Front view - Ears
Ear protrusion ratio
How far each ear sticks out sideways from the head, as a percentage of cheekbone width. The typical helix-to-head distance is 11 to 16 mm, about 8 to 12% of face width; larger values read as protruding ears.
What counts as ideal
The ideal band is 8.00% to 12.00% for both men and women. A reading anywhere inside the band scores a full 10.
Ideal range
8.00% to 12.00%
How it is scored
Everything inside the band scores 10, and the penalty accelerates the further a reading falls outside it rather than dropping off a cliff at the edge. For the male band, the falloff is measured against bounds of 0.00% and 15.00%: a reading out at either of those has spent its full allowance and scores about 3. The curve keeps going past them, so an extreme reading still separates from a merely poor one.
Ear protrusion ratio is one of 67 measurements in the harmony pillar. No single measurement decides a face: each one contributes its own shortfall to a weighted mean, and one hopeless measurement costs a full measurement's worth and never more.
How 84 celebrities measure
Every profile in the library, measured from hand-placed landmarks and scored against the band for that person's sex and ancestry. Readings run from 4.57% to 16.79%, with a median of 10.21%. 47 of 84 land inside the ideal band.
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