Ranking System Help

(Ranking refers to the numerical value next to your name, e.g., 1000, 1700, whereas level refers to which contest you can take, e.g., Bronze, Silver).

Your ranking is calculated using the Ranking Formula:

Competition_Score × 1000 + index

The index for each level is as follows:

Bronze: 0

Silver: 700

Gold: 1400

Platinum: 2100

Diamond: 2800

For example, if your index is 700 (meaning you are on the Silver level), and you score 6/10 on the most recent competition, your new ranking would be:

(6/10) × 1000 + 700 = 1300.

Once your calculated rank passes the next level index, you will level up.

If your new calculated ranking is lower than your current ranking, the two values will be averaged.

Rank updates happen a few days after each contest, so changes will not show immediately.

FOR LEVELS ABOVE GOLD:

Only the top 75th percentile will be promoted; others are calculated with the Ranking Formula and are capped at the next rank index - 1 (1 point away from the next rank).

The Competition_Score is a fraction, meaning that if you get 7 out of 10 problems right on the contest, then the Competition_Score value in the equation above will be 7/10.

Contests above gold will only happen every other week.