Selected tournaments
We use results from online Play.Limitless VGC tournaments and in-person tournaments recorded with TOM. The team selects which tournaments count; you can check the included tournaments page.
How the rankings work
A community ranking built from actual match results, with transparent skill and activity rules.
The main ranking shows the current season. View archived rankings
Included players
The ranking shows players listed as Dominican with at least one result that counts. Matches against players from other countries count toward your points too.
Your Elo points
You start with 1,500 points. Current Elo changes when results are added, based on your performance and your opponents’ strength; Ranking Elo determines your position and can decrease with inactivity. Peak Elo is your highest Current Elo reached after a result within the season.
Your ranking position
You need 5 counted matches and 1 tournament with at least 3 matches each. Until then you appear as provisional. Your position is confirmed at week end; you must also be listed as Dominican and not inactive.
Activity and returning
Only weeks with included tournaments count. After 4 weeks without playing, Ranking Elo may decrease if you have met the ranking requirements and have at least 1,700 Current Elo at entry; after 8 missed weeks you become inactive. Playing one to 2 matches holds the absence count steady; completing 3 in one week resets it when the week closes Monday at 00:00 Santo Domingo time.
Results that count
Valid wins, losses and ties count in Swiss rounds and Top Cut; final placement gives no extra points. Each valid bye in an included tournament with any assigned regulation adds +5 Current Elo, one win and one match toward ranking requirements and activity, including past tournaments. Double losses and automatic losses without an opponent do not count.
Seasons and regulations
A regulation change does not reset your points. A new season resets Elo to 1,500 and restarts activity, while keeping your match history and archived rankings.
Calculation details
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1,500 starting Elo · K 32
E = 1 / (1 + 10((opponent − player) / 400))
Current Elo after = Current Elo before + 32 × (result − E)
Ranking Elo = 1,500 + (Current Elo − 1,500) × 0.96max(0, missed periods − 4)
Win = 1 · Tie = 0.5 · Loss = 0. Expected score estimates the result against that opponent: a lower-rated player earns more for an upset, and a favorite earns less for an expected win. The Ranking Elo formula applies only to decay-eligible streaks and is capped at Current Elo.
Current Elo
Each player starts at 1,500. Matches use both players’ Current Elo before the result and a K-factor of 32; Ranking Elo is never used in this calculation.
Rounding and Peak Elo
Calculations use full precision, even when the displayed points are rounded. Elo has no minimum; Peak Elo is the highest Current Elo earned after a counted result in the season, not the starting points.
Ranking Elo
Ranking Elo determines your position and can decrease with inactivity. The adjustment does not change Current Elo, Peak Elo or past results.
Ranking requirements
You need 5 counted matches and 1 tournament with at least 3 counted matches each. Until the requirements are confirmed, you remain provisional.
Competition weeks
Weeks run from Monday at 00:00 to the next Monday at 00:00, Santo Domingo time. Only weeks with included tournaments count, and tracking starts with your first counted result.
Partial participation
No counted matches adds one absence; one to 2 holds the count steady. At least 3 resets it at week end. Matches across tournaments combine for weekly activity, but each tournament must meet its own ranking minimum.
Weekly confirmation
Ranking eligibility, inactivity and returns are confirmed at week end. Results added during the week update your points using the last confirmed inactivity adjustment.
When reductions start
The first 4 fully missed weeks have no reduction. The first time you exceed that, you must have met the ranking requirements and have at least 1,700 Current Elo. If you do not qualify then, you are not checked again until sufficient participation resets the absence count.
How much is deducted
Each fully missed week after grace removes 4% of the remaining points above 1,500, when eligible. Falling below the entry threshold does not stop the reduction. Ranking Elo never exceeds Current Elo, even if later results take Current Elo below 1,500.
Activity status
Active means no inactivity reduction applies; Decaying means one does. After 8 fully missed weeks without resetting the count, everyone becomes Inactive, including provisional players. Inactive players leave the default ranking but remain searchable with their points and history.
Returning
Complete 3 counted matches in one week to reset the absence count when that week closes. Ranking Elo then equals your Current Elo after those results; your previous points or position are not restored.
Ranking order
Numbered positions are for Dominican players who meet the ranking requirements and are not inactive. Ranking Elo determines order, followed by Current Elo, counted matches and a fixed player identifier for ties. Full precision is used, so rounded scores can look tied.
Results that count
Valid wins, losses and ties between identifiable opponents count. A valid bye in an included tournament with any assigned regulation adds +5 Current Elo, one win and one match toward ranking requirements and activity, including past tournaments. Double losses and automatic losses without an opponent do not count.
Independent community methodology. Not an official Pokémon, Play! Pokémon, Limitless, Championship Points or Dominican Pokémon League ranking.