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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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2003-2024

Barbu Heroes

Monthly winners, 2025

January: Geoff Hampson

February: Fabio Quai

March: 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	390.1	463	424	423	399	399	398	371	356	339	329
2		Geoff Hampson	344.8	468	388	376	358	347	316	310	302	292	291
3		Michael Wilkinson	342.0	464	436	428	425	286	281	279	275	273	273
4		Steven De Donder	340.8	401	384	369	330	330	327	320	316	316	315
5		Brad Moss	313.8	400	369	340	323	319	298	277	272	271	269
6		Dan Hoffenberg	308.6	388	353	324	317	302	300	294	279	270	259
7		Jaron Marcus	307.9	381	371	345	322	294	279	277	276	272	262
8		Ben Kristensen	302.7	400	381	381	365	291	274	260	253	250	172
9		Marco Prestini	301.3	351	337	330	319	317	302	286	264	255	252
10		Patric Sierzega	297.3	355	334	328	297	288	279	278	274	274	266
11		Mira	293.6	396	322	317	315	291	265	263	258	258	251
12		John Parsons	293.6	390	360	309	289	275	272	268	265	255	253
13		Rosalind Lin	290.5	388	326	309	307	296	292	258	250	243	236
14		Fabrizio Farnesi	289.9	330	308	303	290	286	284	281	275	273	269
15		Matt Dobbs	289.4	330	306	304	296	293	284	283	280	265	253
16		Mark Tynkov	287.6	343	341	319	305	292	270	263	255	245	243
17		Sami Casanova	284.4	400	348	342	282	270	269	241	235	229	228
18		Gianluca Lodato	276.2	382	321	287	279	277	264	261	236	228	227
19		Jennifer Mourgues	267.9	341	310	305	279	261	248	245	231	230	229
20		Federico Bianchi	265.5	305	303	267	267	266	260	259	253	238	237
21		Tracey B	263.7	301	292	273	270	266	263	255	247	236	234
22		John Diamond	258.5	342	297	297	275	242	242	231	227	218	214
23		Jill Levin	258.4	380	331	285	260	257	235	222	216	199	199
24		Umberto Prestini	257.6	340	338	311	304	258	223	219	208	188	187
25		Gaetano Damiata	254.0	380	304	254	248	237	233	228	225	216	215
26		Alessandro Colombo	251.9	325	280	277	266	249	239	230	219	218	216
27		Stan Schenker	247.5	290	280	269	258	258	243	221	219	219	218
28		Jackie Smith	236.2	487	277	247	229	220	214	179	172	170	167
29		Giorgio Caccia	231.2	333	310	290	241	233	214	183	175	171	162
30		Maree Crawford	227.2	286	281	248	247	244	235	200	183	181	167
31		Mike Rice	216.6	293	277	241	238	236	215	189	172	155	150
32		Zachary Grossack	207.0	317	316	292	232	196	180	169	159	127	82
33		Giorgio Peterlongo	195.3	291	287	226	204	200	198	149	142	133	123
34		Tsahi Maimon	193.1	296	274	242	240	168	168	156	154	119	114
35		Marco Novara	183.1	234	201	200	200	179	171	169	167	162	148
36		Joan Clark	182.5	235	232	210	209	199	170	169	149	127	125
37		Hilto 37	174.1	270	220	203	181	176	176	164	150	111	90
38		Goran Cekol	167.3	397	267	190	180	141	137	134	106	64	57
39		Giles Woodruff	134.0	190	175	159	155	133	127	121	114	102	64
40		Migry Zur Campanile	115.0	272	165	159	96	95	88	75	74	73	53
41		Cian Moss	112.4	255	149	135	129	113	112	88	59	43	41
42		Benoit Guiot	97.6	333	165	156	128	114	97	3	-4	-8	-8
43		Filippo Lagostena	94.8	138	132	116	114	102	83	72	67	63	61
44		Steven Dupree	48.4	306	119	117	31	22	-2	-20	-23	-27	-39
45		Beppe Mistretta	-20.7	89	82	14	4	-7	-45	-46	-69	-75	-154
46		Beryel Dorscht	-127.3	58	2	-84	-100	-125	-182	-205	-207	-215	-215

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
-		Benoit Guiot	-40.7	-225	-188	-118	-70	-8	-8	-4	3	97	114
1		Ben Kristensen	-77.2	-183	-153	-104	-90	-65	-55	-51	-26	-24	-21
2		Mike Rice	-99.8	-345	-314	-196	-110	-42	-30	-22	8	21	32
3		Migry Zur Campanile	-135.8	-213	-174	-169	-168	-166	-107	-103	-99	-80	-79
-		Giles Woodruff	-138.9	-250	-183	-177	-172	-152	-137	-109	-88	-65	-56
4		Marco Novara	-141.8	-379	-247	-180	-179	-97	-95	-94	-60	-51	-36
5		John Diamond	-146.3	-237	-203	-199	-177	-139	-130	-125	-94	-85	-74
-		Zachary Grossack	-150.6	-597	-258	-244	-235	-121	-92	-29	0	7	63
6		Goran Cekol	-163.2	-297	-297	-204	-190	-165	-141	-117	-76	-75	-70
-		Beppe Mistretta	-170.1	-441	-348	-273	-243	-154	-75	-69	-46	-45	-7
7		Hilto 37	-186.2	-392	-273	-259	-202	-151	-148	-127	-121	-111	-78
-		Steven Dupree	-204.7	-495	-453	-304	-250	-210	-143	-103	-39	-27	-23
8		Steven De Donder	-247.9	-392	-297	-294	-256	-248	-216	-204	-199	-188	-185
9		Filippo Lagostena	-248.1	-490	-489	-244	-207	-194	-188	-181	-169	-162	-157
-		Beryel Dorscht	-253.9	-523	-353	-283	-231	-215	-215	-207	-205	-182	-125
10		Marco Prestini	-255.2	-319	-303	-282	-272	-238	-236	-228	-228	-223	-223
11		Sami Casanova	-263.5	-335	-332	-269	-266	-263	-245	-241	-238	-228	-218
12		Geoff Hampson	-277.8	-429	-351	-323	-319	-289	-225	-220	-216	-204	-202
13		Mark Tynkov	-279.2	-408	-364	-321	-284	-273	-257	-244	-221	-218	-202
14		Dan Hoffenberg	-286.5	-420	-346	-294	-278	-278	-278	-257	-251	-238	-225
15		Jaron Marcus	-297.2	-354	-345	-332	-323	-316	-268	-264	-260	-256	-254
16		Gaetano Damiata	-298.4	-406	-350	-345	-314	-289	-266	-264	-256	-247	-247
17		Federico Bianchi	-302.7	-441	-378	-358	-331	-272	-265	-261	-258	-236	-227
18		Joan Clark	-312.6	-474	-370	-349	-324	-321	-273	-266	-253	-253	-243
19		Tracey B	-314.4	-539	-347	-338	-310	-308	-277	-263	-256	-255	-251
20		Stan Schenker	-314.9	-441	-429	-334	-330	-315	-276	-269	-257	-256	-242
21		John Parsons	-319.5	-438	-396	-382	-368	-321	-275	-263	-256	-249	-247
22		Gianluca Lodato	-322.9	-518	-450	-398	-285	-283	-271	-263	-261	-255	-245
23		Matt Dobbs	-323.1	-496	-445	-334	-324	-314	-305	-255	-254	-253	-251
24		Alessandro Colombo	-332.0	-491	-363	-347	-342	-323	-311	-309	-293	-283	-258
25		Patric Sierzega	-334.8	-546	-385	-360	-325	-312	-311	-288	-286	-271	-264
26		Jill Levin	-342.8	-463	-405	-376	-337	-321	-314	-311	-309	-296	-296
27		Giorgio Caccia	-343.0	-519	-465	-411	-327	-317	-290	-282	-275	-273	-271
28		Michael Wilkinson	-347.1	-403	-395	-393	-387	-384	-344	-310	-294	-287	-274
29		Mira	-357.9	-411	-401	-390	-376	-351	-349	-337	-324	-321	-319
30		Brad Moss	-358.2	-495	-409	-406	-403	-335	-327	-327	-320	-287	-273
31		Tsahi Maimon	-367.5	-617	-590	-468	-438	-367	-360	-222	-219	-199	-195
32		Jennifer Mourgues	-376.5	-482	-473	-428	-408	-362	-335	-329	-326	-313	-309
33		Rosalind Lin	-378.1	-528	-484	-457	-442	-431	-374	-291	-269	-254	-251
34		Umberto Prestini	-382.5	-467	-464	-445	-398	-395	-349	-335	-330	-325	-317
35		Fabrizio Farnesi	-384.5	-560	-517	-427	-419	-413	-332	-314	-293	-291	-279
36		Fabio Quai	-389.0	-500	-462	-446	-400	-366	-363	-351	-340	-331	-331
37		Giorgio Peterlongo	-392.1	-484	-475	-449	-401	-389	-361	-359	-355	-350	-298
38		Cian Moss	-404.3	-748	-466	-446	-391	-369	-363	-361	-326	-289	-284
39		Maree Crawford	-407.1	-560	-520	-482	-425	-400	-357	-346	-333	-326	-322
40		Jackie Smith	-425.3	-575	-561	-500	-424	-416	-372	-358	-354	-348	-345