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Again, not a programmer, but I have an interesting idea for writing a DPR (Defensive Power Rating) algorithm. Take your OPR values, apply them to the matches. The delta between the expected score and the actual score would be the raw value for a DPR score. Use your OPR techniques to then factor out the DPR each team might provide.

One thought on why your average score is much higher than your OPR is that a decent hurdler may actually slow down the scoring of an exceptional hurdler. Take for instance an 1114. I know they have done 7 hurdles and may even have done 8 in a match. The match where they did 8, probably would not occur with 2 other decent hurdlers as they may hurdle also and thus accidentally slow down an 1114.

Thanks for posting your results.