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CS2 · resolved market

Counter-Strike: Monte vs BIG (BO1) - IEM Cologne Major Stage 2

Rebuilt .

What this market resolved to

Winning outcome
Monteof Monte, BIG
Resolved
US/Eastern, the zone Polymarket writes its markets in
Scored in
CS2every record on this page is that Category’s
Volume Polymarket published
$700,716
Volume TailMyPicks’s own read summed
$717,966

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 $700,716 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 737 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 CS2 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 CS2
WalletEntryPositionResultP/L heldQualified picksWin ratevs expectedRealizable edgeAvg entryROI per pickTail Score
0xdb85…152fbacked BIG55c67,714$37,243 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$37,242.7816344.2%72 W · 91 L-6.2wins-0.04per pick48cpaid-6.1%equal weight46-0.03 edge/pick
0x73e3…1be9backed BIG53c53,488$28,293 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$28,292.6720153.7%108 W · 93 L+9.4wins+0.05per pick49cpaid+9.7%equal weight55+0.04 edge/pick
0x0dcf…c556backed Monte47c42,590$20,000 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$22,590.2623839.9%95 W · 143 L-11.0wins-0.05per pick45cpaid-13.6%equal weight45-0.04 edge/pick
0xcf60…a6f5backed Monte45c35,000$15,753 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$19,24750054.4%272 W · 228 L-9.9wins-0.02per pick56cpaid-3.5%equal weight48-0.02 edge/pick
0x3993…cdedbacked Monte45c28,221$12,699 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$15,521.5583652.5%439 W · 397 L+10.1wins+0.01per pick51cpaid+0.8%equal weight51+0.01 edge/pick
0xfe78…0319backed Monte50c27,919$13,887 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$14,032.271,39638.9%543 W · 853 L-41.2wins-0.03per pick42cpaid-29%equal weight47-0.03 edge/pick
0x03f8…d85abacked BIG65c14,975$9,738 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$9,737.876464.1%41 W · 23 L+3.7wins+0.06per pick58cpaid+10.9%equal weight55+0.04 edge/pick
0x29b5…cc6cbacked BIG52c14,974$7,833 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$7,833.375,02855%2,763 W · 2,265 L+112.5wins+0.02per pick53cpaid+5%equal weight52+0.02 edge/pick
0x3da8…80c3backed BIG31c13,079$4,000 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$4,00033359.8%199 W · 134 L+5.8wins+0.02per pick58cpaid+1.9%equal weight52+0.02 edge/pick
0x5e6e…be00backed Monte44c12,762$5,615 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$7,146.841649.8%207 W · 209 L+19.5wins+0.05per pick45cpaid+11%equal weight55+0.04 edge/pick
0xe015…6ffdbacked BIG31c12,379$3,890 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$3,890.4515245.4%69 W · 83 L+4.7wins+0.03per pick42cpaid-2.2%equal weight53+0.03 edge/pick
0xb7f5…c669backed BIG53c11,111$5,889 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$5,888.7767041.8%280 W · 390 L-5.9wins-0.01per pick43cpaid-3.3%equal weight49-0.01 edge/pick
0xd3b0…329ebacked BIG57c11,008$6,323 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$6,322.7925555.3%141 W · 114 L+1.2wins0.00per pick55cpaid+2.7%equal weight500.00 edge/pick
0x8fbb…9a17backed BIG54c10,599$5,773 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$5,773.3915947.8%76 W · 83 L-1.6wins-0.01per pick49cpaid-8.9%equal weight49-0.01 edge/pick
0x9854…6bf2backed Monte50c10,014$5,000 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$5,013.610361.2%63 W · 40 L+6.4wins+0.06per pick55cpaid+4.6%equal weight56+0.05 edge/pick
0xc3e7…68d2backed Monte47c9,826$4,618 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$5,207.53683.3%5 W · 1 L+1.9wins+0.32per pick52cpaid+76.9%equal weight57+0.06 edge/pick
0x86e9…4cdfbacked BIG55c9,389$5,200 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$5,199.9936453.8%196 W · 168 L-8.0wins-0.02per pick56cpaid-6.4%equal weight48-0.02 edge/pick
0xa41c…fadebacked Monte47c9,000$4,230 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$4,7707646.1%35 W · 41 L+4.8wins+0.06per pick40cpaid+3.2%equal weight55+0.05 edge/pick
0x73bc…46cebacked Monte45c8,000$3,600 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$4,399.97250%36 W · 36 L-0.5wins-0.01per pick51cpaid-4.4%equal weight49-0.01 edge/pick
0x18bb…e5cdbacked BIG25c6,742$1,695 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$1,694.5630726.4%81 W · 226 L+8.8wins+0.03per pick24cpaid+6.7%equal weight53+0.03 edge/pick
0x6902…b4cabacked Monte48c6,280$3,000 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$3,280.2925751.8%133 W · 124 L-1.9wins-0.01per pick52cpaid-0.3%equal weight49-0.01 edge/pick
0x6185…2965backed Monte42c5,991$2,521 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$3,469.4114051.4%72 W · 68 L+1.8wins+0.01per pick50cpaid+8.3%equal weight51+0.01 edge/pick
0xceed…f8eebacked BIG53c5,937$3,137 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$3,137.2317853.9%96 W · 82 L+0.6wins0.00per pick54cpaid-1.7%equal weight500.00 edge/pick
0x35a6…cb8fbacked Monte45c5,500$2,475 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$3,0256147.5%29 W · 32 L-1.2wins-0.02per pick50cpaid-9.2%equal weight48-0.01 edge/pick
0x8cbf…0eb4backed BIG53c5,000$2,650 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$2,65037157.7%214 W · 157 L+2.5wins+0.01per pick57cpaid-2.2%equal weight51+0.01 edge/pick
0xa2e4…bf9dbacked BIG54c5,000$2,700 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$2,699.9912956.6%73 W · 56 L+7.4wins+0.06per pick51cpaid+11.3%equal weight55+0.05 edge/pick
0xdcaf…e271backed Monte48c5,000$2,400 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$2,599.9537946.4%176 W · 203 L-3.2wins-0.01per pick47cpaid-1.3%equal weight49-0.01 edge/pick
0x3d2b…afc5backed Monte69c4,880$3,374 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$1,506.3519659.2%116 W · 80 L+18.2wins+0.09per pick50cpaid+2.3%equal weight59+0.08 edge/pick
0x67b6…00bcbacked BIG54c4,500$2,430 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$2,43028538.2%109 W · 176 L-10.0wins-0.04per pick42cpaid-8.7%equal weight46-0.03 edge/pick
0xb6ce…7a7dbacked Monte63c4,393$2,758 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$1,634.61,25646.7%587 W · 669 L+17.3wins+0.01per pick45cpaid-16%equal weight51+0.01 edge/pick
0xec98…afcdbacked Monte63c4,368$2,736 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$1,632.581,61145.4%731 W · 880 L+30.0wins+0.02per pick44cpaid-14.1%equal weight52+0.02 edge/pick
0xb642…95e3backed BIG60c4,185$2,500 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$2,500250%1 W · 1 L-0.4wins-0.18per pick68cpaid-33.9%equal weight49-0.01 edge/pick
0x5aa9…febebacked Monte60c4,011$2,413 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$1,597.711,04044%458 W · 582 L-22.2wins-0.02per pick46cpaid-22.1%equal weight48-0.02 edge/pick
0xb4d2…ce99backed BIG23c3,999$916 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$916.492,60830.9%807 W · 1,801 L-103.7wins-0.04per pick35cpaid-29.8%equal weight46-0.04 edge/pick
0x3471…f17ebacked Monte48c3,866$1,857 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$2,008.861,05449%516 W · 538 L+38.1wins+0.04per pick45cpaid-10.3%equal weight54+0.04 edge/pick
0x3bae…885abacked BIG55c3,800$2,090 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$2,089.9927658%160 W · 116 L+3.6wins+0.01per pick57cpaid-0.7%equal weight51+0.01 edge/pick
0x8935…7daabacked Monte70c3,646$2,538 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$1,107.632,59947.8%1,242 W · 1,357 L-30.4wins-0.01per pick49cpaid-10%equal weight49-0.01 edge/pick
0xdf2a…5ae1backed BIG56c3,571$2,000 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$2,00012955%71 W · 58 L+6.1wins+0.05per pick50cpaid+6.4%equal weight54+0.04 edge/pick
0x2d39…6053backed Monte50c3,532$1,754 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$1,777.8588746.7%414 W · 473 L+8.9wins+0.01per pick46cpaid-15.9%equal weight51+0.01 edge/pick
0x79be…b605backed Monte47c3,515$1,662 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$1,852.656245.2%28 W · 34 L+1.4wins+0.02per pick43cpaid-8.6%equal weight52+0.02 edge/pick
0x5838…8ca6backed Monte45c3,340$1,503 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$1,836.995152.9%27 W · 24 L+0.5wins+0.01per pick52cpaid+3.9%equal weight51+0.01 edge/pick
0xcd87…ac38backed BIG45c3,195$1,450 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$1,45010047%47 W · 53 L+5.0wins+0.05per pick42cpaid-5.6%equal weight54+0.04 edge/pick
0x1132…5a2fbacked Monte71c3,120$2,222 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$897.654100%4 W · 0 L+1.0wins+0.26per pick74cpaid+35.7%equal weight54+0.04 edge/pick
0x1365…c82abacked BIG58c3,041$1,778 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$1,778.3215053.3%80 W · 70 L+1.2wins+0.01per pick53cpaid+4.2%equal weight51+0.01 edge/pick
0xa9c4…7433backed Monte45c3,000$1,350 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$1,65013244.7%59 W · 73 L+0.2wins0.00per pick45cpaid-11%equal weight500.00 edge/pick
0x7714…b814backed BIG55c3,000$1,650 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$1,6509551.6%49 W · 46 L-3.1wins-0.03per pick55cpaid-9.1%equal weight47-0.03 edge/pick
0x182d…73e9backed Monte45c3,000$1,350 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$1,649.9978639.4%310 W · 476 L-4.5wins-0.01per pick40cpaid-1.3%equal weight49-0.01 edge/pick
0x7951…bb41backed Monte46c3,000$1,380 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$1,619.9496740.7%394 W · 573 L+12.6wins+0.01per pick39cpaid+7.5%equal weight51+0.01 edge/pick
0xfbd4…3041backed BIG67c2,985$2,000 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$2,000425%1 W · 3 L-1.6wins-0.39per pick64cpaid-66.8%equal weight44-0.05 edge/pick
0xf3ef…ca6bbacked Monte56c2,982$1,663 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$1,319.121,51357.2%865 W · 648 L+65.4wins+0.04per pick53cpaid+0.3%equal weight55+0.04 edge/pick
0xa557…6e77backed Monte47c2,955$1,389 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$1,566.0825248.8%123 W · 129 L+6.3wins+0.02per pick46cpaid+0.6%equal weight53+0.02 edge/pick
0xe922…39b3backed BIG51c2,925$1,500 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$1,499.560248.7%293 W · 309 L+0.8wins0.00per pick49cpaid+1%equal weight500.00 edge/pick
0x89eb…cff9backed BIG53c2,813$1,500 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$1,50036450.3%183 W · 181 L-8.4wins-0.02per pick53cpaid-6%equal weight48-0.02 edge/pick
0x6b97…8d30backed BIG54c2,800$1,512 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$1,511.9866551.9%345 W · 320 L+8.9wins+0.01per pick51cpaid+0.1%equal weight51+0.01 edge/pick
0xee80…f34ebacked BIG44c2,798$1,236 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$1,235.6835460.7%215 W · 139 L+10.4wins+0.03per pick58cpaid+5.3%equal weight53+0.03 edge/pick
0x7a78…add7backed BIG45c2,632$1,172 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$1,172.111,96946.7%919 W · 1,050 L+12.4wins+0.01per pick46cpaid-14.3%equal weight51+0.01 edge/pick
0x2687…1363backed Monte57c2,563$1,464 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$1,099.2238868.3%265 W · 123 L+25.7wins+0.07per pick62cpaid+3.4%equal weight57+0.06 edge/pick
0x9c76…c926backed Monte44c2,562$1,127 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$1,434.8519543.6%85 W · 110 L+6.5wins+0.03per pick40cpaid+4.4%equal weight53+0.03 edge/pick
0xff34…694bbacked Monte74c2,561$1,890 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$671.361,76859.2%1,047 W · 721 L+105.5wins+0.06per pick53cpaid+4.3%equal weight57+0.06 edge/pick
0x9a13…4d34backed BIG25c2,519$627 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$627.1111838.1%45 W · 73 L+5.6wins+0.05per pick33cpaid+43.4%equal weight54+0.04 edge/pick
0x72aa…90e0backed BIG42c2,507$1,063 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$1,063.434,22049.2%2,078 W · 2,142 L+61.6wins+0.01per pick48cpaid-10.6%equal weight52+0.01 edge/pick
0xb888…9aa2backed BIG35c2,500$875 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$87530%0 W · 3 L-1.5wins-0.49per pick49cpaid-100%equal weight44-0.05 edge/pick
0xfdae…39ebbacked BIG57c2,404$1,370 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$1,370.222842.9%12 W · 16 L-2.8wins-0.10per pick53cpaid-27.7%equal weight44-0.05 edge/pick
0x2529…548abacked BIG43c2,399$1,035 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$1,034.733,21751.3%1,649 W · 1,568 L+89.2wins+0.03per pick48cpaid-6%equal weight53+0.03 edge/pick
0xbbf3…aa3abacked Monte62c2,363$1,470 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$892.6922949.8%114 W · 115 L-6.1wins-0.03per pick52cpaid-7.4%equal weight47-0.02 edge/pick
0x183f…85e3backed BIG54c2,330$1,258 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$1,258.1623848.3%115 W · 123 L+3.8wins+0.02per pick47cpaid-2.4%equal weight52+0.01 edge/pick
0x790e…b82dbacked Monte46c2,304$1,060 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$1,244.163262.5%20 W · 12 L+2.1wins+0.07per pick56cpaid+3.6%equal weight54+0.04 edge/pick
0x904e…0becbacked BIG14c2,230$317 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$317.424,89737.4%1,832 W · 3,065 L-245.2wins-0.05per pick42cpaid-32.1%equal weight44-0.05 edge/pick
0x69bf…0c5dbacked Monte64c2,000$1,270 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$73017148%82 W · 89 L+1.0wins+0.01per pick47cpaid-2.9%equal weight51+0.01 edge/pick
0x82d2…beeabacked Monte44c2,000$880 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$1,1201,00752.4%528 W · 479 L+27.8wins+0.03per pick50cpaid+3.3%equal weight53+0.03 edge/pick
0x83b3…b3a2backed BIG42c2,000$839 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$839.4818547%87 W · 98 L+5.3wins+0.03per pick44cpaid+6.7%equal weight53+0.03 edge/pick
0x5b10…9659backed BIG55c2,000$1,100 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$1,099.9746749.7%232 W · 235 L-12.4wins-0.03per pick52cpaid-6.3%equal weight47-0.03 edge/pick
0x5213…6a35backed Monte46c1,957$900 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$1,057.0913732.1%44 W · 93 L-11.2wins-0.08per pick40cpaid-21%equal weight42-0.07 edge/pick
0x8056…b64dbacked BIG53c1,936$1,035 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$1,0351,62144.8%726 W · 895 L+3.6wins0.00per pick45cpaid-5.2%equal weight500.00 edge/pick
0x03f4…7e44backed BIG54c1,900$1,026 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$1,025.9951252.3%268 W · 244 L+16.5wins+0.03per pick49cpaid+5.4%equal weight53+0.03 edge/pick
0x41bb…26e8backed Monte36c1,896$676 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$1,219.229254.3%50 W · 42 L+4.4wins+0.05per pick50cpaid+11.4%equal weight54+0.04 edge/pick
0xf4ec…c574backed Monte47c1,836$859 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$97748350.9%246 W · 237 L-20.9wins-0.04per pick55cpaid-10%equal weight45-0.04 edge/pick
0xdb25…eb12backed BIG53c1,835$966 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$965.950051.4%257 W · 243 L-6.1wins-0.01per pick53cpaid+0.1%equal weight49-0.01 edge/pick
0xcc96…d916backed BIG28c1,786$500 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$50010333%34 W · 69 L+3.2wins+0.03per pick30cpaid+6.6%equal weight53+0.03 edge/pick
0x48e0…826dbacked BIG56c1,786$1,000 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$1,0009454.3%51 W · 43 L+3.4wins+0.04per pick51cpaid+4.1%equal weight53+0.03 edge/pick
0x2d0c…1249backed Monte58c1,744$1,015 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$728.6818338.8%71 W · 112 L-6.0wins-0.03per pick42cpaid-24.5%equal weight47-0.03 edge/pick
0x82dc…5700backed Monte62c1,735$1,073 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$662.1587047.9%417 W · 453 L+15.6wins+0.02per pick46cpaid-14%equal weight52+0.02 edge/pick
0x4b59…3aa6backed BIG54c1,716$918 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$918.2784658.4%494 W · 352 L+60.7wins+0.07per pick51cpaid+15.1%equal weight58+0.07 edge/pick
0x58d6…e718backed BIG35c1,713$608 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$607.595253.8%28 W · 24 L+2.9wins+0.06per pick48cpaid+8.2%equal weight54+0.04 edge/pick
0x2242…5be6backed BIG19c1,678$324 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$323.72250%1 W · 1 L+0.5wins+0.23per pick27cpaid+47.1%equal weight52+0.02 edge/pick
0xd02a…4771backed Monte46c1,628$749 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$879.2619245.8%88 W · 104 L+0.1wins0.00per pick46cpaid-2%equal weight500.00 edge/pick
0x300b…8e51backed BIG10c1,602$160 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$160.0441716.5%69 W · 348 L-12.1wins-0.03per pick19cpaid-31.4%equal weight47-0.03 edge/pick
0x0f0b…f901backed Monte47c1,600$750 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$850.4535953.2%191 W · 168 L+14.0wins+0.04per pick49cpaid+10.5%equal weight54+0.04 edge/pick
0xe361…ae44backed Monte45c1,600$724 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$87625145.8%115 W · 136 L+0.4wins0.00per pick46cpaid-4.5%equal weight500.00 edge/pick
0x17cd…7423backed Monte46c1,586$730 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$856.4946143.4%200 W · 261 L+2.3wins+0.01per pick43cpaid+0.5%equal weight510.00 edge/pick
0x4cd4…ce48backed Monte46c1,575$725 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$850.639646.9%45 W · 51 L-1.1wins-0.01per pick48cpaid+7.7%equal weight49-0.01 edge/pick
0xd528…a2d2backed BIG38c1,563$600 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$600.1918056.7%102 W · 78 L+8.0wins+0.04per pick52cpaid+2.3%equal weight54+0.04 edge/pick
0x9adf…55e8backed Monte72c1,520$1,096 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$423.9928453.5%152 W · 132 L+1.9wins+0.01per pick53cpaid+0.1%equal weight51+0.01 edge/pick
0x10b0…8525backed Monte45c1,500$675 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$82560748.1%292 W · 315 L+7.3wins+0.01per pick47cpaid-2.6%equal weight51+0.01 edge/pick
0x52b7…0aa1backed Monte46c1,500$690 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$8101,40833.7%475 W · 933 L+43.0wins+0.03per pick31cpaid+8.4%equal weight53+0.03 edge/pick
0x45e1…5934backed Monte77c1,494$1,148 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$345.55466.7%36 W · 18 L-0.5wins-0.01per pick68cpaid-8.5%equal weight49-0.01 edge/pick
0xbfee…ed1fbacked BIG28c1,481$421 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$421.3416920.1%34 W · 135 L-16.5wins-0.10per pick30cpaid-46.2%equal weight41-0.09 edge/pick
0xb36f…53d0backed Monte46c1,458$667 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$790.7221346.9%100 W · 113 L-8.7wins-0.04per pick51cpaid-8.1%equal weight46-0.04 edge/pick
0xd5b4…980abacked BIG56c1,449$811 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$811.281250%6 W · 6 L+0.8wins+0.07per pick43cpaid+13%equal weight52+0.02 edge/pick
0x00f8…2c23backed Monte37c1,360$500 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$859.8929934.4%103 W · 196 L-12.6wins-0.04per pick39cpaid-17.5%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 CS2 and say nothing about this market.

The rest of this event

Polymarket sells these questions together. 2 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.