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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

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	418.1	500	465	440	420	414	401	393	384	382	382
2		Fabio Quai	409.7	463	424	423	418	399	399	398	398	393	382
3		Michael Wilkinson	374.5	464	436	428	425	370	347	334	328	312	301
4		Geoff Hampson	368.9	468	408	388	376	358	358	347	336	329	321
5		Brad Moss	367.1	453	407	400	371	369	366	340	323	323	319
6		Dan Hoffenberg	362.7	486	388	380	358	356	353	349	324	317	316
7		Fabrizio Farnesi	356.6	450	418	390	354	337	334	330	325	315	313
8		Zachary Grossack	352.2	503	494	478	375	317	316	292	278	237	232
9		Jaron Marcus	338.7	381	371	354	345	339	327	326	322	314	308
10		Marco Prestini	337.0	458	351	338	337	330	326	319	317	302	292
11		Marco Novara	330.8	396	351	351	348	340	321	308	306	304	283
12		Gianluca Lodato	330.3	493	382	357	326	321	295	287	282	281	279
13		Mira	329.8	396	395	362	322	317	315	306	297	297	291
14		Mark Tynkov	329.2	360	349	343	341	338	320	319	319	305	298
15		Matt Dobbs	329.2	472	391	330	306	304	301	300	299	296	293
16		Patric Sierzega	326.0	370	355	340	335	334	328	314	299	297	288
17		John Diamond	325.2	432	410	366	342	301	297	297	275	274	258
18		Sami Casanova	324.4	410	400	348	342	309	303	296	284	282	270
19		Gaetano Damiata	319.4	380	379	369	337	310	304	288	283	278	266
20		Rosalind Lin	318.8	388	338	333	326	309	307	304	296	295	292
21		Federico Bianchi	317.5	395	381	332	317	311	305	303	292	272	267
22		Tracey B	317.2	368	365	351	327	318	301	298	292	279	273
23		Ben Kristensen	310.8	400	381	381	365	291	274	260	253	253	250
24		Mike Rice	308.9	444	375	370	293	286	282	277	261	260	241
25		John Parsons	307.6	390	360	351	309	297	289	275	272	268	265
26		Jill Levin	306.3	385	380	331	327	297	285	271	270	260	257
27		Umberto Prestini	302.8	340	338	312	311	309	304	302	281	273	258
28		Jennifer Mourgues	301.7	357	341	313	310	305	301	279	276	274	261
29		Giorgio Caccia	291.3	357	350	333	310	290	279	260	260	241	233
30		Alessandro Colombo	280.3	346	326	325	280	277	266	250	249	245	239
31		Hilto 37	278.3	408	347	299	284	270	247	242	232	228	226
32		Stan Schenker	268.8	290	286	280	273	269	268	263	258	258	243
33		Beppe Mistretta	262.4	302	298	287	262	255	248	247	246	241	238
34		Goran Cekol	259.6	397	330	271	269	267	252	237	196	190	187
35		Polina Binder	253.2	499	360	332	330	207	206	157	148	147	146
36		Tsahi Maimon	252.8	386	299	296	274	258	242	240	186	179	168
37		Joan Clark	240.2	354	269	243	235	232	228	212	210	210	209
38		Maree Crawford	237.6	286	281	248	247	244	240	235	212	200	183
39		Jackie Smith	237.5	487	277	247	229	220	214	180	179	172	170
40		Migry Zur Campanile	231.4	287	272	270	252	223	221	210	200	195	184
41		Nicole Gilmore	220.4	344	322	237	233	209	192	180	174	158	155
42		Giorgio Peterlongo	207.9	291	287	226	210	204	200	198	161	153	149
43		Beryel Dorscht	186.1	282	233	208	200	182	177	160	150	149	120
44		Alessio Isaia	163.5	405	232	223	218	197	104	77	73	54	52
45		Cian Moss	162.1	255	230	163	161	157	149	135	129	123	119
46		Filippo Lagostena	157.8	268	243	204	141	138	132	116	114	113	109
47		Giles Woodruff	139.5	190	175	159	155	133	127	121	119	114	102
48		Benoit Guiot	120.6	333	165	156	128	122	114	97	51	23	17
49		David Halasi	106.8	243	205	204	113	103	62	55	50	26	7
50		Silvia Saccomanno	99.9	188	164	138	127	113	96	79	50	27	17
51		Ben Handley-Pritchard	90.2	374	349	146	88	72	3	-3	-14	-35	-78
52		Barbie W	78.8	209	158	91	90	82	49	42	32	19	16
53		Raz Betzalel	69.9	144	139	100	80	76	72	46	14	14	14
54		Steven Dupree	48.4	306	119	117	31	22	-2	-20	-23	-27	-39

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
-		Silvia Saccomanno	-43.1	-164	-126	-72	-61	-60	-33	-9	17	27	50
1		Ben Kristensen	-97.0	-183	-175	-153	-104	-90	-68	-65	-55	-51	-26
-		Benoit Guiot	-121.7	-282	-225	-188	-118	-112	-92	-91	-70	-31	-8
2		Giles Woodruff	-138.9	-250	-183	-177	-172	-152	-137	-109	-88	-65	-56
3		Nicole Gilmore	-154.2	-252	-199	-160	-148	-147	-142	-139	-127	-114	-114
4		Alessio Isaia	-185.4	-332	-282	-220	-201	-173	-161	-131	-124	-115	-115
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		Migry Zur Campanile	-207.4	-329	-300	-246	-213	-174	-171	-169	-168	-166	-138
7		Goran Cekol	-216.3	-297	-297	-253	-220	-217	-204	-190	-165	-160	-160
8		Mike Rice	-225.1	-345	-314	-313	-235	-196	-177	-175	-174	-168	-154
9		Raz Betzalel	-242.6	-314	-307	-297	-278	-231	-229	-213	-206	-181	-170
10		Steven De Donder	-268.6	-392	-323	-297	-294	-256	-248	-233	-216	-216	-211
11		Hilto 37	-271.1	-392	-345	-309	-273	-259	-249	-240	-237	-205	-202
12		Marco Prestini	-284.0	-348	-342	-319	-303	-282	-272	-261	-239	-238	-236
13		Barbie W	-287.4	-379	-362	-336	-304	-271	-268	-266	-240	-224	-224
14		Sami Casanova	-289.9	-371	-335	-332	-316	-269	-266	-263	-261	-245	-241
15		Marco Novara	-298.7	-448	-379	-328	-298	-292	-273	-248	-248	-247	-226
16		Zachary Grossack	-308.1	-597	-364	-355	-315	-289	-258	-244	-235	-212	-212
17		Mark Tynkov	-312.5	-408	-364	-346	-321	-316	-308	-284	-273	-257	-248
18		Geoff Hampson	-318.5	-429	-351	-349	-323	-322	-319	-315	-289	-251	-237
19		Gaetano Damiata	-321.6	-406	-353	-350	-345	-337	-314	-292	-289	-266	-264
20		Beppe Mistretta	-327.0	-441	-403	-348	-343	-341	-299	-282	-277	-273	-263
21		John Parsons	-333.6	-438	-396	-382	-368	-321	-312	-309	-275	-272	-263
22		Stan Schenker	-337.9	-441	-429	-394	-334	-330	-322	-315	-276	-269	-269
23		Filippo Lagostena	-348.4	-490	-489	-422	-331	-327	-323	-302	-279	-261	-260
24		Tracey B	-355.5	-539	-432	-350	-347	-339	-338	-310	-308	-308	-284
25		Federico Bianchi	-364.3	-466	-441	-441	-378	-358	-331	-314	-311	-304	-299
26		Alessandro Colombo	-365.2	-491	-417	-379	-370	-363	-347	-342	-323	-311	-309
27		Matt Dobbs	-365.7	-496	-453	-445	-352	-339	-334	-324	-314	-305	-295
28		Joan Clark	-366.8	-474	-388	-386	-370	-363	-353	-349	-340	-324	-321
29		Dan Hoffenberg	-371.0	-575	-420	-390	-364	-355	-346	-343	-325	-298	-294
30		Mira	-375.7	-411	-410	-401	-390	-378	-376	-351	-350	-349	-341
31		Jaron Marcus	-380.3	-572	-426	-396	-367	-354	-351	-345	-334	-332	-326
32		Brad Moss	-383.3	-495	-409	-406	-403	-391	-369	-358	-335	-335	-332
33		Jill Levin	-386.3	-535	-463	-405	-385	-376	-375	-347	-337	-321	-319
34		Jennifer Mourgues	-387.6	-482	-473	-428	-408	-390	-362	-343	-335	-329	-326
35		Fabio Quai	-394.8	-500	-462	-446	-400	-366	-363	-362	-358	-351	-340
36		Gianluca Lodato	-399.2	-518	-504	-450	-409	-398	-370	-349	-342	-340	-312
37		Giorgio Caccia	-411.3	-519	-465	-454	-413	-411	-406	-401	-379	-338	-327
38		Rosalind Lin	-417.5	-528	-484	-457	-442	-431	-407	-389	-374	-372	-291
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		Tsahi Maimon	-422.1	-617	-616	-590	-468	-438	-367	-360	-270	-250	-245
42		Patric Sierzega	-436.8	-546	-538	-484	-454	-432	-422	-385	-374	-369	-364
43		Fabrizio Farnesi	-438.8	-560	-517	-489	-427	-419	-413	-405	-401	-386	-371
44		Jackie Smith	-441.7	-575	-561	-500	-487	-424	-416	-372	-370	-358	-354
45		Maree Crawford	-458.2	-646	-560	-520	-482	-440	-425	-400	-386	-366	-357
46		Umberto Prestini	-468.2	-662	-530	-499	-467	-464	-445	-412	-410	-398	-395
47		Polina Binder	-517.5	-779	-612	-536	-522	-513	-473	-452	-446	-424	-418
48		Beryel Dorscht	-546.3	-664	-624	-569	-549	-533	-523	-511	-505	-496	-489
49		Giorgio Peterlongo	-554.2	-688	-670	-619	-600	-516	-507	-504	-484	-479	-475