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MLB · resolved market

Spread: Houston Astros (-1.5)

Rebuilt .

What this market resolved to

Winning outcome
Los Angeles Angelsof Houston Astros, Los Angeles Angels
Resolved
US/Eastern, the zone Polymarket writes its markets in
Scored in
MLBevery record on this page is that Category’s
Volume Polymarket published
$38,868
Volume TailMyPicks’s own read summed
$39,428

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 $38,868 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

All 99 wallets that hold a qualified pick on this market, biggest position first. 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 MLB 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 MLB
WalletEntryPositionResultP/L heldQualified picksWin ratevs expectedRealizable edgeAvg entryROI per pickTail Score
0x3b5c…126ebacked Houston Astros43c11,365$4,887 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$4,886.887441.9%31 W · 43 L-5.5wins-0.07per pick49cpaid-12.2%equal weight44-0.06 edge/pick
0xb7f5…c669backed Los Angeles Angels57c6,549$3,724 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$2,824.147953.2%255 W · 224 L+18.0wins+0.04per pick49cpaid+8%equal weight54+0.04 edge/pick
0xf988…d63bbacked Houston Astros44c4,500$1,980 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$1,979.985747.4%27 W · 30 L-2.8wins-0.05per pick52cpaid-16.2%equal weight46-0.03 edge/pick
0x204f…5e14backed Houston Astros43c2,816$1,204 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$1,204.0712,24746.4%5,687 W · 6,560 L-68.6wins-0.01per pick47cpaid-9.5%equal weight49-0.01 edge/pick
0xf41a…ea2bbacked Houston Astros44c2,555$1,124 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$1,124.1867250.1%337 W · 335 L+3.7wins+0.01per pick50cpaid+2.5%equal weight51+0.01 edge/pick
0xc50f…3ad3backed Los Angeles Angels57c2,281$1,300 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$980.713254.5%72 W · 60 L+4.1wins+0.03per pick51cpaid+9.9%equal weight53+0.03 edge/pick
0x5919…95acbacked Los Angeles Angels57c1,774$1,008 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$765.6811454.4%62 W · 52 L+1.2wins+0.01per pick53cpaid+2%equal weight51+0.01 edge/pick
0xa89a…8667backed Los Angeles Angels57c1,754$1,000 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$754.39250%1 W · 1 L-0.1wins-0.07per pick57cpaid-12.3%equal weight490.00 edge/pick
0xb552…94a8backed Los Angeles Angels57c1,736$990 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$746.486654.5%36 W · 30 L+1.8wins+0.03per pick52cpaid+7%equal weight52+0.02 edge/pick
0x5628…abbcbacked Los Angeles Angels56c1,700$960 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$7401,43550%717 W · 718 L-15.8wins-0.01per pick51cpaid-1.4%equal weight49-0.01 edge/pick
0x507e…beaebacked Los Angeles Angels56c1,025$570 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$455.1165050.3%327 W · 323 L+0.9wins0.00per pick50cpaid-2.5%equal weight500.00 edge/pick
0x6d3c…d294backed Los Angeles Angels56c999.98$556 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$443.655,40150.5%2,726 W · 2,675 L+17.6wins0.00per pick50cpaid+0.8%equal weight500.00 edge/pick
0xa697…59d5backed Houston Astros43c800$346 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$345.856,89950.4%3,478 W · 3,421 L-7.1wins0.00per pick51cpaid-0.1%equal weight500.00 edge/pick
0x2302…d6d2backed Los Angeles Angels58c715.24$418 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$297.181,04349%511 W · 532 L+3.2wins0.00per pick49cpaid-3.3%equal weight500.00 edge/pick
0xc339…ba5bbacked Houston Astros44c681.82$300 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$3002040%8 W · 12 L-1.9wins-0.10per pick50cpaid-24.8%equal weight45-0.04 edge/pick
0xc7e5…2d3abacked Houston Astros45c667.48$300 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$30094034.3%322 W · 618 L-2.8wins0.00per pick35cpaid-5.3%equal weight500.00 edge/pick
0xefde…6505backed Los Angeles Angels56c638.38$357 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$280.891,28449.5%635 W · 649 L-1.1wins0.00per pick50cpaid+3.5%equal weight500.00 edge/pick
0xa070…1af3backed Los Angeles Angels57c608$347 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$261.442653.8%14 W · 12 L-0.2wins-0.01per pick55cpaid-4.3%equal weight500.00 edge/pick
0x32cc…68b3backed Los Angeles Angels56c569.82$321 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$249.211,26951.1%648 W · 621 L+23.4wins+0.02per pick49cpaid-0.3%equal weight52+0.02 edge/pick
0xd6a3…9489backed Los Angeles Angels58c516.96$300 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$216.9615550.3%78 W · 77 L+2.1wins+0.01per pick49cpaid-4.6%equal weight51+0.01 edge/pick
0xe401…7b88backed Houston Astros42c516.36$216 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$216.399,72846.3%4,506 W · 5,222 L+32.8wins0.00per pick46cpaid-8.5%equal weight500.00 edge/pick
0xa917…4e8dbacked Los Angeles Angels57c487.72$278 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$209.7228347.3%134 W · 149 L-4.2wins-0.01per pick49cpaid-1%equal weight48-0.01 edge/pick
0x84d7…298fbacked Los Angeles Angels55c454$250 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$204.314328.7%41 W · 102 L-11.9wins-0.08per pick37cpaid-32.2%equal weight42-0.07 edge/pick
0x82de…1337backed Los Angeles Angels56c422.08$236 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$185.7225349.4%125 W · 128 L-4.3wins-0.02per pick51cpaid-3.6%equal weight48-0.02 edge/pick
0x2373…a1f3backed Los Angeles Angels56c422.08$236 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$185.7228646.2%132 W · 154 L-8.0wins-0.03per pick49cpaid-9.5%equal weight47-0.03 edge/pick
0x7b2c…af48backed Los Angeles Angels58c400$232 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$1682552%13 W · 12 L+2.9wins+0.12per pick40cpaid+13%equal weight56+0.06 edge/pick
0x7963…78a1backed Los Angeles Angels57c350.88$200 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$150.882733.3%9 W · 18 L-5.8wins-0.22per pick55cpaid-37.2%equal weight38-0.11 edge/pick
0xc249…8a61backed Houston Astros41c336.66$138 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$138.0361352.5%322 W · 291 L+29.6wins+0.05per pick48cpaid+12.3%equal weight55+0.05 edge/pick
0x6ac5…4b6ebacked Houston Astros43c282.85$123 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$122.5346547.1%219 W · 246 L+5.9wins+0.01per pick46cpaid+6.1%equal weight51+0.01 edge/pick
0x8c50…2de6backed Los Angeles Angels57c270$154 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$116.112154.5%66 W · 55 L+2.2wins+0.02per pick53cpaid+5.1%equal weight52+0.02 edge/pick
0x32ed…f960backed Houston Astros43c259.38$113 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$112.826,11655.3%3,385 W · 2,731 L+344.6wins+0.06per pick50cpaid+8.6%equal weight56+0.06 edge/pick
0xe60c…d2e2backed Los Angeles Angels57c246$140 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$105.7817151.5%88 W · 83 L+0.3wins0.00per pick51cpaid+1.2%equal weight500.00 edge/pick
0xef86…5afcbacked Los Angeles Angels57c246$140 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$105.7811953.8%64 W · 55 L+3.4wins+0.03per pick51cpaid+9.9%equal weight53+0.02 edge/pick
0xb89b…a39dbacked Los Angeles Angels57c246$140 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$105.7810148.5%49 W · 52 L-3.2wins-0.03per pick52cpaid-1.1%equal weight47-0.03 edge/pick
0x9a8f…5259backed Los Angeles Angels57c245.61$140 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$105.6112257.4%70 W · 52 L+6.4wins+0.05per pick52cpaid+13.6%equal weight55+0.04 edge/pick
0x844d…3059backed Houston Astros44c227.27$100 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$10030%0 W · 3 L-1.5wins-0.50per pick50cpaid-100%equal weight44-0.05 edge/pick
0xfcf4…66bbbacked Los Angeles Angels56c226.79$127 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$99.796253.2%33 W · 29 L+1.4wins+0.02per pick51cpaid+4.7%equal weight52+0.02 edge/pick
0x5668…eababacked Houston Astros45c222.22$100 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$1008351.8%43 W · 40 L+0.7wins+0.01per pick51cpaid+2.4%equal weight51+0.01 edge/pick
0x15e3…b3e8backed Houston Astros45c222.22$100 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$100540%2 W · 3 L-0.6wins-0.12per pick52cpaid-11.9%equal weight48-0.02 edge/pick
0x9b89…99e2backed Los Angeles Angels56c218.89$123 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$96.312965.5%19 W · 10 L+4.5wins+0.16per pick50cpaid+35.3%equal weight59+0.08 edge/pick
0x99bc…4f35backed Houston Astros29c215.96$63 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$62.7654715.9%87 W · 460 L-40.7wins-0.07per pick23cpaid-44.1%equal weight42-0.07 edge/pick
0x0922…d953backed Houston Astros47c215.57$101 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$101.32650%3 W · 3 L0.0wins0.00per pick50cpaid+4.1%equal weight500.00 edge/pick
0xb996…038cbacked Los Angeles Angels57c197$112 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$84.715846.6%27 W · 31 L-2.9wins-0.05per pick52cpaid-11.7%equal weight46-0.04 edge/pick
0x5e30…acbfbacked Houston Astros42c191.26$80 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$80.331,52148.6%739 W · 782 L-5.3wins0.00per pick49cpaid+0.9%equal weight500.00 edge/pick
0xe911…3d4ebacked Houston Astros28c184.75$52 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$51.831,72350.3%867 W · 856 L+55.0wins+0.03per pick47cpaid+3.5%equal weight53+0.03 edge/pick
0x5137…4648backed Houston Astros45c176$79 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$78.743458.8%20 W · 14 L+3.7wins+0.11per pick48cpaid+26.6%equal weight57+0.06 edge/pick
0xd73a…0f4ebacked Houston Astros44c167.09$74 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$73.5241152.3%215 W · 196 L-13.0wins-0.03per pick55cpaid-6.3%equal weight47-0.03 edge/pick
0x5b20…99e9backed Los Angeles Angels56c160.71$90 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$70.7144348.5%215 W · 228 L-7.8wins-0.02per pick50cpaid-2.9%equal weight48-0.02 edge/pick
0x4488…579cbacked Los Angeles Angels56c158$88 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$69.5219848.5%96 W · 102 L-6.3wins-0.03per pick52cpaid-4.5%equal weight47-0.03 edge/pick
0x5d24…9c89backed Los Angeles Angels57c149$85 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$64.0715257.2%87 W · 65 L+6.4wins+0.04per pick53cpaid+10.1%equal weight54+0.04 edge/pick
0xd697…661dbacked Houston Astros44c148.11$65 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$65.171050%5 W · 5 L-0.2wins-0.02per pick52cpaid-2.3%equal weight49-0.01 edge/pick
0x26dd…0249backed Los Angeles Angels58c148.1$86 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$62.0327146.9%127 W · 144 L-8.1wins-0.03per pick50cpaid-10%equal weight47-0.03 edge/pick
0x3c32…7156backed Los Angeles Angels57c145$83 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$62.351,29950.9%661 W · 638 L-3.9wins0.00per pick51cpaid+0.4%equal weight500.00 edge/pick
0xae6f…6c9bbacked Houston Astros7c142.86$10 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$101637.5%6 W · 10 L-0.2wins-0.01per pick39cpaid-6.3%equal weight49-0.01 edge/pick
0x40d2…312fbacked Los Angeles Angels57c125$71 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$53.7522851.3%117 W · 111 L-0.9wins0.00per pick52cpaid+1%equal weight500.00 edge/pick
0x88a0…f673backed Los Angeles Angels57c125$71 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$53.755050%25 W · 25 L-1.5wins-0.03per pick53cpaid-8.3%equal weight48-0.02 edge/pick
0xa6df…588cbacked Los Angeles Angels57c125$71 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$53.7540648.5%197 W · 209 L-13.8wins-0.03per pick52cpaid-5%equal weight46-0.03 edge/pick
0xec38…ca10backed Los Angeles Angels57c125$71 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$53.7514347.6%68 W · 75 L-4.5wins-0.03per pick51cpaid-4.1%equal weight47-0.03 edge/pick
0xf4d9…c125backed Los Angeles Angels57c124.56$71 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$53.5621856%122 W · 96 L+9.4wins+0.04per pick52cpaid+10.5%equal weight54+0.04 edge/pick
0x2185…b40cbacked Los Angeles Angels57c122.81$70 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$52.8126255.7%146 W · 116 L+9.8wins+0.04per pick52cpaid+7.8%equal weight54+0.03 edge/pick
0xf5e0…457fbacked Los Angeles Angels57c101$58 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$43.4331949.5%158 W · 161 L-7.2wins-0.02per pick52cpaid-2.8%equal weight48-0.02 edge/pick
0x08f1…705cbacked Los Angeles Angels57c101$58 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$43.4324751.8%128 W · 119 L-0.7wins0.00per pick52cpaid+0.9%equal weight500.00 edge/pick
0x691a…d113backed Los Angeles Angels57c101$58 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$43.4328049.6%139 W · 141 L+8.9wins+0.03per pick46cpaid+8.6%equal weight53+0.03 edge/pick
0x90c5…534cbacked Houston Astros40c100$40 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$4034145.2%154 W · 187 L+5.2wins+0.02per pick44cpaid+4.8%equal weight52+0.01 edge/pick
0xaab6…607ebacked Los Angeles Angels55c100$55 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$4527248.5%132 W · 140 L-1.3wins0.00per pick49cpaid-0.4%equal weight500.00 edge/pick
0x08a1…10dcbacked Los Angeles Angels57c87.72$50 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$37.7221851.4%112 W · 106 L-2.3wins-0.01per pick52cpaid-1.2%equal weight49-0.01 edge/pick
0x3565…0b17backed Los Angeles Angels57c87.72$50 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$37.7222450.4%113 W · 111 L-2.3wins-0.01per pick51cpaid-1.3%equal weight49-0.01 edge/pick
0x78ba…0b74backed Los Angeles Angels57c87.72$50 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$37.721553.3%8 W · 7 L+0.1wins+0.01per pick53cpaid+0.7%equal weight500.00 edge/pick
0x37c1…c53abacked Los Angeles Angels62c80.65$50 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$30.651,04150.1%522 W · 519 L+17.2wins+0.02per pick48cpaid+4.4%equal weight52+0.02 edge/pick
0x4edd…ab3dbacked Los Angeles Angels57c69$39 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$29.672850%14 W · 14 L-1.0wins-0.03per pick53cpaid-10.3%equal weight48-0.02 edge/pick
0x669d…3a77backed Los Angeles Angels57c62$35 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$26.668056.3%45 W · 35 L+1.9wins+0.02per pick54cpaid+4.1%equal weight52+0.02 edge/pick
0x4fb4…8830backed Houston Astros33c60.61$20 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$202429.2%7 W · 17 L-2.6wins-0.11per pick40cpaid-24.5%equal weight44-0.05 edge/pick
0x4f04…6a54backed Houston Astros21c60$12 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$12.32416.7%4 W · 20 L-3.7wins-0.16per pick32cpaid-64.5%equal weight42-0.08 edge/pick
0x7b8c…31c3backed Houston Astros45c55.56$25 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$255841.4%24 W · 34 L-3.1wins-0.05per pick47cpaid-10.4%equal weight46-0.04 edge/pick
0xa07d…a037backed Houston Astros42c54.59$23 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$22.7184122.7%191 W · 650 L-81.4wins-0.10per pick32cpaid-29.1%equal weight40-0.09 edge/pick
0x14e4…eabbbacked Los Angeles Angels56c53.57$30 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$23.5750949.5%252 W · 257 L+2.9wins+0.01per pick49cpaid+1.8%equal weight51+0.01 edge/pick
0x5bda…17a8backed Los Angeles Angels57c52.63$30 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$22.631,75350.8%890 W · 863 L+29.2wins+0.02per pick49cpaid+3.7%equal weight52+0.02 edge/pick
0xe649…4e37backed Los Angeles Angels57c52.63$30 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$22.6356946.9%267 W · 302 L+5.4wins+0.01per pick46cpaid+2.3%equal weight51+0.01 edge/pick
0x56c4…fce5backed Los Angeles Angels57c52$30 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$22.3620551.7%106 W · 99 L-1.5wins-0.01per pick52cpaid+0.7%equal weight49-0.01 edge/pick
0xb0c5…b613backed Los Angeles Angels57c52$30 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$22.3629352.9%155 W · 138 L+3.0wins+0.01per pick52cpaid+2.2%equal weight51+0.01 edge/pick
0xfe16…5fa2backed Los Angeles Angels57c52$30 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$22.363748.6%18 W · 19 L-0.7wins-0.02per pick50cpaid-1%equal weight49-0.01 edge/pick
0xdaf4…3c87backed Los Angeles Angels56c50$28 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$22560%3 W · 2 L+0.3wins+0.06per pick54cpaid+17.9%equal weight51+0.01 edge/pick
0x1cdd…e595backed Los Angeles Angels55c48.07$26 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$21.631,92717.2%331 W · 1,596 L-320.3wins-0.17per pick34cpaid-64.3%equal weight32-0.16 edge/pick
0x1243…2a64backed Houston Astros34c47.24$16 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$16.068248.8%40 W · 42 L-5.2wins-0.06per pick55cpaid-14.5%equal weight45-0.05 edge/pick
0x230f…bb8cbacked Los Angeles Angels56c45.99$26 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$20.24666.7%4 W · 2 L+0.7wins+0.11per pick55cpaid+28.1%equal weight52+0.02 edge/pick
0x7133…69d6backed Los Angeles Angels57c40$23 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$17.29754.6%53 W · 44 L+3.2wins+0.03per pick51cpaid+4.2%equal weight53+0.03 edge/pick
0x810d…6080backed Los Angeles Angels59c36.63$22 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$15.027748.1%37 W · 40 L0.0wins0.00per pick48cpaid+1.4%equal weight500.00 edge/pick
0xf48e…1e01backed Houston Astros45c36$16 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$16.21145.5%5 W · 6 L-0.5wins-0.04per pick50cpaid-10.6%equal weight49-0.01 edge/pick
0x3abf…b143backed Los Angeles Angels59c35.92$21 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$14.8910747.7%51 W · 56 L-0.1wins0.00per pick48cpaid-2.7%equal weight500.00 edge/pick
0x6275…4e76backed Los Angeles Angels57c35.09$20 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$15.09250%1 W · 1 L0.0wins-0.02per pick52cpaid-12.3%equal weight500.00 edge/pick
0xb5a4…5422backed Los Angeles Angels57c35.09$20 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$15.095851.7%30 W · 28 L+1.2wins+0.02per pick50cpaid+2.2%equal weight52+0.01 edge/pick
0x0c69…2b8dbacked Los Angeles Angels57c32.68$19 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$14.0530750.2%154 W · 153 L-7.5wins-0.02per pick53cpaid-5.4%equal weight47-0.02 edge/pick
0x913b…0852backed Los Angeles Angels76c30.68$23 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$7.235354.7%29 W · 24 L+0.9wins+0.02per pick53cpaid-3.4%equal weight51+0.01 edge/pick
0x7634…600dbacked Houston Astros45c30$14 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$13.560350.1%302 W · 301 L-10.0wins-0.02per pick52cpaid-5.7%equal weight48-0.02 edge/pick
0x5101…4a4fbacked Los Angeles Angels57c28$16 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$12.0445749%224 W · 233 L-14.7wins-0.03per pick52cpaid-6.1%equal weight47-0.03 edge/pick
0x197c…544bbacked Los Angeles Angels57c28$16 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$12.0414752.4%77 W · 70 L-1.1wins-0.01per pick53cpaid+0.9%equal weight49-0.01 edge/pick
0xf237…4989backed Los Angeles Angels56c26.76$15 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$11.773135.5%11 W · 20 L-4.1wins-0.13per pick49cpaid-27.8%equal weight42-0.07 edge/pick
0x04b4…8d0bbacked Los Angeles Angels58c23$13 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$9.66450%2 W · 2 L-0.3wins-0.08per pick58cpaid-9%equal weight49-0.01 edge/pick
0x97f7…ada9backed Los Angeles Angels57c21.05$12 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$9.054746.8%22 W · 25 L-3.1wins-0.07per pick53cpaid-12.7%equal weight45-0.04 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 MLB and say nothing about this market.

The rest of this event

Polymarket sells these questions together. 4 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.