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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

August: Geoff Hampson

September: Matt Dobbs

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		Steven De Donder	424.1	500	465	440	425	420	414	401	399	393	384
2		Fabio Quai	420.1	486	463	424	423	418	399	399	398	398	393
3		Dan Hoffenberg	388.2	571	486	388	380	358	356	353	349	324	317
4		Geoff Hampson	381.1	468	408	394	388	378	376	358	358	347	336
5		Michael Wilkinson	374.5	464	436	428	425	370	347	334	328	312	301
6		Brad Moss	370.8	453	407	400	371	369	366	356	340	323	323
7		Fabrizio Farnesi	359.5	450	418	390	354	342	337	334	330	325	315
8		Federico Bianchi	357.4	477	395	381	379	354	332	323	317	311	305
9		Zachary Grossack	352.2	503	494	478	375	317	316	292	278	237	232
10		Marco Prestini	349.3	458	366	351	339	338	337	330	329	326	319
11		Ben Kristensen	349.0	400	393	389	381	381	365	356	291	274	260
12		Mira	348.8	396	395	379	362	361	335	322	317	315	306
13		Jaron Marcus	346.0	381	381	371	354	345	339	327	326	322	314
14		Mark Tynkov	341.7	392	360	349	343	341	338	336	320	319	319
15		Sami Casanova	332.1	410	400	348	347	342	309	303	296	284	282
16		Marco Novara	330.8	396	351	351	348	340	321	308	306	304	283
17		Matt Dobbs	330.4	472	391	330	306	305	304	301	300	299	296
18		Gianluca Lodato	330.3	493	382	357	326	321	295	287	282	281	279
19		Rosalind Lin	329.4	388	386	338	333	326	309	307	307	304	296
20		Patric Sierzega	328.9	370	355	340	335	334	328	317	314	299	297
21		John Diamond	325.2	432	410	366	342	301	297	297	275	274	258
22		Gaetano Damiata	323.7	380	379	369	337	310	309	304	288	283	278
23		Jill Levin	321.3	385	380	340	331	327	308	297	288	285	272
24		Tracey B	318.9	368	365	351	327	318	301	298	292	290	279
25		Mike Rice	308.9	444	375	370	293	286	282	277	261	260	241
26		John Parsons	307.6	390	360	351	309	297	289	275	272	268	265
27		Giorgio Caccia	303.8	358	357	350	333	310	290	279	260	260	241
28		Umberto Prestini	302.8	340	338	312	311	309	304	302	281	273	258
29		Jennifer Mourgues	301.7	357	341	313	310	305	301	279	276	274	261
30		Polina Binder	296.9	499	393	360	332	330	238	233	207	206	171
31		Alessandro Colombo	280.3	346	326	325	280	277	266	250	249	245	239
32		Hilto 37	278.3	408	347	299	284	270	247	242	232	228	226
33		Migry Zur Campanile	271.3	372	308	298	287	272	270	252	223	221	210
34		Beppe Mistretta	269.5	302	298	293	287	262	257	255	248	247	246
35		Stan Schenker	268.8	290	286	280	273	269	268	263	258	258	243
36		Goran Cekol	259.6	397	330	271	269	267	252	237	196	190	187
37		Maree Crawford	253.6	311	286	281	248	247	244	240	235	232	212
38		Tsahi Maimon	252.8	386	299	296	274	258	242	240	186	179	168
39		Joan Clark	243.4	354	269	243	241	235	232	228	212	210	210
40		Jackie Smith	237.5	487	277	247	229	220	214	180	179	172	170
41		Alessio Isaia	224.5	405	273	232	223	218	201	197	180	174	142
42		Nicole Gilmore	220.4	344	322	237	233	209	192	180	174	158	155
43		Giorgio Peterlongo	213.0	291	287	226	210	204	200	200	198	161	153
44		Beryel Dorscht	201.0	282	233	208	205	200	195	182	177	168	160
45		Silvia Saccomanno	190.0	352	244	239	188	188	164	147	138	127	113
46		Filippo Lagostena	177.1	268	243	210	204	195	141	138	132	124	116
47		Cian Moss	162.1	255	230	163	161	157	149	135	129	123	119
48		Giles Woodruff	139.5	190	175	159	155	133	127	121	119	114	102
49		David Halasi	124.6	243	205	204	185	113	103	62	55	50	26
50		Benoit Guiot	120.6	333	165	156	128	122	114	97	51	23	17
51		Raz Betzalel	114.1	161	159	144	139	125	100	85	80	76	72
52		Ben Handley-Pritchard	90.2	374	349	146	88	72	3	-3	-14	-35	-78
53		Barbie W	78.8	209	158	91	90	82	49	42	32	19	16
54		Steven Dupree	48.4	306	119	117	31	22	-2	-20	-23	-27	-39
55		Adam Grossack	-57.4	147	59	35	35	-14	-39	-177	-196	-201	-223
56		Tamara Hoylaerts	-94.5	88	16	-11	-57	-61	-64	-113	-165	-173	-405

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
-		Ben Handley-Pritchard	-9.4	-153	-120	-78	-35	-14	-3	3	72	88	146
-		David Halasi	-37.6	-220	-103	-92	-44	-42	-13	7	26	50	55
-		Adam Grossack	-57.4	-223	-201	-196	-177	-39	-14	35	35	59	147
-		Tamara Hoylaerts	-94.5	-405	-173	-165	-113	-64	-61	-57	-11	16	88
1		Ben Kristensen	-111.4	-183	-175	-170	-153	-104	-90	-68	-65	-55	-51
-		Benoit Guiot	-121.7	-282	-225	-188	-118	-112	-92	-91	-70	-31	-8
2		Silvia Saccomanno	-126.7	-251	-164	-159	-152	-143	-126	-79	-72	-61	-60
3		Giles Woodruff	-138.9	-250	-183	-177	-172	-152	-137	-109	-88	-65	-56
4		Nicole Gilmore	-158.1	-252	-199	-160	-153	-148	-147	-142	-139	-127	-114
-		Steven Dupree	-204.7	-495	-453	-304	-250	-210	-143	-103	-39	-27	-23
5		John Diamond	-208.4	-305	-237	-206	-203	-199	-198	-191	-189	-179	-177
6		Goran Cekol	-216.3	-297	-297	-253	-220	-217	-204	-190	-165	-160	-160
7		Migry Zur Campanile	-219.0	-329	-300	-246	-244	-213	-176	-174	-171	-169	-168
8		Alessio Isaia	-219.2	-332	-297	-282	-271	-220	-201	-173	-161	-131	-124
9		Mike Rice	-225.1	-345	-314	-313	-235	-196	-177	-175	-174	-168	-154
10		Hilto 37	-271.1	-392	-345	-309	-273	-259	-249	-240	-237	-205	-202
11		Sami Casanova	-289.9	-371	-335	-332	-316	-269	-266	-263	-261	-245	-241
12		Raz Betzalel	-292.4	-437	-314	-307	-297	-279	-278	-272	-251	-246	-243
13		Barbie W	-292.8	-379	-362	-336	-304	-278	-271	-268	-266	-240	-224
14		Marco Novara	-302.0	-448	-379	-328	-298	-292	-273	-259	-248	-248	-247
15		Zachary Grossack	-317.7	-597	-364	-355	-315	-308	-289	-258	-244	-235	-212
16		Geoff Hampson	-318.5	-429	-351	-349	-323	-322	-319	-315	-289	-251	-237
17		Steven De Donder	-321.0	-412	-395	-392	-355	-323	-297	-294	-256	-248	-238
18		Mark Tynkov	-328.3	-408	-406	-364	-346	-321	-316	-308	-284	-273	-257
19		John Parsons	-333.6	-438	-396	-382	-368	-321	-312	-309	-275	-272	-263
20		Gaetano Damiata	-336.5	-413	-406	-353	-350	-345	-337	-314	-292	-289	-266
21		Stan Schenker	-340.5	-441	-429	-394	-334	-330	-322	-315	-289	-276	-275
22		Marco Prestini	-348.0	-441	-431	-348	-342	-338	-327	-319	-317	-314	-303
23		Tracey B	-355.6	-539	-432	-350	-347	-339	-338	-310	-308	-308	-285
24		Matt Dobbs	-365.7	-496	-453	-445	-352	-339	-334	-324	-314	-305	-295
25		Joan Clark	-366.8	-474	-388	-386	-370	-363	-353	-349	-340	-324	-321
26		Filippo Lagostena	-373.6	-490	-489	-473	-422	-331	-327	-323	-302	-300	-279
27		Alessandro Colombo	-377.5	-491	-417	-387	-379	-370	-363	-356	-347	-342	-323
28		Jaron Marcus	-380.3	-572	-426	-396	-367	-354	-351	-345	-334	-332	-326
29		Dan Hoffenberg	-380.3	-575	-420	-390	-380	-364	-355	-346	-343	-325	-305
30		Brad Moss	-383.3	-495	-409	-406	-403	-391	-369	-358	-335	-335	-332
31		Beppe Mistretta	-383.6	-493	-441	-435	-403	-387	-348	-346	-343	-341	-299
32		Jennifer Mourgues	-387.6	-482	-473	-428	-408	-390	-362	-343	-335	-329	-326
33		Mira	-394.2	-462	-413	-411	-410	-401	-390	-378	-376	-351	-350
34		Federico Bianchi	-402.3	-466	-441	-441	-424	-397	-379	-378	-375	-364	-358
35		Jill Levin	-409.1	-535	-463	-423	-405	-394	-388	-385	-376	-375	-347
36		Gianluca Lodato	-409.9	-518	-504	-450	-419	-409	-398	-370	-349	-342	-340
37		Fabio Quai	-413.9	-500	-474	-462	-446	-408	-400	-366	-363	-362	-358
38		Giorgio Caccia	-414.5	-519	-465	-454	-413	-411	-406	-401	-379	-359	-338
39		Michael Wilkinson	-418.3	-615	-535	-403	-395	-393	-387	-384	-365	-361	-345
40		Cian Moss	-418.5	-748	-466	-446	-391	-380	-369	-363	-361	-335	-326
41		Rosalind Lin	-420.4	-528	-484	-457	-442	-431	-407	-389	-374	-372	-320
42		Tsahi Maimon	-422.1	-617	-616	-590	-468	-438	-367	-360	-270	-250	-245
43		Patric Sierzega	-436.8	-546	-538	-484	-454	-432	-422	-385	-374	-369	-364
44		Jackie Smith	-441.7	-575	-561	-500	-487	-424	-416	-372	-370	-358	-354
45		Fabrizio Farnesi	-446.7	-560	-517	-489	-431	-427	-419	-413	-405	-405	-401
46		Maree Crawford	-458.2	-646	-560	-520	-482	-440	-425	-400	-386	-366	-357
47		Umberto Prestini	-471.2	-662	-530	-499	-467	-464	-445	-425	-412	-410	-398
48		Beryel Dorscht	-552.1	-664	-624	-569	-549	-547	-533	-523	-511	-505	-496
49		Polina Binder	-554.0	-779	-622	-612	-585	-536	-522	-513	-473	-452	-446
50		Giorgio Peterlongo	-567.3	-688	-670	-619	-600	-590	-516	-507	-504	-495	-484