What is the easiest way to understand what Percentile tell us about?

Question

I know how percentage work, but percentile? Had to look it up only to forget about it the next day.

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Answer 1

If you’re in the 95th percentile, then in a room of 100 random people, you’re [better/faster/smarter/bigger/etc] than 95 of them.

It shows quite simply where you would rank in an evenly distributed field.