USCF player statistics
Gao, Derek
- Biggest rank climb · #42 in Virginia (Quick)
- Biggest rank climb · #10 in Virginia (Regular)
- Fastest rising · #33 in Virginia (Quick)
- Gender
- Male
- US Chess reported rank
- #31,405 national · #953 in state
- Floor
- Regular 150 · Quick 150 · Blitz 105 · Online Regular 100
- Rated games
- Regular 22 · Online Regular 18
US Chess record as of Sep 18, 2026
How this rating moves
Between consecutive published observations, provisional included.
- Biggest gain
- +227
- Sep 2026 to Oct 2026
- Biggest drop
- —
- No drop between published updates yet
- Longest rise
- 5 updates
- +353 from May 2026 to Oct 2026
- Updates that moved
- 5 of 5
- Latest +227, Sep 2026 to Oct 2026
- Typical move
- ±71
- Mean absolute change; spread ±89.2
Regular rating in context
United States
#30,042of 82,596 rated members · higher than 63.5%
52,524 lower · 31 same rating · 30,041 higher · ties share a rank
Virginia
#986of 2,606 rated members · higher than 62.1%
1,619 lower · 2 same rating · 985 higher · ties share a rank
Where this rating sits · United States
82,596 rated members in 50-point bands · median 800–849 · 7,308 within 100 points of 1,128 (this player included)
1,100–1,149: 1,836 members (2.2%) · highlighted band is the player’s · dashed line is the target
64.5% below 1,150 (53,296 of 82,596; 63.5% below 1,128)
Percentile over time · United States
63.5% higher than · Oct 2026 · rank #30,042 of 82,596
Since May 2026
+17.6 pts
How these comparisons are calculated
Chess67 calculations from the Oct 2026 monthly rating update, using the same population as the USCF statistics pages: US members classified as active in the published monthly records, excluding lifetime-coded records, provisional ratings included. Ties share a rank; “lower” is strictly lower; national and state groups overlap. The target explorer keeps the population fixed, with this player at their recorded rating: it is a rating comparison, not a prediction of future rank.
Published ratings by month
P marks a provisional rating; the small figure is the change since the previous published observation.
| Month | Regular | Quick | Blitz | Online Regular |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2026 | 1,128+227 | 1,120+84 | 895 P16 games | 1,027 Pno change · 18 games |
| Sep 2026 | 901 P+11 · 22 games | 1,036+72 | — | 1,027 P-35 · 18 games |
| Aug 2026 | 890 P+17 · 18 games | 964-24 | — | 1,062 P13 games |
| Jul 2026 | 873 P+52 · 13 games | 988 P+137 · 21 games | — | — |
| Jun 2026 | 821 P+46 · 9 games | 851 P+76 · 9 games | — | — |
| May 2026 | 775 P4 games | 775 P4 games | — | — |