBA is on its own row, so one correct call here is not mistaken for a track record.

On this marketThis wallet’s whole record in NBA
WalletEntryPositionResultP/L heldQualified picksWin ratevs expectedRealizable edgeAvg entryROI per pickTail Score
0x4924…3782backed Thunder49c699,762$345,682 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$354,079.8787451.5%450 W · 424 L+15.8wins+0.02per pick50cpaid+3.1%equal weight52+0.02 edge/pick
0x6ac5…4b6ebacked Lakers51c350,000$178,500 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$178,5004,68249.6%2,324 W · 2,358 L+27.2wins+0.01per pick49cpaid+0.8%equal weight51+0.01 edge/pick
0xe934…640bbacked Lakers50c200,000$100,000 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$100,0003860.5%23 W · 15 L+4.1wins+0.11per pick50cpaid+24.2%equal weight57+0.07 edge/pick
0xbddf…c684backed Thunder47c141,625$66,564 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$75,061.5172648.3%351 W · 375 L+30.5wins+0.04per pick44cpaid+11%equal weight55+0.04 edge/pick
0x1e77…8c33backed Lakers51c119,930$61,165 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$61,164.9815952.8%84 W · 75 L+1.5wins+0.01per pick52cpaid+3.5%equal weight51+0.01 edge/pick
0xc807…c12bbacked Thunder48c118,909$57,076 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$61,832.8120545.9%94 W · 111 L-12.8wins-0.06per pick52cpaid-12%equal weight44-0.06 edge/pick
0x0979…8d9bbacked Lakers52c93,385$48,560 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$48,56020352.7%107 W · 96 L-2.0wins-0.01per pick54cpaid-4.7%equal weight49-0.01 edge/pick
0x6e82…752cbacked Lakers53c92,321$48,930 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$48,930.131,20455.3%666 W · 538 L+52.0wins+0.04per pick51cpaid+12.1%equal weight55+0.04 edge/pick
0x8a6c…0b3fbacked Lakers54c90,259$48,616 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$48,615.9436549.6%181 W · 184 L-1.8wins0.00per pick50cpaid-3%equal weight490.00 edge/pick
0x8293…ddf4backed Thunder48c85,430$41,007 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$44,423.721942.1%8 W · 11 L-1.5wins-0.08per pick50cpaid-14%equal weight46-0.03 edge/pick
0xead1…c76abacked Lakers52c73,475$38,057 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$38,057.362,04548.4%990 W · 1,055 L-30.3wins-0.01per pick50cpaid-3.4%equal weight48-0.01 edge/pick
0x2302…d6d2backed Lakers51c68,818$35,097 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$35,097.361,28650.8%653 W · 633 L+11.2wins+0.01per pick50cpaid-1.9%equal weight51+0.01 edge/pick
0x0dcf…c556backed Thunder49c58,967$29,088 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$29,879.354847.9%23 W · 25 L-0.2wins0.00per pick48cpaid-0.5%equal weight500.00 edge/pick
0x37c1…c53abacked Thunder49c43,760$21,303 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$22,457.681,91549.3%944 W · 971 L+19.7wins+0.01per pick48cpaid+0.5%equal weight51+0.01 edge/pick
0x5d58…9a15backed Lakers31c28,312$8,848 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$8,847.99336.6%34 W · 59 L-3.9wins-0.04per pick41cpaid-13.3%equal weight46-0.03 edge/pick
0xcf11…8399backed Lakers50c20,000$10,000 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$10,00037539.5%148 W · 227 L-1.2wins0.00per pick40cpaid-0.1%equal weight500.00 edge/pick
0x0eb7…1f17backed Lakers50c19,585$9,698 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$9,697.7542348%203 W · 220 L-5.5wins-0.01per pick49cpaid-15%equal weight49-0.01 edge/pick
0x32ed…f960backed Thunder50c12,914$6,520 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$6,393.542,94951.5%1,519 W · 1,430 L+119.4wins+0.04per pick47cpaid+3.7%equal weight54+0.04 edge/pick
0xee61…debfbacked Thunder48c12,733$6,156 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$6,576.339,72249.4%4,805 W · 4,917 L-2.8wins0.00per pick49cpaid-0.6%equal weight500.00 edge/pick
0x92b5…fec6backed Lakers53c9,168$4,859 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$4,85910747.7%51 W · 56 L+0.5wins0.00per pick47cpaid-0.3%equal weight500.00 edge/pick
0xd48a…6e90backed Lakers52c9,048$4,710 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$4,710.241,91054.3%1,038 W · 872 L+25.2wins+0.01per pick53cpaid+1.7%equal weight51+0.01 edge/pick
0x6814…a9e7backed Thunder60c8,178$4,915 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$3,263.363,66841.9%1,538 W · 2,130 L-70.7wins-0.02per pick44cpaid-15.7%equal weight48-0.02 edge/pick
0x2707…0afabacked Lakers53c7,969$4,223 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$4,223.4435942.1%151 W · 208 L-12.9wins-0.04per pick46cpaid-14.9%equal weight46-0.03 edge/pick
0x2005…75eabacked Thunder70c7,354$5,155 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$2,198.822,63036.7%966 W · 1,664 L-119.1wins-0.05per pick41cpaid-25.5%equal weight45-0.04 edge/pick
0xe1a2…14b8backed Lakers52c7,284$3,788 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$3,787.6810949.5%54 W · 55 L+2.7wins+0.02per pick47cpaid+3.6%equal weight52+0.02 edge/pick
0x1624…bf63backed Thunder69c6,488$4,490 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$1,997.1783039.4%327 W · 503 L+6.3wins+0.01per pick39cpaid-20.5%equal weight51+0.01 edge/pick
0x0a77…9d74backed Thunder48c6,251$3,000 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$3,250.471,13948.3%550 W · 589 L+3.5wins0.00per pick48cpaid+0.8%equal weight500.00 edge/pick
0x204f…5e14backed Thunder65c5,924$3,862 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$2,062.748,98847.5%4,268 W · 4,720 L+96.4wins+0.01per pick46cpaid-5.4%equal weight51+0.01 edge/pick
0xa697…59d5backed Thunder47c5,357$2,544 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$2,812.581,90148.7%925 W · 976 L+6.5wins0.00per pick48cpaid+0.8%equal weight500.00 edge/pick
0x1835…b828backed Lakers52c5,286$2,749 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$2,748.79540%2 W · 3 L-1.0wins-0.20per pick60cpaid-43.7%equal weight46-0.03 edge/pick
0xf57e…bbd6backed Thunder48c5,165$2,479 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$2,685.6610553.3%56 W · 49 L+4.0wins+0.04per pick50cpaid+6.4%equal weight53+0.03 edge/pick
0x617b…a499backed Thunder47c5,000$2,350 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$2,649.9587750.2%440 W · 437 L-19.7wins-0.02per pick52cpaid-5.2%equal weight48-0.02 edge/pick
0xf405…9df2backed Thunder65c4,788$3,134 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$1,654.343269.2%299 W · 133 L+10.7wins+0.02per pick67cpaid+2.9%equal weight53+0.02 edge/pick
0xafaf…1635backed Thunder63c4,729$2,977 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$1,751.561,03647.6%493 W · 543 L+6.7wins+0.01per pick47cpaid-4%equal weight51+0.01 edge/pick
0xd6f6…6d85backed Lakers52c4,669$2,428 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$2,42815252%79 W · 73 L-5.9wins-0.04per pick56cpaid-12.5%equal weight46-0.03 edge/pick
0x7760…21f0backed Lakers53c4,373$2,318 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$2,317.7446145.6%210 W · 251 L-6.7wins-0.01per pick47cpaid-3.4%equal weight48-0.01 edge/pick
0xc991…abd4backed Lakers20c4,237$828 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$828.0448751.7%252 W · 235 L-1.8wins0.00per pick52cpaid-2.7%equal weight500.00 edge/pick
0xa115…6c5abacked Lakers53c4,023$2,132 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$2,132.132250%11 W · 11 L+0.9wins+0.04per pick46cpaid-12.3%equal weight52+0.02 edge/pick
0xeffd…5a86backed Lakers51c4,000$2,040 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$2,0406939.1%27 W · 42 L-5.7wins-0.08per pick47cpaid-20.8%equal weight43-0.06 edge/pick
0xca40…83f6backed Lakers51c4,000$2,040 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$2,04012945.7%59 W · 70 L-2.2wins-0.02per pick47cpaid-10.7%equal weight48-0.01 edge/pick
0xe0db…f44ebacked Thunder47c4,000$1,880 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$2,119.9379549.7%395 W · 400 L-0.8wins0.00per pick50cpaid-1.1%equal weight500.00 edge/pick
0x8310…8967backed Lakers52c3,788$1,970 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$1,969.5930%0 W · 3 L-1.3wins-0.44per pick44cpaid-100%equal weight45-0.05 edge/pick
0xb525…bdc7backed Lakers52c3,735$1,942 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$1,942.47447.3%35 W · 39 L-2.9wins-0.04per pick51cpaid-8.9%equal weight47-0.03 edge/pick
0xd84b…0df3backed Thunder48c3,229$1,546 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$1,683.0714647.9%70 W · 76 L-1.4wins-0.01per pick49cpaid-3.9%equal weight49-0.01 edge/pick
0xdfa7…cac8backed Lakers53c3,196$1,694 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$1,693.83812.5%1 W · 7 L-3.1wins-0.38per pick51cpaid-76%equal weight40-0.09 edge/pick
0x610b…b5b2backed Lakers6c2,860$172 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$171.59875%6 W · 2 L+2.5wins+0.31per pick44cpaid+39.1%equal weight58+0.08 edge/pick
0x0d13…92f3backed Lakers52c2,857$1,486 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$1,485.7870246.4%326 W · 376 L-20.4wins-0.03per pick49cpaid-6.1%equal weight47-0.03 edge/pick
0xe156…134bbacked Lakers52c2,605$1,348 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$1,348.0511235.7%40 W · 72 L-2.7wins-0.02per pick38cpaid-17.1%equal weight48-0.02 edge/pick
0x1d5c…4f26backed Thunder48c2,500$1,200 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$1,30020945.5%95 W · 114 L+10.4wins+0.05per pick40cpaid+12.1%equal weight55+0.04 edge/pick
0xeb22…808abacked Lakers52c2,500$1,300 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$1,299.9895641.7%399 W · 557 L+1.6wins0.00per pick42cpaid+0.8%equal weight500.00 edge/pick
0x4df3…788fbacked Thunder48c2,256$1,074 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$1,181.876,21350.6%3,142 W · 3,071 L+53.8wins+0.01per pick50cpaid+1.6%equal weight51+0.01 edge/pick
0x27f7…44b0backed Lakers52c2,026$1,053 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$1,053.4837355%205 W · 168 L+8.4wins+0.02per pick53cpaid+5%equal weight52+0.02 edge/pick
0x05b7…9f3abacked Lakers53c2,017$1,069 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$1,068.98922.2%2 W · 7 L-1.5wins-0.17per pick39cpaid-59.5%equal weight45-0.05 edge/pick
0xb3cf…0ebdbacked Thunder56c2,000$1,120 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$8801,27138.3%487 W · 784 L-13.4wins-0.01per pick39cpaid-4.5%equal weight49-0.01 edge/pick
0x5a96…4e13backed Lakers51c2,000$1,020 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$1,02011558.3%67 W · 48 L+4.5wins+0.04per pick54cpaid+3.9%equal weight54+0.03 edge/pick
0x42f2…fdb4backed Lakers53c1,980$1,050 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$1,049.5411558.3%67 W · 48 L+8.0wins+0.07per pick51cpaid+13.1%equal weight56+0.06 edge/pick
0x9870…b9d3backed Thunder49c1,978$969 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$1,008.9756453.9%304 W · 260 L+6.7wins+0.01per pick53cpaid+0.6%equal weight51+0.01 edge/pick
0xd9dd…b525backed Thunder49c1,974$967 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$1,006.5544337.9%168 W · 275 L-0.7wins0.00per pick38cpaid-9.4%equal weight500.00 edge/pick
0xe7ca…a175backed Lakers52c1,942$1,010 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$1,010.0582442.2%348 W · 476 L-3.7wins0.00per pick43cpaid-1.2%equal weight500.00 edge/pick
0x995e…13aebacked Lakers27c1,921$524 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$524.48850%4 W · 4 L+1.0wins+0.13per pick37cpaid+84.4%equal weight53+0.03 edge/pick
0xe5df…382dbacked Lakers51c1,903$971 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$970.7716335.6%58 W · 105 L-12.2wins-0.08per pick43cpaid-17.1%equal weight43-0.07 edge/pick
0xd04d…bfc2backed Lakers51c1,865$950 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$950.152,43549.8%1,212 W · 1,223 L+30.3wins+0.01per pick49cpaid+2.6%equal weight51+0.01 edge/pick
0x5f30…3aeebacked Lakers52c1,836$955 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$954.694450%22 W · 22 L-2.9wins-0.06per pick56cpaid-17.8%equal weight45-0.04 edge/pick
0x661d…4dc6backed Thunder54c1,750$948 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$802.589444.4%397 W · 497 L+8.6wins+0.01per pick43cpaid-9.3%equal weight51+0.01 edge/pick
0x8753…85adbacked Thunder48c1,666$800 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$866.3464651.7%334 W · 312 L-14.9wins-0.02per pick54cpaid-4.2%equal weight48-0.02 edge/pick
0x62bd…52b6backed Lakers16c1,500$240 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$2409848%47 W · 51 L-4.3wins-0.04per pick52cpaid-8%equal weight46-0.04 edge/pick
0x86fb…03d4backed Thunder67c1,485$995 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$490.0790650.2%455 W · 451 L-0.6wins0.00per pick50cpaid-2.9%equal weight500.00 edge/pick
0xd705…fb7cbacked Lakers19c1,478$277 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$276.975234.6%18 W · 34 L-1.5wins-0.03per pick38cpaid-16.9%equal weight48-0.02 edge/pick
0xba67…4727backed Lakers51c1,472$751 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$750.7256843.8%249 W · 319 L-25.1wins-0.04per pick48cpaid-8.4%equal weight45-0.04 edge/pick
0x0b78…9992backed Thunder48c1,468$705 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$763.3520051.5%103 W · 97 L+5.3wins+0.03per pick49cpaid+6.3%equal weight53+0.02 edge/pick
0x3a51…b2b6backed Lakers52c1,360$709 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$709.0589853.1%477 W · 421 L+21.4wins+0.02per pick51cpaid+2.4%equal weight53+0.02 edge/pick
0x30db…44e1backed Lakers51c1,295$658 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$658.3534953%185 W · 164 L+3.8wins+0.01per pick52cpaid-2.9%equal weight51+0.01 edge/pick
0x2913…d241backed Thunder50c1,290$645 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$645.056550.8%33 W · 32 L+1.5wins+0.02per pick48cpaid-1.4%equal weight52+0.02 edge/pick
0x0767…36b0backed Thunder47c1,252$589 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$663.778154.3%44 W · 37 L+3.4wins+0.04per pick50cpaid+19.1%equal weight54+0.03 edge/pick
0x0204…0e31backed Lakers7c1,246$81 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$81.1428949.1%142 W · 147 L-3.5wins-0.01per pick50cpaid-5%equal weight49-0.01 edge/pick
0x1425…a3b6backed Lakers2c1,160$18 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$17.71729.4%5 W · 12 L-1.4wins-0.08per pick38cpaid-50.8%equal weight46-0.03 edge/pick
0xb188…1b06backed Thunder48c1,157$555 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$601.381553.3%8 W · 7 L+0.6wins+0.04per pick49cpaid+26.7%equal weight52+0.02 edge/pick
0xbce5…02f1backed Lakers47c1,100$517 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$51718651.6%96 W · 90 L+6.7wins+0.04per pick48cpaid+5.7%equal weight54+0.03 edge/pick
0xd106…c79cbacked Lakers52c1,053$548 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$548.424,78150.5%2,414 W · 2,367 L+20.7wins0.00per pick50cpaid+0.3%equal weight500.00 edge/pick
0xefd1…c520backed Thunder48c1,009$484 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$524.778654.7%47 W · 39 L+2.3wins+0.03per pick52cpaid+5.8%equal weight52+0.02 edge/pick
0x6dd9…bfe8backed Lakers51c1,000$510 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$51065762.3%409 W · 248 L+27.9wins+0.04per pick58cpaid+5.4%equal weight55+0.04 edge/pick
0x2bcc…4324backed Thunder47c999.96$470 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$529.9852844.7%236 W · 292 L+1.8wins0.00per pick44cpaid-1.3%equal weight500.00 edge/pick
0x2c1a…42d8backed Lakers51c995.8$504 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$503.5820638.3%79 W · 127 L-4.4wins-0.02per pick40cpaid-16.1%equal weight48-0.02 edge/pick
0x6659…4b69backed Lakers5c988.27$53 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$52.558332.5%27 W · 56 L-1.9wins-0.02per pick35cpaid-20.3%equal weight48-0.02 edge/pick
0x7430…3af2backed Lakers53c971.8$515 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$515.0526149.4%129 W · 132 L-3.0wins-0.01per pick51cpaid-5.5%equal weight49-0.01 edge/pick
0xf630…7e65backed Lakers53c971.8$515 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$515.0529149.5%144 W · 147 L+1.4wins0.00per pick49cpaid+0.5%equal weight500.00 edge/pick
0x6d3c…d294backed Thunder48c961.54$457 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$504.74,32547%2,031 W · 2,294 L-69.5wins-0.02per pick49cpaid-4.1%equal weight48-0.02 edge/pick
0x4363…d6e0backed Lakers20c952$190 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$190.413540.7%55 W · 80 L-9.7wins-0.07per pick48cpaid-17.6%equal weight43-0.06 edge/pick
0xe0d2…ad14backed Lakers51c951.57$485 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$485.314450.7%73 W · 71 L+5.8wins+0.04per pick47cpaid+8%equal weight54+0.03 edge/pick
0x6239…c24fbacked Thunder66c947.5$621 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$326.5195049.4%469 W · 481 L+10.8wins+0.01per pick48cpaid+2.4%equal weight51+0.01 edge/pick
0xe216…7448backed Lakers52c937.36$486 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$485.5459140.8%241 W · 350 L-7.7wins-0.01per pick42cpaid-0.3%equal weight49-0.01 edge/pick
0x58aa…a481backed Lakers52c933.85$486 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$485.63847.4%18 W · 20 L-2.9wins-0.08per pick55cpaid-12.8%equal weight45-0.05 edge/pick
0x99a7…87b6backed Lakers53c916.79$486 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$485.95050%25 W · 25 L+0.2wins0.00per pick50cpaid+13.5%equal weight500.00 edge/pick
0xb7b3…9573backed Lakers53c874.62$464 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$463.5573649.9%367 W · 369 L-5.8wins-0.01per pick51cpaid-3.7%equal weight49-0.01 edge/pick
0xd809…6542backed Thunder67c822.94$551 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$271.5771654.1%387 W · 329 L+21.1wins+0.03per pick51cpaid+2.6%equal weight53+0.03 edge/pick
0xd6a3…9738backed Lakers33c788.22$258 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$257.8895848.7%467 W · 491 L+24.5wins+0.03per pick46cpaid+1.9%equal weight53+0.02 edge/pick
0xbde6…e8b5backed Lakers53c777.44$412 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$412.0410251%52 W · 50 L+0.6wins+0.01per pick50cpaid-0.2%equal weight51+0.01 edge/pick
0x6496…09d0backed Thunder49c615.5$299 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$316.664860.4%29 W · 19 L+6.7wins+0.14per pick46cpaid+21.3%equal weight60+0.09 edge/pick
0xefde…6505backed Thunder49c615.29$301 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$313.81,56247.4%741 W · 821 L-6.3wins0.00per pick48cpaid-1.1%equal weight500.00 edge/pick
0x61e0…4b62backed Lakers52c560.31$291 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$291.3652760%316 W · 211 L+9.8wins+0.02per pick58cpaid+2.7%equal weight52+0.02 edge/pick

Entry is the average price this wallet paid on the side it backed, so being right at 20c is distinguishable from being right at 95c. Position is what it was left holding in shares, with what it spent underneath. Result opens that one pick on a page of its own, which is the link to send somebody. P/L held is what that position would have been worth held to resolution — not cash the wallet withdrew, because selling early is still a correct forecast. The seven columns on the right describe the wallet’s whole record in NBA and say nothing about this market.

The rest of this event

Polymarket sells these questions together. 26 in all. TailMyPicks has no name for an event — the venue publishes an identifier and no title — so they are listed by their own questions.

Not every trade counts. A Pick has to clear four thresholds to be scored.

TailMyPicks scores a wallet on what it can actually be judged on: positions held to resolution, in markets with enough volume to be real, at prices where being right was not already priced in.

  • The market traded at least $500.
  • The entry price was between 0.00 and 0.80 — a near-certainty is not a call.
  • The position was at least $10 — dust is not a position.
  • The market has resolved, so there is a right answer to grade against.

Thresholds behind these numbers: set by an operator decision, not measured.