First, players must meet the eligibility requirements in order to be ranked. Beginning 1/1/2026, they must have played in at least 12 UBA-registered tournaments within the past 24 months. All rankings published before 1/1/2026 are unofficial.

Each player's points are individually calculated according to how well they place in tournaments and how many teams are in those tournaments.

The number of teams in a tournament determines the maximum number of points that a player can get in that tournament. For example, a player who gets 1st place in a 24 team tournament receives 24 points from that tournament. The exception to this rule is that any tournament with 16 or fewer teams will award points based on a 16 point minimum. For example, if someone comes in 1st in a 12 team tournament, they will receive 16 points.

For ALL tournaments: 1st place receives 100% of the max points, 2nd receives 75% of the max points, 3rd receives 50% of the max points, and 4th receives 40% of the max points.

For a tournament with 12 - 19 teams, the top half of teams will receive 30% of the max points and the bottom half will receive 3%.

For a tournament with 20 - 39 teams, the top quarter of teams will receive 30% of the max points, the top half will receive 25%, and the bottom half will receive 3%.

For a tournament with 40 - 79 teams, teams that place in the top eighth will receive 30% of the max points, the top quarter will receive 25%, the top half will receive 20%, and the bottom half will receive 3%.

For a tournament with 80+ teams, teams that place in the top sixteenth will receive 30% of the max points, the top eighth will receive 25%, the top quarter will receive 20%, the top half will receive 10%, and the bottom half will receive 3%.

Your UBA Score is calculated by taking into account the number of points you've scored and the number of tournaments you've played in order to rank you in the fairest way possible. The formula used allows players who have played in different sized tournaments and different numbers of tournaments to be fairly ranked against one another.

We take the total number of points you've earned and divide it by the total number of points you could have possibly earned. This gives us an idea of how well you are placing in tournaments percentile-wise, which helps make this equitable for tournaments of different sizes. In order to make sure that we DO account for tournament size, we then multiply that number by your average points scored per tournament and then make the number a bit prettier (a little less decimal-y) by multiplying by 10.

This formula ranks players who place first in larger tournaments above those who place first in smaller tournaments.

There are a few eligibility requirements for tournaments:

1) 12 teams minimum

2) Open to the public (cannot be an invitational)

3) Notice of UBA Qualifying Event published to UBA website at least three weeks prior to event. We will take care of this, just reach out!

Q: How often are rankings updated?

A: We are currently working on inputting backlogged tournaments into our new system. Once we are done with that, the new system should make it easier for us to keep our rankings current.

Q: I am not a ranked player. How do I get to be ranked?

A: Once you play in any UBA-sanctioned tournament, you will automatically enter our system. Beginning 1/1/2026, It is up to you to play in at least 12 tournaments in a 24 month time frame in order to remain an eligible ranked player.