Originally Posted by
JSensei
That's not level padding. That's because there's a tie at 749. Three people have the same score.
I have 5 contestants. A, B, C, D, and E.
A scores 10 points
B scores 5 points
C scores 5 points
D scores 2 points
E scores 1 point
A comes in first
B and C tie for 2nd
D still comes in 4th (he has the 4th highest score)
E comes in 5th (also known as last)
3rd isn't skipped. There are just two people that have the second-highest score. Ranking is preserved. If you want to get to a higher ranking, you have to be the Xth highest scoring person or tie with the Xth highest scoring person.