The past few years, most of my events have been rated within 24 hours of completion. If the TD submits the event right away, it usually gets rated within a few hours.
There are delays when there are membership problems with one or more players in the event. For instance, if someone whose membership expired plays. The membership must be paid for the event to get rated. The TD can pay an extra fee to resolve this.
USCF supposedly updates every 3rd Wednesday. Is this a reliable process? I've had several tournaments in last 30 days (TD submits quickly), but the May update is still missing 8 games for me. Is this common? Do others experience this phenomenon? What "really" happens?
I'm still provisional so kinda new at this. Thank you.