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) .
Implausibility definition, not plausible; not having the appearance of truth or credibility: an implausible alibi. See more.
Find out more. To regard an invented scenario as a believable human life is, when you stop to consider it, an astonishing feat. Not simply a suspension of disbelief, but a hefting of it into the heavens. The lives - or plots - of fictional characters are fraught with unbelievable coincidences, or blessed by implausible serendipity.