> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.matchely.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Rating and ranking

> Two different numbers. Mixing them up is the most common mistake newcomers make.

|                | Rating                          | Ranking                                    |
| -------------- | ------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------ |
| **What it is** | Your **playing level**, 1 to 99 | Your accumulated **points**                |
| **Period**     | Continuous, never restarts      | The **last 12 months**, in a moving window |
| **Updates**    | Once a day                      | With every validated match                 |

**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

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Your matches" icon="table-tennis-paddle-ball">
    The main source. Beating someone above you moves it more. A friendly
    weighs less than a competition match, and doubles uses the team average.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Your self-assessment" icon="sliders">
    The starting point, across the nine levels on your profile.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Peer feedback" icon="users">
    After a match, the people who played with you can rate you — anonymously.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Your coach" icon="whistle">
    If you have one, they can record their assessment.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

<Note>
  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.
</Note>

<Warning>
  **Redoing the self-assessment overwrites** the calculated number, and
  **removing a sport from your profile erases its rating history**. Both are
  hard to undo.
</Warning>

## Ranking

A results table, per sport, published at several scopes: **global, country,
state, city, and club**, with gender and format filters.

### How points work

| Result   | Points |
| -------- | ------ |
| Win      | 10     |
| Draw     | 5      |
| Loss     | 2      |
| Walkover | 0      |

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.

<Note>
  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.
</Note>

<Warning>
  **A ranking is not a competition.** You don't sign up for one: it is computed
  from the matches you already play.
</Warning>

### 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.

<Note>
  Appearing in the public ranking depends on the same **Public profile** toggle
  on your profile. Turn it off and you leave the public page.
</Note>