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.
1. a puzzling or inexplicable occurrence or situation. 2. a person of puzzling or contradictory character. 3. a saying, picture, etc., containing a hidden meaning; riddle. [1530â40; < Latin aenigma < Greek aÃ­nigma <ainik- (s. of ainÃ­ssesthai to speak in riddles, derivative of aÃ®nos fable)]