I'll answer our own question. And I started with this event because it's an interesting one as it's unusual to see an event where the gold medallist is ranked #4 and the silver medallist is #9, but this was a weird event this year.
I hate when rankings just take Olympic finishes and what not, but I don't really see how they rank the gold medallist Makhloufi #4 behind Gebrremedhin at #3. That is clearly a mistake in my mind.
Gebremedhin's 2012 consisted of not much honestly.
On the yearly list of times, he was 9th fastest at 3:31.45. He was 6th at the Olympics. He won one race all year although he did get a world indoor bronze.
Here is his outdoor season:
7 3:33.38 Diamond Doha 11-May
3 3:31.45 FBKG Hengelo 27-May
6 3:35.72+ Pre Eugene OR 2-Jun
4 3:34.82+ Bislett Oslo 7-Jun
6 3:35.44 OG London 7-Aug
2 3:31.86 AthletissLausanne 23-Aug
1 3:34.80 Aviva Birmingham 26-Aug
2 3:32.10 VD Bruxelles 7-Sep
Compare that to the Olympic champ. Makhloufi was #7 on the year in terms of time, dominated the Olympics and picked up two other wins. So three wins versus one, including a dominant Olympic gold and a better time? What am I missing?
Here is Makhloufi's season in the 1500:
2 3:34.53 Mohammed VI Rabat 27-May
1 3:33.26 Bislett Oslo 7-Jun
2 3:35.07 Folksam Sollentuna 5-Jul
5 3:30.80 Herc Monaco 20-Jul
1 3:34.08 OG London 7-Aug
1 3:32.58 Hanzekovic Zagreb 4-Sep
8 3:33.42 VD Bruxelles 7-Sep