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Rank records without sorting the source

Keep A2:B7 in their original positions. Fill C2:C7 with descending competition ranks and D2:D7 with ascending competition ranks; ties share the first occupied position and leave gaps. E2:E7 and F2:F7 instead average the occupied tied positions in descending and ascending order. All six finite numeric scores participate, including zeroes and negative values; this exercise does not treat numeric text, Booleans or blanks as scores. I4 and I5 return maximum/minimum; I6 and I7 return kth largest/smallest using the integer H2 from 1 through 6, with duplicates occupying separate positions. Copy within each declared rank column only. Each summary formula has a separate job and must not be filled over. Source identifiers remain nonempty ASCII text and scores stay within ±1,000,000.

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Keep A2:B7 in their original positions. Fill C2:C7 with descending competition ranks and D2:D7 with ascending competition ranks; ties share the first occupied position and leave gaps. E2:E7 and F2:F7 instead average the occupied tied positions in descending and ascending order. All six finite numeric scores participate, including zeroes and negative values; this exercise does not treat numeric text, Booleans or blanks as scores. I4 and I5 return maximum/minimum; I6 and I7 return kth largest/smallest using the integer H2 from 1 through 6, with duplicates occupying separate positions. Copy within each declared rank column only. Each summary formula has a separate job and must not be filled over. Source identifiers remain nonempty ASCII text and scores stay within ±1,000,000.

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