PhilMcracken3:I think what he is saying is he's seen proof that the criteria you are giving is not accurate and I agree.
As Robert said, they are accurate, but they aren't complete. WGT won't reveal the algorithms (business secrets and other arguments), but, at one time, a mod pointed to one of the common lists as applicable. I wrote some more
here.
When the new tiers above Legend arrived, the only information given by WGT was "200 rounds to saturate as a Champ". The community found out the conditions rather soon by trial and error, regardless of the special transitional conditions and the 500 rounds necessary for TLs. Don't underrate crowd intelligence!
PhilMcracken3: I've seen many players with high averages and low levels on the master tier and up. My brother in law plays and he is a master. He's level 65, averages about 69 with ONLY 12 ranked rounds played. Prior to moving up to master, he was level 68 and 11 ranked rounds played.
Certainly one of the alternative ways which Robert mentioned. Mind you that "level" is only relevant for "coin" players, i.e. on mobile.
PhilMcracken3: So his average did not "reset" after moving up like you and others suggest.
I see no proof for that - you have numbers or terms mixed.
Let him show his profile here and answer some questions - we'll find out what lead to his promotions!