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How many games to the next FACEIT level?

Put in your ELO, your win rate and what a win and a loss usually move. You get the number on paper, the math behind it and the range real streaks give.

52% and 25 are placeholders. For your own numbers, look at your last 20 games on FACEIT: count the wins, and average what the wins gave and the losses cost.

The math

Games to the next level = ELO still needed / average ELO per game, where the average ELO per game is your win rate times the ELO per win, minus your loss rate times the ELO per loss. At a 55% win rate and 25 ELO for a win and a loss, that is 0.55 x 25 - 0.45 x 25 = 2.5 ELO a game, so 100 ELO takes about 40 games on paper.

The number on paper is an average, and FACEIT is streaky. In 4,000 simulated players with exactly that 55% win rate, half reached +100 within 18 games, while 1 in 10 still needed more than 104. A few wins in a row do it fast, a losing streak sets you back for weeks. That is why the calculator shows a range and not one number.

  • Win rate matters most. With 25 ELO a win and a loss, every extra point of win rate adds 0.5 ELO a game. At 50%, with the same ELO for a win and a loss, you stand still on average.
  • ELO per game is not fixed. FACEIT says the amount you win or lose depends on how likely your team was to win. Beat a stronger team and you get more; lose to a weaker one and you lose more.
  • Your win rate changes as you climb. Higher ELO means stronger opponents, so the win rate you have now tends to drop toward 50% as you climb. Where it reaches 50% is where the climb stops, until you get better.

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Questions

How many games does it take to reach level 10?

From the start of level 4 (901) to level 10 (2,001) is 1,100 ELO. At a steady 55% win rate and 25 ELO a game, that is 440 games on paper. Few players keep 55% all the way, because the opponents get stronger, so most need more or stop on the way. In a 2021 Leetify study of 10,000 FACEIT users (still CS:GO), the players who reached level 10 had needed about 575 matches on average.

Why did I gain fewer ELO than my friend for the same win?

Each player's gain depends on their own ELO against the other team. A player whose team was the favourite gains less from a win and loses more from a loss.

What level am I at my ELO?

See the FACEIT ELO and level calculator, with every level's ELO range.

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