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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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2003-2024

Barbu Heroes

Monthly winners, 2025

January: Geoff Hampson

February: Fabio Quai

March: 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	399.0	463	424	423	418	399	399	398	371	356	339
2		Geoff Hampson	344.8	468	388	376	358	347	316	310	302	292	291
3		Michael Wilkinson	342.0	464	436	428	425	286	281	279	275	273	273
4		Steven De Donder	340.8	401	384	369	330	330	327	320	316	316	315
5		Brad Moss	315.2	400	369	340	323	319	298	283	277	272	271
6		Dan Hoffenberg	314.3	388	353	324	317	316	302	300	294	279	270
7		Jaron Marcus	307.9	381	371	345	322	294	279	277	276	272	262
8		Mark Tynkov	303.7	343	341	338	319	305	298	292	270	268	263
9		Ben Kristensen	302.7	400	381	381	365	291	274	260	253	250	172
10		Marco Prestini	301.3	351	337	330	319	317	302	286	264	255	252
11		Fabrizio Farnesi	298.0	330	313	310	308	303	290	286	284	281	275
12		Patric Sierzega	297.3	355	334	328	297	288	279	278	274	274	266
13		John Parsons	293.6	390	360	309	289	275	272	268	265	255	253
14		Mira	293.6	396	322	317	315	291	265	263	258	258	251
15		Rosalind Lin	290.5	388	326	309	307	296	292	258	250	243	236
16		Matt Dobbs	289.4	330	306	304	296	293	284	283	280	265	253
17		Sami Casanova	284.4	400	348	342	282	270	269	241	235	229	228
18		Gianluca Lodato	276.2	382	321	287	279	277	264	261	236	228	227
19		Umberto Prestini	268.8	340	338	311	304	258	253	234	223	219	208
20		Jennifer Mourgues	267.9	341	310	305	279	261	248	245	231	230	229
21		Federico Bianchi	265.5	305	303	267	267	266	260	259	253	238	237
22		Tracey B	264.0	301	292	273	270	266	263	255	247	237	236
23		John Diamond	258.5	342	297	297	275	242	242	231	227	218	214
24		Jill Levin	258.4	380	331	285	260	257	235	222	216	199	199
25		Gaetano Damiata	254.6	380	304	254	248	237	233	228	225	221	216
26		Alessandro Colombo	251.9	325	280	277	266	249	239	230	219	218	216
27		Stan Schenker	247.5	290	280	269	258	258	243	221	219	219	218
28		Giorgio Caccia	236.8	333	310	290	241	233	218	214	183	175	171
29		Zachary Grossack	236.3	375	317	316	292	232	196	180	169	159	127
30		Jackie Smith	236.2	487	277	247	229	220	214	179	172	170	167
31		Maree Crawford	227.4	286	281	248	247	244	235	200	183	181	169
32		Marco Novara	221.0	396	283	234	201	200	200	179	177	171	169
33		Mike Rice	216.6	293	277	241	238	236	215	189	172	155	150
34		Tsahi Maimon	213.5	296	274	258	242	240	179	168	168	156	154
35		Giorgio Peterlongo	195.3	291	287	226	204	200	198	149	142	133	123
36		Joan Clark	182.9	235	232	210	209	199	170	169	149	129	127
37		Hilto 37	174.1	270	220	203	181	176	176	164	150	111	90
38		Goran Cekol	167.3	397	267	190	180	141	137	134	106	64	57
39		Giles Woodruff	139.5	190	175	159	155	133	127	121	119	114	102
40		Migry Zur Campanile	115.0	272	165	159	96	95	88	75	74	73	53
41		Cian Moss	112.4	255	149	135	129	113	112	88	59	43	41
42		Filippo Lagostena	98.0	138	132	116	114	102	93	83	72	67	63
43		Benoit Guiot	97.6	333	165	156	128	114	97	3	-4	-8	-8
44		Steven Dupree	48.4	306	119	117	31	22	-2	-20	-23	-27	-39
45		Beppe Mistretta	-20.7	89	82	14	4	-7	-45	-46	-69	-75	-154
46		Alessio Isaia	-68.5	77	73	52	31	-22	-87	-115	-161	-201	-332
47		Beryel Dorscht	-119.6	58	2	-84	-100	-125	-138	-182	-205	-207	-215

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
-		Benoit Guiot	-55.2	-225	-188	-118	-70	-31	-8	-8	-4	3	97
-		Alessio Isaia	-68.5	-332	-201	-161	-115	-87	-22	31	52	73	77
1		Ben Kristensen	-77.2	-183	-153	-104	-90	-65	-55	-51	-26	-24	-21
2		Mike Rice	-110.5	-345	-314	-196	-110	-75	-42	-30	-22	8	21
3		Migry Zur Campanile	-135.8	-213	-174	-169	-168	-166	-107	-103	-99	-80	-79
4		Giles Woodruff	-138.9	-250	-183	-177	-172	-152	-137	-109	-88	-65	-56
5		John Diamond	-146.3	-237	-203	-199	-177	-139	-130	-125	-94	-85	-74
6		Marco Novara	-151.9	-379	-247	-180	-179	-137	-97	-95	-94	-60	-51
-		Zachary Grossack	-160.5	-597	-258	-244	-235	-121	-92	-36	-29	0	7
7		Goran Cekol	-163.2	-297	-297	-204	-190	-165	-141	-117	-76	-75	-70
-		Beppe Mistretta	-170.1	-441	-348	-273	-243	-154	-75	-69	-46	-45	-7
8		Hilto 37	-196.8	-392	-273	-259	-202	-184	-151	-148	-127	-121	-111
-		Steven Dupree	-204.7	-495	-453	-304	-250	-210	-143	-103	-39	-27	-23
9		Steven De Donder	-251.0	-392	-297	-294	-256	-248	-216	-216	-204	-199	-188
-		Beryel Dorscht	-255.2	-523	-353	-283	-231	-215	-215	-207	-205	-182	-138
10		Marco Prestini	-255.2	-319	-303	-282	-272	-238	-236	-228	-228	-223	-223
11		Sami Casanova	-263.5	-335	-332	-269	-266	-263	-245	-241	-238	-228	-218
12		Filippo Lagostena	-274.6	-490	-489	-422	-244	-207	-194	-188	-181	-169	-162
13		Geoff Hampson	-277.8	-429	-351	-323	-319	-289	-225	-220	-216	-204	-202
14		Mark Tynkov	-286.1	-408	-364	-321	-284	-273	-257	-248	-244	-241	-221
15		Jaron Marcus	-297.2	-354	-345	-332	-323	-316	-268	-264	-260	-256	-254
16		Gaetano Damiata	-298.4	-406	-350	-345	-314	-289	-266	-264	-256	-247	-247
17		Dan Hoffenberg	-299.5	-420	-355	-346	-294	-278	-278	-278	-257	-251	-238
18		Federico Bianchi	-302.7	-441	-378	-358	-331	-272	-265	-261	-258	-236	-227
19		Joan Clark	-312.6	-474	-370	-349	-324	-321	-273	-266	-253	-253	-243
20		Tracey B	-314.4	-539	-347	-338	-310	-308	-277	-263	-256	-255	-251
21		Stan Schenker	-314.9	-441	-429	-334	-330	-315	-276	-269	-257	-256	-242
22		Matt Dobbs	-323.1	-496	-445	-334	-324	-314	-305	-255	-254	-253	-251
23		John Parsons	-326.0	-438	-396	-382	-368	-321	-312	-275	-263	-256	-249
24		Gianluca Lodato	-329.6	-518	-450	-398	-312	-285	-283	-271	-263	-261	-255
25		Alessandro Colombo	-332.0	-491	-363	-347	-342	-323	-311	-309	-293	-283	-258
26		Jill Levin	-342.8	-463	-405	-376	-337	-321	-314	-311	-309	-296	-296
27		Patric Sierzega	-344.8	-546	-385	-364	-360	-325	-312	-311	-288	-286	-271
28		Michael Wilkinson	-347.1	-403	-395	-393	-387	-384	-344	-310	-294	-287	-274
29		Mira	-357.9	-411	-401	-390	-376	-351	-349	-337	-324	-321	-319
30		Brad Moss	-358.2	-495	-409	-406	-403	-335	-327	-327	-320	-287	-273
31		Tsahi Maimon	-367.5	-617	-590	-468	-438	-367	-360	-222	-219	-199	-195
32		Jennifer Mourgues	-376.5	-482	-473	-428	-408	-362	-335	-329	-326	-313	-309
33		Rosalind Lin	-378.1	-528	-484	-457	-442	-431	-374	-291	-269	-254	-251
34		Umberto Prestini	-383.2	-467	-464	-445	-398	-395	-349	-335	-330	-325	-324
35		Fabrizio Farnesi	-384.5	-560	-517	-427	-419	-413	-332	-314	-293	-291	-279
36		Giorgio Caccia	-385.5	-519	-465	-454	-411	-401	-379	-327	-317	-292	-290
37		Fabio Quai	-389.0	-500	-462	-446	-400	-366	-363	-351	-340	-331	-331
38		Maree Crawford	-407.1	-560	-520	-482	-425	-400	-357	-346	-333	-326	-322
39		Cian Moss	-407.9	-748	-466	-446	-391	-369	-363	-361	-326	-305	-304
40		Giorgio Peterlongo	-410.2	-484	-479	-475	-449	-401	-389	-361	-359	-355	-350
41		Jackie Smith	-425.3	-575	-561	-500	-424	-416	-372	-358	-354	-348	-345