If you notice the ranking is not consecutive with the use of the RANK function; that is because the RANK function ranks records of the result-set sequentially starting from 1. When it finds a tie it assigns the same rank to the all the records in the tie, but still keeps incrementing the record counter so the next record will get a new rank which would be (previous rank + no of records in the current tie + 1) .
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impervious. 1  incapable of being passed through or penetrated: a fabric impervious to moisture. : 2  with to not affected by: a garden chair impervious to the elements. able to withstand; not susceptible: polar bears impervious to the cold, a poet impervious to criticism.