Skittles includes 35 scored items from the "Gut Check" series from Good Mythical Morning.

In all charts, Rhett's data is RED, Link's data is BLUE, and combined data is PURPLE.

Episode Skittles
Items scored 35
Ranking method Raw Score
Abstract

This episode report summarizes published Gut Check scores for N = 35 items in Skittles, including rankings, score distributions, disagreement counts, and derived measures.

Dataset snapshot refreshed June 3, 2026 6:57 AM.

Methods

The selected ranking method is applied within this episode only. Rank ties are preserved. Original final rankings are reported separately from recalculated rankings shown under the selected method.

Raw score. Sum of Rhett and Link scores.

Formal notation R = SR + SL

Normalized score. Episode-relative placement measure.

Formal notation N = fepisode(R)

Consensus score. Normalized score with disagreement penalty.

Formal notation C = gepisode(N, |SR - SL|)

Results

1. Combined Results Raw Score

Table 1. Original Episode Final Ranking
Final Rank Item Total Score Rhett Link Numeric Rank
1Sour Grape15677793
2Green Apple (Gummy)15787702
3Grape (Gummy)15483714
4Grape16376871
Table 2. Rank Drift from Original Final Ranking Raw Score
Item Final Rank Method Rank Drift Total Score Rhett Link
Grape 4 1 3 163 76 87
Sour Grape 1 3 2 156 77 79
Grape (Gummy) 3 4 1 154 83 71
Green Apple (Gummy) 2 2 0 157 87 70
Figure 1. Distribution of Rhett and Link scores within Skittles.
Figure 2. Distribution of combined total scores within Skittles.
Figure 3. Score distribution by ranking method after rescaling each method to a 0-100 index.
Figure 4. Rhett-Link agreement within Skittles.
Figure 5. Score range by score source within Skittles on a 0-100 scale.
Figure 6. Items with the largest absolute Rhett-Link score difference.
Score source0102030405060708090100
Rhett100154911400
Link16454365100
Combined10354867100
Figure 7. Heatmap of score bucket counts by score source.
Figure 8. Peanut Butter Quotient by score source.
Figure 9. Nice! Factor occurrences by score source.
Table 3. Highest-Ranked Items Raw Score
Rank Item Total Score Rhett Link
1Grape1637687
2Green Apple (Gummy)1578770
3Sour Grape1567779
4Grape (Gummy)1548371
5Kiwi Lime1487177
6Orange1447569
Melon Berry (Gummy)1447965
7Wild Berry Strawberry1417368
8Banana Berry1377859
9Sour Orange1318249
10Raspberry1296861

Note. Tied scores share rank labels; tables include all items in the first ten rank groups.

Table 4. Lowest-Ranked Items Raw Score
Rank Item Total Score Rhett Link
1Strawberry Banana Smoothie1899
2Blueberry Smoothie514011
3Peach Guava Smoothie583820
4Lemon (Gummy)594118
5Wild Cherry (Gummy)604317
Lemon604020
6Melon Berry726012
7Wild Cherry736310
8Sour Strawberry796019
9Pineapple Passionfruit875631
10Raspberry Smoothie967521
Sour Lemon966630
Berry Punch (Gummy)965640

Note. Tied scores share rank labels; tables include all items in the first ten rank groups.

Table 5. Largest Score Differences
Rank Item Score Difference Rhett Link
1Orange (Gummy)648420
2Raspberry Smoothie547521
3Wild Cherry536310
4Melon Berry486012
5Strawberry (Gummy)467832
6Sour Strawberry416019
7Sour Lemon366630
8Sour Orange338249
9Mango Smoothie307343
10Blueberry Smoothie294011
Table 6. Full Combined Ranking Raw Score
Rank Item Total Score Rhett Link
1Grape1637687
2Green Apple (Gummy)1578770
3Sour Grape1567779
4Grape (Gummy)1548371
5Kiwi Lime1487177
6Orange1447569
Melon Berry (Gummy)1447965
7Wild Berry Strawberry1417368
8Banana Berry1377859
9Sour Orange1318249
10Raspberry1296861
11Mango Tangelo1267650
12Strawberry1246460
13Raspberry (Gummy)1226458
14Berry Punch1194871
15Mango Smoothie1167343
16Sour Lime1125161
17Strawberry (Gummy)1107832
18Orange (Gummy)1048420
19Lime1015249
Strawberry Starfruit1016239
20Wild Berry Strawberry (Gummy)1006139
21Berry Punch (Gummy)965640
Sour Lemon966630
Raspberry Smoothie967521
22Pineapple Passionfruit875631
23Sour Strawberry796019
24Wild Cherry736310
25Melon Berry726012
26Lemon604020
Wild Cherry (Gummy)604317
27Lemon (Gummy)594118
28Peach Guava Smoothie583820
29Blueberry Smoothie514011
30Strawberry Banana Smoothie1899
Figure 10. Counts of instances in which Rhett, Link, or neither assigned the higher score.
Table 7. Higher Score Counts
Episode Rhett Link Tie
Skittles 29 5 1

Results

2. Rhett

Figure 11. Distribution of Rhett scores within Skittles.
Table 8. Rhett Highest-Ranked Items
Rank Item Score
1Green Apple (Gummy)87
2Orange (Gummy)84
3Grape (Gummy)83
4Sour Orange82
5Melon Berry (Gummy)79
6Banana Berry78
Strawberry (Gummy)78
7Sour Grape77
8Grape76
Mango Tangelo76
9Orange75
Raspberry Smoothie75
10Wild Berry Strawberry73
Mango Smoothie73

Note. Tied scores share rank labels; tables include all items in the first ten rank groups.

Table 9. Rhett Lowest-Ranked Items
Rank Item Score
1Strawberry Banana Smoothie9
2Peach Guava Smoothie38
3Blueberry Smoothie40
Lemon40
4Lemon (Gummy)41
5Wild Cherry (Gummy)43
6Berry Punch48
7Sour Lime51
8Lime52
9Pineapple Passionfruit56
Berry Punch (Gummy)56
10Melon Berry60
Sour Strawberry60

Note. Tied scores share rank labels; tables include all items in the first ten rank groups.


Results

3. Link

Figure 12. Distribution of Link scores within Skittles.
Table 10. Link Highest-Ranked Items
Rank Item Score
1Grape87
2Sour Grape79
3Kiwi Lime77
4Grape (Gummy)71
Berry Punch71
5Green Apple (Gummy)70
6Orange69
7Wild Berry Strawberry68
8Melon Berry (Gummy)65
9Raspberry61
Sour Lime61
10Strawberry60

Note. Tied scores share rank labels; tables include all items in the first ten rank groups.

Table 11. Link Lowest-Ranked Items
Rank Item Score
1Strawberry Banana Smoothie9
2Wild Cherry10
3Blueberry Smoothie11
4Melon Berry12
5Wild Cherry (Gummy)17
6Lemon (Gummy)18
7Sour Strawberry19
8Peach Guava Smoothie20
Lemon20
Orange (Gummy)20
9Raspberry Smoothie21
10Sour Lemon30

Note. Tied scores share rank labels; tables include all items in the first ten rank groups.


Notes

4. Definitions and Notes

* Peanut Butter Quotient is calculated as the difference between the average score for peanut-butter-focused flavors and the average score for non-peanut-butter flavors. Flavors designated as peanut-butter-focused in this episode are: None in this episode

Formal notation PBQ = PB - x̄non-PB

** Nice! Factor is the number of times a score of 69 appears.

Formal notation NF = Σ 1(score = 69)

Rank Drift is the absolute difference between the original final rank and the rank produced by the currently selected ranking method.

Limitations. Scores are treated as interval values although the underlying tasting process is subjective.