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Virtua Fighter 5 REVO · v1.10 · All ranks

First strike

Whoever lands the first hit of a round wins it a little more often than not. Compared inside the same match, so the better player of the two cannot take the credit, the edge is about the same size.

First striker won53.0%
Within the same match+5.4 pts
Typical first hitframe 55 (0.92 s)
Rounds read4,188,850

A round counts once whoever was pulled for it. Rounds where nothing landed, or both hits landed on the same frame, have no first strike and are left out.

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How often the first hit wins the round

Round win rate of the player who struck first, by rank band
All ranksAll ranks: first striker won 53.0% of 4,188,850 rounds, 95% interval 53.0–53.1%53.0%Ranks 21–29Ranks 21–29: first striker won 53.0% of 1,475,653 rounds, 95% interval 53.0–53.1%53.0%Ranks 30–39Ranks 30–39: first striker won 52.9% of 1,464,010 rounds, 95% interval 52.9–53.0%52.9%Ranks 40–46Ranks 40–46: first striker won 53.3% of 253,421 rounds, 95% interval 53.1–53.5%53.3%

A band holds the matches where both players were inside it. The whiskers are 95% intervals, clustered by match because a match's rounds are the same two people.