I like to ignore the ranking for a second, and instead click each person's name on IFPA and look at how many 'years active' they've been tracked by IFPA, under their photo. That will give you better feels as to how many are freak low year naturals (very few) and how many are reaping their seniority benefit from putting in years of more work than you. You will probably find it roughly sequential as you go down the list through state top 50/100. I can see that all the people above me have 4-15 years more than me, and everyone below me is newer. That tells you that you are still on track.

**edit - I was saying years of experience seems to correlate to a better player. Not referring to IFPA math using older score calculations. ex; Bowen at 29years versus the op at (presumably) 8years.