Statistics from NQ Reading Part 1: General data

Hi all.

In the first installment of statistical data from this tournament, some generic information about the event.

In total, we had 7 rounds of play. 184 matches were completed and entered into our data pool, and that's what's getting presented here.

I.D.s and matches won by a non-present opponent weren't included.

First of all, let's look at the path to victory. Here's what each qualifying player faced on their way to the slot:

Aaron Cadwallader (playing UW control, won 2 die rolls out of 7):

UW control, won

Naya, won

UW control, won

Burn, lost

Naya, lost

Vampires, won

Naya, won

Kris Pietron (playing Jund, won 5 die rolls out of 6):

Burn, won

UW control, lost

Jund, won

Elves!, won

Jund, won

Naya, won

I.D.

Arun Banghar (playing Burn, won 3 die rolls out of 6):

UW control, lost

Jund, won

Vampires, won

Open the Vaults, won

Naya, won

Naya, won

I.D.

Gary Lynch (playing Jund, won 2 die rolls out of 6):

Boros, won

GW junk, won

Elves!, won

UW control, won

I.D.

UW control, won

UW control, lost

James Mills (playing UW control, won 4 out of 6 die rolls):

Naya, won

Open the Vaults, won

Jund, won

Jund, won

White Weenie, won

Jund, lost

I.D.

Dominic Penton (playing Jund, won 4 out of 7 die rolls):

UW control, won

Jund, won

Mythic, won

UW control, lost

Jund, won

Naya, won

Jund, won

Steve Bains (playing Burn, won 4 out of 7 die rolls):

Jund, won

Elves!, lost

GW junk, won

Jund, won

UW control, won

Burn, won

UW control, won

Now, some more stats for you.

Out of those 184 matches played, 5 were natural draws.

The remaining 179 matches were split 93-86 in favour of the draw. That's right, the player on the draw won around 53% of the time.

Now, a quick statistics lesson- with this size of sample, that result isn't what's termed statistically significant. That is, you can't draw a conclusion like "drawing is better", because there's not enough of a skew and not enough data to support that. But, it is excellent evidence that, on the whole, the die roll is not a major factor in the current Worldwake Standard metagame.

But what about specific matchups? Which decks win more, and which care more about that die roll?

Join us tomorrow, when we talk about Burn.