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How the rating system works

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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2004-2025

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2003-2025

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

November: John Diamond

December: Geoff Hampson

Annual winners, 2003-25

2025 ladder: Ben Kristensen

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: Jérome Rombaut

2004 ladder: Joel Wooldridge

2003 ladder: JoAnna Stansby

Zester ladder, 2026

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	242.4	390	385	303	275	248	180	178	173	147	145
2		Steven De Donder	225.4	296	273	264	214	212	208	206	204	191	186
3		Jill Levin	206.6	295	257	223	222	217	202	180	161	156	153
4		Brad Moss	193.1	424	214	209	188	178	173	172	141	121	111
5		Mira	192.7	242	229	222	214	204	179	164	162	156	155
6		Mark Tynkov	185.3	228	226	221	202	200	190	189	181	131	85
7		Fabrizio Farnesi	178.8	266	207	205	187	172	153	151	150	149	148
8		John Parsons	174.0	275	222	207	174	170	169	160	151	118	94
9		Matt Dobbs	168.9	383	348	216	177	156	147	106	76	41	39
10		Beppe Mistretta	163.6	218	211	179	178	175	171	168	131	115	90
11		Alessandro Colombo	145.6	252	219	205	161	135	125	111	110	88	50
12		Rosalind Lin	134.5	279	168	147	145	120	116	114	98	94	64
13		Tracey B	134.2	191	168	165	155	145	142	105	104	93	74
14		Polina Binder	123.3	268	267	204	122	114	109	47	37	37	28
15		Zachary Grossack	120.2	302	262	212	204	179	135	72	23	0	-187
16		Jaron Marcus	118.7	197	187	168	152	120	115	100	94	49	5
17		Gaetano Damiata	118.2	253	218	162	124	117	71	68	67	62	40
18		Stan Schenker	107.6	224	161	143	116	114	87	86	69	66	10
19		Geoff Hampson	107.4	224	203	187	180	129	49	37	32	27	6
20		Dan Hoffenberg	105.7	311	243	184	179	139	82	29	22	-28	-104
21		Joan Clark	99.8	202	201	181	164	151	82	71	4	-3	-55
22		Umberto Prestini	84.6	281	265	200	163	129	92	0	-48	-69	-167
23		Migry Zur Campanile	82.1	216	203	177	136	125	31	10	-5	-25	-47
24		Federico Bianchi	58.0	227	155	99	67	53	43	24	8	-44	-52
25		Patric Sierzega	44.0	204	133	124	75	72	67	50	-77	-82	-126
26		Ben Kristensen	42.0	190	165	79	74	63	46	13	-52	-64	-94
27		John Diamond	40.3	143	119	102	75	65	60	46	23	-104	-126
28		Maree Crawford	35.2	211	165	121	72	9	-31	-36	-50	-52	-57
29		Sami Casanova	-57.5	191	113	97	-35	-45	-54	-103	-104	-247	-388
30		Jackie Smith	-87.8	139	-41	-44	-59	-94	-121	-136	-154	-180	-188
31		Giorgio Peterlongo	-127.9	164	67	27	-48	-82	-150	-174	-184	-382	-517

Apple core ladder, 2026

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
-		Zachary Grossack	58.9	-311	-187	0	23	72	135	179	204	212	262
-		Dan Hoffenberg	50.2	-244	-104	-28	22	29	82	139	179	184	243
-		Patric Sierzega	44.0	-126	-82	-77	50	67	72	75	124	133	204
-		John Diamond	40.3	-126	-104	23	46	60	65	75	102	119	143
-		Ben Kristensen	9.5	-135	-94	-64	-52	13	46	63	74	79	165
-		Mark Tynkov	6.6	-135	-82	-35	-17	38	49	50	63	67	68
-		Migry Zur Campanile	3.0	-240	-132	-47	-25	-5	10	31	125	136	177
-		Geoff Hampson	-3.6	-228	-143	-125	6	27	32	37	49	129	180
-		Federico Bianchi	-9.3	-168	-123	-52	-44	8	24	43	53	67	99
-		Matt Dobbs	-40.1	-147	-128	-100	-64	-31	-27	3	25	29	39
-		John Parsons	-48.1	-172	-137	-134	-91	-75	-35	-25	51	61	76
-		Sami Casanova	-57.5	-388	-247	-104	-103	-54	-45	-35	97	113	191
-		Maree Crawford	-78.4	-319	-100	-89	-59	-57	-52	-50	-36	-31	9
1		Steven De Donder	-78.8	-165	-155	-146	-90	-87	-84	-53	-8	-4	4
-		Jackie Smith	-87.8	-188	-180	-154	-136	-121	-94	-59	-44	-41	139
2		Tracey B	-115.0	-307	-243	-208	-128	-74	-67	-60	-35	-29	1
-		Giorgio Peterlongo	-127.9	-517	-382	-184	-174	-150	-82	-48	27	67	164
3		Gaetano Damiata	-143.5	-276	-229	-185	-163	-142	-104	-94	-85	-84	-73
-		Joan Clark	-158.5	-321	-270	-207	-184	-145	-142	-140	-118	-55	-3
-		Jaron Marcus	-171.9	-384	-320	-312	-262	-203	-121	-69	-23	-14	-11
4		Brad Moss	-172.9	-411	-299	-252	-204	-168	-137	-127	-53	-48	-30
5		Fabrizio Farnesi	-192.3	-297	-271	-242	-210	-200	-179	-174	-151	-135	-64
-		Umberto Prestini	-198.9	-477	-420	-378	-263	-259	-167	-69	-48	0	92
6		Mira	-211.5	-334	-290	-254	-229	-197	-179	-162	-159	-159	-152
7		Stan Schenker	-214.5	-359	-318	-256	-211	-203	-200	-199	-172	-125	-102
8		Jill Levin	-221.8	-287	-262	-258	-237	-232	-222	-214	-191	-178	-137
9		Rosalind Lin	-224.1	-298	-255	-243	-239	-230	-216	-216	-194	-180	-170
10		Beppe Mistretta	-242.3	-343	-308	-284	-275	-244	-233	-222	-219	-168	-127
11		Fabio Quai	-248.0	-476	-359	-269	-243	-220	-212	-186	-180	-172	-163
12		Polina Binder	-271.4	-435	-368	-322	-296	-248	-231	-219	-207	-199	-189
13		Alessandro Colombo	-274.7	-362	-340	-329	-307	-292	-254	-240	-229	-219	-175