{
  "title": "October 2026 observed-release methodology",
  "results_checked": "2026-11-14",
  "timezone": "UTC",
  "month_start_inclusive": "2026-10-01T00:00:00Z",
  "month_end_exclusive": "2026-11-01T00:00:00Z",
  "assignment": "Sales-close date, not event date or listing date.",
  "scope": "Observed PrintRun archive, not a complete Topps catalog census.",
  "unit": "Reported units for individual-card releases. A joint-subject release counts once.",
  "observed_candidates": 313,
  "included_outcomes": 308,
  "unknown_outcomes": 4,
  "excluded_unconfirmed_outcomes": 1,
  "excluded_pack": "Lionel Messi Argentina Final Farewell two-card pack",
  "exclusions": [
    {
      "product": "Serhou Guirassy - 2026-27 UCL Topps NOW® - Card 34",
      "reason": "Result not corroborated",
      "official_url": "https://www.topps.com/products/serhou-guirassy-2026-27-ucl-topps-now-r-card-34"
    }
  ],
  "missing_close_dates": 139,
  "reported_total": 1104384,
  "median": 1616,
  "q25": 682.5,
  "q75": 3918.25,
  "quantile_method": "Linear interpolation at (n-1) × p on ranked included results.",
  "identity": "One exact official product URL per release. Duplicate URLs count once; unresolved product identities stay separate.",
  "concentration": "Rank included releases from largest to smallest. Divide ranked cumulative reported PR by the included total. Recalculate the median on the remaining releases for each removal scenario.",
  "limits": [
    "Reported print runs are not unique buyers, revenue, resale demand or guaranteed physical base-card inventory.",
    "Unknown and excluded outcomes are omitted from calculations, never replaced by zero.",
    "Pending outcomes and incomplete program coverage can change the observed distribution.",
    "Program labels follow product titles. Calendar-year and cross-year labels are kept separate."
  ]
}