Please note that this page contains a lot of detail about the Tantrix tournament Elo ratings, which are the best estimates of each player's strength based on the tournament games they have played so far. If you are not interested in all this detail, please go straight to one of the seeding lists (see links below) which are based on these Elo ratings but are much easier to read.

Tantrix Tournament Elo Ratings

The 30 April 2008 online table tournament Elo ratings for nearly 800 players can be found below the following notes. The ratings are based on a total of 35558 online tournament games, 1793 of which were played so far in 2008, and 4525 table tournament games of which 480 were played so far in 2008.

Please remember that whether a player's rating rises or falls depends partly on how he/she did compared to the same tournament a year ago in terms of actual results (margins) and the strength of opponents played. This does not necessarily mean how far they got in the tournament each year, though there is obviously a strong correlation with that. Because results from the same tournament a year before are deweighted by 50% in the calculation of the weighted average Elo (and results from the same tournament two years earlier are deweighted by another 50%, i.e. reduced to 25% of their original weighting, and so on), the ratings of some players who did not play in the latest tournaments but did play in them a year or two ago have also changed.

Under a classical Elo rating system like this, you do not start with an arbitrary rating like 500 and slowly move away from it. Instead, the system calculates a best estimate of your rating based on all the available evidence, i.e. all the tournament games you have played, even if you have not played very many. This makes the system fairer on your future opponents and gives a better idea of your true strength quickly. However, 'best estimate' does not mean necessarily mean 'likely to be maintained'. Ratings based on a low number of games have a large confidence interval around them and this is taken into account when converting Elo ratings into seeding points.

For example, if you played your first tournament game against the world no. 1 and beat him by a big margin, your rating for that game might be 2500. That is the level appropriate to someone who beats the world no. 1 by a big margin in every game, and you have beaten the world no. 1 by a big margin in every (one!) game so far, but that is clearly not sustainable over 35 more games ... or if it is, you are probably going to be the next World Champion! :-)

So, some players below have "established" ratings and some are "provisional". The best way to compare established and provisional players is to look at the seeding lists. These start off with the Elo ratings then points are deducted to allow for the greater confidence interval around provisional ratings.

Please note that Elo ratings depend on who you play and how heavily you win or lose against them rather than directly on your final position in each tournament, so sometimes the order of ratings for a tournament differs slightly from the final positions, eg. someone who wins their qualification group by a long way and beats a few top players but does not win the tournament might get a higher rating than someone who wins the tournament after just scraping through qualification or having an easy draw. For more info on the ratings, please see the links at the end of this page or email me.

     
TANTRIX TOURNAMENT ELO RATINGS as at 30 Apr 2008 (online & table)    
     
(the rating list can be found below these links)    
     
Click here for the current Online Tournament Seeding list (less detailed, so easier to understand than this page)   SINGLE TOURNAMENT FIGURES FOR THE CURRENT YEAR
Click here for the current Table Tournament Seeding list (less detailed, so easier to understand than this page)    
Click here to see all Tournament Master (TGM & ITM) norms and titles awarded so far   Single tournament ratings (and numbers of games) are shown below
Click here to return to the Elo rating and seeding home page   Online tournaments are highlighted like this
Click here to return to the Tantrix Tournaments Home Page   Table tournaments are highlighted like this
    TGM norms (rating+g>=2050, G>=20, >= 5 opponents) are shown in red
Most players will find the seeding lists (see links above) easier to follow - they are in seeding point order too, so also show positions.   ITM norms (rating+g>=2000, G>=7, >= 4 opponents) are shown in blue
The list below is in alphabetical order by Tantrix nickname (table players with no nickname at the end) to make it easy to find yourself.   Uncounted norms (already had max. norms of this type) are shown in brown
    TTM norms (rating+g>=2000, G>=7, >= 4 opponents) are shown in green
There is a key to what each column heading means at the bottom of the page   The Rating Month for a tournament is the month in which the tournament finishes, except that
  if a online tournament is completed in the first 7 days of a new month and 90% of it had been
Ratings marked E are ESTABLISHED ratings based on at least 3 tournaments, at least 36 tournament games and at least one tournament    completed by the end of the previous month, then the rating month will be the previous month.
game since the start of the last completed calendar year. Other ratings (marked P) are provisional and will be reduced before being used   However, the 2007 STC was added to the Dec 2007 ratings for reasons given on the forum
for seeding purposes to take into account greater uncertainty. Names of players with established online ratings are shown in bold type.    
   
PLAYER DETAILS ONLINE TOURNAMENT GAMES TABLE TOURNAMENT GAMES     INDIVIDUAL TOURNAMENTS IN 2008 (bold lines denote where new starting values used)
NO OF GAMES Change NO OF GAMES Change Rating Mth --> Other Apr-08 Apr-08 Mar-08 Mar-08 Jan-08 Influence of earlier years' results
Player Name Trn Country E/ T T' C Yr All Dwt * Elo * Since In E/ T T' C Yr All Dwt * Elo * Since In Lobby   Other 08WTTC 08BO 08NZO 08WJ 08GO Online Table
Mstr P =G Rating 31-Mar 2008 P =G Rating 31-Mar 2008 Nickname   G Elo G Elo G Elo G Elo G Elo G Elo T T' Gms G Elo T T' Gms G Elo
Totals> 1793 35558 Totals> 480 4525 Time Decay Factors ---> 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00    
                                             
Marek Reniers POL
E 9 3.5 Y 30 212 94.0 1908 +020 +020 E 6 3.1 Y 14 92 45.1 1922 = +026 1kornik21     30 1943             14 2009 8 2.5 182 64.0 1891 5 2.1 78 31.13 1882
László Klein HUN
P 3 1.0 N   79 25.5 1717 = =                     6lapos                           3 1.0 79 25.5 1717          
Ervin Bőhl HUN
E 8 2.9 y   152 56.1 1607 = -004                     Aapa                           8 2.9 152 56.1 1607          
Attila Bőhl HUN
E 16 7.2 Y 42 399 194.4 1905 +008 +007 E 3 2.5 Y 14 45 38.0 1889 = +007 Aata       42 1931             14 1902 15 6.2 357 152.4 1898 2 1.5 31 24 1882
Luis Morfin MEX
P 3 0.1 N   56 2.7 1673 = =                     Abyss                           3 0.1 56 2.7 1673          
Mathieu Le Gall FRA
P 2 0.1 N   23 0.8 1723 -037 -037                     acidnitrix                           2 0.1 23 0.8 1723          
Adi Chudy ISR
P 1 1.0 Y 18 18 18.0 1657 new new P 1 1.0 y   7 7.0 1346 = = Adi       18 1657                           1 1.0 7 7 1346
Pawel Pajda POL
E 3 2.5 y   54 43.5 1704 = +020                     adjap                           3 2.5 54 43.5 1704          
Andrew Swan AUS
P 3 0.0 N   36 0.6 1906 = =                     Admiral                           3 0.0 36 0.6 1906          
Rita Tóth HUN
                    P 1 0.3 N   14 3.5 1365 = = Aiyaruk                                     1 0.3 14 3.5 1365
Hans A [w] NED
P 1 0.0 N   6 0.0 1695 = =                     Ajax                           1 0.0 6 0.0 1695          
Aladar Sampon SVK
P 1 0.1 N   17 2.1 1672 = =                     aladar                           1 0.1 17 2.1 1672          
Markku Saarikoski FIN
P 8 2.1 y   118 20.8 1697 -010 -010                     albicolon                           8 2.1 118 20.8 1697          
Alida Tátrai HUN
P 2 0.8 N   24 9.0 1554 = -002 P 1 0.5 N   14 7.0 1900 = = Alcsi                           2 0.8 24 9.0 1554 1 0.5 14 7 1900
Alex Kowalczyk AUS
P 8 0.1 N   61 0.5 1740 = -002                     AlexK2000                           8 0.1 61 0.5 1740          
Tibor Kapu HUN
E 13 8.0 Y 42 302 188.5 1799 +023 +021 P 2 1.5 y   31 24.0 1959 = = Alfie       42 1880                 12 7.0 260 146.5 1775 2 1.5 31 24 1959
Alison Boult GBR
P 1 0.5 N   23 11.5 1647 = =                     AliB                           1 0.5 23 11.5 1647          
Alison Hatton RSA
P 1 0.3 N   18 4.5 1587 = =                     alicat                           1 0.3 18 4.5 1587          
Alice B [u] ISR
P 3 0.5 N   56 10.4 1590 = +003                     aliska                           3 0.5 56 10.4 1590          
Alistair Gorrie GBR
P 4 0.3 N   83 6.0 1830 -019 -019 P 1 0.1 N   14 0.9 1687 = = Allegory                           4 0.3 83 6.0 1830 1 0.1 14 0.875 1687
Karolina Zajdel POL
E 3 2.5 y   62 51.5 1593 = -029                     Allure                           3 2.5 62 51.5 1593          
Alun Harford GBR
P 2 0.1 N   23 1.4 1717 +004 +004                     Alun                           2 0.1 23 1.4 1717          
Martin Pályi Kiss HUN
E 11 5.4 Y 21 249 124.3 1690 = -012 P 2 1.3 y   31 20.5 1558 = = Anakonda                   21 1622     10 4.4 228 103.3 1704 2 1.3 31 20.5 1558
Andor Kordás HUN
P 1 1.0 y   18 18.0 1673 = =                     andko                           1 1.0 18 18.0 1673          
Angelique Pizzignacco SWE
P 4 0.9 N   118 27.6 1882 = +007                     Angelique                           4 0.9 118 27.6 1882          
Angharad Taylor GBR
P 2 0.8 N   63 24.0 1796 = +004 E 5 2.8 y   79 43.5 1943 = +004 angy                           2 0.8 63 24.0 1796 5 2.8 79 43.5 1943
Helene L [u] FRA
E 4 3.0 Y 15 95 77.5 1762 -024 -021                     annelaure       15 1663                 3 2.0 80 62.5 1786          
Ant Davenport GBR
P 3 1.0 N   60 19.5 1659 = =                     antdav                           3 1.0 60 19.5 1659          
Matthias Merz GER
                    P 2 0.4 N   28 5.1 1574 = -027 ante                                     2 0.4 28 5.125 1574
Mark Greville GBR
E 6 4.3 Y 18 127 98.0 1694 -034 -022                     ANUBIS       18 1542                 5 3.3 109 80.0 1728          
April White NZL
P 2 0.1 N   24 0.8 1457 = -024                     aprilmoon                           2 0.1 24 0.8 1457          
Thomas Bächle GER
E 8 2.6 y   205 71.9 1824 +001 -005 P 1 0.1 N   16 2.0 1752 = = Aquarius                           8 2.6 205 71.9 1824 1 0.1 16 2 1752
David Lawrence GBR
P 3 0.4 N   36 4.3 1635 -010 -010 P 2 0.4 N   19 3.9 1456 = = Argel                           3 0.4 36 4.3 1635 2 0.4 19 3.875 1456
Walter Haselmann ARG
P 7 0.8 N   104 15.2 1599 +004 -021                     Argentino                           7 0.8 104 15.2 1599          
Kathy Upton AUS
P 10 0.4 N   189 7.7 1816 +001 +001                     Ariel                           10 0.4 189 7.7 1816          
Artur Pieniazek POL
P 1 0.5 y   15 7.5 1434 = =                     ArturP                           1 0.5 15 7.5 1434          
Mel Kervin AUS
P 1 0.0 N   15 0.5 1546 = =                     Astrid                           1 0.0 15 0.5 1546          
Wendy Sykes AUS
P 2 0.0 N   15 0.1 1521 = =                     Aussie                           2 0.0 15 0.1 1521          
Anton Smirnov RUS
P 2 0.3 N   24 3.8 1699 +002 =                     Axl                           2 0.3 24 3.8 1699          
Axel Abrahamsson SWE
E 6 3.6 y   175 100.6 1847 = -013 P 3 0.9 N   42 12.3 1822 = = AxxL                           6 3.6 175 100.6 1847 3 0.9 42 12.25 1822
Graham Purnell GBR
E 3 1.8 y   72 40.5 1717 = = P 4 2.0 y   61 29.3 1706 = +005 baboon                           3 1.8 72 40.5 1717 4 2.0 61 29.25 1706
Attila Bacskai HUN
P 2 0.4 N   39 6.4 1693 = =                     bacskai                           2 0.4 39 6.4 1693          
Matúš Abaffy SVK
P 2 2.0 y   79 79.0 1806 = = E 3 2.5 y   49 40.5 1852 = +010 Bafonone                           2 2.0 79 79.0 1806 3 2.5 49 40.5 1852
Robyn Davis AUS
P 1 1.0 y   21 21.0 1613 = =                     Baileys                           1 1.0 21 21.0 1613          
Fabrice Banctel FRA
P 2 0.5 N   42 10.5 1609 = -010                     banctel                           2 0.5 42 10.5 1609          
Barbara Kocsis HUN
E 6 5.0 Y 42 147 127.5 1762 +005 = P 1 1.0 Y 15 15 15.0 1832 new new Barbiko       42 1772 15 1832             5 4.0 105 85.5 1757          
Barbara Böcsödi HUN
P 2 0.0 N   22 0.5 1585 +016 +016                     Barby                           2 0.0 22 0.5 1585          
Bartosz Witkowski POL
P 1 0.3 N   39 9.8 1836 = =                     Bartek                           1 0.3 39 9.8 1836          
Catherine Moxham ITM NZL
E 15 4.5 y   396 132.7 1926 -001 +002                     Bastet                           15 4.5 396 132.7 1926          
Csaba Bőhl HUN
P 1 0.1 N   17 2.1 1664 = =                     bcsiga                           1 0.1 17 2.1 1664          
Britta Steude ITM NZL
E 15 2.4 y   239 52.5 1871 -001 -002 E 7 3.7 Y 16 114 63.1 1831 = +006 Bdot               16 1838         15 2.4 239 52.5 1871 6 2.7 98 47.06 1829
Bertrand Toscer FRA
P 1 1.0 y   24 24.0 1595 = =                     beb                           1 1.0 24 24.0 1595          
Ingrid Vergauwen BEL
P 1 0.1 N   30 1.9 1799 = =                     BEE2                           1 0.1 30 1.9 1799          
Denis Begun CAN
P 1 0.3 N   21 5.3 1727 = =                     begundan                           1 0.3 21 5.3 1727          
Leah Sanders AUS
P 7 0.3 N   126 4.3 1877 +030 +030                     Bell                           7 0.3 126 4.3 1877          
Péter Regős HUN
P 4 0.5 N   79 9.9 1691 +003 +003                     bendi                           4 0.5 79 9.9 1691          
Cornelis Bruinhorst NED
E 7 4.5 Y 30 196 133.5 1788 +014 +019                     Bengel       30 1838                 6 3.5 166 103.5 1773          
Matthew Bennett AUS
P 1 0.1 N   18 1.1 1524 = =                     Bennay                           1 0.1 18 1.1 1524          
Benjamin Plotsky  USA
P 2 1.5 y   48 39.0 1546 = +012                     bennig                           2 1.5 48 39.0 1546          
Ben Polman ITM NED
E 19 4.4 y   469 123.3 1902 -002 -002 E 15 7.8 Y 45 230 118.4 1897 +006 +011 benopi           15 1941 16 1849     14 1910 19 4.4 469 123.3 1902 12 4.8 185 73.38 1896
Bert Leus-Bamps BEL
P 1 0.0 N   14 0.2 1729 = =                     berkje                           1 0.0 14 0.2 1729          
Michał Kryszak POL
P 1 0.1 N   33 2.1 1834 = =                     berwi                           1 0.1 33 2.1 1834          
Beth Burdet NZL
P 1 0.3 N   24 6.0 1543 = = P 4 1.7 Y 8 39 18.3 1646 = -044 Beth               8 1590         1 0.3 24 6.0 1543 3 0.7 31 10.25 1689
Kevin Baird GBR
P 11 1.0 N   182 16.5 1757 -014 -014                     Bhoys                           11 1.0 182 16.5 1757          
Gábor Balázs HUN
P 5 0.7 N   93 16.7 1661 = =                     bidzsi                           5 0.7 93 16.7 1661          
Alan Ford GBR
P 3 0.6 N   43 8.4 1525 = +026                     Big4D                           3 0.6 43 8.4 1525          
Susi Rieger TTM GER
E 9 4.0 y   215 91.0 1820 = -002 E 6 2.8 Y 16 93 42.8 1994 = +077 bikey               16 2109         9 4.0 215 91.0 1820 5 1.8 77 26.75 1925
Brian Colp USA
P 2 0.0 N   32 0.4 1750 = =                     Birdman                           2 0.0 32 0.4 1750          
Fred Biro FRA
P 3 1.0 N   75 25.5 1711 = +006                     Biro                           3 1.0 75 25.5 1711          
Björn Oldenburger  NED
P 2 1.0 y   42 21.0 1653 = =                     bjol                           2 1.0 42 21.0 1653          
Attila Mikulán HUN
E 26 8.9 Y 42 605 242.8 1909 +009 +016 E 11 5.6 Y 14 172 87.1 2028 = +009 blick       42 1949             14 2068 25 7.9 563 200.8 1901 10 4.6 158 73.13 2020
Frank Heyer FRA
P 9 0.3 N   164 4.7 1907 -004 -004                     blob                           9 0.3 164 4.7 1907          
Dylan Casey AUS
E 3 1.8 y   62 39.0 1563 = =                     bloodnut                           3 1.8 62 39.0 1563          
Viktor Engárd HUN
P 5 0.7 N   101 16.6 1767 +004 +004                     blr36                           5 0.7 101 16.6 1767          
Chris Watson GBR
P 1 1.0 Y 18 18 18.0 1599 new new                     bluebear       18 1599                                    
James Preen GBR
E 16 5.3 Y 39 388 145.4 1855 +023 +016 P 1 0.5 N   14 7.0 1932 = = bluedog       39 1919                 15 4.3 349 106.4 1831 1 0.5 14 7 1932
Gilles Brazzalotto CAN
E 6 1.6 y   135 46.9 1812 +001 -001                     bodhran                           6 1.6 135 46.9 1812          
Gabriel Cheang SIN
E 8 3.5 y   141 63.9 1628 = -017                     BoLiAoGC                           8 3.5 141 63.9 1628          
Tanya Jones GBR
                    P 2 1.0 N   30 15.0 1749 = = bonbon                                     2 1.0 30 15 1749
Amy H [u] GBR
P 1 0.1 N   37 4.6 1759 = =                     Borissa                           1 0.1 37 4.6 1759          
Eszter Rajki HUN
E 5 2.0 y   130 52.8 1846 = +014                     boszi4                           5 2.0 130 52.8 1846          
Nicolas Didrit FRA
E 10 5.9 Y 18 222 120.1 1625 -005 +004                     Boub       18 1599                 9 4.9 204 102.1 1629          
Sylvain Bourdette FRA
P 1 0.5 y   18 9.0 1717 = =                     boubou                           1 0.5 18 9.0 1717          
Kyle B [u] AUS
P 1 0.0 N   10 0.3 1764 = =                     Bowdy                           1 0.0 10 0.3 1764          
Matthew Boxer NZL
P 3 0.1 N   17 0.3 1537 = =                     Boxer                           3 0.1 17 0.3 1537          
Brad Swanlund USA
P 14 1.2 N   276 29.8 1865 -006 +016                     brad                           14 1.2 276 29.8 1865          
Christopher Davis AUS
E 7 4.5 Y 24 211 150.3 1880 -006 -010 P 1 1.0 y   20 20.0 1942 = = Brainless       24 1846                 6 3.5 187 126.3 1887 1 1.0 20 20 1942
László Tamás Bátyi HUN
P 1 1.0 y   21 21.0 1524 = = E 3 2.5 y   46 39.0 1704 = = Bratyo                           1 1.0 21 21.0 1524 3 2.5 46 39 1704
Róbert Papp HUN
P 1 0.0 N   8 0.3 1600 = =                     Breki                           1 0.0 8 0.3 1600          
Brett Laishley AUS
E 13 2.5 y   318 77.4 1868 +002 +005                     brett                           13 2.5 318 77.4 1868          
Andreas Kemerle GER
P 5 0.3 N   70 4.3 1848 +015 +015                     Bricks                           5 0.3 70 4.3 1848          
Stephan Brissaud CAN
P 1 0.1 N   12 1.5 1244 = =                     brissaud                           1 0.1 12 1.5 1244          
Bruno Fillon FRA
P 7 0.8 N   123 11.5 1727 +012 +021                     Brunojoue                           7 0.8 123 11.5 1727          
Brett Randall AUS
P 5 0.4 N   64 5.0 1653 = =                     buck                           5 0.4 64 5.0 1653          
David Haston GBR
P 1 1.0 y   12 12.0 1555 = =                     buddha                           1 1.0 12 12.0 1555          
Bethany Rogers GBR
                    P 1 0.0 N   8 0.3 1177 = = bug                                     1 0.0 8 0.25 1177
Pierre Faure GDL
P 2 0.1 N   20 1.1 1700 = =                     Burgot                           2 0.1 20 1.1 1700          
Carl Fredrik Tjeransen NOR
E 6 3.8 Y 18 138 81.8 1670 +007 +011                     Caffe       18 1694                 5 2.8 120 63.8 1664          
Fernando Martinez ESP
P 2 0.8 N   21 7.5 1569 = +003                     caminante                           2 0.8 21 7.5 1569          
John Antony NZL
P 3 1.5 y   34 20.0 1589 = =                     Caotik                           3 1.5 34 20.0 1589          
Annie Brunet FRA
P 1 0.1 N   27 1.7 1654 = =                     caribelle                           1 0.1 27 1.7 1654          
Patrice Leclef FRA
P 1 0.1 N   21 1.3 1575 = =                     caribou                           1 0.1 21 1.3 1575          
Carina Göransson SWE
P 1 0.1 N   23 1.4 1713 = =                     carina                           1 0.1 23 1.4 1713