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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

October: Mark Tynkov

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	439.2	584	486	463	424	423	418	399	399	398	398
2		Steven De Donder	424.1	500	465	440	425	420	414	401	399	393	384
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	373.2	453	407	400	371	369	366	356	347	340	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		Ben Kristensen	352.4	400	393	389	381	381	365	356	294	291	274
10		Zachary Grossack	352.2	503	494	478	375	317	316	292	278	237	232
11		John Diamond	352.0	432	422	410	378	366	342	301	297	297	275
12		Jaron Marcus	349.5	381	381	371	354	349	345	339	327	326	322
13		Marco Prestini	349.3	458	366	351	339	338	337	330	329	326	319
14		Mira	349.1	396	395	379	362	361	335	322	317	315	309
15		Mark Tynkov	346.4	392	366	360	349	343	341	338	336	320	319
16		Gaetano Damiata	344.0	400	380	379	369	364	337	310	309	304	288
17		Sami Casanova	332.1	410	400	348	347	342	309	303	296	284	282
18		Marco Novara	330.8	396	351	351	348	340	321	308	306	304	283
19		Matt Dobbs	330.4	472	391	330	306	305	304	301	300	299	296
20		Gianluca Lodato	330.3	493	382	357	326	321	295	287	282	281	279
21		Rosalind Lin	329.4	388	386	338	333	326	309	307	307	304	296
22		Patric Sierzega	328.9	370	355	340	335	334	328	317	314	299	297
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		Polina Binder	308.6	499	393	360	332	330	250	244	238	233	207
27		John Parsons	307.6	390	360	351	309	297	289	275	272	268	265
28		Umberto Prestini	306.0	340	338	312	311	309	304	302	290	281	273
29		Giorgio Caccia	303.8	358	357	350	333	310	290	279	260	260	241
30		Jennifer Mourgues	301.7	357	341	313	310	305	301	279	276	274	261
31		Alessandro Colombo	289.0	346	326	326	325	280	277	266	250	249	245
32		Beppe Mistretta	280.8	359	302	298	293	287	262	257	255	248	247
33		Hilto 37	278.3	408	347	299	284	270	247	242	232	228	226
34		Migry Zur Campanile	277.3	372	308	298	287	272	270	270	252	223	221
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	250.1	354	277	269	243	241	235	232	228	212	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		Beryel Dorscht	221.1	361	282	233	208	205	200	195	182	177	168
43		Nicole Gilmore	220.4	344	322	237	233	209	192	180	174	158	155
44		Giorgio Peterlongo	213.0	291	287	226	210	204	200	200	198	161	153
45		Silvia Saccomanno	199.6	352	244	239	209	188	188	164	147	138	127
46		Filippo Lagostena	192.1	268	243	234	210	204	195	156	141	138	132
47		Cian Moss	182.1	319	255	230	163	161	157	149	135	129	123
48		Giles Woodruff	139.5	190	175	159	155	133	127	121	119	114	102
49		Raz Betzalel	131.5	180	161	159	144	142	139	125	100	85	80
50		David Halasi	124.6	243	205	204	185	113	103	62	55	50	26
51		Benoit Guiot	120.6	333	165	156	128	122	114	97	51	23	17
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		Aaron Jones	-27.8	216	102	91	47	-7	-57	-152	-166	-170	-182
56		Adam Grossack	-57.4	147	59	35	35	-14	-39	-177	-196	-201	-223
57		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
-		Aaron Jones	-82.7	-333	-182	-170	-166	-152	-57	-7	47	91	102
-		Tamara Hoylaerts	-94.5	-405	-173	-165	-113	-64	-61	-57	-11	16	88
-		Benoit Guiot	-121.7	-282	-225	-188	-118	-112	-92	-91	-70	-31	-8
1		Giles Woodruff	-138.9	-250	-183	-177	-172	-152	-137	-109	-88	-65	-56
2		Silvia Saccomanno	-145.1	-251	-208	-164	-159	-152	-143	-126	-97	-79	-72
3		Nicole Gilmore	-158.1	-252	-199	-160	-153	-148	-147	-142	-139	-127	-114
4		Ben Kristensen	-158.2	-279	-184	-183	-176	-175	-170	-153	-104	-90	-68
-		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		Barbie W	-298.0	-379	-362	-336	-304	-278	-276	-271	-268	-266	-240
13		Marco Novara	-302.0	-448	-379	-328	-298	-292	-273	-259	-248	-248	-247
14		Zachary Grossack	-317.7	-597	-364	-355	-315	-308	-289	-258	-244	-235	-212
15		Geoff Hampson	-318.5	-429	-351	-349	-323	-322	-319	-315	-289	-251	-237
16		Steven De Donder	-321.0	-412	-395	-392	-355	-323	-297	-294	-256	-248	-238
17		Mark Tynkov	-328.3	-408	-406	-364	-346	-321	-316	-308	-284	-273	-257
18		John Parsons	-333.6	-438	-396	-382	-368	-321	-312	-309	-275	-272	-263
19		Gaetano Damiata	-343.4	-413	-406	-353	-350	-345	-337	-314	-312	-307	-297
20		Marco Prestini	-348.0	-441	-431	-348	-342	-338	-327	-319	-317	-314	-303
21		Raz Betzalel	-348.0	-736	-437	-314	-309	-307	-297	-279	-278	-272	-251
22		Stan Schenker	-349.6	-441	-429	-394	-366	-334	-330	-322	-315	-289	-276
23		Tracey B	-362.8	-539	-432	-357	-350	-347	-339	-338	-310	-308	-308
24		Matt Dobbs	-366.4	-496	-453	-445	-352	-339	-334	-324	-314	-305	-302
25		Joan Clark	-373.4	-474	-388	-387	-386	-370	-363	-353	-349	-340	-324
26		Filippo Lagostena	-374.8	-490	-489	-473	-422	-331	-327	-323	-302	-300	-291
27		Dan Hoffenberg	-380.3	-575	-420	-390	-380	-364	-355	-346	-343	-325	-305
28		Jaron Marcus	-384.0	-572	-426	-396	-367	-363	-354	-351	-345	-334	-332
29		Jennifer Mourgues	-387.6	-482	-473	-428	-408	-390	-362	-343	-335	-329	-326
30		Brad Moss	-387.7	-495	-409	-406	-403	-391	-376	-369	-358	-335	-335
31		Beppe Mistretta	-396.2	-493	-441	-435	-425	-403	-387	-348	-346	-343	-341
32		Alessandro Colombo	-397.0	-491	-481	-417	-387	-379	-379	-370	-363	-356	-347
33		Federico Bianchi	-402.3	-466	-441	-441	-424	-397	-379	-378	-375	-364	-358
34		Jill Levin	-409.1	-535	-463	-423	-405	-394	-388	-385	-376	-375	-347
35		Gianluca Lodato	-409.9	-518	-504	-450	-419	-409	-398	-370	-349	-342	-340
36		Mira	-413.3	-535	-462	-413	-411	-410	-401	-390	-378	-376	-357
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	-420.3	-748	-466	-446	-391	-380	-369	-363	-361	-344	-335
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		Maree Crawford	-468.6	-646	-560	-520	-482	-461	-440	-425	-400	-386	-366
46		Fabrizio Farnesi	-470.5	-639	-560	-517	-489	-431	-427	-419	-413	-405	-405
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		Giorgio Peterlongo	-567.3	-688	-670	-619	-600	-590	-516	-507	-504	-495	-484
50		Polina Binder	-570.0	-779	-622	-612	-585	-547	-536	-522	-513	-511	-473