While many regional tour and independent events have opted to employ the FargoRate handicapping system in designating the range of skill levels allowable at specific events, the Pockets Gaming and Billiards Lounge in Waynesboro, PA promoted their recent weekend event (Sat., Feb. 24) as being for “APA 6 and under based on your highest skill rating.” This is ‘roughly’ equivalent to Fargo rates in the lower 400s. Similarly, an APA rating of 5 would (again, roughly) translate into a Fargo rate in the 300s. Colorado State University has published a ‘lookup tool’ which can be used to translate a variety of handicapping systems into Fargo rates, or vice versa. So the next time you wonder how your APA Equalizer system handicap (or any of a number of other common ratings systems) compares to Fargo rates, you can look it up - https://billiards.colostate.edu/faq/rating/FargoRate/.
Fargo rates at Pockets on the weekend ranged from a low of 235 and a high of 487. The $500-added event, which drew its designated-maximum of 32 entrants, was officially won by Michael McKendrick (433 Fargo, racing to 4), who went undefeated to the hot seat. In the hot seat match, McKendrick defeated Justin Emory (470, racing to 6), who became the official runner-up when he and McKendrick agreed to a split of the top two prizes. The 235 Fargo-rated competitor finished among the top half of the event’s finishers, while the 487-rated competitor went ‘two and out.’
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Fargo rates at Pockets on the weekend ranged from a low of 235 and a high of 487. The $500-added event, which drew its designated-maximum of 32 entrants, was officially won by Michael McKendrick (433 Fargo, racing to 4), who went undefeated to the hot seat. In the hot seat match, McKendrick defeated Justin Emory (470, racing to 6), who became the official runner-up when he and McKendrick agreed to a split of the top two prizes. The 235 Fargo-rated competitor finished among the top half of the event’s finishers, while the 487-rated competitor went ‘two and out.’
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