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Hi Geff.
The PercentRank formula of...
PERCENTRANK(array,x,significance)
where...
array is the array or range of data with numeric values that defines
relative standing.
x is the value for which you want to know the rank.

comes from...
=(MATCH(x,array)-1)/(COUNTA(array)-1)

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