Looking at lifetime leaderboard data from 12/31/09 and 9/29/10, I calculated % gain over that time period. I used your rank on 9/29/10, which was 1799, as the lower cutoff to only look ahead for you. I think this list gives you the proper ego stroking you were looking for.
Rank HSX % Joined Username
001 00,434 94.48 11/15/08 Mklein
002 01,799 90.21 01/24/00 delfinasu
003 01,149 89.52 11/11/08 thelastsaint1010
004 01,675 82.64 10/07/07 OdysseusG
005 01,289 73.64 01/18/01 Facto
006 01,788 62.00 08/23/04 xiayun
007 01,085 54.76 11/28/03 Matias
008 00,764 53.19 08/05/00 wayniac
009 01,718 52.15 01/03/99 Kanonams
010 00,828 52.14 03/24/00 mwbigyank
011 01,150 50.93 11/14/05 yelton
012 00,575 49.84 08/30/02 dOndOn
013 01,439 49.31 03/16/02 KalElFan
014 01,725 47.95 09/19/06 tbinger
015 01,648 45.30 05/29/07 lhayes37
016 00,356 44.08 05/20/00 gordon06
017 01,185 43.35 10/23/03 craigb35
018 00,935 43.12 12/27/05 Salieri
019 00,396 42.15 06/13/07 Desperado
020 00,704 41.94 03/10/07 Hooray360