I think it would have been the activity/rank metric that kept nullius off the list.
I see some trust and a lot of earned merit but not enough to overcome the lack of activity.
I am surprised that nullius isn't there but this guy(newbie) is:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=95463. nullius has more activity, same trust(sort of), and more merit than him. Vod did you take potential activity into count?