The formula
How the ranked leaderboard works.
Rating is a running score. Every pick locks before the game starts, gets graded off the final score at the odds you took, and moves your Rating up or down. Tracked X handles are graded by the exact same formula as the people tailing them, so no one is ranked on a softer scale.
How Rating works
Everyone starts at Rating 1,000. Each settled pick moves it up or down based on the result, the odds you took, and how much of a track record you've built. Rating reads one input: settled picks. A hundred thousand followers moves it exactly zero.
- Odds-weighted.Winning at longer odds moves your Rating more than winning on favorites. Bet size never changes it.
- Small samples.Your first picks move Rating gently until 20 have settled.
- Parlays.Multi-leg picks count for less. One longshot parlay hitting won't rocket your Rating, and a losing streak of them won't crater it.
Pick integrity
Rankings are only as trustworthy as the picks behind them, so the rules are enforced by the system itself: once a pick's result is final, nothing about it can change again.
- Picks lock before the event starts. No edits once posted.
- Losing picks can't be deleted. Your record is the whole record.
- Results are graded automatically from the real final score, never self-reported.
- One call per pick. No switching sides after the game starts.
- Rating cannot be purchased, and it ignores follower count, post volume, and engagement.
The rank tiers
Seven base tiers from Bronze to Grandmaster. Bronze through Master each have four Roman-numeral divisions. Grandmaster starts at 2,500 Rating and has no division. Tier is provisional until 20 picks settle.
Prove it on the leaderboard.
The ladder starts everyone at the same number, tracked cappers included. From there the only way up is settled picks at the odds you posted.