What is a good LiChess Rapid Rating?

Davelz said in #39:
> Another way to compare strength is to see where you stand on the percentage graph.
> Currently, 1800 is better than 75% of Lichess players whereas 2025 is 90%, the top 10% of competitors.
> If you are ambitious, then you might be looking to get into the top 5%.

Here is the link:
lichess.org/stat/rating/distribution/rapid

1500 best suits me, though I advise not to focus on that too much. That's just numbers. I say to focus on skill (unlike me) and then go for rating

My rapid rating is 1619 I have been playing for a year

For me 2200

@Katzenschinken said in #28:
> Your own rating + 200 points.
>
> Valid btw for every rating, be it Lichess Rapid, Blitz, FIDE Elo, USCF, whatever...

This is one of my favorite sayings. Lol so true.

@sheckley666 said in #38:
> I'll never understand this type of questions. Numbers have been invented, because words are far too inprecise in many cases, and everybody has a different understanding of words like "good", "many", "strong", whatever.
> So be happy to have precise number telling you how good you are. It contains much more and better information than any words of any colloquial language.

Except that the number alone means nothing if you don't know how it compares to other people. That comparison is actually what was being asked for.

The short answer is that 1800 after only 4 months is astonishing and I find unbelievable . But I suppose it you can't make incredible leaps in chess with all the resources available on sites like this, you'd be hopeless in my time.

Ahh, to be young again and with little to worry about except to ask for validation on Lichess and do some flexing.

No marriage or kids, jobs or rent to pay. Just study piano and go to school and play on a computer bought by someone else. And literally a million resources to fast track your chess improvement at your fingertips.

It will be decades before you will even be able to understand my comments and yet it took me decades to get to your level of chess skill.

However it will take a little more than Eric Rosen videos on opening traps because eventually you will have to study endgames where you are lacking.

You are no Jeff Sarwar, but it's still impressive.

@Sacmaniac said in #47:
> The short answer is that 1800 after only 4 months is astonishing and I find unbelievable . But I suppose it you can't make incredible leaps in chess with all the resources available on sites like this, you'd be hopeless in my time.
>
> Ahh, to be young again and with little to worry about except to ask for validation on Lichess and do some flexing.
>
> No marriage or kids, jobs or rent to pay. Just study piano and go to school and play on a computer bought by someone else. And literally a million resources to fast track your chess improvement at your fingertips.
>
> It will be decades before you will even be able to understand my comments and yet it took me decades to get to your level of chess skill.
>
> However it will take a little more than Eric Rosen videos on opening traps because eventually you will have to study endgames where you are lacking.
>
> You are no Jeff Sarwar, but it's still impressive.
Hmmmm....
I amn`t flexing... My question was what is a good rating.... I study opening skills too from books... So I don`t watch Eric Rosen Opening Traps as training since they never work

Btw I spend 40 min- 1hr of time on chess a day and I study (as in Math English, science etc.) for much more than that. The life of a kid is very stressful too not as much of a grown up tho. I am letting you know that I amn`t that empty

I only mentioned Eric because he's known for the Stafford Gambit, that I believe you played against that 2100+ the other day. Did they go Beserk >? Because I noticed you floundered in the endgame with a rook advantage and the technique seemed a little sloppy. So I wondered if time was a factor in finishing them?

i am playing from 6 months and my rating is now 2100