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    Breaking Tiebreakers

    I just made a table for a sports league my friends and I are doing in that we make guesses on who will score the game-winning-goal in an NHL game and I want to know how to break ties.

    Here are examples of the columns I have:

    Right picks Percentage Player
    5 15 A
    10 10 B
    6 9 C
    3 5 D
    4 20 E
    5 19 F

    I used rank and got the rankings, but you can see, Player A and F had the same number of correct picks. When I use RANK that really isn't a problem, but I don't want to see both people listed in 3rd place.

    i made a finalized standings table using vlookup and player F's name and numbers completely disappear and all it says is #N/A.

    How do I use the percentage column as the tie breaker?

    I want excel to know that if two or more players are tied, then whoever has the higher percentage would get the higher seed. Can somebody help me out?

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    Re: Breaking Tiebreakers

    Row\Col
    A
    B
    C
    D
    E
    F
    G
    1
    Picks
    Pct
    Player
    Helper
    Rank
    2
    5
    15
    A
    5.15
    4
    D2 and down: =A2+B2/100
    3
    10
    10
    B
    10.10
    1
    E2 and down: =RANK(D2, $D$2:$D$7)
    4
    6
    9
    C
    6.09
    2
    5
    3
    5
    D
    3.05
    6
    6
    4
    20
    E
    4.20
    5
    7
    5
    19
    F
    5.19
    3
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    Re: Breaking Tiebreakers

    Or try this without a helper...
    =RANK(A2,$A$2:$A$7)+COUNTIF(A$2:A2,A2)-1
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    Re: Breaking Tiebreakers

    Are these the results you're wanting?

    Data Range
    A
    B
    C
    D
    1
    Right picks
    Percentage
    Player
    Rank
    2
    5
    15
    A
    4
    3
    10
    10
    B
    1
    4
    6
    9
    C
    2
    5
    3
    5
    D
    6
    6
    4
    20
    E
    5
    7
    5
    19
    F
    3


    This formula entered in D2 and copied down:

    =RANK(A2,A$2:A$7)+SUMPRODUCT(--(A2=A$2:A$7),--(B2<B$2:B$7))
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    Re: Breaking Tiebreakers

    Screen shot 2014-11-23 at 10.27.42 PM.png

    This is what I'm working with.

    The rank function is used at the top and vlookup is used on the bottom. The table on the bottom is very close to what I want, only it doesn't use the percentage as the tiebreaker. Instead it just uses where the person's name is on the list in the above table.
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    Re: Breaking Tiebreakers

    Please upload a sample of your workbook, not a picture of your data. Pictures are pretty much impossible to edit - and often dont even show up on the forum, and no-one wants to re-type your data for you
    Also, not all members can upload picture files (Company firewalls and stuff)

    Your workbook should show a small desensitized example of the data you are working with and a manual mockup of the expected results.

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    Re: Breaking Tiebreakers

    Sorry, I can't see your images.

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    Re: Breaking Tiebreakers

    IN D2, then drag down
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    Re: Breaking Tiebreakers

    Sorry, new to the forum, here's an attachment of the document =)BrewskiOvertimeChallenge.xlsx

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    Re: Breaking Tiebreakers

    Try this...

    Data Range
    A
    B
    C
    D
    E
    2
    Correct
    Attempts
    Percentage
    3
    1
    Joey
    11
    42
    26.1904762
    4
    2
    Charlie
    11
    47
    23.4042553
    5
    6
    Alex
    5
    49
    10.2040816
    6
    3
    Joe
    7
    41
    17.0731707
    7
    5
    Brandon
    5
    38
    13.1578947
    8
    4
    Brian
    6
    48
    12.5
    9
    7
    Dom
    4
    38
    10.5263158
    10
    11
    STANDINGS
    12
    1
    Joey
    11
    26.1904762
    13
    2
    Charlie
    11
    23.4042553
    14
    3
    Joe
    7
    17.0731707
    15
    4
    Brian
    6
    12.5
    16
    5
    Brandon
    5
    13.1578947
    17
    6
    Alex
    5
    10.2040816
    18
    7
    Dom
    4
    10.5263158


    This formula entered in A3:

    =RANK(C3,C$3:C$9)+SUMPRODUCT(--(C3=C$3:C$9),--(E3<E$3:E$9))

    Copy down to A9.

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    Re: Breaking Tiebreakers

    That worked! Thanks alot everybody! =)

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    Re: Breaking Tiebreakers

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