Free Squash Ladders. Automatic promotion and demotion rules

March 31, 2023

Did you know that for every verified squash venue in the Squash Players App, a free public* squash ladder is automatically created and good-to-go?

(*On our to-do list is to offer up private ladders, i.e. invite-only. These will likely attract a small subscription fee to support the development and maintenance of this feature).

To get your name on the ladder for a venue, simply

  1. Record a (true!) match result for a venue with another verified Squash Players App member.
  2. Make sure your opponent verifies the result in the app (they’ll get prompted to do so).
  3. That’s it! The result is made public, your names are on the ladder, and your result is recorded for all other app users to see.

The promotion/demotion system is fully automatic. Enter a result, and the system does the rest.

Here’s how it works:

FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME A RESULT IS APPROVED FOR A VENUE (i.e. where there are no players on the ladder for that venue yet)

  1. The winner gets added as #1, the loser gets added as #2
  2. If it’s a draw, we arbitrarily choose the person who approved the result to be added as #1, and the player who first added the score to be #2.

THEREAFTER

IF TWO PLAYERS APPROVE A RESULT, WHERE NEITHER HAS RECORDED A RESULT FOR THE VENUE BEFORE

  1. The winner gets added at the mid-point of the ladder, rounded up if necessary to the nearest whole number.
  2. The loser gets added at the mid-point of the players below where the winner just got added.
  3. If it’s a draw, then we arbitrarily choose the person who approved the score to be added at the mid-point, and their opponent to be added immediately below him/her.

IF TWO PLAYERS APPROVE A RESULT, ONE WHO IS ALREADY ON THE LADDER (THE ‘EXISTING PLAYER’), AND ONE WHO ISN’T (THE ‘NEW PLAYER’)

  1. If the existing player already on the ladder player wins, then their position on the ladder stays the same, and the new player gets added at the mid-point of the players below.
  2. If it’s a draw, then the new player gets added one place below the existing player, and the existing player stays the same.
  3. If the new player wins, they get ranked at the mid-point of players above the existing player, and the existing player stays the same.

IF TWO PLAYERS APPROVE A RESULT, BOTH ARE ALREADY ON THE LADDER

  1. If the higher player wins, the higher player stays at the same rank, and the lower player moves down one place.
  2. If it’s a draw, the higher player stays the same, and the lower player moves up 1 place, which can be above the higher player if they were previously next to each other on the ladder.
  3. If the lower player wins, they move one place above the higher player.

DISCLAIMERS:

  1. Are these rules perfect for all situations? That’s a partially subjective question! The main thing is that the rules are the same for everyone, i.e. an even playing field.
  2. We reserve the right to improve/update the rules if we’re presented with sufficiently compelling reason(s). If so do, then the rules will apply going forward, not retrospectively.

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