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Credits

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.

This month

Ladder

Halls of Shame & Fame

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This year

Ladder

Zester and Apple Core Ladder

Halls of Shame & Fame

Previous ladders

January 2025

February 2025

March 2025

April 2025

May 2025

June 2025

2004-2024

Previous game data

January 2025

February 2025

March 2025

April 2025

May 2025

June 2025

2003-2024

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, June 2025

This competition finished on the last day of June 2025. Congratulations to Matt Dobbs.

Minimum games to qualify: 6.

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
1	Matt Dobbs	1107.4	57.2	17	47%	112.1	299	-122	76%	27.3	139.3
2	Mike Rice	1100.5	104.4	13	54%	113.3	370	-174	85%	43.2	156.5
3	Steven De Donder	1098.2	101.8	39	49%	69.6	382	-323	64%	29.2	98.8
4	Federico Bianchi	1088.8	56.7	29	31%	52.2	256	-224	76%	40.3	92.5
5	John Diamond	1081.9	84.5	23	52%	48.5	410	-206	65%	42.9	91.4
6	Geoff Hampson	1080.2	95.5	12	33%	98.0	358	-228	83%	34.9	132.9
7	Marco Novara	1076.7	61.4	27	26%	53.9	351	-207	67%	27.4	81.3
8	Gaetano Damiata	1073.2	58.1	28	36%	48.7	283	-260	68%	28.2	76.9
9	Dan Hoffenberg	1068.7	60.6	23	30%	33.9	313	-210	61%	42.8	76.7
10	Goran Cekol	1063.0	73.3	23	26%	36.8	330	-253	48%	33.5	70.3
11	Rosalind Lin	1062.2	51.9	58	21%	16.7	338	-389	59%	45.6	62.2
12	Umberto Prestini	1060.8	8.0	35	29%	24.1	312	-394	63%	37.5	61.6
13	Zachary Grossack	1060.5	85.2	10	40%	73.0	278	-212	70%	43.3	116.3
14	Patric Sierzega	1059.8	60.5	25	24%	29.8	252	-300	64%	35.0	64.8
15	Fabio Quai	1059.1	68.8	83	31%	23.9	310	-326	63%	35.2	59.1
16	Migry Zur Campanile	1056.0	63.2	12	25%	42.3	223	-138	58%	50.4	92.7
17	Mark Tynkov	1054.2	77.0	16	31%	52.4	225	-163	75%	20.6	73.0
18	Jaron Marcus	1053.1	57.5	59	25%	13.5	273	-426	49%	39.6	53.1
19	Michael Wilkinson	1050.5	52.2	37	24%	23.4	289	-365	57%	27.5	50.9
20	Tracey B	1046.9	53.4	43	42%	6.0	298	-432	60%	41.0	47.0
21	Mira	1039.9	32.2	58	19%	-1.3	395	-340	50%	41.2	40.0
22	Sami Casanova	1035.1	62.0	24	29%	9.9	284	-261	42%	28.6	38.6
23	Hilto 37	1033.3	43.0	18	33%	16.1	169	-170	50%	25.7	41.8
24	Brad Moss	1032.2	43.2	30	23%	-1.1	366	-391	50%	34.5	33.4
25	John Parsons	1032.0	54.5	6	33%	51.8	209	-86	50%	45.6	97.5
26	Stan Schenker	1031.2	26.1	30	7%	-11.4	227	-322	43%	43.8	32.3
27	Fabrizio Farnesi	1024.3	42.7	57	26%	-9.4	390	-371	49%	33.7	24.3
28	Giorgio Caccia	1022.4	22.8	21	29%	-8.6	198	-406	48%	34.6	26.0
29	Alessandro Colombo	1022.2	24.5	31	19%	-20.1	250	-417	55%	42.9	22.8
-	Ben Kristensen	1015.7	113.1	4	50%	44.0	233	-175	50%	26.7	70.7
30	Tsahi Maimon	1009.8	13.7	8	25%	0.4	386	-171	50%	22.5	22.9
-	Chris Dixon	1009.0	56.6	2	0%	24.0	117	-69	50%	56.4	80.4
-	Clovis Dehaye	1008.5	52.5	1	0%	83.0	83	83	100%	67.1	150.1
-	Barbie W	1007.6	-84.5	3	0%	-46.0	-25	-70	0%	91.0	45.0
31	Nicole Gilmore	1006.7	67.9	13	31%	-29.2	174	-252	31%	39.7	10.5
-	Aaron Jones	1005.9	21.3	1	0%	47.0	47	47	100%	57.7	104.7
-	Adam Grossack	1005.9	51.8	1	0%	35.0	35	35	100%	69.1	104.1
32	Jill Levin	1004.0	19.7	73	14%	-41.6	270	-535	36%	45.6	4.0
-	JoAnna Stansby	1001.3	55.0	3	0%	-26.7	117	-145	33%	34.6	8.0
33	Gianluca Lodato	1000.7	26.5	28	21%	-47.8	326	-370	39%	48.5	0.7
-	Ben Chosid	999.6	35.4	1	0%	-24.0	-24	-24	0%	17.1	-6.9
-	Topher Robinson	992.7	-217.2	1	0%	-114.0	-114	-114	0%	-16.3	-130.3
-	Corey Robinson	991.1	-43.2	1	0%	-229.0	-229	-229	0%	71.8	-157.2
-	David Halasi	986.6	105.8	2	0%	-116.5	-13	-220	0%	-2.9	-119.4
34	Marco Prestini	985.7	51.2	12	8%	-65.9	155	-348	33%	42.3	-23.6
35	Joan Clark	985.7	7.9	32	13%	-54.8	164	-388	41%	40.2	-14.7
-	Raz Betzalel	979.6	-50.1	3	0%	-156.7	14	-278	33%	35.1	-121.5
36	Cian Moss	975.3	-72.6	16	6%	-83.8	157	-296	44%	50.5	-33.3
-	Adam Kaplan	975.3	-87.7	5	0%	-106.6	-30	-240	0%	17.2	-89.4
37	Filippo Lagostena	970.0	-5.0	12	8%	-79.8	109	-302	33%	30.1	-49.7
38	Polina Binder	958.8	-35.5	10	20%	-111.7	105	-473	40%	32.5	-79.2
39	Maree Crawford	947.5	-40.4	9	0%	-141.0	43	-440	22%	30.5	-110.5
40	Giorgio Peterlongo	922.5	-65.9	22	9%	-135.6	210	-619	23%	47.6	-88.0
41	Beryel Dorscht	868.9	-120.8	30	3%	-184.4	182	-624	20%	48.7	-135.7

Hall of Fame, June 2025

Highest scores achieved over the period:

	Name	Result
	John Diamond	410
	Mira	395
	Fabrizio Farnesi	390
	Tsahi Maimon	386
	Steven De Donder	382

Hall of Shame, June 2025

Lowest scores over the period:

	Name	Result
	Beryel Dorscht	-624
	Giorgio Peterlongo	-619
	Jill Levin	-535
	Beryel Dorscht	-505
	Polina Binder	-473