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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.

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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

Zester ladder, 2025

Best 10 scores. Minimum games to qualify: 10.

Pos		Name	Average of best 10	Score 1	Score 2	Score 3	Score 4	Score 5	Score 6	Score 7	Score 8	Score 9	Score 10
1		Fabio Quai	404.9	463	424	423	418	399	399	398	398	371	356
2		Steven De Donder	385.2	440	420	414	401	384	382	382	369	330	330
3		Michael Wilkinson	368.7	464	436	428	425	370	334	328	312	301	289
4		Brad Moss	367.1	453	407	400	371	369	366	340	323	323	319
5		Geoff Hampson	363.1	468	408	388	376	358	358	347	316	310	302
6		Dan Hoffenberg	358.2	486	388	380	356	353	349	324	317	316	313
7		Fabrizio Farnesi	345.1	450	390	354	337	334	330	325	313	310	308
8		Marco Prestini	337.0	458	351	338	337	330	326	319	317	302	292
9		Mira	328.5	396	395	362	322	317	315	306	297	291	284
10		Jaron Marcus	327.9	381	371	345	339	326	322	314	308	294	279
11		Patric Sierzega	326.0	370	355	340	335	334	328	314	299	297	288
12		Mark Tynkov	323.7	360	349	343	341	338	319	305	298	292	292
13		Zachary Grossack	323.5	494	478	375	317	316	292	278	237	232	216
14		Sami Casanova	320.4	410	400	348	342	303	296	284	282	270	269
15		Rosalind Lin	318.8	388	338	333	326	309	307	304	296	295	292
16		Matt Dobbs	318.5	472	330	306	304	301	300	299	296	293	284
17		Gianluca Lodato	317.9	493	382	326	321	287	281	279	277	269	264
18		Federico Bianchi	313.1	395	381	332	317	305	303	292	272	267	267
19		Marco Novara	312.5	396	351	351	340	308	306	304	283	243	243
20		Ben Kristensen	310.8	400	381	381	365	291	274	260	253	253	250
21		Mike Rice	308.9	444	375	370	293	286	282	277	261	260	241
22		Tracey B	308.4	368	365	327	318	301	298	292	273	272	270
23		John Parsons	307.6	390	360	351	309	297	289	275	272	268	265
24		Gaetano Damiata	303.4	380	379	337	310	304	283	266	265	256	254
25		Jennifer Mourgues	301.7	357	341	313	310	305	301	279	276	274	261
26		Umberto Prestini	300.0	340	338	312	311	309	304	302	273	258	253
27		Jill Levin	299.0	385	380	331	297	285	271	270	260	257	254
28		John Diamond	287.2	410	342	301	297	297	275	242	242	233	233
29		Alessandro Colombo	280.3	346	326	325	280	277	266	250	249	245	239
30		Hilto 37	277.5	408	347	299	284	270	247	242	232	226	220
31		Giorgio Caccia	275.3	357	333	310	290	279	260	241	233	227	223
32		Stan Schenker	260.1	290	286	280	269	268	258	258	243	227	222
33		Goran Cekol	259.6	397	330	271	269	267	252	237	196	190	187
34		Tsahi Maimon	251.0	386	299	296	274	258	242	240	179	168	168
35		Jackie Smith	237.5	487	277	247	229	220	214	180	179	172	170
36		Maree Crawford	234.5	286	281	248	247	244	240	235	200	183	181
37		Joan Clark	233.5	354	243	235	232	228	212	210	210	209	202
38		Beppe Mistretta	231.9	302	287	262	247	224	223	221	193	188	172
39		Migry Zur Campanile	222.3	287	272	270	223	221	210	195	184	181	180
40		Nicole Gilmore	220.4	344	322	237	233	209	192	180	174	158	155
41		Giorgio Peterlongo	207.9	291	287	226	210	204	200	198	161	153	149
42		Alessio Isaia	163.5	405	232	223	218	197	104	77	73	54	52
43		Filippo Lagostena	157.8	268	243	204	141	138	132	116	114	113	109
44		Cian Moss	145.5	255	163	157	149	135	129	123	119	113	112
45		Giles Woodruff	139.5	190	175	159	155	133	127	121	119	114	102
46		Polina Binder	122.0	360	206	120	118	108	105	81	48	37	37
47		Benoit Guiot	120.6	333	165	156	128	122	114	97	51	23	17
48		Beryel Dorscht	106.8	200	182	150	109	100	82	70	60	58	57
49		David Halasi	85.0	243	204	113	103	62	55	50	26	7	-13
50		Steven Dupree	48.4	306	119	117	31	22	-2	-20	-23	-27	-39
51		Barbie W	26.9	209	91	90	32	19	-9	-25	-25	-43	-70
52		Raz Betzalel	-53.0	144	80	14	14	11	-42	-151	-181	-206	-213

Apple core ladder, 2025

Worst 10 scores. Minimum games to qualify: 25.

Pos		Name	Average of worst 10	Score 1	Score 2	Score 3	Score 4	Score 5	Score 6	Score 7	Score 8	Score 9	Score 10
-		David Halasi	-37.6	-220	-103	-92	-44	-42	-13	7	26	50	55
1		Ben Kristensen	-97.0	-183	-175	-153	-104	-90	-68	-65	-55	-51	-26
-		Benoit Guiot	-121.7	-282	-225	-188	-118	-112	-92	-91	-70	-31	-8
2		Giles Woodruff	-138.9	-250	-183	-177	-172	-152	-137	-109	-88	-65	-56
3		Nicole Gilmore	-154.2	-252	-199	-160	-148	-147	-142	-139	-127	-114	-114
-		Raz Betzalel	-158.9	-314	-278	-229	-213	-206	-181	-151	-42	11	14
4		Alessio Isaia	-185.4	-332	-282	-220	-201	-173	-161	-131	-124	-115	-115
5		Migry Zur Campanile	-187.5	-300	-246	-213	-174	-171	-169	-168	-166	-138	-130
6		John Diamond	-195.5	-237	-206	-203	-199	-198	-191	-189	-179	-177	-176
-		Steven Dupree	-204.7	-495	-453	-304	-250	-210	-143	-103	-39	-27	-23
7		Goran Cekol	-216.3	-297	-297	-253	-220	-217	-204	-190	-165	-160	-160
8		Mike Rice	-225.1	-345	-314	-313	-235	-196	-177	-175	-174	-168	-154
9		Beppe Mistretta	-236.3	-441	-348	-273	-259	-243	-195	-161	-154	-151	-138
10		Hilto 37	-258.6	-392	-345	-273	-259	-249	-240	-237	-205	-202	-184
11		Steven De Donder	-268.6	-392	-323	-297	-294	-256	-248	-233	-216	-216	-211
12		Barbie W	-276.0	-379	-362	-336	-304	-268	-266	-224	-224	-206	-191
13		Marco Novara	-284.0	-448	-379	-328	-273	-248	-248	-247	-226	-223	-220
14		Marco Prestini	-284.0	-348	-342	-319	-303	-282	-272	-261	-239	-238	-236
15		Sami Casanova	-289.9	-371	-335	-332	-316	-269	-266	-263	-261	-245	-241
16		Zachary Grossack	-289.9	-597	-364	-315	-289	-258	-244	-235	-212	-212	-173
17		Mark Tynkov	-302.3	-408	-364	-321	-316	-308	-284	-273	-257	-248	-244
18		Geoff Hampson	-316.2	-429	-351	-349	-323	-322	-319	-315	-289	-237	-228
19		Gaetano Damiata	-318.4	-406	-353	-350	-345	-337	-314	-289	-266	-264	-260
20		Federico Bianchi	-321.2	-441	-378	-358	-331	-314	-299	-293	-272	-265	-261
21		John Parsons	-326.0	-438	-396	-382	-368	-321	-312	-275	-263	-256	-249
22		Stan Schenker	-337.9	-441	-429	-394	-334	-330	-322	-315	-276	-269	-269
23		Filippo Lagostena	-340.5	-490	-489	-422	-331	-327	-302	-279	-261	-260	-244
24		Jaron Marcus	-340.7	-426	-367	-354	-345	-332	-326	-323	-319	-316	-299
25		Tracey B	-349.6	-539	-432	-350	-347	-338	-310	-308	-308	-284	-280
26		Dan Hoffenberg	-353.3	-575	-420	-390	-355	-346	-298	-294	-291	-286	-278
27		Joan Clark	-358.5	-474	-388	-386	-370	-349	-340	-324	-321	-318	-315
28		Alessandro Colombo	-365.2	-491	-417	-379	-370	-363	-347	-342	-323	-311	-309
29		Matt Dobbs	-365.7	-496	-453	-445	-352	-339	-334	-324	-314	-305	-295
30		Mira	-374.3	-411	-410	-401	-390	-378	-376	-351	-349	-340	-337
31		Brad Moss	-374.5	-495	-409	-406	-403	-391	-335	-332	-327	-327	-320
32		Gianluca Lodato	-379.7	-518	-450	-409	-398	-370	-349	-342	-340	-312	-309
33		Jill Levin	-386.2	-535	-463	-405	-385	-376	-375	-347	-337	-321	-318
34		Jennifer Mourgues	-387.6	-482	-473	-428	-408	-390	-362	-343	-335	-329	-326
35		Fabio Quai	-394.8	-500	-462	-446	-400	-366	-363	-362	-358	-351	-340
36		Giorgio Caccia	-411.3	-519	-465	-454	-413	-411	-406	-401	-379	-338	-327
37		Tsahi Maimon	-412.1	-617	-616	-590	-468	-438	-367	-360	-224	-222	-219
38		Rosalind Lin	-417.5	-528	-484	-457	-442	-431	-407	-389	-374	-372	-291
39		Michael Wilkinson	-418.2	-615	-535	-403	-395	-393	-387	-384	-365	-361	-344
40		Cian Moss	-418.5	-748	-466	-446	-391	-380	-369	-363	-361	-335	-326
41		Patric Sierzega	-424.2	-546	-538	-484	-432	-422	-385	-369	-364	-360	-342
42		Fabrizio Farnesi	-425.7	-560	-517	-427	-419	-413	-405	-401	-386	-371	-358
43		Jackie Smith	-428.2	-575	-561	-500	-424	-416	-372	-370	-358	-354	-352
44		Umberto Prestini	-441.4	-530	-499	-467	-464	-445	-412	-410	-398	-395	-394
45		Maree Crawford	-458.2	-646	-560	-520	-482	-440	-425	-400	-386	-366	-357
46		Polina Binder	-469.6	-612	-536	-522	-513	-473	-446	-418	-410	-402	-364
47		Beryel Dorscht	-488.9	-624	-549	-533	-523	-505	-489	-456	-414	-401	-395
48		Giorgio Peterlongo	-530.8	-670	-619	-600	-516	-507	-504	-484	-479	-475	-454