Not according to the Fargo rating explanation. :wink:
Don't know what that rating scale is based on, but it's not the DCBA rating I am familiar with. I go by D being able to run 1-2 balls with ball in hand, C 3-4, B 5-7, A 7+, basically playing the ghost ability, along with some things based on table knowledge and consistency to divide things to the +- ranges.
Those MN ratings need to be shifted over one rank to the left to be correct, whatever MN ratings are.
Fargo matches those with 300s, 400s, 500s and 600s with the 700-800 being Open (Or A++ depending on how you rate things) and Pro levels.
200s can be considered D players as well, or "beginners".
I know for a fact that you can be an APA 7 in 9 ball and not be a top A player. An A- can be an APA 7 easily. If you just go by that chart you would be an A+ or higher as an APA 7. As long as you are not sandbagging that is.
I'm a 550 Fargo, that chart puts me in solid A level, which I know I am not. I don't run out racks easily even with an open table, my beating the ghost stops at 7 balls. Since I know I am a B+, maybe A- at my best, an under 500 would have to be at best a B- in the 480,490 range, but is probably a C+.
This ofcourse assumes we are all using the same rating scale. I have seen B players called C players in some tournaments, but that is probably from just cheating players and no one policing the ratings rather than someone thinking a B level player is a C. It's all common sense, if a beginner is a D, then a C only has a bit more knowledge. If someone calls a player that can run out 5 balls a C, when a D player is someone that is just learning to play, that is just a lack of reasoning. That means you have B players that can run out racks and A players that can play even with world class players. Just logical progressions there.