Why is this page ranking highest?

[Beemer]

I've just used Open Site Explorer to compare some sites whose (unpaid) Google ranking I aspire to.

They all have higher authority than my site, but the top ranking site out of the 3 I've looked at has the lowest Page Authority, hardly and links (when the others have hundreds), lowest page rank and lowest page trust.

In fact, when you look at the top ranking page (ranks #1), it does not even have the search term in it as a complete phrase.

One thing I do notice is that it does have 100,000s of linking root domains from one linking root domain.

So how can it rank number one on Google?

[EGOL]

So how can it rank number one on Google?

[brycebertola]

Please clarify this statement - "One thing I do notice is that it does have 100,000s of linking root domains from one linking root domain." Does the page have 100,000s of inbound links from a single domain, or 100,000's of linking domains to their root domain?

Without any specific information about the search term you're looking at, it's hard to guess. I suggest you check the rankings again, this time use a separate browser, sign out of your google account, and add a "&pws=0" to the end of the search results page URL.