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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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2004-2024

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2003-2024

Barbu Heroes

Monthly winners, 2024

January: Geoff Hampson

February: Mark Tynkov

March: Dana Berkowitz

April: Geoff Hampson

May: Steven De Donder

June: Geoff Hampson

July: Steven De Donder

August: Steven De Donder

September: Geoff Hampson

October: Steven De Donder

November: Steven De Donder

December: Steven De Donder

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	306.0	399	371	339	307	292	277	272	271	267	265
2		Mira	268.3	396	317	315	263	258	243	232	226	221	212
3		Fabrizio Farnesi	248.9	303	284	275	273	256	244	234	220	209	191
4		Michael Wilkinson	244.3	286	281	279	273	273	238	219	203	202	189
5		Mark Tynkov	234.9	292	263	255	243	233	230	228	209	202	194
6		Steven De Donder	233.4	384	327	316	267	220	201	165	154	153	147
7		Patric Sierzega	230.5	355	274	234	231	230	219	208	197	179	178
8		Jaron Marcus	229.3	371	279	276	255	250	204	171	167	161	159
9		Jennifer Mourgues	222.7	310	279	248	231	221	219	197	191	172	159
10		Geoff Hampson	210.5	283	227	225	219	201	197	193	189	187	184
11		Federico Bianchi	206.4	267	266	259	238	231	213	164	149	142	135
12		Alessandro Colombo	202.3	325	277	239	215	199	193	159	145	137	134
13		John Diamond	201.9	297	242	242	231	214	173	161	155	152	152
14		Sami Casanova	200.6	342	282	270	235	204	140	139	139	131	124
15		Rosalind Lin	197.4	326	236	215	202	195	193	172	167	143	125
16		Marco Prestini	186.3	337	319	252	194	147	142	139	118	110	105
17		Gaetano Damiata	181.2	380	191	169	165	165	161	152	148	146	135
18		John Parsons	172.2	272	225	224	182	178	143	136	126	120	116
19		Jill Levin	170.2	260	257	194	190	190	173	126	120	98	94
20		Stan Schenker	160.4	258	219	218	203	175	135	121	95	95	85
21		Gianluca Lodato	158.8	227	221	200	174	162	161	124	119	103	97
22		Giorgio Caccia	156.6	333	241	175	149	147	144	107	95	94	81
23		Jackie Smith	154.5	487	229	220	172	167	97	94	75	7	-3
24		Ben Kristensen	152.6	365	274	172	171	124	106	90	78	76	70
25		Tracey B	146.8	208	183	182	177	168	141	120	106	104	79
26		Dan Hoffenberg	145.1	302	300	128	128	122	109	107	100	78	77
27		Maree Crawford	139.0	244	200	183	181	156	114	92	80	72	68
28		Matt Dobbs	116.3	189	181	163	155	126	103	76	74	60	36
29		Umberto Prestini	111.6	172	167	155	133	110	108	84	70	64	53
30		Migry Zur Campanile	81.2	272	159	96	74	53	48	43	37	28	2
31		Joan Clark	76.4	170	125	117	72	70	61	53	49	31	16
32		Tsahi Maimon	73.4	274	240	154	119	81	4	-15	-25	-48	-50
33		Giles Woodruff	43.7	175	155	133	114	102	64	-25	-56	-88	-137
34		Filippo Lagostena	43.7	138	116	83	63	34	13	6	-3	-5	-8
35		Giorgio Peterlongo	16.1	198	98	49	31	11	0	-16	-22	-93	-95
36		Beppe Mistretta	-20.7	89	82	14	4	-7	-45	-46	-69	-75	-154

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 Kristensen	4.4	-153	-90	-65	-51	-17	70	76	78	90	106
-		Giles Woodruff	-22.2	-177	-152	-137	-88	-56	-25	64	102	114	133
1		Geoff Hampson	-56.1	-429	-173	-73	-67	-37	26	31	43	57	61
-		Migry Zur Campanile	-65.0	-213	-174	-166	-99	-79	-29	2	28	37	43
-		Dan Hoffenberg	-108.5	-346	-294	-176	-109	-77	-27	-23	-15	-10	-8
2		Steven De Donder	-115.4	-297	-216	-185	-159	-123	-80	-66	-49	-10	31
3		Federico Bianchi	-130.7	-223	-194	-160	-140	-131	-129	-89	-88	-82	-71
4		John Diamond	-135.2	-237	-203	-199	-177	-139	-125	-94	-85	-65	-28
-		Matt Dobbs	-136.0	-305	-238	-144	-125	-115	-104	-104	-84	-82	-59
-		Marco Prestini	-138.6	-228	-223	-207	-190	-185	-102	-85	-72	-69	-25
-		Joan Clark	-146.2	-370	-253	-182	-141	-138	-138	-72	-61	-59	-48
5		Rosalind Lin	-150.7	-251	-244	-221	-179	-158	-118	-102	-102	-67	-65
6		Giorgio Caccia	-153.5	-270	-242	-239	-192	-155	-124	-98	-95	-68	-52
7		John Parsons	-153.9	-396	-249	-155	-143	-134	-125	-106	-91	-90	-50
-		Tsahi Maimon	-161.2	-590	-367	-170	-113	-79	-71	-60	-58	-54	-50
-		Filippo Lagostena	-163.8	-490	-244	-207	-194	-188	-157	-59	-56	-27	-16
-		Beppe Mistretta	-170.1	-441	-348	-273	-243	-154	-75	-69	-46	-45	-7
8		Gaetano Damiata	-170.3	-345	-196	-188	-184	-174	-160	-138	-121	-105	-92
9		Stan Schenker	-177.8	-269	-242	-209	-194	-172	-155	-143	-138	-130	-126
10		Gianluca Lodato	-183.5	-398	-283	-216	-184	-152	-139	-130	-112	-111	-110
11		Maree Crawford	-200.9	-560	-232	-200	-181	-157	-144	-140	-139	-133	-123
12		Patric Sierzega	-200.9	-385	-271	-248	-209	-208	-167	-156	-136	-123	-106
13		Sami Casanova	-219.4	-335	-269	-245	-241	-218	-207	-206	-160	-158	-155
14		Alessandro Colombo	-220.4	-491	-255	-232	-224	-200	-197	-162	-158	-152	-133
15		Jaron Marcus	-226.5	-354	-264	-260	-237	-237	-220	-200	-193	-171	-129
16		Mark Tynkov	-241.0	-408	-364	-321	-273	-244	-218	-178	-148	-129	-127
17		Tracey B	-243.7	-539	-347	-263	-251	-215	-203	-192	-186	-126	-115
18		Umberto Prestini	-245.1	-467	-330	-317	-301	-301	-191	-161	-155	-117	-111
19		Fabrizio Farnesi	-252.4	-419	-413	-314	-270	-266	-194	-171	-170	-155	-152
20		Jill Levin	-253.1	-376	-311	-309	-293	-286	-242	-210	-195	-156	-153
21		Michael Wilkinson	-281.1	-403	-395	-393	-310	-287	-268	-240	-213	-167	-135
22		Giorgio Peterlongo	-297.1	-484	-475	-359	-355	-265	-239	-221	-197	-191	-185
23		Fabio Quai	-300.1	-446	-331	-325	-296	-296	-277	-267	-262	-256	-245
24		Mira	-304.5	-401	-376	-351	-337	-273	-268	-265	-261	-259	-254
25		Jackie Smith	-330.9	-575	-372	-358	-348	-337	-276	-268	-264	-256	-255
26		Jennifer Mourgues	-350.8	-482	-428	-408	-362	-335	-329	-313	-309	-276	-266