Napoleon wrote:IMHO, prolonged arguments about the value of quick returns are useless until QRBs get extended to all WUs, not just the select few.
They're working on it. I get QRB qualified Uni clients on a regular basis.
7im wrote:...more "resolution" to the graphed values at more than 12 hours. That's the general area of the graph we're looking at today and in the near feature.
Is this what you have in mind?
A quick look at the above graph reveals a serious flaw. The lines never connect. In fact, they do not connect at any point all the way back in time to the bonus cutoff of four days.
First, this goes against PG's normal practice of anchoring the new formula to the old.
Second, this means everyone loses.
ALL SMP folders lose points, and PG loses folders. Not the desired outcome.
The solution is simply to adjust base points. But where should the two curves intersect?
The point I chose was the 36 hour mark. No, I didn't chose it because that's where the graph ends. I chose this point because it matches up with a TPF of about 22 minutes, which roughly corresponds to the performance of a 970/980X. They are both fairly common enthusiast level chips, and they qualify for the newer bigadv WUs. This would make them a popular choice for bigadv, so it's reasonable to think there are a number of them out there folding.
This sets the new base points for 6901 at 19,190 and results in the following graph:
Those folders who's completion time falls within the range of the above graph would average about 15,000 PPD less. (-11%)
The PPD for those on the right side (36 hours) would be unchanged, while a folder on the left side (12 hours) would get 261,637.11 PPD instead of 318,777.88 PPD, 57,140.77 less. (-18%)
The faster folders who fall beyond the left side (completing 6901 in less than 12 hours) would average 877,500 PPD less. (-39%)
If a folder did manage to complete 6901 in one hour, they would get 7,187,993.53 PPD instead of 13,251,347.45 PPD, 6,063,353.92 less. (-46%)
Just for reference, that's a TPF of 00:00:36, not accounting for download/upload time.
Because of the different slope between the formulas, folders off the right side (36 hours+) would get a small bonus, averaging about 1,800 PPD. (+6%)
This is the full graph covering completion times less than 36 hours.
I will not be readily available over the next several days, so I have decided attach the data I used to create these graphs.
This will allow anyone to recreate these or customize your own if desired.
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Column A: number of hours to complete Project 6901
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Column B: PPD based on existing formula and current base points
bigadv 6901, A5, 26.4k, 8,955 points, 4/6 days
final_points = base_points * max(1,squareroot(k*deadline_length/elapsed_time))
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Column C: PPD based on cuberoot formula and 2.14X base points (19,190)
bigadv 6901, A5, 26.4k, 19,190 points, 4/6 days
final_points = base_points * max(1,cuberoot(k*deadline_length/elapsed_time))
Intersect point is at approximately 36 hours.
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Column D: PPD based on cuberoot formula and 1.28X base points (11,491)
bigadv 6901, A5, 26.4k, 11,491 points, 4/6 days
final_points = base_points * max(1,cuberoot(k*deadline_length/elapsed_time))
No intersect point. Bad idea.
A B C D
1 13251347.45 7187993.53 4304187.74
2 4685058.82 2852557.13 1708118.04
3 2550223.01 1661292.12 994785.70
4 1656418.43 1132038.04 677867.09
5 1185236.55 840712.82 503420.85
6 901639.99 659284.22 394780.97
7 715505.51 536797.27 321435.49
8 585632.35 449249.59 269011.73
9 490790.65 383958.53 229915.29
10 419044.40 333637.11 199782.70
11 363221.05 293821.85 175941.23
12 318777.88 261637.11 156668.93
13 282712.50 235152.65 140809.97
14 252969.40 213028.14 127561.76
15 228098.88 194305.90 116350.84
16 207052.30 178284.82 106757.38
17 189054.34 164440.62 98467.44
18 173520.70 152374.04 91241.94
19 160003.56 141776.05 84895.84
20 148154.57 132403.98 79283.82
21 137699.10 124064.82 74290.31
22 128418.04 116603.27 69822.32
23 120134.65 109893.13 65804.27
24 112705.00 103830.76 62174.11
25 106010.78 98330.37 58880.46
26 99953.96 93320.38 55880.47
27 94452.70 88740.66 53138.12
28 89438.19 84540.28 50622.92
29 84852.19 80675.88 48308.91
30 80645.13 77110.35 46173.86
31 76774.59 73811.73 44198.64
32 73204.00 70752.37 42366.69
33 69901.92 67908.23 40663.61
34 66840.80 65256.92 39076.83
35 63996.76 62784.18 37595.32
36 61348.83 60469.68 36209.39
37 58878.60 58300.47 34910.46
38 56569.80 56263.87 33690.94
39 54508.05 54348.58 32544.06
40 52380.55 52544.55 31463.80
41 50475.92 50842.77 30444.77
42 48683.98 49235.16 29482.13
43 46995.62 47714.42 28571.51
44 45402.63 46274.05 27709.01
45 43897.65 44908.07 26891.06
46 42474.01 43611.11 26114.44
47 41125.70 42378.34 25376.25
48 39847.23 41205.26 24673.81
49 38633.67 40087.87 24004.71
50 37480.47 39022.44 23366.73
51 36383.53 38005.59 22757.84
52 35339.06 37034.22 22176.18
53 34343.63 36105.48 21620.05
54 33394.07 35216.76 21087.88
55 32487.48 34365.61 20578.21
56 31621.17 33549.83 20089.72
57 30792.70 32767.34 19621.16
58 29999.78 32016.24 19171.40
59 29240.31 31294.76 18739.38
60 28512.36 30601.26 18324.11
61 27814.12 29934.22 17924.68
62 27143.92 29292.20 17540.24
63 26500.20 28673.92 17170.01
64 25881.54 28078.09 16813.23
65 25286.57 27503.61 16469.23
66 24714.06 26949.41 16137.37
67 24162.83 26414.42 15817.02
68 23631.79 25897.78 15507.65
69 23119.92 25398.55 15208.71
70 22626.27 24915.92 14919.71
71 22149.94 24449.12 14640.19
72 21690.09 23997.42 14369.71
73 21245.93 23560.11 14107.85
74 20816.73 23136.56 13854.23
75 20401.78 22726.16 13608.48
76 20000.44 22328.33 13370.26
77 19612.09 21942.53 13139.24
78 19236.15 21568.25 12915.12
79 18872.06 21205.00 12697.60
80 18519.32 20822.26 12486.42
81 18177.43 20509.77 12281.30
82 17845.93 20176.97 12082.02
83 17524.39 19853.49 11888.32
84 17212.39 19538.98 11699.99
85 16909.53 19233.09 11516.82
86 16615.46 18935.48 11338.61
87 16329.81 18645.85 11165.18
88 16052.25 18363.87 10996.33
89 15782.47 18089.27 10831.90
90 15520.16 17821.77 10671.72
91 15265.04 17561.14 10515.65
92 15016.83 17307.08 10363.52
93 14775.28 17059.40 10215.21
94 14540.13 16817.85 10070.57
95 14311.15 16582.23 9929.48
96 14088.12 16352.32 9791.81