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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	409.7	463	424	423	418	399	399	398	398	393	382
2		Steven De Donder	402.2	500	440	420	414	401	384	382	382	369	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	365.8	468	408	388	376	358	358	347	329	316	310
6		Dan Hoffenberg	358.2	486	388	380	356	353	349	324	317	316	313
7		Zachary Grossack	352.2	503	494	478	375	317	316	292	278	237	232
8		Fabrizio Farnesi	345.8	450	390	354	337	334	330	325	315	313	310
9		Jaron Marcus	338.7	381	371	354	345	339	327	326	322	314	308
10		Marco Prestini	337.0	458	351	338	337	330	326	319	317	302	292
11		Marco Novara	330.8	396	351	351	348	340	321	308	306	304	283
12		Gianluca Lodato	329.8	493	382	357	326	321	295	287	281	279	277
13		Mira	328.5	396	395	362	322	317	315	306	297	291	284
14		Patric Sierzega	326.0	370	355	340	335	334	328	314	299	297	288
15		Sami Casanova	324.4	410	400	348	342	309	303	296	284	282	270
16		Mark Tynkov	324.1	360	349	343	341	338	319	305	298	296	292
17		Rosalind Lin	318.8	388	338	333	326	309	307	304	296	295	292
18		Matt Dobbs	318.5	472	330	306	304	301	300	299	296	293	284
19		Federico Bianchi	317.5	395	381	332	317	311	305	303	292	272	267
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		Jill Levin	306.3	385	380	331	327	297	285	271	270	260	257
25		Gaetano Damiata	305.8	380	379	337	310	304	283	278	266	265	256
26		Jennifer Mourgues	301.7	357	341	313	310	305	301	279	276	274	261
27		Umberto Prestini	300.0	340	338	312	311	309	304	302	273	258	253
28		John Diamond	289.7	410	342	301	297	297	275	258	242	242	233
29		Alessandro Colombo	280.3	346	326	325	280	277	266	250	249	245	239
30		Giorgio Caccia	279.0	357	333	310	290	279	260	260	241	233	227
31		Hilto 37	278.3	408	347	299	284	270	247	242	232	228	226
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		Beppe Mistretta	253.2	302	287	262	255	248	247	246	238	224	223
35		Tsahi Maimon	252.8	386	299	296	274	258	242	240	186	179	168
36		Jackie Smith	237.5	487	277	247	229	220	214	180	179	172	170
37		Maree Crawford	234.5	286	281	248	247	244	240	235	200	183	181
38		Joan Clark	233.5	354	243	235	232	228	212	210	210	209	202
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		Polina Binder	214.7	499	360	332	206	157	124	123	120	118	108
42		Giorgio Peterlongo	207.9	291	287	226	210	204	200	198	161	153	149
43		Alessio Isaia	163.5	405	232	223	218	197	104	77	73	54	52
44		Filippo Lagostena	157.8	268	243	204	141	138	132	116	114	113	109
45		Cian Moss	145.5	255	163	157	149	135	129	123	119	113	112
46		Beryel Dorscht	140.7	233	200	182	177	150	109	104	100	82	70
47		Giles Woodruff	139.5	190	175	159	155	133	127	121	119	114	102
48		Benoit Guiot	120.6	333	165	156	128	122	114	97	51	23	17
49		David Halasi	106.8	243	205	204	113	103	62	55	50	26	7
50		Steven Dupree	48.4	306	119	117	31	22	-2	-20	-23	-27	-39
51		Raz Betzalel	45.3	144	100	80	72	46	14	14	14	11	-42
52		Barbie W	38.8	209	91	90	49	32	19	-9	-25	-25	-43

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
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
-		Raz Betzalel	-214.7	-314	-297	-278	-229	-213	-206	-181	-170	-151	-108
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		Steven De Donder	-268.6	-392	-323	-297	-294	-256	-248	-233	-216	-216	-211
10		Hilto 37	-271.1	-392	-345	-309	-273	-259	-249	-240	-237	-205	-202
11		Barbie W	-276.0	-379	-362	-336	-304	-268	-266	-224	-224	-206	-191
12		Beppe Mistretta	-277.1	-441	-348	-299	-273	-263	-259	-256	-243	-195	-194
13		Marco Prestini	-284.0	-348	-342	-319	-303	-282	-272	-261	-239	-238	-236
14		Zachary Grossack	-289.9	-597	-364	-315	-289	-258	-244	-235	-212	-212	-173
15		Sami Casanova	-289.9	-371	-335	-332	-316	-269	-266	-263	-261	-245	-241
16		Marco Novara	-291.2	-448	-379	-328	-292	-273	-248	-248	-247	-226	-223
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		John Parsons	-326.0	-438	-396	-382	-368	-321	-312	-275	-263	-256	-249
21		Stan Schenker	-337.9	-441	-429	-394	-334	-330	-322	-315	-276	-269	-269
22		Filippo Lagostena	-340.5	-490	-489	-422	-331	-327	-302	-279	-261	-260	-244
23		Federico Bianchi	-345.6	-466	-441	-378	-358	-331	-314	-304	-299	-293	-272
24		Tracey B	-349.6	-539	-432	-350	-347	-338	-310	-308	-308	-284	-280
25		Jaron Marcus	-352.2	-426	-396	-367	-354	-345	-334	-332	-326	-323	-319
26		Joan Clark	-358.5	-474	-388	-386	-370	-349	-340	-324	-321	-318	-315
27		Dan Hoffenberg	-359.8	-575	-420	-390	-355	-346	-343	-298	-294	-291	-286
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	-375.7	-411	-410	-401	-390	-378	-376	-351	-350	-349	-341
31		Brad Moss	-379.6	-495	-409	-406	-403	-391	-358	-335	-335	-332	-332
32		Jill Levin	-386.3	-535	-463	-405	-385	-376	-375	-347	-337	-321	-319
33		Jennifer Mourgues	-387.6	-482	-473	-428	-408	-390	-362	-343	-335	-329	-326
34		Fabio Quai	-394.8	-500	-462	-446	-400	-366	-363	-362	-358	-351	-340
35		Gianluca Lodato	-399.2	-518	-504	-450	-409	-398	-370	-349	-342	-340	-312
36		Giorgio Caccia	-411.3	-519	-465	-454	-413	-411	-406	-401	-379	-338	-327
37		Rosalind Lin	-417.5	-528	-484	-457	-442	-431	-407	-389	-374	-372	-291
38		Michael Wilkinson	-418.3	-615	-535	-403	-395	-393	-387	-384	-365	-361	-345
39		Cian Moss	-418.5	-748	-466	-446	-391	-380	-369	-363	-361	-335	-326
40		Tsahi Maimon	-422.1	-617	-616	-590	-468	-438	-367	-360	-270	-250	-245
41		Patric Sierzega	-424.2	-546	-538	-484	-432	-422	-385	-369	-364	-360	-342
42		Fabrizio Farnesi	-438.8	-560	-517	-489	-427	-419	-413	-405	-401	-386	-371
43		Umberto Prestini	-441.5	-530	-499	-467	-464	-445	-412	-410	-398	-395	-395
44		Jackie Smith	-441.7	-575	-561	-500	-487	-424	-416	-372	-370	-358	-354
45		Maree Crawford	-458.2	-646	-560	-520	-482	-440	-425	-400	-386	-366	-357
46		Beryel Dorscht	-500.4	-624	-549	-533	-523	-505	-496	-489	-456	-415	-414
47		Polina Binder	-517.5	-779	-612	-536	-522	-513	-473	-452	-446	-424	-418
48		Giorgio Peterlongo	-554.2	-688	-670	-619	-600	-516	-507	-504	-484	-479	-475