What does it mean when someone says best of 3?

Answer 1

It means two people (or teams) will play up to three games, and the first person to win two of them is the overall winner. It's short for "best two out of three". The best of 3 would refer to deciding a winner or champion of a particular activity by playing or doing the activity 3 times to see who obtains the most wins out of the 3. This could be an activity for team against team or for single person against another single person. Sporting matches like cricket and football often have the best of 3 matches to determine the overall winner of the named sporting event. The outcome,results or score can be 1 - 2, 2 - 1, 3 - 0 or 0 -3, thereby giving you the best of 3. its like when u play a game of cheekers youll play 3 games itstead of 1 to determin the winner example u win 2 of the games out of 3 ur the winner