It's becoming fairly obvious that, with half of the established players having ratings of over 2000 or so, a rating ceiling of 2700 and individual players' ratings often varying 500 or more in the course of a week, the current ratings are far too volatile to be of much real use in ranking players.

As we get more established players either the top players list will change dramatically on a more or less daily basis or one or more players will establish a rating of 2700 or thereabouts and stop playing. Neither situation is very satisfactory. The percentage win stats are not an ideal alternative but they are easily calculated and are a lot more stable than the ratings so I intend to post them here on a regular basis. Hopefully this may encourage some players to go for a win and not just a place. I'll do the same for dark ponds when we have a bit more data.

The top 25 is currently as follows. Remember you need 2 wins to be eligible for this list.


Rank…..Played ..........Won ........…….......... Rating

..1 ..............9 ................5 ..........55.6%.......... 2113P .......... Mike UK
..2 ............20 ................6 ..........30.0%.......... 2576P .......... basplund
..3 ............80 ..............16 ..........20.0%.......... 2384 ............ furbster
..4 ..........336 ..............64 ..........19.0%.......... 2554 ............ Pedro Martinez
..5 ..........331 ..............62 ..........18.7%.......... 2683 ............ Vikings
..6 ..........261 ..............34 ..........13.0%.......... 2252 ............ Maxxina
..7 ............16 ................2 ..........12.5%.......... 2107P .......... NOT a floosie
..8 ..........259 ..............30 ..........11.6%.......... 2662 ............ BIG BAD WOLF
..9 ............18 ................2 ..........11.1%.......... 2250P .......... TIGER0005
10 ..........122 ..............13 ..........10.7%.......... 2183 ............ rabbitoid
11 ............96 ..............10 ..........10.4%.......... 2168 ............ Flake
12 ..........107 ..............11 ..........10.3%.......... 2193 ............ Czuch Chuckers
13 ............39 ................4 ..........10.3%.......... 2533 ............ zockerdotcom
14 ............61 ................6 ............9.8%.......... 2301 ............ Erinity
15 ............31 ................3 ............9.7%.......... 1970 ............ Sinay
16 ............52 ................5 ............9.6%.......... 2346 ............ aissi
17 ............33 ................3 ............9.1%.......... 2228 ............ jitkasafa
18 ............78 ................7 ............9.0%.......... 2261 ............ Andre Faria
19 ............24 ................2 ............8.3%.......... 1961P .......... drgnrdr
20 ............36 ................3 ............8.3%.......... 2544 ............ Mely
21 ............25 ................2 ............8.0%.......... 2144 ............ Luisifer
22 ............25 ................2 ............8.0%.......... 2066 ............ pgt
23 ............65 ................5 ............7.7%.......... 2014 ............ Labbeda
24 ............26 ................2 ............7.7%.......... 2700 ............ Matarilevich
25 ............27 ................2 ............7.4%.......... 2202 ............ lukulus