Rating is skill; ranking is harvest. A high-rated player who hasn’t played
in six months has a low ranking — and that is correct.
Rating
On your profile it shows as: the number (1–99), the level in words, a confidence percentage, and a maturity badge. Confidence says how sure Matchely already is about you. The badge follows: Initial, Calibrating, Validated, and Mature — the more you play, the steadier the number gets.Where it comes from
Your matches
The main source. Beating someone above you moves it more. A friendly
weighs less than a competition match, and doubles uses the team average.
Your self-assessment
The starting point, across the nine levels on your profile.
Peer feedback
After a match, the people who played with you can rate you — anonymously.
Your coach
If you have one, they can record their assessment.
The visible number changes once a day, not the moment a match ends. And
it is only dynamic in the sports covered today — in basketball, your
level stays the one from your self-assessment.
Ranking
A results table, per sport, published at several scopes: global, country, state, city, and club, with gender and format filters.How points work
In a competition, points are then multiplied by your placement, the size of the
competition, and its level. In a friendly, by your opponent’s strength and by
the match’s verification.
Your total adds your 5 best rounds and your 10 best matches — it is not
the sum of everything, it is your best.
Two things that depend only on you and change the result a lot: validate
your friendlies (unvalidated is worth zero) and attach a photo or video
— a match with media is worth more than one without.
Public ranking and seasons
The ranking has a public page, by city and sport, with an animation showing how positions moved through the year. The live ranking is the 12-month window; alongside it there is a calendar-year archive, in the season selector. They are two distinct numbers: the moving window does not “reset”, it simply leaves behind what has aged out.Appearing in the public ranking depends on the same Public profile toggle
on your profile. Turn it off and you leave the public page.