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MLB · resolved market

Tigers vs. Mariners

Rebuilt .

What this market resolved to

Winning outcome
Tigersof Tigers, Mariners
Resolved
US/Eastern, the zone Polymarket writes its markets in
Scored in
MLBevery record on this page is that Category’s
Volume Polymarket published
$1,641,945
Volume TailMyPicks’s own read summed
$1,681,624

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 $1,641,945 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 436 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 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
0xf29b…dd4cbacked Tigers37c691,067$255,695 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$435,372.0338043.4%165 W · 215 L-5.5wins-0.01per pick45cpaid-4.1%equal weight48-0.01 edge/pick
0xdf2e…ddecbacked Mariners63c281,630$177,361 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$177,360.531,53050.5%772 W · 758 L+20.8wins+0.01per pick49cpaid-0.4%equal weight51+0.01 edge/pick
0x7fb7…e33dbacked Tigers35c219,058$76,990 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$142,068.661,32851.4%682 W · 646 L+25.0wins+0.02per pick49cpaid+4.1%equal weight52+0.02 edge/pick
0x2f09…4632backed Mariners63c158,500$99,855 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$99,85525453.5%136 W · 118 L-4.1wins-0.02per pick55cpaid-4.3%equal weight48-0.01 edge/pick
0x5375…aeeabacked Mariners57c120,379$68,113 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$68,112.541,38148.1%664 W · 717 L-13.2wins-0.01per pick49cpaid-13.9%equal weight49-0.01 edge/pick
0x8fba…d08abacked Mariners60c110,000$65,600 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$65,599.8853150.5%268 W · 263 L+19.4wins+0.04per pick47cpaid+7.2%equal weight54+0.03 edge/pick
0xfc25…1f7fbacked Mariners64c73,489$47,371 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$47,370.9243949.4%217 W · 222 L+13.5wins+0.03per pick46cpaid+5.9%equal weight53+0.03 edge/pick
0xdfcc…441bbacked Tigers37c67,568$25,000 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$42,567.572951.7%15 W · 14 L+1.8wins+0.06per pick45cpaid+9.6%equal weight54+0.03 edge/pick
0xe38e…c29dbacked Mariners64c61,031$38,769 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$38,768.6248254.4%262 W · 220 L-5.4wins-0.01per pick55cpaid-2%equal weight49-0.01 edge/pick
0x83b9…6124backed Mariners63c55,646$35,045 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$35,044.516653%35 W · 31 L+2.1wins+0.03per pick50cpaid+2.3%equal weight53+0.02 edge/pick
0xa987…141dbacked Mariners63c54,000$34,020 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$34,02011759%69 W · 48 L+5.5wins+0.05per pick54cpaid+5.2%equal weight54+0.04 edge/pick
0x3672…edbdbacked Tigers53c42,288$22,500 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$19,787.819146.2%42 W · 49 L-11.7wins-0.13per pick59cpaid-25.9%equal weight39-0.10 edge/pick
0xea64…f2a2backed Mariners63c40,519$25,627 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$25,626.9238751.9%201 W · 186 L-1.8wins0.00per pick52cpaid-4.2%equal weight500.00 edge/pick
0x9267…0f9abacked Mariners65c40,000$25,800 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$25,80055053.6%295 W · 255 L-8.6wins-0.02per pick55cpaid-3.1%equal weight48-0.01 edge/pick
0xaefe…1e4abacked Tigers36c33,147$12,000 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$21,146.592462.5%15 W · 9 L+1.7wins+0.07per pick55cpaid+12.2%equal weight54+0.04 edge/pick
0x8f03…64d6backed Mariners63c30,000$18,900 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$18,9006855.9%38 W · 30 L+1.3wins+0.02per pick54cpaid+5.6%equal weight52+0.01 edge/pick
0x2d0f…4faabacked Mariners63c28,888$18,199 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$18,199.4430255.6%168 W · 134 L+14.5wins+0.05per pick51cpaid+10%equal weight55+0.04 edge/pick
0x3151…0977backed Tigers45c27,071$12,261 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$14,809.5915353.6%82 W · 71 L+9.1wins+0.06per pick48cpaid-2.1%equal weight56+0.05 edge/pick
0x53e5…6177backed Mariners63c25,000$15,750 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$15,7507363%46 W · 27 L+4.6wins+0.06per pick57cpaid+10.7%equal weight55+0.05 edge/pick
0xdefe…5432backed Mariners66c21,750$14,355 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$14,35513065.4%85 W · 45 L+7.7wins+0.06per pick59cpaid+10.1%equal weight56+0.05 edge/pick
0x5b86…0669backed Mariners63c19,000$11,920 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$11,919.987548%36 W · 39 L-2.4wins-0.03per pick51cpaid-12.8%equal weight47-0.02 edge/pick
0xb45d…a406backed Mariners58c18,474$10,701 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$10,700.914045%18 W · 22 L-0.1wins0.00per pick45cpaid-15.2%equal weight500.00 edge/pick
0xe895…c3dabacked Tigers37c16,000$5,920 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$10,08045248.2%218 W · 234 L+7.2wins+0.02per pick47cpaid+14.5%equal weight52+0.02 edge/pick
0x4dbe…af34backed Mariners63c14,864$9,366 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$9,365.6756451.1%288 W · 276 L+8.3wins+0.01per pick50cpaid+3.5%equal weight52+0.01 edge/pick
0x4337…8882backed Mariners63c11,111$7,000 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$6,999.938464.3%54 W · 30 L+8.7wins+0.10per pick54cpaid+18.3%equal weight59+0.08 edge/pick
0x98b1…d855backed Mariners61c10,204$6,195 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$6,194.633531.4%11 W · 24 L-4.3wins-0.12per pick44cpaid-33.4%equal weight42-0.07 edge/pick
0x9a27…b9ddbacked Mariners65c10,001$6,501 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$6,500.651553.3%8 W · 7 L+1.2wins+0.08per pick45cpaid+19.8%equal weight53+0.03 edge/pick
0xa6a8…5009backed Tigers44c9,176$4,003 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$5,173.522,27443.2%983 W · 1,291 L+43.8wins+0.02per pick41cpaid-8.7%equal weight52+0.02 edge/pick
0x187b…26bfbacked Tigers37c9,167$3,392 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$5,775.125352.8%28 W · 25 L+3.0wins+0.06per pick47cpaid+12.8%equal weight54+0.04 edge/pick
0x0e4a…311cbacked Mariners63c8,074$5,086 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$5,086.3612247.5%58 W · 64 L-7.5wins-0.06per pick54cpaid-12.9%equal weight44-0.05 edge/pick
0x2129…4222backed Tigers40c7,856$3,124 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$4,732.0278445.3%355 W · 429 L0.0wins0.00per pick45cpaid-7.3%equal weight500.00 edge/pick
0xdbb9…ed8dbacked Mariners63c7,139$4,512 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$4,512.282,47052.5%1,296 W · 1,174 L+17.7wins+0.01per pick52cpaid+2.1%equal weight51+0.01 edge/pick
0xa39a…1246backed Mariners63c6,904$4,349 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$4,349.3628258.5%165 W · 117 L+11.7wins+0.04per pick54cpaid+5.9%equal weight54+0.04 edge/pick
0x0ce3…3bc3backed Mariners64c6,341$4,058 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$4,058.011172.7%8 W · 3 L+0.8wins+0.07per pick66cpaid+10%equal weight52+0.02 edge/pick
0x09ae…b883backed Mariners62c5,947$3,712 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$3,712.24837.5%3 W · 5 L-1.4wins-0.17per pick55cpaid-29.9%equal weight45-0.04 edge/pick
0xd0ac…16d3backed Tigers37c5,800$2,146 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$3,6541100%1 W · 0 L+0.6wins+0.63per pick37cpaid+170.3%equal weight53+0.02 edge/pick
0x9d94…017dbacked Tigers52c5,655$2,934 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$2,720.781,45642.7%622 W · 834 L-39.7wins-0.03per pick45cpaid-24.5%equal weight47-0.03 edge/pick
0xe916…4563backed Mariners33c5,460$1,800 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$1,8002536%9 W · 16 L-1.9wins-0.08per pick44cpaid-6.7%equal weight46-0.04 edge/pick
0x5139…a8dbbacked Mariners63c4,819$3,051 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$3,051.4263152.6%332 W · 299 L-0.3wins0.00per pick53cpaid-1%equal weight500.00 edge/pick
0x2ea8…1fbfbacked Tigers46c4,649$2,152 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$2,496.967341.1%30 W · 43 L-2.4wins-0.03per pick44cpaid-26.5%equal weight47-0.02 edge/pick
0xb077…8fe8backed Tigers43c4,617$1,999 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$2,617.8133554%181 W · 154 L+9.1wins+0.03per pick51cpaid+6%equal weight53+0.03 edge/pick
0x6239…c24fbacked Mariners62c4,612$2,859 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$2,859.181,09750.1%550 W · 547 L+5.9wins+0.01per pick50cpaid-2.2%equal weight51+0.01 edge/pick
0x164f…deb3backed Tigers37c4,500$1,665 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$2,834.9810647.2%50 W · 56 L-7.9wins-0.07per pick55cpaid-10.9%equal weight43-0.06 edge/pick
0x8753…85adbacked Mariners63c4,325$2,725 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$2,724.751,90953.5%1,021 W · 888 L+29.1wins+0.02per pick52cpaid+3.6%equal weight52+0.02 edge/pick
0xbf60…c76ebacked Tigers37c4,300$1,591 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$2,7091100%1 W · 0 L+0.6wins+0.63per pick37cpaid+170.3%equal weight53+0.02 edge/pick
0x8149…4718backed Mariners64c3,750$2,400 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$2,40010%0 W · 1 L-0.6wins-0.64per pick64cpaid-100%equal weight47-0.02 edge/pick
0xd9e0…05f2backed Mariners46c3,511$1,611 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$1,610.834,16950.2%2,093 W · 2,076 L+92.5wins+0.02per pick48cpaid-11.5%equal weight52+0.02 edge/pick
0x32ed…f960backed Mariners49c3,320$1,626 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$1,626.016,11655.3%3,385 W · 2,731 L+344.6wins+0.06per pick50cpaid+8.6%equal weight56+0.06 edge/pick
0xc86b…c791backed Mariners64c3,200$2,048 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$2,04810%0 W · 1 L-0.6wins-0.64per pick64cpaid-100%equal weight47-0.02 edge/pick
0x0a77…9d74backed Mariners63c3,174$2,000 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$1,999.621,40248.8%684 W · 718 L-11.6wins-0.01per pick50cpaid-1.5%equal weight49-0.01 edge/pick
0xa394…8d06backed Mariners64c3,150$2,016 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$2,01610%0 W · 1 L-0.6wins-0.64per pick64cpaid-100%equal weight47-0.02 edge/pick
0x8ba9…bfaebacked Mariners66c3,033$2,000 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$2,00023060%138 W · 92 L-1.1wins0.00per pick60cpaid-1.9%equal weight500.00 edge/pick
0x9fad…5a9fbacked Tigers37c3,000$1,110 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$1,89044749.2%220 W · 227 L+4.0wins+0.01per pick48cpaid+2%equal weight51+0.01 edge/pick
0x6fb9…ce7ebacked Mariners64c3,000$1,906 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$1,9061060%6 W · 4 L-0.2wins-0.02per pick62cpaid-13.8%equal weight490.00 edge/pick
0x204f…5e14backed Tigers53c2,814$1,479 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$1,335.2312,24746.4%5,687 W · 6,560 L-68.6wins-0.01per pick47cpaid-9.5%equal weight49-0.01 edge/pick
0xe401…7b88backed Tigers42c2,802$1,176 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$1,626.119,72846.3%4,506 W · 5,222 L+32.8wins0.00per pick46cpaid-8.5%equal weight500.00 edge/pick
0x4231…f63ebacked Mariners64c2,784$1,772 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$1,771.5311551.3%59 W · 56 L+0.1wins0.00per pick51cpaid-0.2%equal weight500.00 edge/pick
0x2800…2081backed Tigers36c2,778$1,000 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$1,778.173327.3%9 W · 24 L-5.5wins-0.17per pick44cpaid-43.4%equal weight39-0.09 edge/pick
0xde04…fa37backed Mariners55c2,718$1,497 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$1,496.751,51039%589 W · 921 L-16.5wins-0.01per pick40cpaid-17.6%equal weight49-0.01 edge/pick
0x1496…a429backed Tigers37c2,693$996 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$1,696.591560%9 W · 6 L+0.8wins+0.05per pick55cpaid+15.1%equal weight52+0.02 edge/pick
0x54f2…d0e3backed Tigers37c2,565$949 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$1,615.8314951.7%77 W · 72 L-0.4wins0.00per pick52cpaid-1.4%equal weight500.00 edge/pick
0x4fc1…ec92backed Mariners65c2,500$1,632 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$1,632.0422142.1%93 W · 128 L-16.1wins-0.07per pick49cpaid-17%equal weight43-0.07 edge/pick
0x016e…c700backed Mariners56c2,380$1,333 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$1,33324154.4%131 W · 110 L-3.6wins-0.01per pick56cpaid-4%equal weight48-0.01 edge/pick
0xc6ab…5eb9backed Tigers42c2,376$1,000 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$1,375.954461.4%27 W · 17 L-1.9wins-0.04per pick66cpaid-6.6%equal weight47-0.03 edge/pick
0xae81…f04bbacked Mariners64c2,344$1,500 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$1,50037857.4%217 W · 161 L+1.6wins0.00per pick57cpaid-0.7%equal weight500.00 edge/pick
0x97e1…017bbacked Tigers39c2,094$815 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$1,278.576456%428 W · 336 L+32.0wins+0.04per pick52cpaid+1.2%equal weight54+0.04 edge/pick
0x3850…c4b4backed Tigers39c2,000$770 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$1,2302227.3%6 W · 16 L-1.9wins-0.09per pick36cpaid-33.9%equal weight45-0.04 edge/pick
0x29c0…efaabacked Mariners65c1,823$1,180 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$1,180.171,21252.1%631 W · 581 L+21.3wins+0.02per pick50cpaid+3.2%equal weight52+0.02 edge/pick
0x571b…34cfbacked Mariners18c1,800$320 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$32030%0 W · 3 L-0.5wins-0.18per pick18cpaid-100%equal weight48-0.02 edge/pick
0xe84d…9714backed Tigers37c1,800$666 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$1,133.85250%1 W · 1 L+0.2wins+0.11per pick39cpaid+35.1%equal weight51+0.01 edge/pick
0x930c…c735backed Mariners64c1,800$1,152 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$1,151.8250%1 W · 1 L-0.2wins-0.11per pick61cpaid-15.3%equal weight49-0.01 edge/pick
0x7a33…2534backed Tigers39c1,638$637 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$1,000.88156.8%46 W · 35 L+3.7wins+0.05per pick52cpaid+9.1%equal weight54+0.03 edge/pick
0x5916…8d4fbacked Mariners64c1,563$1,000 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$1,0002441.7%10 W · 14 L-3.0wins-0.13per pick54cpaid-26%equal weight43-0.06 edge/pick
0x4c25…c3bebacked Mariners63c1,500$945 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$944.967349.3%36 W · 37 L-1.3wins-0.02per pick51cpaid-0.9%equal weight49-0.01 edge/pick
0x0f82…9ae1backed Mariners21c1,429$300 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$30022948.9%112 W · 117 L-1.4wins-0.01per pick50cpaid+2.1%equal weight49-0.01 edge/pick
0x5d5e…7004backed Mariners54c1,358$728 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$728.2221767.7%147 W · 70 L+36.1wins+0.17per pick51cpaid+27.7%equal weight67+0.15 edge/pick
0xb853…0d33backed Tigers37c1,351$500 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$851.3563052.7%332 W · 298 L+13.9wins+0.02per pick50cpaid+3.9%equal weight52+0.02 edge/pick
0xe7ca…a175backed Tigers37c1,351$500 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$851.357139.4%28 W · 43 L0.0wins0.00per pick39cpaid-1.3%equal weight500.00 edge/pick
0x2005…75eabacked Mariners47c1,299$615 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$614.818,08646.1%3,728 W · 4,358 L+29.9wins0.00per pick46cpaid-7.1%equal weight500.00 edge/pick
0xd6f4…0566backed Mariners40c1,295$524 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$523.754941%225 W · 324 L-15.1wins-0.03per pick44cpaid-22.6%equal weight47-0.03 edge/pick
0xde46…a7afbacked Mariners64c1,250$800 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$8003444.1%15 W · 19 L-1.2wins-0.04per pick48cpaid-15.6%equal weight48-0.02 edge/pick
0x4d3a…64b7backed Mariners63c1,250$787 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$787.452965.5%19 W · 10 L+3.6wins+0.12per pick53cpaid+24.3%equal weight57+0.07 edge/pick
0x0c61…5213backed Tigers35c1,233$431 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$801.271346.2%6 W · 7 L-1.3wins-0.10per pick56cpaid-15.5%equal weight46-0.03 edge/pick
0xe1eb…f5b9backed Mariners8c1,222$100 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$1001050%5 W · 5 L+1.8wins+0.18per pick32cpaid-8.1%equal weight56+0.05 edge/pick
0x6692…1125backed Mariners57c1,205$691 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$691.113242.4%56 W · 76 L-14.0wins-0.11per pick53cpaid-22%equal weight40-0.09 edge/pick
0xe05f…b3e8backed Tigers34c1,200$408 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$791.9929145.4%132 W · 159 L+15.3wins+0.05per pick40cpaid+4.2%equal weight55+0.05 edge/pick
0xd724…b805backed Mariners57c1,177$674 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$674.22152.4%11 W · 10 L-0.4wins-0.02per pick54cpaid-8.3%equal weight49-0.01 edge/pick
0xb786…b18dbacked Mariners56c1,144$644 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$643.881,59150.3%801 W · 790 L+68.9wins+0.04per pick46cpaid+1.4%equal weight55+0.04 edge/pick
0xad18…0b4fbacked Mariners41c1,036$422 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$422.0451334.5%177 W · 336 L-31.2wins-0.06per pick41cpaid-19.8%equal weight44-0.06 edge/pick
0xa84d…74a8backed Mariners66c1,030$680 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$6802352.2%12 W · 11 L+1.1wins+0.05per pick47cpaid+4.8%equal weight53+0.02 edge/pick
0x3c82…e0cbbacked Mariners61c1,000$610 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$61017136.8%63 W · 108 L+2.6wins+0.02per pick35cpaid-1.9%equal weight51+0.01 edge/pick
0xcb43…3c74backed Mariners63c1,000$630 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$6303458.8%20 W · 14 L+2.1wins+0.06per pick53cpaid+9.4%equal weight54+0.04 edge/pick
0x752f…9332backed Tigers35c1,000$350 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$6501450%7 W · 7 L+0.9wins+0.06per pick44cpaid+22.7%equal weight52+0.02 edge/pick
0x226b…cad6backed Tigers37c1,000$370 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$63011040.9%45 W · 65 L+1.9wins+0.02per pick39cpaid-6%equal weight52+0.01 edge/pick
0x1867…92cabacked Mariners63c999.99$630 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$63026453.8%142 W · 122 L+9.5wins+0.04per pick50cpaid+9.2%equal weight54+0.03 edge/pick
0x81f5…70afbacked Tigers34c930.11$316 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$613.8716945%76 W · 93 L-2.9wins-0.02per pick47cpaid-3%equal weight48-0.01 edge/pick
0xe212…d5f4backed Mariners75c919.09$693 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$692.543138.7%12 W · 19 L-4.7wins-0.15per pick54cpaid-32.1%equal weight41-0.08 edge/pick
0x0432…1660backed Mariners42c918.12$386 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$385.612759.3%16 W · 11 L+3.4wins+0.13per pick47cpaid+13.9%equal weight57+0.07 edge/pick
0x14cf…0856backed Mariners66c909.09$600 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$6001442.9%6 W · 8 L-0.5wins-0.03per pick46cpaid-5.8%equal weight49-0.01 edge/pick
0xd73b…70adbacked Mariners63c885.71$558 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$55814453.5%77 W · 67 L-6.6wins-0.05per pick58cpaid-11.1%equal weight46-0.04 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.

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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.