The SR Rankings are the mathematical method of ranking FUMBBL teams and coaches based on their performances in official FUMBBL tournaments.


Reports and Tournaments

The SR Rankings are published in Reports after each Sunday 24:00 (server time) when there has been at least one tournament completed or expired in the previous 7 day period. Reports are grouped by FUMBBL Years. A FUMBBL Year ends when a new FUMBBL Cup result has been uploaded and the previous FUMBBL Cup results are discarded.

A regular tournament enters into the system in the first Report after it finishes and remains there for 52 calendar weeks by default or at least until its year ends. The tournaments below are exceptional as they may get replaced in the system by the next tournament of the same kind. Points earned on these tournaments remain in the system for a maximum of 78 calendar weeks.

• Ball Brawl
  
• Black Cup
  
• Crown of Sand
  
• FUBAR Cup
  
• FUMBBL Cup
  
• Grotty Little Tournament
  
• Lustrian Challenge
  
• Ulthuan Invitational
  
• Warpstone Open
  
• Wheel of Chaos
  
• Xenophobes' Federated Leagues Qualifiers (each rosters separately)
  
• Xenophobes' Federated Leagues Masters
  

Major tournament's qualifiers enter with their main tournament. XFL Qualifiers are exceptional and are treated as Minor tournaments.

The system ensures that all regular tournaments are included in either of the year end Reports. As the special tournaments provide what could be considered as a title, the system ensures that in a given time only one champion exists per these tournaments. In rare cases this could make some results excluded from the year-end reports, most likely the XFL Qualifiers which are drawn in a random order for each season.

Special tournaments are usually shown with bold while those which are not part of the year-end rankings are shown with bolditalic typeface.


Tournament Points

Tournaments yield points based on their rank, level, format, number of teams, and also based on the performance of the team/coach.

Format: SR has two tournament formats: Elimination (E) and Non-elimination (N). Knockout and King of the Hill tournaments are Elimination format tournaments, while Swiss and Round-Robin tournaments are Non-Elimination format tournaments.

Rank: There are three ranks: Major (MA), Minor (MI), and Major Qualifier (QU). Tournament ranks should be obvious except for XFL Qualifiers which are considered as Minor tournaments. Currently the XFL Masters Groups are considered as Major Qualifiers, while the XFL Masters Final is a Major tournament. Historically there were XFL Masters which were Minor tournaments.

Level: A Level 1 tournament has no qualifiers while a level 2 tournaments has level 1 qualifiers etc. Note that XFL Qualifiers are considered as Level 1 MI tournaments, XFL Masters Groups are Level 2 QU tournaments, while the XFL Masters Final is a Level 3 MA tournament.

Number of Teams: This is the number of non-filler teams in round 1 of the schedule of the tournament. The point allocation rules are set for ranges of these numbers, eg. a tournament with 14 teams may fit to a point allocation rule set for 13–16 teams. Not required for Non-elimination tournaments.

Performance: Performances are handled differently for the two formats. Concessions, forfeits, and dropouts are punished. All tournaments yield a small amount of initial points even if the participant loses all matches. This is not only an incentive for participation but also to play the match without conceding, as a first round forfeit/dropout/concession takes away these points and results in a zero point performance (see Unclean Results section below). On top of that, these performances have priority over others in taking slots and may easily displace better performances (see SR Points section below.)

• For Elimination tournaments, the points are determined by the highest round's valid win by match. An Unclean Result (see below) invalidates a win as a punishment. Consider every participant as having a free initial win which yields the initial points. But also this virtual win can get invalidated and end up with zero points if one does not play the first match or chooses to concede it. If a tournament is won by having a bye in the last round then despite no match was played, the winner gets an extra (Winner-F)/4 number of points rounded down.

Rank	Level	Teams	Winner	F	SF	QF	R16	R32	R64	R128	R256	Initial
MA	1	385–512	2000	1200	720	360	180	90	45	22	11	1
MA	1	257–384	1600	960	570	285	145	70	35	18	9	2
MA	1	193–256	1400	840	500	250	125	65	32	16		3
MA	1	129–192	1150	690	410	205	100	50	25	12		4
MA	1	97–128	1000	600	360	180	90	45	22			5
MA	1	65–96	800	480	285	140	70	35	17			6
MA	1	49–64	700	420	250	125	60	30				7
MA	1	13–16	350	210	125	60						15
MA	2	25–32	1000	600	360	180	90					22
MA	2	17–24	1000	600	320	160	80					30
MA	2	13–16	1000	600	300	150						38
MA	2	7–8	1000	600	300							75
MA	3	3–4	1000	600								150
MI	1	33–48	300	180	108	54	27	13				4
MI	1	25–32	250	150	90	45	22					5
MI	1	17–24	190	114	68	34	17					6
MI	1	13–16	160	96	58	29						7
MI	1	9–12	120	72	43	21						8
MI	1	7–8	100	60	36							9
MI	1	3–4	65	39								10
MI	2	13–16	200	120	72	36						9
MI	2	3–4	200	120								30
QU	1	17–24	115	69	41	20	10					2
QU	1	13–16	100	60	36	18						3
QU	1	9–12	80	48	28	14						4
QU	1	7–8	70	42	25							5
QU	1	5–6	60	36	21							6
QU	1	3–4	50	30								7
QU	1	2	30									8

• For Non-Elimination tournaments, every regularly played match is worth points, even losses. An Unclean Result (see below) decreases the earned points by (W+D) amount of points but the final number of points can never be negative. Participants also start these tournaments with some initial points, but the final winners receive additional W number of points as if they had won one extra match.
  

Rank	Level	Winner	W	D	L	Initial
MI	1	+24	+24	+12	+2	4
QU	1	+16	+16	+8	+1	2
QU	2	+48	+48	+24	+4	8

In the Tournaments pages, both the tournament categories and the points are shown in solid forms. For example E/MI/1/17-24 means an Elimination, Minor, level 1 tournament with 17 to 24 teams while N/QU/1 means a Non-elimination level 1 Major Qualifier. The points of these type of tournaments are shown respectively as follows:

• 190–114–68–34–17 | 6
  
• 16 | 16/8/1 | 2
  

Unclean Results

Concessions, Fortfeits and Quits (Dropouts) are considered unclean and are handled differently in points calculation (see above) and slot allocation (see below).
Results of multiple applications (see below) are also considered unclean.

Wasted Points

Teams and coaches may not get all the points they earned. Earned points which are excluded from their SR Points are called Wasted Points.

Points are wasted because no vacant slots remain for them, possibly because those slots were taken by better performances. Once a better performance gets out of the system, then a formerly wasted performance will fill the vacancy.


Multiple Applications

If a coach played with multiple teams in a given main tournament (whether these teams applied to different qualifiers or not) or played with the same team in multiple qualifiers then for every tournament level, the coach is credited with the lowest points earned on that level and the result is considered Unclean (see above) for that coach.

If a team played in multiple qualifiers of the same main tournament then for every tournament level, the team is credited with the lowest points earned on that level and the result is considered Unclean (see above) for the team.


Slot Groups

Team and Coach rankings have different slot rules; these have rules changed and may will change over time. A slot rule determines what kind of slots groups are, what kind of tournament performances they accept, how many slots they contain, which order they are checked, and what slot group they pass those performances for when they have no vacant slots.

SR has the following Slot Groups:

• FC: This slot group can only accept the performance of the FUMBBL Cup and thus it has zero or one slot. If this group has zero slots defined, that means that there is no reserved slot for the FUMBBL Cup and its performance should be checked in the MA group instead. If there are a slot defined in the FC group though, then that slot is considered reserved for the FUMBBL Cup performance. This means that if the FC group is part of the slot rules then not participating in the FUMBBL Cup is a disadvantage.
  
  
• MA: this slot group accepts performances of major tournaments (including the FUMBBL Cup and since 2016-01-25, the XFL Masters). If this group get full, performances are redirected to the R group.
  
  
• R: this slot group accepts performances of any tournaments. If this group gets full, the remaining performances are wasted.

Table 3 shows the number of slots for the three groups by time. Note that the sum of slots for the Coach Rankings is 18 whilst for the Team rankings it is 9. If all of these slots are in the R group that would mean that Coach Rankings would be calculated by the best 18 tournament results regardless of the ranks of those tournaments. FC and MA slots are in fact defined for restrictions, which means that not taking part in FUMBBL Cup and some majors results in a disadvantage in the rankings, as those slots would contribute no points to the final SR Points total.

Start Date	End Date	Coach Ranking Slots FC - MA - R	Team Ranking Slots FC - MA - R
2003-09-08	2004-11-28	1 - 0 - 0	1 - 0 - 0
2004-11-29	2005-05-01	1 - 0 - 17	0 - 0 - 9
2005-05-02	2005-07-17	1 - 1 - 16	0 - 0 - 9
2005-07-18	2006-04-16	1 - 2 - 15	0 - 0 - 9
2006-04-17	2007-10-07	1 - 3 - 14	0 - 0 - 9
2007-10-08	2010-07-18	1 - 4 - 13	0 - 0 - 9
2010-07-19	…	1 - 4 - 13	0 - 1 - 8

Note that the current rules are in the last row. For details regarding the dates of Table 3, see Appendix A.

To get the SR Points of a coach or team, one must know the order of slot allocation. The exact method is explained next.


SR Points

1. For a given Report, check which tournaments are included from the Tournaments lists. The Monday date of the Report must be greater than or equal to the tournament's Enter Date and less than the Exit Date.
   
   
2. For each of these tournaments, calculate the points according to Table 1 and Table 2.
   
   
3. Collect every coach and team who participated in those tournaments and note their slot groups and their initial vacant slots, according to the Report date and Table 3.
   
   
4. Collect the performances of multiple applications (see Wasted Points section above) and share the least of the Points equally among them, fractions rounded down. Original Points should get replaced with the proportions.
   
   
5. Collect the performances with Unclean results and sort them by points increasing, then enter date latest first. Regardless of tournament rank, these points take vacant R slots from the coaches and teams. If there are no more R slots to hold the result, that performance gets Wasted.
   
   
6. Sort the remaining performances by points decreasing then enter date latest first. Get the First Slot Group value of the tournament as it is listed in the Tournaments page and check for vacant slots for their coach and team in the obtained Slot Group. If that group is full, repeat this process for the next slot group. The order is FC → MA → R → Wasted.
   
   
7. Total the points of each coach and teams which were not Wasted and sort them. These are the SR Points. Points of coaches and teams are published separately (Coach Rankings and Team Rankings).

Tiebreakers

For tiebreakers, points are compared in decreased order. If all points are equal no more tiebreakers are applied. Qualifier points and main tournament points are summed before comparision.



Appendix A. Report Dates of New Slot Group Rules

• 2003-09-08: The first ever FUMBBL tournament, the FUMBBL Cup I ended. This is the date of the first SR Report. Until 2004-11-29 no other tournaments were organized and ended apart from three FUMBBL Cups.
  
  
• 2004-11-29: The first two minor tournaments, SMACK Pro I and SMACK Rookie I ended. This opened the R group with 17 slots for Coach Rankings and 9 slots for Team Rankings. In Team Rankings the FC slot group closed, which made the regular Team Rankings Points the sum of the best 9 performances regardless of tournament rank. For Coach Rankings, the FUMBBL Cup retained its reserved slot.
  
  
• 2005-05-02: Ulthuan Invitational I, the first non-FC major tournament ended. This opened the MA slot group for Coach Rankings with one slot so UI got a reserved slot for a while. At the same time the R group's slots were decreased by one to keep the sum of all kinds of Coach Rankings' slots at 18. Team Rankings' slots were unaffected; a good UI performance took an R slot there.
  
  
• 2005-07-18: Grotty Little Tournament I, another major tournament ended. For Coach Rankings, the MA slot was increased immediately which resulted in a temporary reserved slot for the GLT. Similarly, the R slots were decreased by one again. Team Ranking slots were unaffected again.
  
  
• 2006-04-17: Warpstone Open I ended with the same effect as Grotty Little Tournament I.
  
  
• 2007-10-08: Lustrian Challenge I ended with same effect.
  
  
• 2010-07-19: Wheel of Chaos I ended. Historically this resulted in four official major tournaments in the Ranked division, three in the Blackbox division, plus the FUMBBL Cup being a mixed division tournament. This tournament system changed in 2018 when all tournaments became mixed and three major tournaments were discontinued. However, the number of majors in both competitive divisions opened the possibility of having one MA slots for them, which means that a team which desires a good Team Ranking should take part in at least one major tournament since this time. Coach Rankings' slots were unaffected this time, as forcing Coach Rankings to have the sixth best major performance, with FUMBBL Cup included, would make no sense, especially since those slots would have to get decreased in 2018.