Originally Posted by shevaroller

Also, if you think about the formula for top 5 players' profit not in terms of the ratio to the pool, but in comparison to your own profit during the event (which is x), you will get:
x(2 + zn/y) = 2x + xzn/y , which means that each of the top 5 players gets at least double of what he's earned plus (xzn/y) plus items (note that here their profits are already included to the formula).