How It Works

A quick guide to the Ping Pong Leaderboard

Getting Started

Add everyone who plays to the Players page. Each player starts with an ELO of 1000.

Mark players as inactive if they've left — they'll stay in history but won't appear in unplayed pairings.

Recording Matches

Go to Record after a match. Select the winner and loser, enter the score, and submit. The leaderboard updates instantly.

You can also tap Record from the Unplayed page next to any pair — it pre-fills the players.

ELO Rating

ELO transfers points from the loser to the winner based on the rating gap:

  • Beating a higher-rated player earns more points
  • Beating a lower-rated player earns fewer points
  • Losing to a stronger player costs fewer points

Scores do not affect ELO — only wins and losses.

Pages

Rankings

Current standings by ELO, plus recent match results.

Record

Log a new match. Select winner, loser, and score.

Players

Manage the roster — add, rename, or deactivate players.

Unplayed

All pairs who haven't played each other yet this season.

History

Browse archived seasons and their final standings.

Seasons

When a period ends, click End Season on the Rankings page. Standings are saved to History and all ELO ratings reset to 1000.

Match history and past seasons are always preserved.