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Many people have been contributed to the creation of the ranking system. However, special thanks are due to:

Gerben Dirksen, for having the idea, devising the original formula, writing the first program to calculate ratings, administering it for most of the first year, and providing useful advice and mathematical assistance ever since.

Graham Hazel, without whose software none of it would have been possible.

Chris Dixon, for sorting out the problem with serving that had been causing anguish for five years.

Stephen Frechette and Aashish Welling, for giving us a brand-new web-based version of the software in 2020.

Steve Altus, David Beer, Lew Stansby, Neil Trentham and Giles Woodruff, for providing advice and comments on the ranking system.

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Barbu Heroes

Monthly winners, 2025

January: Geoff Hampson

February: Fabio Quai

March: Steven De Donder

April: Marco Novara

May: Sami Casanova

Annual winners, 2003-24

2024 ladder: Steven De Donder

2023 ladder: Ben Kristensen

2022 ladder: Mike Rice

2021 ladder: Steven De Donder

2020 ladder: Steven De Donder

2019 ladder: Steven De Donder

2018 ladder: Mark Tynkov

2017 ladder: Doron Limor

2016 ladder: Neil Trentham

2015 ladder: Alessio Isaia

2014 ladder: Doron Limor

2013 ladder: Ben Handley-Pritchard

2012 ladder: Ben Handley�� -Pritchard

2011 ladder: Fabio Lo Presti

2010 ladder: Steve Altus

2009 ladder: Mike Rice

2008 ladder: John Therkelsen

2007 ladder: Mike Rice

2006 ladder: Francesco Mazzadi

2005 ladder: J�rome Rombaut

2004 ladder: Joel Wooldridge

2003 ladder: JoAnna Stansby

Ladder, 2025

Minimum games to qualify: 100.

Last updated: Tue 01 Jul 2025 00:41 (UK time)

Pos	Name	Ladder score	Current playing strength	Games	Wins	Avg. score	High score	Low score	Positive scores	Avg. playing strengh of oppo	Avg. score adj. for oppo's strength
-	Ben Kristensen	1130.1	113.1	51	43%	97.4	400	-183	71%	32.8	130.2
-	Mike Rice	1098.8	104.4	78	37%	65.4	444	-345	71%	33.4	98.8
1	Steven De Donder	1095.7	101.8	267	39%	68.3	420	-392	68%	27.4	95.7
2	Geoff Hampson	1095.1	95.5	197	34%	57.1	468	-429	65%	38.0	95.1
3	John Diamond	1089.5	84.5	113	36%	52.0	410	-237	66%	37.6	89.5
-	Zachary Grossack	1083.7	85.2	47	38%	46.0	494	-597	64%	37.8	83.8
4	Fabio Quai	1077.2	68.8	685	32%	42.1	463	-500	65%	35.1	77.2
-	Marco Novara	1073.3	61.4	96	35%	40.4	396	-379	60%	32.9	73.3
5	Mark Tynkov	1070.4	77.0	202	33%	40.5	343	-408	62%	29.9	70.4
-	Goran Cekol	1062.8	73.3	59	29%	24.5	397	-297	54%	38.3	62.8
-	Nicole Gilmore	1061.5	67.9	45	29%	25.0	344	-252	53%	36.7	61.6
6	Patric Sierzega	1061.1	60.5	365	33%	22.2	355	-546	60%	38.9	61.1
7	Hilto 37	1058.8	43.0	105	28%	21.6	408	-392	54%	37.3	58.8
8	Marco Prestini	1055.4	51.2	123	32%	15.7	458	-348	53%	39.7	55.4
9	Sami Casanova	1055.4	62.0	203	27%	14.0	410	-371	55%	41.3	55.4
10	Jaron Marcus	1055.1	57.5	295	27%	15.4	381	-426	54%	39.6	55.1
11	John Parsons	1054.9	54.5	215	30%	21.0	390	-438	57%	33.9	54.9
-	Migry Zur Campanile	1054.2	63.2	56	21%	9.6	272	-300	57%	44.6	54.2
12	Gaetano Damiata	1053.9	58.1	310	26%	14.0	380	-406	58%	39.9	53.9
13	Dan Hoffenberg	1053.9	60.6	240	28%	17.3	486	-420	53%	36.5	53.9
14	Matt Dobbs	1053.5	57.2	248	27%	16.4	330	-496	56%	37.1	53.5
15	Federico Bianchi	1053.4	56.7	245	28%	13.1	332	-441	55%	40.3	53.4
16	Tracey B	1049.8	53.4	268	31%	6.9	368	-539	53%	42.9	49.8
17	Fabrizio Farnesi	1049.2	42.7	465	31%	16.5	450	-560	57%	32.6	49.2
18	Michael Wilkinson	1048.3	52.2	221	29%	17.1	464	-403	59%	31.2	48.3
-	Giles Woodruff	1044.4	71.0	25	16%	6.1	190	-250	56%	42.0	48.1
19	Rosalind Lin	1042.9	51.9	337	24%	2.9	388	-528	55%	39.9	42.9
20	Brad Moss	1040.2	43.2	362	24%	9.5	453	-495	50%	30.7	40.2
-	Benoit Guiot	1037.3	32.5	17	24%	9.5	333	-225	41%	38.9	48.4
21	Gianluca Lodato	1034.9	26.5	319	19%	-5.7	382	-518	49%	40.6	34.9
22	Mira	1024.6	32.2	518	23%	-13.4	396	-411	47%	38.1	24.6
23	Jill Levin	1022.9	19.7	419	19%	-23.7	380	-535	48%	46.6	22.9
24	Stan Schenker	1022.1	26.1	244	18%	-17.5	290	-441	43%	39.6	22.1
25	Alessandro Colombo	1019.9	24.5	271	20%	-21.6	346	-491	48%	41.6	19.9
-	Aaron Jones	1019.6	21.3	2	50%	131.5	216	47	100%	42.5	174.0
26	Giorgio Caccia	1018.4	22.8	183	21%	-24.8	357	-519	45%	43.2	18.4
-	John McAllister	1017.5	16.2	2	50%	122.5	207	38	100%	33.0	155.5
-	David Halasi	1015.9	105.8	11	27%	6.7	204	-220	55%	21.4	28.2
27	Jennifer Mourgues	1008.9	12.9	343	19%	-27.8	357	-482	48%	36.7	8.9
28	Umberto Prestini	1007.3	8.0	235	22%	-37.4	340	-530	46%	44.7	7.3
-	Clovis Dehaye	1003.6	52.5	4	0%	-21.8	83	-114	25%	38.0	16.2
-	Sarina Chaiken	1003.6	-41.0	2	0%	-24.0	-20	-28	0%	56.1	32.1
-	Chris Dixon	1002.7	56.6	3	0%	-31.0	117	-141	33%	47.1	16.1
-	Thomas Bessis	1001.5	-157.2	1	0%	24.0	24	24	100%	3.5	27.5
-	JoAnna Stansby	1001.3	55.0	3	0%	-26.7	117	-145	33%	34.6	8.0
-	Finn Kolesnik	1000.2	-30.4	2	0%	-61.5	143	-266	50%	63.5	2.0
-	Stephen Frechette	999.9	13.0	4	25%	-17.5	193	-194	50%	17.0	-0.5
-	Ben Chosid	999.6	35.4	1	0%	-24.0	-24	-24	0%	17.1	-6.9
29	Joan Clark	999.6	7.9	185	16%	-37.9	354	-474	44%	37.5	-0.4
-	Pete Whipple	999.4	62.4	6	17%	-40.7	157	-242	50%	38.8	-1.9
-	Adam Grossack	998.1	51.8	8	0%	-47.9	147	-223	50%	43.5	-4.4
-	Olivia Schireson	996.5	-252.8	1	0%	-113.0	-113	-113	0%	50.3	-62.7
-	Tsahi Maimon	996.1	13.7	68	18%	-44.9	386	-617	44%	41.0	-3.9
-	Alessio Isaia	995.8	70.7	17	18%	-37.4	232	-332	47%	31.9	-5.5
-	Topher Robinson	992.7	-217.2	1	0%	-114.0	-114	-114	0%	-16.3	-130.3
-	Corey Robinson	990.6	-43.2	4	0%	-73.8	58	-229	25%	31.6	-42.1
-	Filippo Lagostena	989.7	-5.0	94	12%	-50.2	243	-490	37%	39.9	-10.3
-	Mauro Camerota	986.5	-147.2	1	0%	-280.0	-280	-280	0%	41.0	-239.0
-	Rory Hatfield	982.0	-159.0	2	50%	79.5	90	69	100%	-239.2	-159.7
-	Tamara Hoylaerts	979.7	-5.0	7	0%	-99.6	88	-405	29%	46.1	-53.5
-	Polina Binder	979.5	-35.5	11	27%	-68.8	360	-473	45%	32.5	-36.3
-	Adam Kaplan	975.3	-87.7	5	0%	-106.6	-30	-240	0%	17.2	-89.4
-	Joe Grue	974.3	-152.9	3	0%	-186.7	-58	-307	0%	33.5	-153.2
-	Matt Mauro	968.9	-184.5	3	0%	-34.3	61	-212	67%	-151.1	-185.4
-	Raz Betzalel	966.4	-50.1	9	11%	-108.9	144	-278	33%	38.2	-70.7
30	Maree Crawford	965.5	-40.4	205	10%	-65.0	286	-560	38%	30.5	-34.5
-	Gabriel Feldstein	965.4	-68.3	4	0%	-200.0	-61	-452	0%	44.8	-155.2
-	Beppe Mistretta	961.9	39.8	14	7%	-108.0	89	-441	29%	51.7	-56.3
-	Borjan Zic	961.0	-346.0	2	0%	-203.5	-152	-255	0%	-143.4	-346.9
-	Barbie W	946.3	-84.5	19	11%	-105.7	209	-379	21%	40.2	-65.5
31	Jackie Smith	943.6	-46.3	145	14%	-88.5	487	-575	36%	32.1	-56.4
-	Steven Dupree	935.6	-83.6	17	12%	-86.7	306	-495	29%	3.2	-83.5
32	Giorgio Peterlongo	933.7	-65.9	206	10%	-109.5	291	-670	24%	43.2	-66.3
-	Cian Moss	920.6	-72.6	97	9%	-113.8	255	-748	30%	34.5	-79.4
-	Beryel Dorscht	861.0	-120.8	63	3%	-185.1	182	-624	17%	46.1	-139.0