Thank you for your analysis. One hint: Sometimes you can just look at your subjects rather than make assumptions based on pure data. I.e. if you look at schwarszchild's collection one will pretty fast recognize that he owns only a handful of competitive cards in his collection. So he must have rented a lot of cards for his climb to #1 too. And if you look at his match/rent history you will determine exactly this.
RE: A really brief data analysis on top 25