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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

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: Sat 30 Aug 2025 10:45 (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	1130.5	113.4	52	44%	98.3	400	-183	71%	32.3	130.5
1	Steven De Donder	1099.5	106.4	308	39%	72.7	500	-392	69%	26.8	99.5
2	Geoff Hampson	1096.1	97.4	272	34%	58.1	468	-429	65%	38.0	96.1
-	Mike Rice	1095.7	102.4	83	36%	61.7	444	-345	70%	34.0	95.7
-	Zachary Grossack	1084.1	85.3	57	40%	45.7	503	-597	61%	38.4	84.1
3	John Diamond	1083.2	79.8	138	36%	47.1	410	-237	64%	36.1	83.2
4	Fabio Quai	1072.5	58.8	832	32%	38.3	463	-500	63%	34.2	72.5
5	Mark Tynkov	1071.3	76.1	275	34%	43.8	360	-408	64%	27.5	71.3
-	Migry Zur Campanile	1070.2	69.7	77	31%	25.3	287	-300	61%	44.9	70.2
-	Goran Cekol	1060.9	72.5	60	28%	23.0	397	-297	53%	38.0	60.9
6	Dan Hoffenberg	1059.6	65.7	328	30%	22.3	486	-575	55%	37.3	59.6
7	Marco Novara	1058.8	53.9	171	31%	24.9	396	-448	57%	33.9	58.8
8	Hilto 37	1058.7	44.1	117	26%	22.4	408	-392	56%	36.3	58.7
9	Gaetano Damiata	1057.9	65.3	387	29%	18.6	380	-406	60%	39.3	57.9
10	Marco Prestini	1056.8	52.9	140	32%	17.5	458	-348	54%	39.2	56.8
11	Patric Sierzega	1056.6	49.5	439	31%	19.0	370	-546	59%	37.5	56.6
12	Matt Dobbs	1056.5	62.1	322	28%	21.0	472	-496	57%	35.4	56.5
-	Nicole Gilmore	1056.5	65.3	60	23%	17.3	344	-252	53%	39.2	56.5
13	John Parsons	1055.0	54.7	225	30%	21.3	390	-438	56%	33.8	55.0
14	Federico Bianchi	1054.0	53.5	348	28%	15.1	395	-466	56%	38.9	54.0
15	Jaron Marcus	1052.5	51.7	453	27%	13.4	381	-426	54%	39.2	52.5
16	Sami Casanova	1052.1	55.7	248	26%	11.4	410	-371	52%	40.8	52.1
17	Fabrizio Farnesi	1051.0	51.1	578	31%	18.5	450	-560	57%	32.5	51.0
18	Tracey B	1050.6	54.1	315	31%	7.7	368	-539	54%	42.9	50.6
-	Beppe Mistretta	1049.5	50.1	95	31%	20.5	302	-441	58%	29.1	49.5
19	Michael Wilkinson	1049.2	51.6	300	28%	15.5	464	-615	58%	33.8	49.2
20	Rosalind Lin	1044.5	53.1	380	24%	5.7	388	-528	56%	38.8	44.5
-	Giles Woodruff	1044.4	71.0	25	16%	6.1	190	-250	56%	42.0	48.1
-	David Halasi	1042.7	106.4	16	31%	34.6	243	-220	63%	22.9	57.5
21	Gianluca Lodato	1041.5	43.8	373	21%	1.7	493	-518	51%	39.8	41.5
22	Brad Moss	1039.4	38.0	514	24%	9.8	453	-495	52%	29.6	39.4
-	Benoit Guiot	1036.4	31.9	23	22%	-0.9	333	-282	48%	41.5	40.6
23	Jill Levin	1030.2	39.2	516	19%	-15.7	385	-535	49%	45.9	30.2
24	Mira	1027.2	27.0	694	23%	-8.0	396	-411	49%	35.2	27.2
-	Silvia Saccomanno	1026.2	19.0	8	38%	64.1	188	-72	63%	-3.0	61.1
25	Stan Schenker	1023.5	26.2	300	17%	-13.7	290	-441	45%	37.3	23.5
26	Alessandro Colombo	1020.1	24.9	272	20%	-21.4	346	-491	48%	41.6	20.1
-	Francisco Castro	1017.9	-175.8	1	100%	271.0	271	271	100%	47.2	318.2
27	Giorgio Caccia	1017.9	22.0	205	20%	-23.4	357	-519	45%	41.3	17.9
-	John McAllister	1017.5	16.2	2	50%	122.5	207	38	100%	33.0	155.5
-	Alessio Isaia	1015.3	69.6	27	19%	-11.0	405	-332	44%	27.2	16.2
-	Aaron Jones	1013.3	20.2	3	33%	32.3	216	-166	67%	46.9	79.2
28	Jennifer Mourgues	1008.9	12.9	343	19%	-27.8	357	-482	48%	36.7	8.9
-	Thomas Jones	1008.5	150.3	1	0%	83.0	83	83	100%	67.3	150.3
29	Joan Clark	1007.4	16.3	239	17%	-28.6	354	-474	47%	36.0	7.4
30	Umberto Prestini	1005.2	5.0	291	21%	-37.2	340	-530	46%	42.4	5.2
-	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
-	Tsahi Maimon	998.2	12.2	91	15%	-41.9	386	-617	44%	40.1	-1.8
-	Olivia Schireson	996.5	-252.8	1	0%	-113.0	-113	-113	0%	50.3	-62.7
-	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
-	Adam Grossack	991.1	50.5	9	0%	-62.2	147	-223	44%	43.5	-18.7
-	Mauro Camerota	986.5	-147.2	1	0%	-280.0	-280	-280	0%	41.0	-239.0
31	Filippo Lagostena	985.4	-8.4	104	12%	-54.6	268	-490	37%	40.0	-14.6
-	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
-	Tamara Hoylaerts	979.7	-5.0	7	0%	-99.6	88	-405	29%	46.1	-53.5
-	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
-	Matt Mauro	968.9	-184.5	3	0%	-34.3	61	-212	67%	-151.1	-185.4
-	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
32	Maree Crawford	959.8	-46.4	268	9%	-71.5	286	-646	35%	31.3	-40.2
-	Raz Betzalel	958.1	-48.4	21	10%	-84.9	144	-314	43%	36.2	-48.6
-	Steven Dupree	935.6	-83.6	17	12%	-86.7	306	-495	29%	3.2	-83.5
33	Jackie Smith	934.4	-57.0	159	13%	-97.3	487	-575	33%	31.7	-65.6
-	Katie Sullivan	931.9	-404.8	3	0%	-426.0	-340	-471	0%	20.8	-405.2
34	Giorgio Peterlongo	926.4	-76.5	285	10%	-114.5	291	-688	25%	41.0	-73.6
-	Barbie W	926.0	-85.7	28	7%	-112.1	209	-379	21%	34.5	-77.7
35	Cian Moss	920.8	-73.3	109	8%	-114.1	255	-748	29%	35.0	-79.2
-	Polina Binder	903.9	-94.3	98	9%	-140.1	499	-779	21%	44.0	-96.1
36	Beryel Dorscht	881.2	-113.4	128	5%	-160.0	233	-624	20%	41.1	-118.8