Hi
in one of my fantasy leagues, where there are 7 of us players and the league average makes up the 8th player
the league average is worked out by adding the 7 players scores and dividing them by 7 - bit obvious but just in case
there have been 4 game weeks so far and the league average has won every game
so he's finished 4th/8, 4th/8 and 5th/8, 5th/8 and yet despite those finishing positions has beaten his opponents and won every game week
it's only 4 games i know but it just seems funny that the league average is top of the league
is there anyway to work out what the odds of this happening would be?
would it just be because it is an average 50/50 each week (because we are all new to the game, then maybe it would change vs better opponents when people get used to it)
so winning 4 50/50 in a row isn't actually that unusual and is just about a 16/1 chance so nothing that unusual it just seems if for eg you were rolling a 1-8 dice and you got 4,4,5,5 and you needed your opponent to be higher than the 4 or 5 on each roll it seems like the odds maybe longer
and the chances of winning a single game week seeing it's an average?
would it be 50/50? or slightly more as it's 4/8, 4/8, 5/8, 5/8 he's finnished.
thanks for any help