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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

June: Matt Dobbs

July: Steven De Donder

August: Geoff Hampson

September: Matt Dobbs

October: Mark Tynkov

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: Fri 21 Nov 2025 09:57 (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	1123.8	112.6	82	44%	91.5	400	-300	73%	32.2	123.8
1	Steven De Donder	1100.5	106.8	501	38%	73.5	500	-412	70%	26.9	100.5
-	Mike Rice	1098.4	103.8	89	37%	64.2	444	-345	72%	34.1	98.4
2	Geoff Hampson	1091.5	87.3	364	33%	54.7	468	-429	64%	36.9	91.5
3	John Diamond	1086.0	84.3	218	34%	52.4	432	-305	65%	33.6	86.0
4	Migry Zur Campanile	1080.8	77.9	123	32%	40.0	372	-329	67%	40.8	80.8
5	Mark Tynkov	1075.1	83.2	334	36%	48.9	392	-408	64%	26.3	75.1
-	Zachary Grossack	1075.0	80.9	79	41%	36.2	503	-597	61%	38.8	75.0
6	Fabio Quai	1073.3	68.0	1152	31%	38.7	584	-500	63%	34.6	73.3
7	Patric Sierzega	1062.1	69.7	544	32%	25.1	370	-546	61%	37.0	62.1
-	Goran Cekol	1060.9	72.5	60	28%	23.0	397	-297	53%	38.0	60.9
8	Marco Novara	1058.7	55.0	212	32%	26.2	396	-448	58%	32.5	58.7
9	Dan Hoffenberg	1057.3	59.1	372	30%	19.8	571	-575	55%	37.5	57.3
10	Hilto 37	1056.6	42.7	121	26%	20.6	408	-392	55%	36.0	56.6
11	Gaetano Damiata	1055.7	56.3	512	28%	16.2	400	-413	58%	39.4	55.7
12	Marco Prestini	1055.6	52.6	237	31%	15.5	458	-441	55%	40.1	55.6
13	Matt Dobbs	1055.5	53.9	421	28%	21.3	472	-496	57%	34.1	55.5
-	Ben Handley-Pritchard	1054.2	82.9	12	17%	52.4	374	-153	50%	37.3	89.7
14	John Parsons	1053.8	52.9	240	30%	19.7	390	-438	57%	34.2	53.8
15	Sami Casanova	1053.5	57.8	258	26%	13.0	410	-371	53%	40.4	53.5
-	Nicole Gilmore	1052.9	63.3	66	23%	13.1	344	-252	52%	39.8	52.9
-	Silvia Saccomanno	1051.7	26.3	44	27%	19.0	352	-251	55%	32.8	51.8
16	Tracey B	1051.1	52.4	410	30%	9.6	368	-539	54%	41.4	51.1
17	Michael Wilkinson	1050.0	52.6	350	29%	16.7	464	-615	58%	33.3	50.0
18	Federico Bianchi	1049.5	44.1	466	27%	11.1	477	-466	55%	38.4	49.5
19	Fabrizio Farnesi	1048.4	41.4	775	31%	16.1	450	-639	56%	32.4	48.4
20	Jaron Marcus	1048.4	41.3	599	27%	9.4	381	-572	53%	39.0	48.4
21	Rosalind Lin	1044.5	49.3	474	24%	6.5	388	-528	54%	38.0	44.5
-	Giles Woodruff	1044.4	71.0	25	16%	6.1	190	-250	56%	42.0	48.1
-	David Halasi	1043.0	105.2	18	33%	33.0	243	-220	61%	20.9	53.9
22	Brad Moss	1041.2	46.6	654	26%	13.2	453	-495	53%	28.0	41.2
23	Gianluca Lodato	1038.7	35.9	459	20%	-1.0	493	-518	51%	39.7	38.7
-	Benoit Guiot	1036.4	31.9	23	22%	-0.9	333	-282	48%	41.5	40.6
24	Beppe Mistretta	1035.6	35.5	347	26%	4.1	359	-493	56%	31.5	35.6
-	Alessio Isaia	1034.8	69.4	42	24%	8.6	405	-332	52%	26.3	34.9
25	Mira	1033.2	51.5	907	24%	-1.4	396	-535	51%	34.6	33.2
26	Jill Levin	1026.8	23.4	726	19%	-19.0	385	-535	47%	45.8	26.8
27	Stan Schenker	1022.2	21.4	377	18%	-14.6	290	-441	44%	36.8	22.2
-	John McAllister	1017.5	16.2	2	50%	122.5	207	38	100%	33.0	155.5
-	Thomas Jones	1016.6	147.4	2	50%	91.0	99	83	100%	56.5	147.5
28	Alessandro Colombo	1016.2	16.5	363	17%	-27.4	346	-491	45%	43.7	16.2
29	Giorgio Caccia	1016.1	17.7	277	21%	-23.3	358	-519	45%	39.4	16.1
-	JoAnna Stansby	1011.4	55.8	4	25%	16.0	144	-145	50%	35.1	51.1
30	Joan Clark	1010.4	19.2	323	18%	-26.0	354	-474	46%	36.5	10.4
31	Jennifer Mourgues	1008.9	12.9	343	19%	-27.8	357	-482	48%	36.7	8.9
-	Chris Dixon	1008.6	56.6	5	0%	-4.2	117	-141	60%	35.2	31.0
-	Sarina Chaiken	1006.6	-37.9	10	10%	-30.9	137	-188	20%	43.6	12.7
32	Umberto Prestini	1004.3	4.0	347	20%	-37.3	340	-662	46%	41.6	4.3
-	Clovis Dehaye	1003.6	52.5	4	0%	-21.8	83	-114	25%	38.0	16.2
-	Thomas Bessis	1001.5	-157.2	1	0%	24.0	24	24	100%	3.5	27.5
-	Kit Woolsey	1000.3	68.3	1	0%	25.0	25	25	100%	-19.7	5.3
-	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
-	Francisco Castro	998.0	-145.7	5	20%	-35.6	271	-232	40%	28.4	-7.2
-	Aaron Jones	997.2	16.5	12	17%	-54.5	216	-333	33%	49.9	-4.6
-	Dan Korbel	997.0	73.1	1	0%	-121.0	-121	-121	0%	67.4	-53.6
-	Olivia Schireson	996.5	-252.8	1	0%	-113.0	-113	-113	0%	50.3	-62.7
-	Tsahi Maimon	996.2	10.6	95	15%	-44.0	386	-617	43%	40.3	-3.8
-	Adam Grossack	993.4	50.4	10	0%	-57.4	147	-223	40%	44.7	-12.7
-	Topher Robinson	992.7	-217.2	1	0%	-114.0	-114	-114	0%	-16.3	-130.3
-	Vedran Zoric	991.7	29.7	6	0%	-73.2	152	-206	17%	47.9	-25.3
-	Mauro Camerota	986.5	-147.2	1	0%	-280.0	-280	-280	0%	41.0	-239.0
33	Filippo Lagostena	986.3	-9.8	160	13%	-53.2	268	-490	38%	39.5	-13.7
-	Pete Whipple	982.4	56.8	7	14%	-90.7	157	-391	43%	44.3	-46.5
-	Rory Hatfield	982.0	-159.0	2	50%	79.5	90	69	100%	-239.2	-159.7
-	Corey Robinson	977.4	-44.7	5	0%	-116.0	58	-285	20%	34.2	-81.8
-	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
-	Tamara Hoylaerts	970.0	-6.3	10	0%	-94.5	88	-405	20%	36.8	-57.7
-	Matt Mauro	968.9	-184.5	3	0%	-34.3	61	-212	67%	-151.1	-185.4
34	Maree Crawford	967.8	-30.8	331	10%	-65.1	311	-646	37%	32.9	-32.2
-	Gabriel Feldstein	965.4	-68.3	4	0%	-200.0	-61	-452	0%	44.8	-155.2
-	Borjan Zic	961.0	-346.0	2	0%	-203.5	-152	-255	0%	-143.4	-346.9
-	Raz Betzalel	941.5	-54.1	81	7%	-93.7	180	-736	35%	35.2	-58.5
-	Steven Dupree	935.6	-83.6	17	12%	-86.7	306	-495	29%	3.2	-83.5
35	Polina Binder	935.6	-55.0	243	13%	-104.2	499	-779	28%	39.8	-64.4
36	Jackie Smith	932.8	-59.1	164	12%	-98.9	487	-575	33%	31.7	-67.2
-	Katie Sullivan	931.9	-404.8	3	0%	-426.0	-340	-471	0%	20.8	-405.2
37	Cian Moss	931.2	-60.5	149	9%	-101.7	319	-748	28%	32.9	-68.8
-	Barbie W	927.5	-83.7	41	10%	-104.7	209	-379	27%	31.9	-72.8
38	Giorgio Peterlongo	923.2	-80.2	387	10%	-119.5	291	-688	24%	42.7	-76.8
39	Beryel Dorscht	887.7	-108.8	213	9%	-150.8	361	-664	23%	38.6	-112.3