How Does Experience Work in Rankings?

How is a 1/0 Player > a 22/4 Player > 9/0 Player

http://pantheon.demigodthegame.com/rankings/demigod/5/player/28490/

I'm currently the no. 5 Oak in the game (pretty neat!  I'm very proud of this accomplishment, since I am God-awful at virtually every videogame I've ever owned in the last 18 years of being old enough to play :) ) and currently possess 1,117 "experience" in the rankings and have no idea how that number is generated.

People with far fewer games than me can have much, much more experience, even though I have more wins, total games played, favor points, and playtime in the game.  So sure, my four losses (against 22 wins) might give me a lower percentage than the guy with 1 win and 0 losses--maybe it's a percentage-based system.  Then why isn't every player who has only won a single match not up at the top of the rankings, like razattack1337 is?  And why is a guy who is going 9/0 below both me AND razattack?

I don't really mind being outranked, and indeed, as more people learn to play the game (and especially as summer holidays start and I graduate, losing my high speed internet and moving back to a place with only dialup), I fully expect my ranking to drop like a brick, permanently.  I am just curious how the scores are calculated :)

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Reply #1 Top

It's an Elo rating--everyone starts at 1000, and rises or falls based on the ratings of the people they play. If you beat someone higher than you, you gain more and they lose more. If you beat someone below you, you gain less and they lose less.

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Reply #2 Top

So, as I've moved to the top of the rankings by winning a lot of matches very quickly (before my rank can be properly updated, most likely), I haven't gotten to fight a lot of people technically ranked above me yet. . . and now there are very few people above me to fight and gain a ton of XP off. . . meaning that the ranking charts will always be a pretty lively place of rising and falling!

I think I've got an idea now, at least.  Thanks!