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NHL · resolved market

Sharks vs. Canucks

Rebuilt .

What this market resolved to

Winning outcome
Sharksof Sharks, Canucks
Resolved
US/Eastern, the zone Polymarket writes its markets in
Scored in
NHLevery record on this page is that Category’s
Volume Polymarket published
$998,543
Volume TailMyPicks’s own read summed
$1,055,227

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 $998,543 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 815 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 NHL 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 NHL
WalletEntryPositionResultP/L heldQualified picksWin ratevs expectedRealizable edgeAvg entryROI per pickTail Score
0xf195…8057backed Sharks54c243,999$131,394 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$112,604.235352.8%28 W · 25 L+4.4wins+0.08per pick44cpaid+26.5%equal weight56+0.06 edge/pick
0xdc87…7ab6backed Canucks46c181,124$83,116 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$83,116.2956152%292 W · 269 L+7.1wins+0.01per pick51cpaid+2.5%equal weight51+0.01 edge/pick
0xd515…47aebacked Canucks0c100,000$100 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$100450%2 W · 2 L+0.1wins+0.01per pick49cpaid-22.9%equal weight500.00 edge/pick
0xb45a…192cbacked Canucks46c100,000$46,000 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$45,999.9622443.8%98 W · 126 L-5.3wins-0.02per pick46cpaid-6.7%equal weight48-0.02 edge/pick
0xc257…358ebacked Canucks46c86,462$40,122 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$40,122.2948545.4%220 W · 265 L-7.8wins-0.02per pick47cpaid-6.8%equal weight48-0.02 edge/pick
0xe60a…6a47backed Sharks54c70,752$38,264 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$32,488.841,94849.4%962 W · 986 L+24.9wins+0.01per pick48cpaid+2.1%equal weight51+0.01 edge/pick
0x6a72…33eebacked Sharks70c37,410$26,332 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$11,078.221,34554.8%737 W · 608 L+21.0wins+0.02per pick53cpaid-1%equal weight52+0.02 edge/pick
0x8f03…64d6backed Canucks46c33,077$15,215 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$15,215.3510050%50 W · 50 L+3.2wins+0.03per pick47cpaid+4.8%equal weight53+0.03 edge/pick
0xead1…c76abacked Sharks55c25,165$13,790 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$11,374.621,43450.8%728 W · 706 L-10.7wins-0.01per pick52cpaid-1.4%equal weight49-0.01 edge/pick
0x9d94…017dbacked Canucks12c24,830$2,972 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$2,971.5589636.9%331 W · 565 L-30.9wins-0.03per pick40cpaid-26.9%equal weight46-0.03 edge/pick
0x7760…21f0backed Sharks54c15,000$8,100 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$6,90021036.2%76 W · 134 L-14.6wins-0.07per pick43cpaid-16.6%equal weight43-0.06 edge/pick
0x3e04…564dbacked Canucks46c12,723$5,832 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$5,832.381,89152.4%991 W · 900 L+36.3wins+0.02per pick50cpaid+3.6%equal weight52+0.02 edge/pick
0x6b90…2194backed Sharks54c12,351$6,640 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$5,711.615749.7%78 W · 79 L+2.7wins+0.02per pick48cpaid+2.2%equal weight52+0.01 edge/pick
0x4337…8882backed Canucks46c12,193$5,609 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$5,608.9421850.9%111 W · 107 L+3.8wins+0.02per pick49cpaid+3.9%equal weight52+0.02 edge/pick
0x1117…3532backed Sharks53c12,128$6,428 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$5,700.1656649.5%280 W · 286 L-7.3wins-0.01per pick51cpaid-3.6%equal weight49-0.01 edge/pick
0xbd09…a188backed Sharks55c12,000$6,550 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$5,45061748.5%299 W · 318 L+0.4wins0.00per pick48cpaid0%equal weight500.00 edge/pick
0x85e9…5e96backed Canucks47c11,700$5,499 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$5,499742.9%3 W · 4 L-0.5wins-0.07per pick50cpaid-14.9%equal weight48-0.02 edge/pick
0xfd68…90efbacked Sharks53c11,700$6,201 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$5,499757.1%4 W · 3 L+0.5wins+0.07per pick50cpaid+10.8%equal weight52+0.02 edge/pick
0xf5e1…5ad0backed Sharks54c10,000$5,400 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$4,60033151.7%171 W · 160 L+9.0wins+0.03per pick49cpaid+7.5%equal weight53+0.03 edge/pick
0xead0…f3babacked Canucks45c10,000$4,500 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$4,499.8232946.8%154 W · 175 L-2.5wins-0.01per pick48cpaid-1.2%equal weight49-0.01 edge/pick
0xe7a2…ae70backed Sharks54c9,965$5,381 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$4,583.912047.5%57 W · 63 L-1.7wins-0.01per pick49cpaid-5.3%equal weight49-0.01 edge/pick
0x617b…a499backed Canucks46c9,500$4,405 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$4,40522747.6%108 W · 119 L-7.0wins-0.03per pick51cpaid-7%equal weight47-0.03 edge/pick
0xbb66…2f53backed Canucks47c9,444$4,439 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$4,438.898848.9%43 W · 45 L-4.4wins-0.05per pick54cpaid-10.4%equal weight46-0.04 edge/pick
0xc49f…9e05backed Canucks46c8,500$3,910 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$3,909.9826058.8%153 W · 107 L+17.7wins+0.07per pick52cpaid+15%equal weight57+0.06 edge/pick
0xd3fa…a26cbacked Sharks54c8,000$4,320 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$3,68015145%68 W · 83 L-7.3wins-0.05per pick50cpaid-9.4%equal weight45-0.04 edge/pick
0x7298…fe8dbacked Canucks47c7,041$3,309 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$3,309.1333243.7%145 W · 187 L-16.1wins-0.05per pick49cpaid-9.6%equal weight45-0.05 edge/pick
0xecfc…cd05backed Sharks54c6,582$3,554 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$3,027.7286852.4%455 W · 413 L+7.0wins+0.01per pick52cpaid+2.2%equal weight51+0.01 edge/pick
0x9c4d…168cbacked Canucks47c6,500$3,055 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$3,0551,08745.1%490 W · 597 L+6.8wins+0.01per pick44cpaid+2.5%equal weight51+0.01 edge/pick
0xfb68…a240backed Sharks53c6,000$3,180 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$2,819.9750049.6%248 W · 252 L+16.4wins+0.03per pick46cpaid+7%equal weight53+0.03 edge/pick
0xf54b…8a63backed Sharks54c5,885$3,178 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$2,706.875149%25 W · 26 L+0.4wins+0.01per pick48cpaid-0.6%equal weight510.00 edge/pick
0xca3f…8078backed Sharks54c5,525$2,961 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$2,563.4862249.4%307 W · 315 L-4.3wins-0.01per pick50cpaid-0.9%equal weight49-0.01 edge/pick
0x9731…9b35backed Canucks46c5,499$2,539 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$2,539.0893953.6%503 W · 436 L+29.6wins+0.03per pick50cpaid+8%equal weight53+0.03 edge/pick
0x9fad…5a9fbacked Canucks47c5,000$2,350 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$2,35089547%421 W · 474 L-18.0wins-0.02per pick49cpaid-4.8%equal weight48-0.02 edge/pick
0x5116…58c4backed Sharks53c5,000$2,650 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$2,349.9675251.7%389 W · 363 L-2.1wins0.00per pick52cpaid-1.7%equal weight500.00 edge/pick
0x6d3c…d294backed Sharks54c5,000$2,683 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$2,316.611,55551.4%800 W · 755 L+12.2wins+0.01per pick51cpaid+1.2%equal weight51+0.01 edge/pick
0x91fd…1cdebacked Canucks45c5,000$2,250 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$2,249.9213948.2%67 W · 72 L+1.3wins+0.01per pick47cpaid+1.7%equal weight51+0.01 edge/pick
0xd269…8055backed Sharks53c4,693$2,500 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$2,192.5228152%146 W · 135 L+2.7wins+0.01per pick51cpaid+3.1%equal weight51+0.01 edge/pick
0x3a7a…15a4backed Sharks55c4,524$2,500 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$2,023.6123047.4%109 W · 121 L-7.5wins-0.03per pick51cpaid-7.5%equal weight47-0.03 edge/pick
0xa558…1b44backed Canucks47c4,428$2,081 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$2,081.154240.5%17 W · 25 L-2.8wins-0.07per pick47cpaid-14.1%equal weight45-0.04 edge/pick
0x42b5…b5b6backed Canucks46c4,181$1,907 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$1,907.141,37749.1%676 W · 701 L+39.2wins+0.03per pick46cpaid+5.5%equal weight53+0.03 edge/pick
0x1fe3…e0fdbacked Canucks46c3,745$1,723 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$1,722.7419051.1%97 W · 93 L+2.1wins+0.01per pick50cpaid+0.5%equal weight51+0.01 edge/pick
0x0a77…9d74backed Canucks45c3,555$1,600 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$1,599.7552050%260 W · 260 L+6.8wins+0.01per pick49cpaid+3.9%equal weight51+0.01 edge/pick
0x9f13…e0fdbacked Sharks53c3,524$1,868 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$1,656.2147951.4%246 W · 233 L-5.6wins-0.01per pick53cpaid-2.6%equal weight49-0.01 edge/pick
0x187b…26bfbacked Canucks47c3,500$1,645 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$1,64510145.5%46 W · 55 L-2.8wins-0.03per pick48cpaid-5.5%equal weight48-0.02 edge/pick
0x35ac…92a7backed Canucks45c3,500$1,575 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$1,574.9727548.7%134 W · 141 L+0.9wins0.00per pick48cpaid-0.4%equal weight500.00 edge/pick
0xef23…5b60backed Canucks47c3,426$1,610 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$1,610.1864242.2%271 W · 371 L-6.1wins-0.01per pick43cpaid-4.5%equal weight49-0.01 edge/pick
0x6814…a9e7backed Sharks75c3,346$2,523 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$822.872,75447.9%1,318 W · 1,436 L+11.9wins0.00per pick47cpaid-8%equal weight500.00 edge/pick
0x3c7e…a65fbacked Canucks3c3,144$104 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$103.5260337.5%226 W · 377 L-3.4wins-0.01per pick38cpaid-8.3%equal weight49-0.01 edge/pick
0x9870…b9d3backed Canucks48c3,125$1,500 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$1,50031550.8%160 W · 155 L-11.6wins-0.04per pick54cpaid-7.2%equal weight46-0.03 edge/pick
0xe0db…f44ebacked Canucks46c3,000$1,380 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$1,38039752.1%207 W · 190 L+2.6wins+0.01per pick51cpaid+0.1%equal weight51+0.01 edge/pick
0xf68a…5b1bbacked Sharks53c3,000$1,590 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$1,4101,44149.2%709 W · 732 L+6.5wins0.00per pick49cpaid+0.6%equal weight500.00 edge/pick
0x8c58…e330backed Canucks8c2,773$217 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$21742254.3%229 W · 193 L+18.3wins+0.04per pick50cpaid+5.4%equal weight55+0.04 edge/pick
0x4a86…d3e0backed Canucks46c2,683$1,235 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$1,234.6591653.9%494 W · 422 L+39.6wins+0.04per pick50cpaid+8.7%equal weight55+0.04 edge/pick
0x2b49…d0dfbacked Canucks48c2,601$1,248 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$1,248.323647.2%17 W · 19 L-1.4wins-0.04per pick51cpaid-6.5%equal weight48-0.02 edge/pick
0x5487…a014backed Canucks46c2,500$1,150 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$1,15084953.8%457 W · 392 L+20.9wins+0.02per pick51cpaid+5%equal weight53+0.02 edge/pick
0x19ed…6dc8backed Canucks47c2,449$1,144 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$1,144.0514753.7%79 W · 68 L-1.0wins-0.01per pick54cpaid-4.4%equal weight49-0.01 edge/pick
0x0c9e…1aadbacked Canucks48c2,400$1,152 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$1,152450%2 W · 2 L0.0wins-0.01per pick51cpaid-9.4%equal weight500.00 edge/pick
0xe401…7b88backed Canucks23c2,390$543 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$542.713,70450.5%1,871 W · 1,833 L+105.5wins+0.03per pick48cpaid-4%equal weight53+0.03 edge/pick
0x009a…339ebacked Sharks52c2,387$1,241 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$1,145.6540%2 W · 3 L-0.6wins-0.12per pick52cpaid-30.3%equal weight48-0.02 edge/pick
0xe648…b79abacked Sharks53c2,266$1,201 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$1,065.045855.2%32 W · 26 L+3.0wins+0.05per pick50cpaid+9.9%equal weight54+0.04 edge/pick
0x0058…44c9backed Canucks45c2,212$995 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$995.2420%0 W · 2 L-0.8wins-0.41per pick41cpaid-100%equal weight47-0.03 edge/pick
0xce4d…a7fabacked Sharks54c2,196$1,196 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$1,000.1625555.3%141 W · 114 L+10.0wins+0.04per pick51cpaid+3.6%equal weight54+0.04 edge/pick
0x2b41…b346backed Sharks54c2,179$1,177 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$1,002.471100%1 W · 0 L+0.5wins+0.46per pick54cpaid+85.2%equal weight52+0.02 edge/pick
0x1467…4372backed Sharks54c2,119$1,144 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$974.5232151.7%166 W · 155 L-1.5wins0.00per pick52cpaid+0.7%equal weight500.00 edge/pick
0x06c1…c5dbbacked Canucks46c2,050$943 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$942.91145.5%5 W · 6 L-1.2wins-0.11per pick56cpaid-11.2%equal weight46-0.03 edge/pick
0x3613…79e1backed Sharks60c2,039$1,225 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$813.9870249%344 W · 358 L+14.2wins+0.02per pick47cpaid-1.7%equal weight52+0.02 edge/pick
0x1455…e5cdbacked Canucks46c2,013$926 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$925.9879350.1%397 W · 396 L-11.5wins-0.01per pick52cpaid-3.2%equal weight48-0.01 edge/pick
0x977a…f2cabacked Canucks1c2,000$11 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$111,1632.3%27 W · 1,136 L-10.7wins-0.01per pick3cpaid-87.6%equal weight49-0.01 edge/pick
0x5215…3164backed Canucks46c2,000$925 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$92514142.6%60 W · 81 L-6.9wins-0.05per pick47cpaid-8.8%equal weight45-0.04 edge/pick
0x4fbe…b84fbacked Sharks54c1,886$1,019 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$867.6318258.2%106 W · 76 L+4.8wins+0.03per pick56cpaid+6.7%equal weight53+0.02 edge/pick
0xf699…07e1backed Canucks56c1,798$1,005 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$1,005.0185464.2%548 W · 306 L+64.5wins+0.08per pick57cpaid+18.4%equal weight58+0.07 edge/pick
0xf7c4…5919backed Canucks3c1,669$50 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$5054418%98 W · 446 L+3.7wins+0.01per pick17cpaid-6.6%equal weight51+0.01 edge/pick
0x889c…e375backed Sharks55c1,660$913 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$74729551.9%153 W · 142 L-1.0wins0.00per pick52cpaid+0.1%equal weight500.00 edge/pick
0x84a9…b878backed Sharks54c1,649$884 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$765.171100%1 W · 0 L+0.5wins+0.46per pick54cpaid+86.5%equal weight52+0.02 edge/pick
0x76ed…fa48backed Sharks58c1,583$922 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$660.446065%39 W · 21 L+7.8wins+0.13per pick52cpaid+99.5%equal weight60+0.09 edge/pick
0xc62b…625dbacked Sharks54c1,514$820 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$694.481471.4%10 W · 4 L+2.3wins+0.16per pick55cpaid+31.8%equal weight56+0.06 edge/pick
0xa965…3565backed Sharks54c1,471$799 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$671.7532650%163 W · 163 L+0.4wins0.00per pick50cpaid-1.1%equal weight500.00 edge/pick
0x9d0f…f3e6backed Sharks54c1,389$750 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$638.893145.2%14 W · 17 L-2.1wins-0.07per pick52cpaid-14.3%equal weight46-0.04 edge/pick
0xee7e…61bbbacked Sharks54c1,344$726 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$618.4441248.3%199 W · 213 L-5.0wins-0.01per pick50cpaid-2.7%equal weight49-0.01 edge/pick
0x64e9…eb4cbacked Sharks54c1,299$696 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$603.5710848.1%52 W · 56 L-5.4wins-0.05per pick53cpaid-7.6%equal weight46-0.04 edge/pick
0x344b…f7fcbacked Sharks62c1,235$761 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$473.6527739.4%109 W · 168 L-13.5wins-0.05per pick44cpaid-21.2%equal weight45-0.04 edge/pick
0x4ebb…061abacked Sharks54c1,219$658 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$560.7124749.8%123 W · 124 L-10.3wins-0.04per pick54cpaid-8.1%equal weight46-0.04 edge/pick
0xb364…f1e3backed Sharks54c1,163$630 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$532.63837.5%3 W · 5 L-0.7wins-0.08per pick46cpaid-24.8%equal weight48-0.02 edge/pick
0x507e…beaebacked Canucks38c1,150$435 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$434.562,66451.6%1,375 W · 1,289 L+58.0wins+0.02per pick49cpaid+2.2%equal weight52+0.02 edge/pick
0x3dc1…e318backed Canucks46c1,135$522 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$521.6516254.9%89 W · 73 L+5.8wins+0.04per pick51cpaid+5.4%equal weight53+0.03 edge/pick
0x371a…34b0backed Canucks1c1,111$11 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$11.117450.7%5 W · 740 L-13.2wins-0.02per pick2cpaid-94.3%equal weight48-0.02 edge/pick
0x5adf…a5e7backed Canucks45c1,104$497 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$496.9663249.5%313 W · 319 L+2.8wins0.00per pick49cpaid+1.1%equal weight500.00 edge/pick
0x13a1…d9bcbacked Sharks77c1,101$844 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$256.1257157.8%330 W · 241 L+12.7wins+0.02per pick56cpaid+1.3%equal weight52+0.02 edge/pick
0x55aa…4f8ebacked Sharks54c1,099$598 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$500.471346.2%6 W · 7 L-0.3wins-0.03per pick49cpaid-13.8%equal weight49-0.01 edge/pick
0x3e41…a1c1backed Sharks53c1,094$585 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$508.991181.8%9 W · 2 L+2.3wins+0.21per pick61cpaid+30.2%equal weight57+0.06 edge/pick
0x8f13…daaebacked Canucks47c1,090$508 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$507.511435.1%40 W · 74 L-4.7wins-0.04per pick39cpaid-12.7%equal weight46-0.03 edge/pick
0x5bf6…5200backed Sharks54c1,085$586 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$499.195856.9%33 W · 25 L+1.3wins+0.02per pick55cpaid+5.7%equal weight52+0.02 edge/pick
0xd9e0…05f2backed Canucks24c1,081$258 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$258.131,35452.6%712 W · 642 L+46.2wins+0.03per pick49cpaid-8%equal weight54+0.03 edge/pick
0xea3b…fafdbacked Canucks46c1,078$496 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$496.2450%2 W · 2 L+0.3wins+0.07per pick43cpaid+38%equal weight51+0.01 edge/pick
0xaea0…0decbacked Sharks56c1,077$598 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$479.2216447%77 W · 87 L+0.1wins0.00per pick47cpaid-13.7%equal weight500.00 edge/pick
0x2fec…871cbacked Sharks54c1,064$577 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$486.6633.3%2 W · 4 L-0.7wins-0.12per pick45cpaid-33.8%equal weight47-0.02 edge/pick
0x56c2…17bfbacked Sharks52c1,056$549 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$506.9225447.2%120 W · 134 L-1.2wins0.00per pick48cpaid-4.1%equal weight500.00 edge/pick
0xd589…27c2backed Sharks52c1,041$541 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$499.6742847.2%202 W · 226 L+5.8wins+0.01per pick46cpaid+0.8%equal weight51+0.01 edge/pick
0xe911…3d4ebacked Canucks48c1,022$491 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$490.561,38447.1%652 W · 732 L+25.6wins+0.02per pick45cpaid-1.2%equal weight52+0.02 edge/pick
0x204f…5e14backed Canucks22c1,008$222 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$222.221,30152.6%684 W · 617 L+23.7wins+0.02per pick51cpaid-6.4%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 NHL and say nothing about this market.

The rest of this event

Polymarket sells these questions together. 3 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.