Eh, Scrabble isn't the best example.

Helen Gipson is the top woman worldwide, peaked out at 3rd overall in the UK, and has beat Nigel Richards.

It's not like athletics where the raw potential just isn't there. With Scrabble you're just dealing with people who are several sigma off mean. The top players in the world don't change much year to year.

Eh, Scrabble isn't the best example.

Helen Gipson is the top woman worldwide, peaked out at 3rd overall in the UK, and has beat Nigel Richards.

It's not like athletics where the raw potential just isn't there. With Scrabble you're just dealing with people who are several sigma off standard deviation. The top players in the world don't change much year to year.

Eh, Scrabble isn't the best example.

Helen Gipson is the top woman worldwide, peaked out at 3rd overall in the UK, and has beat Nigel Richards.

It's not like athletics where the raw potential just isn't there. With Scrabble you're just dealing with people who are several sigma off standard deviation. The top players in the world don't change much year to year or even decade to decade.