TABLE Tantrix Tournament Seeding List (based on Elo Ratings)

The end of 2007 table tournament seeding list can be found below.

Elo ratings are the best estimate of your strength from the evidence of tournament games (TGs) you have played so far, but are less reliable when based on only a few TGs or tournaments so to give the benefit of the doubt to players whose ratings have been 'tested' over more TGs and should be more reliable, Elo ratings from less than 36 table TGs/less than 3 table tournaments are reduced when calculating your seeding points, SPs. To allow for the large confidence interval around Elo ratings based on very few games/tournaments or only on tournament games ("TGs") played long ago, the rating for seeding purposes is the player's Elo rating reduced by by various factors:

- a reduction of (250/36) for each 'missing' game if G is less than 36
- G is capped at 18 (50% of 36) for this purpose if the player has played in less than two tournaments, or 27 (75% of 36) for exactly two tournaments

To find out the reasons for the above adjustments and for further information about the seeding criteria, please look at the seeding method and FAQ page. The figures on that page relate to online tournament seeding points, but the table tournament seeding adjustments will move towards those numbers over time as the number of table tournaments played increases.

If you did not have an"established" Elo rating before, your SPs will have risen by more than your Elo rating to reflect the greater confidence in the accuracy of your Elo rating now that you have played more tournament games - so newer players' SPs may rise even if their Elo rating has fallen.

To see whether or not your rating has improved it is best to look at how your rating has changed rather than your position. This is because the constant influx of completely new players and newish players (whose seeding deductions disappear as they play more tournaments and their Elo rating becomes established) may drop you down the table even if your rating stays the same.

* TABLE * TANTRIX TOURNAMENT SEEDING LIST as at 31 December 2007
Click here to return to the Elo rating and seeding home page
(changes since Oct are due to the SO, IO & AO; changes since Jul to the PO, HO & DO and the deweighting of previous years' Aug-Dec events)
Actual seedings for any tournament will depend on which players enter - in addition, 2 x lobby ranking - 250 is used for your SPs if higher than the SPs shown here
To find yourself in the list below : CTRL+F then type your nickname & press Enter - the columns are explained at the end of the page
For detailed movements, tournt by tournt figures & comments on the underlying Elo ratings, please click the "Elo Rating" column heading below
Apparent ties are separated by looking at decimal places even though seeding points are shown here to the nearest whole number
IMPORTANT NOTES FOR THOSE SEEDING TABLE TOURNAMENTS
Because only a few players have played in more than two table tournaments so far, it is not yet practical to seed a table tournament using table seeding points only. So:
1) If an entrant has played in a table tournament before, you should use the HIGHER of their table or online seeding points, i.e. the numbers in the BLUE column below.
2) If an entrant has never played in a table tournament, you should use their online seeding points instead - i.e. the numbers in the purple column on the online seeding list.
3) For all of the above players and also for players who have never played in any type of tournament, you should also calculate 2 x all-time lobby ranking - 250.
4) If (2 x lobby ranking - 250) is HIGHER than the highest value calculated in steps 1) or 2) above, use that as the seeding points for that player instead.
5) If you would like advice or to be sent any of the tables sorted by nickname, name or country, please ask Steven, tournaments@tantrix.co.uk.
N.B. Players below are ORDERED by UNADJUSTED table tournament seeding points because this is the best measure of table tournament performance so far.
However, the notes above imply that the seeding order for any given table tournament may not match these positions exactly.
PLAYER DETAILS Trn Dw T Games Played Unadj. Adju- Add so Adj. TABLE SPs change Actual Adj. ADJ. Current
Pos Position chg Player Name Trn Country Pld Trn In All Dewtd Elo -sted G >= 36 if G SEEDING PTS since in Online Online TABLE Lobby
Jul- 2007 Mstr T T' Yr Yrs G Rating G G Elo LE 5 G Pts Jul 2007 SPs SPs SPs Nickname
< adjustments (see above) >
1 = Up 2 Tamás Gombkötő TTM* HUN
5 3.0 34 77 48.3 2084 48.3 48.3 2084 +027 +066 1992 1992 2084 TommG
2 Up 2 Up 2 Rob Morton TTM* GBR
9 3.8 34 137 61.8 2040 61.8 61.8 2040 +010 +024 1954 1954 2040 skweeki
3 Dn 1 Dn 1 Zoltán Németh TTM* HUN
10 5.4 49 156 85.9 2035 85.9 85.9 2035 -016 +009 1912 1912 2035 Zormac
4 Up 18 Up 11 Matt Peek TGM NZL
3 2.1 35 56 37.6 2021 37.6 37.6 2021 +131 +110 2003 2003 2021 Pekko
5 Up 1 Up 11 Attila Mikulán TTM HUN
10 6.3 65 158 100.0 2019 100.0 100.0 2019 +047 +112 1893 1893 2019 blick
6 Up 48 Up 47 Péter Kovács   HUN
3 2.3 32 46 35.5 2014 35.5 0.5 1764 35.5 2011 +279 +279 1906 1906 2011 mizo
7 Up 18 Up 2 Péter Petrecz TTM* HUN
3 1.8 17 50 29.8 2041 29.8 6.3 1791 29.8 1998 +129 +040 1948 1948 1998 Pepe
8 Dn 5 Dn 7 Niklas Andersson TTM SWE
6 1.8 91 27.8 2047 27.8 8.3 1797 27.8 1990 -040 -057 1888 1888 1990 NiklasA
9 Dn 4 Dn 4 Heli Niemi TTM FIN
14 5.3 27 209 78.3 1972 78.3 78.3 1972 -048 -032 1841 1841 1972 Helly
10 Dn 3 Up 19 Jason Oliver ITM NZL
4 2.4 38 77 45.5 1970 45.5 45.5 1970 +008 +140 1948 1948 1970 Zorpolotta
11 Dn 1 Dn 4 László Szobonya TTM* HUN
9 5.3 49 141 83.5 1959 83.5 83.5 1959 +019 -032 1917 1917 1959 SiRPi
12 Up 41 Up 31 Brad Kast   AUS
2 1.3 20 41 25.3 2033 25.3 10.8 1783 25.3 1958 +223 +186 1819 1819 1958 kasty
13 Up 1 Dn 3 Mike McManaway ITM NZL
6 3.9 55 110 69.8 1954 69.8 69.8 1954 +026 +002 1950 1950 1954 mikem
14 Dn 1 Dn 1 Angharad Taylor   GBR
5 3.5 33 79 56.0 1940 56.0 56.0 1940 +011 +015 1729 1729 1940 angy
15 Up 1 Up 8 Rick Yagodich TTM GBR
17 9.3 95 252 143.5 1938 143.5 143.5 1938 +015 +062 1860 1860 1938 Rick
16 Dn 7 Dn 10 Laurence Pacull   FRA
5 2.5 14 66 34.0 1951 34.0 2.0 1701 34.0 1937 -018 -056 1816 1816 1937 lorene
17 Dn 9 Dn 5 Lennart Aspelin   SWE
9 5.1 43 131 74.8 1927 74.8 74.8 1927 -030 -017 1862 1862 1927 Pellepen
18 Up 38 Up 62 Jungle Payne   NZL
5 2.6 38 66 43.8 1923 43.8 43.8 1923 +204 +320 1776 1776 1923 Jungle
19 Dn 4 Dn 11 Susi Rieger   GER
5 2.5 16 77 39.3 1917 39.3 39.3 1917 -009 -066 1822 1822 1917 bikey
20 Dn 8 Up 5 Rémy Goyon   FRA
4 2.0 16 57 30.5 1950 30.5 5.5 1700 30.5 1911 -022 +066 1865 1865 1911 flacky
21 Up 3 new Hamish Watt   NZL
2 2.0 38 38 38.0 1972 27.0 9.0 1722 38.0 1910 +033 new 1885 1885 1910 Metallor
22 Dn 5 Dn 2 Marek Reniers   POL
5 3.0 29 78 45.8 1896 45.8 45.8 1896 -025 +006 1887 1887 1896 1kornik21
23 new new Michal Abaffy   SVK
2 2.0 32 32 32.0 1955 27.0 9.0 1705 32.0 1893 new new 1737 1737 1893 jasterica
24 Up 3 Up 3 Ben Polman ITM NED
12 6.4 63 185 100.8 1886 100.8 100.8 1886 +036 +046 1904 1904 1904 benopi
25 Dn 2 Up 22 Matthias Neumeister   GER
3 1.8 16 50 28.8 1936 28.8 7.3 1686 28.8 1885 = +135 1896 1896 1896 voogel
26 Dn 7 Dn 9 Simon Wright ITM GBR
6 2.2 17 85 34.4 1895 34.4 1.6 1645 34.4 1884 -014 -018 1919 1919 1919 Shunter
27 Dn 16 Dn 16 Zsófia Salát   HUN
4 3.5 48 61 54.5 1881 54.5 54.5 1881 -055 -067 1837 1837 1881 kissali
28 Dn 10 Dn 14 Tibor Kapu   HUN
2 1.5 17 31 24.0 1959 24.0 12.0 1709 24.0 1876 -040 -040 1778 1778 1876 Alfie
29 Up 19 Up 5 Miklós Hansel   HUN
4 2.3 17 59 34.5 1886 34.5 1.5 1636 34.5 1875 +116 +054 1857 1857 1875 mikellos
30 Up 8 Up 44 Eva Radix   NED
4 3.5 44 54 49.0 1871 49.0 49.0 1871 +058 +252 1800 1800 1871 Fafa
31 new new Yoseph Phillips ITM ISR
1 1.0 8 8 8.0 2062 8.0 28.0 1812 8.0 1868 new new 1969 1969 1969 yoseph
32 Dn 11 Up 7 Chris Essex   GBR
3 2.0 17 46 31.5 1894 31.5 4.5 1644 31.5 1863 -032 +058 1831 1831 1863 tizz88
33 Up 14 new David Kenny   AUS
2 2.0 38 38 38.0 1922 27.0 9.0 1672 38.0 1860 +100 new 1838 1838 1860 lytnin
34 new new Daniella Tidman   AUS
1 1.0 20 20 20.0 1984 18.0 18.0 1734 20.0 1859 new new 1790 1790 1859 DanT
35 Dn 9 Dn 13 Mauro Lazzara   ANG
9 3.4 18 135 55.3 1854 55.3 55.3 1854 -008 -025 1856 1856 1856 Soqquadro
36 Dn 8 Dn 10 Joe Ruby   USA
3 1.8 17 48 28.8 1900 28.8 7.3 1650 28.8 1850 = +004 1771 1771 1850 JMSC
37 Up 36 new Matúš Abaffy   SVK
3 3.0 49 49 49.0 1842 49.0 49.0 1842 +182 new 1744 1744 1842 Bafonone
38 Dn 8 Dn 1 Marion Scott   GBR
6 2.0 17 86 32.0 1866 32.0 4.0 1616 32.0 1838 = +027 1761 1761 1838 mazzer
39 Up 7 Dn 11 Vincent Auger   FRA
8 4.6 42 118 67.5 1838 67.5 67.5 1838 +073 +005 1852 1852 1852 Syagrius
40 Up 1 = Monica Persson   SWE
7 2.8 14 102 40.9 1838 40.9