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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

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		Steven De Donder	373.9	420	414	401	384	382	382	369	330	330	327
3		Brad Moss	367.1	453	407	400	371	369	366	340	323	323	319
4		Michael Wilkinson	364.8	464	436	428	425	370	334	312	301	289	289
5		Geoff Hampson	363.1	468	408	388	376	358	358	347	316	310	302
6		Dan Hoffenberg	350.4	486	388	356	353	349	324	317	316	313	302
7		Fabrizio Farnesi	340.0	450	390	354	334	330	313	310	308	308	303
8		Marco Prestini	336.4	458	351	338	337	330	326	319	317	302	286
9		Jaron Marcus	324.8	381	371	345	339	326	322	314	294	279	277
10		Zachary Grossack	323.5	494	478	375	317	316	292	278	237	232	216
11		Rosalind Lin	318.8	388	338	333	326	309	307	304	296	295	292
12		Sami Casanova	317.7	410	400	348	342	303	284	282	270	269	269
13		Matt Dobbs	316.8	472	330	306	304	301	299	296	293	284	283
14		Mira	315.3	396	395	322	317	315	306	291	283	265	263
15		Mark Tynkov	314.7	349	343	341	338	319	305	298	292	292	270
16		Patric Sierzega	313.3	355	340	335	334	328	299	297	288	279	278
17		Ben Kristensen	310.8	400	381	381	365	291	274	260	253	253	250
18		Mike Rice	308.9	444	375	370	293	286	282	277	261	260	241
19		Marco Novara	305.5	396	351	351	340	308	306	283	243	243	234
20		Tracey B	302.3	368	365	318	301	298	292	273	272	270	266
21		Jennifer Mourgues	301.7	357	341	313	310	305	301	279	276	274	261
22		John Parsons	298.0	390	360	309	297	289	275	272	268	265	255
23		Gianluca Lodato	294.1	382	326	321	287	281	279	277	264	263	261
24		Umberto Prestini	293.7	340	338	312	311	309	304	273	258	253	239
25		Jill Levin	289.7	385	380	331	285	270	260	257	254	240	235
26		Federico Bianchi	288.1	332	317	305	303	292	272	267	267	266	260
27		John Diamond	287.0	410	342	301	297	297	275	242	242	233	231
28		Gaetano Damiata	282.9	380	379	304	283	266	254	248	245	237	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	274.8	357	333	310	290	279	260	241	233	227	218
32		Goran Cekol	259.6	397	330	271	269	267	252	237	196	190	187
33		Stan Schenker	253.6	290	280	269	268	258	258	243	227	222	221
34		Tsahi Maimon	236.7	386	296	274	258	242	240	179	168	168	156
35		Jackie Smith	236.2	487	277	247	229	220	214	179	172	170	167
36		Joan Clark	232.2	354	243	235	232	228	210	210	209	202	199
37		Maree Crawford	227.4	286	281	248	247	244	235	200	183	181	169
38		Nicole Gilmore	220.4	344	322	237	233	209	192	180	174	158	155
39		Migry Zur Campanile	214.9	287	272	270	223	210	195	181	180	166	165
40		Giorgio Peterlongo	204.8	291	287	226	210	204	200	198	149	142	141
41		Filippo Lagostena	157.8	268	243	204	141	138	132	116	114	113	109
42		Cian Moss	145.5	255	163	157	149	135	129	123	119	113	112
43		Giles Woodruff	139.5	190	175	159	155	133	127	121	119	114	102
44		Benoit Guiot	97.6	333	165	156	128	114	97	3	-4	-8	-8
45		Alessio Isaia	97.2	232	223	218	77	73	54	52	34	31	-22
46		Beryel Dorscht	92.4	182	150	109	100	82	70	60	58	57	56
47		David Halasi	64.0	243	204	113	103	62	55	7	-13	-42	-92
48		Steven Dupree	48.4	306	119	117	31	22	-2	-20	-23	-27	-39
49		Barbie W	26.9	209	91	90	32	19	-9	-25	-25	-43	-70
50		Beppe Mistretta	-20.7	89	82	14	4	-7	-45	-46	-69	-75	-154
51		Polina Binder	-28.4	360	105	81	48	4	-67	-130	-179	-218	-288
52		Raz Betzalel	-129.4	144	14	11	-42	-181	-206	-213	-229	-278	-314

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	-13.0	-220	-103	-92	-42	-13	7	55	62	103	113
1		Ben Kristensen	-97.0	-183	-175	-153	-104	-90	-68	-65	-55	-51	-26
-		Benoit Guiot	-111.3	-282	-225	-188	-118	-92	-91	-70	-31	-8	-8
-		Raz Betzalel	-129.4	-314	-278	-229	-213	-206	-181	-42	11	14	144
2		Giles Woodruff	-138.9	-250	-183	-177	-172	-152	-137	-109	-88	-65	-56
3		Nicole Gilmore	-148.4	-252	-199	-160	-148	-142	-139	-127	-114	-114	-89
-		Alessio Isaia	-152.1	-332	-282	-201	-173	-161	-115	-115	-87	-33	-22
-		Polina Binder	-152.3	-473	-301	-288	-218	-179	-130	-67	4	48	81
4		Migry Zur Campanile	-163.7	-300	-213	-174	-169	-168	-166	-138	-107	-103	-99
-		Beppe Mistretta	-170.1	-441	-348	-273	-243	-154	-75	-69	-46	-45	-7
5		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
6		Goran Cekol	-216.3	-297	-297	-253	-220	-217	-204	-190	-165	-160	-160
7		Mike Rice	-220.4	-345	-314	-313	-235	-196	-177	-175	-174	-154	-121
8		Marco Novara	-233.3	-379	-273	-248	-247	-226	-220	-207	-180	-179	-174
9		Hilto 37	-258.6	-392	-345	-273	-259	-249	-240	-237	-205	-202	-184
-		Barbie W	-261.3	-379	-362	-336	-268	-266	-224	-224	-206	-191	-157
10		Steven De Donder	-265.7	-392	-323	-297	-294	-256	-248	-216	-216	-211	-204
11		Sami Casanova	-282.1	-371	-335	-332	-269	-266	-263	-261	-245	-241	-238
12		Marco Prestini	-282.9	-348	-342	-319	-303	-282	-272	-261	-238	-236	-228
13		Zachary Grossack	-285.1	-597	-364	-315	-289	-258	-244	-235	-212	-212	-125
14		Mark Tynkov	-295.6	-408	-364	-321	-316	-284	-273	-257	-248	-244	-241
15		Geoff Hampson	-303.8	-429	-351	-323	-322	-319	-315	-289	-237	-228	-225
16		Gaetano Damiata	-310.3	-406	-353	-350	-345	-314	-289	-266	-264	-260	-256
17		Federico Bianchi	-321.2	-441	-378	-358	-331	-314	-299	-293	-272	-265	-261
18		John Parsons	-326.0	-438	-396	-382	-368	-321	-312	-275	-263	-256	-249
19		Jaron Marcus	-328.1	-426	-354	-345	-332	-326	-323	-316	-299	-292	-268
20		Filippo Lagostena	-331.6	-490	-489	-422	-331	-302	-279	-261	-260	-244	-238
21		Stan Schenker	-337.9	-441	-429	-394	-334	-330	-322	-315	-276	-269	-269
22		Tracey B	-346.5	-539	-432	-350	-347	-338	-310	-308	-284	-280	-277
23		Dan Hoffenberg	-351.3	-575	-420	-390	-355	-346	-294	-291	-286	-278	-278
24		Joan Clark	-358.5	-474	-388	-386	-370	-349	-340	-324	-321	-318	-315
25		Alessandro Colombo	-365.2	-491	-417	-379	-370	-363	-347	-342	-323	-311	-309
26		Matt Dobbs	-365.7	-496	-453	-445	-352	-339	-334	-324	-314	-305	-295
27		Mira	-369.1	-411	-410	-401	-390	-376	-351	-349	-340	-337	-326
28		Brad Moss	-374.5	-495	-409	-406	-403	-391	-335	-332	-327	-327	-320
29		Gianluca Lodato	-379.7	-518	-450	-409	-398	-370	-349	-342	-340	-312	-309
30		Patric Sierzega	-385.7	-546	-432	-422	-385	-369	-364	-360	-342	-325	-312
31		Jill Levin	-386.2	-535	-463	-405	-385	-376	-375	-347	-337	-321	-318
32		Jennifer Mourgues	-387.6	-482	-473	-428	-408	-390	-362	-343	-335	-329	-326
33		Fabio Quai	-389.0	-500	-462	-446	-400	-366	-363	-351	-340	-331	-331
34		Michael Wilkinson	-389.1	-535	-403	-395	-393	-387	-384	-365	-361	-344	-324
35		Giorgio Caccia	-411.3	-519	-465	-454	-413	-411	-406	-401	-379	-338	-327
36		Tsahi Maimon	-412.1	-617	-616	-590	-468	-438	-367	-360	-224	-222	-219
37		Rosalind Lin	-417.5	-528	-484	-457	-442	-431	-407	-389	-374	-372	-291
38		Cian Moss	-418.5	-748	-466	-446	-391	-380	-369	-363	-361	-335	-326
39		Fabrizio Farnesi	-425.7	-560	-517	-427	-419	-413	-405	-401	-386	-371	-358
40		Jackie Smith	-426.0	-575	-561	-500	-424	-416	-372	-358	-354	-352	-348
41		Maree Crawford	-428.7	-560	-520	-482	-440	-425	-400	-386	-366	-357	-351
42		Umberto Prestini	-439.4	-530	-499	-467	-464	-445	-412	-398	-395	-394	-390
43		Beryel Dorscht	-475.4	-624	-549	-533	-523	-505	-456	-414	-401	-381	-368
44		Giorgio Peterlongo	-490.1	-670	-619	-507	-484	-479	-475	-449	-420	-401	-397