Ranking Score Explained
Hi there, thanks for your interest in how we calculate an experience's ranking score. It's at the core of Rankers so I'm pleased you're curious.
The ranking score percentage is used to compare and sort experiences in ranking tables. It is not necessarily a direct measurement of the quality of a particular experience as rated by its customers. I've found it a useful tool to allow me to find the best experiences with confidence. But I've also found it important to read the customer reviews before making any final judgements!
We calculate an experience's ranking score using a multi-factor data model instead of a raw data average (mean). This model takes into account several important questions. For instance - is there a trusted body of reviews? What is the age of a review and is the review from a credible source?
Below you'll find details around some of the important factors that went into calculating the ranking score for Routeburn Track.
If you have any questions or comments about our ranking score calculation please get in touch at info@rankers.co.nz. We don't believe this is perfect or complete so we're always interested in ways we might make improvements.
Routeburn Track
Valid Reviews
137 Valid Reviews
The Routeburn Track experience has a total of 138 reviews. There are 137 valid reviews that are included when calculating the ranking score and 1 invalid review that are excluded from the calculation. Reviews can be excluded only when a reviewer is not verified or after an investigation by our team determines the reviewer is not genuine.
Below is the distribution of ratings for the 137 valid reviews:
| Rating | Count | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/10 | 59 |
|
43% |
| 9/10 | 43 |
|
31% |
| 8/10 | 26 |
|
19% |
| 7/10 | 6 |
|
4% |
| 6/10 | 2 |
|
1% |
| 5/10 | 1 |
|
1% |
| 4/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 3/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 2/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 1/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
90.80% Average
The raw data average (mean) for all the Routeburn Track valid reviews is 90.80% and is based on 137 valid reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here as a comparison to the weighted average.
Face-to-Face Reviews
131 Face-to-Face Reviews
The Rankers team meets with travellers while they’re in New Zealand and conducts face-to-face surveys. These reviews, in our opinion, are the most trusted in the industry and represent a critical control sample. To our knowledge, we are the only travel review website in the world that has gone to this extent.
More about face-to-face reviews
Within the 137 valid reviews, the experience has 131 face-to-face reviews collected during interviews by our team.
Below is the distribution of ratings for the 131 face-to-face reviews:
| Rating | Count | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/10 | 55 |
|
42% |
| 9/10 | 42 |
|
32% |
| 8/10 | 25 |
|
19% |
| 7/10 | 6 |
|
5% |
| 6/10 | 2 |
|
2% |
| 5/10 | 1 |
|
1% |
| 4/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 3/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 2/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 1/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
90.61% Average
The raw data average (mean) for all the Routeburn Track face-to-face reviews is 90.61% and is based on 131 face-to-face reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here for comparison purposes.
Weighted Average
91.58%
Rankers calculates a weighted mean as a base average on which we can improve. Individual review's ratings are given a weight based on several factors. The weight of a review determines the overall impact it'll have on the final weighted average.
Recent reviews have more weight as they are more relevant and reflect the experience as it currently operates. Over time reviews become less relevant and loose their impact on the ranking score.
Low rating reviews carry slightly less weight. This dampens the effect of very low ratings for every experience across the board. This is especially important when the experience has few reviews overall and a single negative rating can grossly mischaracterise an experience. Consistent poor reviews will still result in the experience receiving a comparitively low ranking score.
Credible sources provide reviews that can be trusted. If we have verified a reviewer is genuine via a face-to-face meeting then the review carries additional weight.
| Reviewer | Rating | Age | Face-to-Face | Weight | Relative Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan Christoph | 10/10 | 937 days |  |
8.96 | 100% |
| Dorothy and Graham Glen | 10/10 | 937 days | |
8.96 | 100% |
| Laura Kudo | 8/10 | 1162 days | |
4.63 | 52% |
| Melanie and Pascal | 10/10 | 1188 days | |
4.82 | 54% |
| Remy and Rebecca Mans | 10/10 | 1191 days | |
4.81 | 54% |
| Holloway | 10/10 | 1193 days | |
4.81 | 54% |
| Fi | 8/10 | 1214 days | |
4.53 | 51% |
| Simon | 10/10 | 1235 days | |
4.73 | 53% |
| Mikkel Thomassen | 10/10 | 1286 days | |
4.63 | 52% |
| Jannika Cao | 10/10 | 1286 days | |
4.63 | 52% |
| Kat | 8/10 | 1287 days | |
4.39 | 49% |
| Austin Jurgensmeyer | 10/10 | 1312 days | |
4.58 | 51% |
| Susan H | 10/10 | 1329 days | 4.54 | 51% | |
| Hector | 9/10 | 1517 days | |
4.17 | 47% |
| Carlos | 9/10 | 1517 days | |
4.17 | 47% |
| Ivanova R | 10/10 | 1518 days | |
4.17 | 47% |
| Jenna Kuittinen | 7/10 | 1530 days | |
3.78 | 42% |
| Stephen Timko | 10/10 | 1534 days | |
4.14 | 46% |
| Jeeyoung Kim | 10/10 | 1536 days | |
4.14 | 46% |
| Marie | 10/10 | 1538 days | |
4.13 | 46% |
| Szu-Yi Hsu | 8/10 | 1540 days | |
3.92 | 44% |
| Chao Lai | 9/10 | 1540 days | |
4.13 | 46% |
| Virginia Fradin | 8/10 | 1540 days | |
3.92 | 44% |
| Dominique | 10/10 | 1541 days | |
4.13 | 46% |
| Derick Trotter | 9/10 | 1541 days | |
4.13 | 46% |
| Kathryn Nolan | 10/10 | 1543 days | |
4.12 | 46% |
| Molly Bogeberg | 10/10 | 1544 days | |
4.12 | 46% |
| Pierre Mathis | 8/10 | 1546 days | |
3.91 | 44% |
| Judy | 9/10 | 1548 days | |
4.11 | 46% |
| Lea Kisbye | 7/10 | 1549 days | |
3.74 | 42% |
| Max | 7/10 | 1551 days | |
3.74 | 42% |
| Manuel El-Amine | 8/10 | 1552 days | |
3.9 | 44% |
| Bernardo Galeazzo | 8/10 | 1556 days | 3.89 | 43% | |
| Kim | 8/10 | 1560 days | |
3.89 | 43% |
| Stephanie Pope | 9/10 | 1566 days | |
4.08 | 46% |
| Maike Santelmann | 9/10 | 1568 days | |
4.07 | 45% |
| Remi Lopez | 10/10 | 1569 days | |
4.07 | 45% |
| Yarden Oliva | 10/10 | 1571 days | |
4.07 | 45% |
| Mia Gaynor | 10/10 | 1572 days | |
4.07 | 45% |
| Lisa | 8/10 | 1573 days | |
3.86 | 43% |
| Gonne Clasen | 8/10 | 1593 days | |
3.82 | 43% |
| Samantha Heim | 10/10 | 1622 days | |
3.97 | 44% |
| Iker Peeters | 10/10 | 1641 days | |
3.93 | 44% |
| Ixtaso Roncal | 10/10 | 1674 days | 3.87 | 43% | |
| Sue Strebe | 8/10 | 1934 days | |
3.19 | 36% |
| Elisa Felising | 10/10 | 1940 days | |
3.35 | 37% |
| David McIntosh | 9/10 | 1951 days | |
3.32 | 37% |
| Dawn Mulligan | 8/10 | 1957 days | |
3.15 | 35% |
| Karolina Gren | 9/10 | 2250 days | |
2.74 | 31% |
| Moritz Lepple | 9/10 | 2267 days | |
2.71 | 30% |
| Simon Galpin | 8/10 | 2279 days | |
2.55 | 28% |
| Andreas Jung | 9/10 | 2288 days | |
2.67 | 30% |
| Maria = Moller Hansen | 10/10 | 2292 days | |
2.66 | 30% |
| Bjorn Houlberg | 9/10 | 2292 days | |
2.66 | 30% |
| Marinette | 9/10 | 2296 days | |
2.65 | 30% |
| Barbara | 9/10 | 2296 days | |
2.65 | 30% |
| Natalie Boehm | 10/10 | 2297 days | |
2.65 | 30% |
| Guillaim Terrangle | 7/10 | 2297 days | |
2.41 | 27% |
| Anna Guzewiez | 7/10 | 2300 days | |
2.4 | 27% |
| David Krasner | 8/10 | 2306 days | |
2.5 | 28% |
| Daryl | 10/10 | 2335 days | |
2.57 | 29% |
| Trish Pope | 10/10 | 2344 days | |
2.56 | 29% |
| Philipp Haass | 10/10 | 2349 days | |
2.55 | 28% |
| Christin Woelk | 5/10 | 2610 days | |
1.65 | 18% |
| Audrey Ripoche | 9/10 | 2622 days | |
2.01 | 22% |
| Stientje van den Heuvel | 10/10 | 2632 days | |
1.99 | 22% |
| Tom Somers | 10/10 | 2632 days | |
1.99 | 22% |
| Andy Cummins | 10/10 | 2633 days | |
1.99 | 22% |
| Cervenka Jaroslav | 10/10 | 2638 days | |
1.98 | 22% |
| Jitka Zenahlikova | 10/10 | 2638 days | |
1.98 | 22% |
| Katey Justice | 9/10 | 2641 days | |
1.97 | 22% |
| Kathryn Pisco | 10/10 | 2652 days | |
1.95 | 22% |
| Mike Pisco | 10/10 | 2652 days | |
1.95 | 22% |
| Patrick O'Connell | 10/10 | 2656 days | |
1.95 | 22% |
| Helen and Ogi | 10/10 | 2659 days | |
1.94 | 22% |
| Francis Runge | 10/10 | 2660 days | |
1.94 | 22% |
| Peter Moederer | 8/10 | 2663 days | |
1.83 | 20% |
| Tobias Sowade | 9/10 | 2672 days | |
1.91 | 21% |
| Liam Day | 8/10 | 2722 days | |
1.73 | 19% |
| Alexandra van den Brack | 9/10 | 2733 days | |
1.79 | 20% |
| Katharina Pape | 9/10 | 2734 days | |
1.79 | 20% |
| Debbie | 10/10 | 2737 days | |
1.79 | 20% |
| Michael Neumann | 10/10 | 2998 days | |
1.28 | 14% |
| Oliver Hardt | 8/10 | 3000 days | |
1.21 | 13% |
| Val Phillips | 10/10 | 3004 days | |
1.26 | 14% |
| D Esson | 8/10 | 3005 days | |
1.2 | 13% |
| Hanna Clement | 8/10 | 3005 days | |
1.2 | 13% |
| Keith Helen | 10/10 | 3011 days | |
1.25 | 14% |
| Fleming Lauridsen | 9/10 | 3020 days | |
1.23 | 14% |
| Siegfried Richter | 8/10 | 3021 days | |
1.17 | 13% |
| Beeny | 9/10 | 3021 days | |
1.23 | 14% |
| Carolin Haas | 9/10 | 3021 days | |
1.23 | 14% |
| Vincent & Lian | 9/10 | 3021 days | |
1.23 | 14% |
| Alan Findlay | 10/10 | 3026 days | |
1.22 | 14% |
| Lynn Robinson | 10/10 | 3032 days | |
1.21 | 14% |
| Francis Corrigan | 10/10 | 3041 days | |
1.19 | 13% |
| Jackie & Ray | 9/10 | 3053 days | |
1.17 | 13% |
| Alex | 10/10 | 3071 days | 1.13 | 13% | |
| Rob O'Neill | 9/10 | 3348 days | |
0.59 | 7% |
| David Brown | 9/10 | 3350 days | |
0.59 | 7% |
| David Taylor | 6/10 | 3351 days | |
0.49 | 5% |
| R Tearle | 9/10 | 3355 days | |
0.58 | 6% |
| Helen Evans | 6/10 | 3360 days | |
0.47 | 5% |
| Helen | 9/10 | 3367 days | |
0.55 | 6% |
| Katherine and Pete Smal | 9/10 | 3367 days | |
0.55 | 6% |
| Wouter Moui | 8/10 | 3369 days | |
0.52 | 6% |
| Ben Akin-Smith | 7/10 | 3371 days | |
0.5 | 6% |
| K & J Overton | 9/10 | 3371 days | |
0.55 | 6% |
| Estel la Prado | 9/10 | 3371 days | |
0.55 | 6% |
| Elise van Haastert | 9/10 | 3376 days | |
0.54 | 6% |
| Geert Van Tittelboom | 9/10 | 3381 days | |
0.53 | 6% |
| Carmel | 10/10 | 3381 days | |
0.53 | 6% |
| Janine Diehl | 10/10 | 3382 days | |
0.52 | 6% |
| Daniel Hammersley | 9/10 | 3382 days | |
0.52 | 6% |
| Becky Foley | 10/10 | 3391 days | |
0.51 | 6% |
| Van den Borne | 9/10 | 3391 days | |
0.51 | 6% |
| Angela Clarke | 9/10 | 3392 days | |
0.5 | 6% |
| Liz Foxwell-Canning | 10/10 | 3392 days | |
0.5 | 6% |
| Nataly Loewidt | 9/10 | 3397 days | |
0.5 | 6% |
| Sue Haward | 9/10 | 3400 days | |
0.49 | 5% |
| Christian Foerster | 9/10 | 3405 days | |
0.48 | 5% |
| dollimyxture | 10/10 | 3436 days | 0.42 | 5% | |
| mnm | 9/10 | 3436 days | 0.42 | 5% | |
| Ann Michle | 9/10 | 3662 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| Victoria Slater | 8/10 | 3716 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| Margie | 10/10 | 3720 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| Inbar Yizhar Barnea | 10/10 | 3730 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| Graeme + Jane Ryan | 10/10 | 3732 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| Peter Brown | 8/10 | 3738 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| David Hobson | 10/10 | 3762 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| Ross & Catherine Litherland | 8/10 | 3783 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| Primavesi | 10/10 | 3844 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| Tim_P | 8/10 | 4073 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| Thomas1646 | 10/10 | 4083 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| JuergenSchnitzer | 10/10 | 4092 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| Gillian | 9/10 | 4096 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
| Mette | 9/10 | 4120 days | |
0.0 | 0% |
Adjustments
No Adjustment
Several adjustments to the weighted average may be added to improve relevancy and credibility. Routeburn Track does not meet the criteria for any of these adjustments to apply.
Final Ranking Score
92%
The final ranking score once rounding has been applied. This value is cached and recalculated each day. Therefore it may not be precisely accurate based on the other values presented.
If you have any questions or comments about our ranking score calculation please get in touch at info@rankers.co.nz.