Imo we will also either finish 2nd or 3rd on Scout which this year is probably a truer read on the 34/35 in this class.
I know absolutely nothing about Scout.
I have yet to be able to replicate 247's results, even if you change the their alpha-value. You can get close, but not exact. I think it is bull****. It is a terrible formula concept regardless, as your top 2-3 commits have an unnecessarily high impact on the class.
Of course on 247 they have the "what if" type feature, so it doesn't really matter.