Back in February of 2017 I posted an analysis of all the geek critique scores and provided some commentary on what I'd observed. I have revisited that post with another year and a half's of geek critiques and some new charts and analysis for your enrichment. I excluded some cigars with only one or two reviews from the individual metrics, but those cigars are included in the aggregated data/analysis.
Some facts and figures:
* The total number of reviews grown from 932 to 1031 total reviews across 221 different cigars.
* The lowest average score with more than 3 reviews goes to the Montecristo Pilotico Pepe Mendez Toro, reviewed in March, 2018, with only 68.75 points average. This low average was due entirely to a terrible 13 point score earned due to a major defect the reviewer experienced.
The worst of the worst, the bottom 10 (includes cigars with 1 or 2 reviews).
1. Cooperstown Stinger 60.00
2. Cooperstown Grand Slam 67.00
3. Montecristo Pilotico Pepe Mendez Toro 68.75
4. Cuba Aliados (Core Line) Toro Extra 69.80
5. Di Fazio Picoso Doble Robusto 70.20
6. Dunhill Aged (formerly Dunhill Dominican) Condados 72.25
7. JFC Tobacco La Flor De Cuba 73.80
8. Evil Genius Cigars White Chapel Belicoso 74.60
9. Alec Bradley Black Market Filthy Hooligan (2013) 75.80
10. Leccia Tobacco Luchador El Gringo Frog Splash 75.80
* The highest average score has not changed and goes to the Sindicato Cigars Sindicato Toro Maduro reviewed way back in Feb, 2015, with an average of 94.2.
The Best of the Geek Critiques (includes cigars with only 1 or 2 reviews)
1. Sindicato Cigars Sindicato Toro Maduro 94.20
2. Paul Stulac White Blinding Light Torpedo 93.20
3. Partagas (Cuban) Serie D No. 4 93.00
4. Don Pepin Garcia (My Father Cigars) My Father (Rosado) No. 4 92.60
5. Drew Estate Herrera Esteli Corona 92.40
6. Vegas Robaina Famosos 92.20
7. Arturo Fuente Anejo Reserva No. 50 92.00
8. AKA (American Kick Ass) Nth Degree Apex 91.80
9. Valeroso Primavera Regalo 91.60
10. Crowned Heads La Imperiosa Double Robusto 91.40
* The cigar with the most consistent scores was the Illusione MJ12 (The Majestic 12) Maduro with an average of 88.66 (88, 89, 89).
The top 10 most consistently scored cigars (lowest standard deviation of scores) with corresponding score average:
1. Illusione MJ12 (The Majestic 12) Maduro 88.66666667
2. Drew Estate Undercrown Shade Corona 88.8
3. Leaf & Bean Leaf and Bean by Noel 90.4
4. Camacho Liberty 2015 90.2
5. Crowned Heads La Imperiosa Double Robusto 91.4
6. Sindicato Cigars Sindicato Toro 89.6
7. 1502 Black Gold Toro (Box Pressed) 87.5
8. Valeroso Primavera El Estado 89.6
9. Ave Maria (Core line) Crusader 91
10. La Flor Dominicana N.A.S. 86
* The cigar with the least consistent scores was also the Montecristo Pilotico Pepe Mendez Toro, likely due to the 13 point scoring throwing off the standard deviation.
The least consistently scored cigars:
1. Montecristo Pilotico Pepe Mendez Toro 68.75
2. JFC Tobacco La Flor De Cuba 73.80
3. Olman Premium Cigars Olman Toro 78.50
4. Di Fazio Maduro Doble Robusto 78.40
5. CyB (formerly Cuenca y Blanco) Lonsdale Club 77.80
6. Dunhill Aged (formerly Dunhill Dominican) Condados 72.25
7. Cuba Aliados (Core Line) Toro Extra 69.80
8. Pinar del Rio Liga Especial Reserva Superior Salomon 81.00
9. Alec Bradley Black Market Filthy Hooligan (2013) 75.80
10. CAO Flathead V660 Carb 83.80
What is interesting is the most consistently rated cigars averaged 89 points, while the LEAST consistent only averaged 76 points. If you see a lot of variability in a cigar's Geek Critique results, odds are its not very good or not going to be popular with most people.
The overall distribution of cigar ratings is a fairly classic Poisson distribution, and is not normal.
* The overall average is 86.11.
* The most frequently given score is 90 with 101 reviewers assigning this score.
* The standard deviation for any one review is 7.414 points. So the 1sigma score range is 78.7 - 93.5 points. By implication, a cigar with a single review within this range can be expected to be "about as good as any other cigar in this review data set." Cigars reviewed above 93.5 points could be considered "significantly" better than average.
Thanks for reading, if you'd like to peek at the raw data, check out my badly organized and formatted spreadsheet with all 1031 entries!
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/11nVO64DxHQ6VMQGJQp9f9EN10MVl_JjOLUauwni5xHk/edit?usp=sharing