In the same interview, but in another reply, he said:
In the Age of Legends, between 2 and 3% of people had some ability, following a bell curve distribution in strength.
Clearly, strength, and not strength levels, follow a bell curve distribution. This means the X-axis for this curve is strength and the y axis is the number of people who have that strength. RJ has said this flat out, and I fail to see the point in debating this.


But he said it was a distribution of strength! He never gave us raw values, but that statement makes it plain that the raw values of strength are in the X-axis. That is the mathematical intent of his statement. How can you disagree with that?

Why ever not?

What does this even mean?
It is about the prevalence of actual strength! The two are connected, not mutually exclusive! Honestly...

Well, if the x-axis is channeler level, why didn't RJ say channeler placement in the 21 levels follows a bell curve? Why did he say channeler strength follows a bell curve distribution?

She says Therava and Someryn are stronger. That says nothing about how many equal her, does it?
We also have Kiruna's respectful placement of the Wise Ones. She says quite a few of them are very worthy. This was a sample of 90, which included Sorilea, Amys, Melanie and maybe even Tamela and Viendre.

But RJ's own strictures on OP strength distribution do support this, and do not support your placement of the average at 20! Heck, even mathematics disagrees with your placement.

Not really.

These quotes all come from Aes Sedai, for whom the statement is indeed true. Notice that with the Wise Ones, no such comments exist. Melaine says she is stronger than most Aes Sedai, then says nothing at all about being similarly remarkable among the Wise Ones. That honor is reserved for Aviendha.

Okay.

Okay. Then why does Silviana say that two women guarding her at night is a mere caution? In the middle of the night, with the forkroot worn out, Egwene would be at full strength. Yet, Barasine is apparently sufficient to hold her. How?

She thought that in book one. Since then, she has fought Aginor, and seen Lanfear's strength in the Rings! She obviously knows more about Forsaken strength at that point than Egwene!

What do you mean no evidence? Here's the quote...
At this distance, there were limits to what he could do. In fact, it was about as far as he could do anything, really, without angreal or sa ‘angreal. Very likely that was why the women were channeling one lightning bolt at a time, one explosion; if he was at his boundary, they must be stretching theirs.

If Egwene is roughly half as strong as Rand, how the hell is she making fifty foot high explosions of earth at a distance that Rand himself says is the very edge of his ability?

Who said they were stronger? I only contend that linked, they were able to match him and an angreal. And of they were not linked, things are clearly wonky here. Rand himself says he's stronger, and can reach farther. That they match him says a lot.

But those glitches are problems for your list too. Apparently, four women too weak to be Accepted can more or less match the effects Rand can have. They make Gateways as large as him.
By that, any three Average Aes Sedai should be able to match Rand, if not shield him (Since that requires a much greater advantage).
Whether you say average AS is 20 or 40, three should be able to match him. Yet, one has to be Semrihage for him to feel worried, it seems. Why?

Then why can't three linked women tackle Rand?

We have RJ's quote saying Forsaken-Egwene-Moiraine. My list supports that.

Estimating potential and strength are passive abilities. Nyn doesn't have to channel for them to know.

Here are two quotes...
There was a long silence from the other side of the wall. “How could you stop it? You may be as strong as any of them, now, but neither one of us knows enough yet to stop even one Aes Sedai from shielding us from the Source, and there are dozens of them here.”


And...
The Amyrlin was strength personified. For all her own raw power, the woman on the other side of the table had the knowledge and experience to wind her around a spindle.

She says nothing of the sort. She says Moggy could have surprised her, and only Nynaeve can match the Forsaken. Neither says she can never challenge Moghedien.
By your own list, Egwene is at 50 and Moggy at 60. She can easily challenge Moggy, though she will have no surety of success.
Moggy herself felt that a far from full potential Elayne was trouble.

So? That's my point. You can state nothing conclusive about the relative strengths of Egwene and Nynaeve. Egwene was damane, Nynaeve was at the cleansing, which makes her even more special.