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Leaderboards reporting wrong ranking

As I am inching closer to having a large number of XP / badges / locations, I have just noticed that the ranking displayed by my avatar on the top page is not correct.  For example, for locations it ranks me as 16 at the bottom of each page that I am not on, but when I find the page I am on, my rank is displayed as 340.  This problem is on all three main ranking pages, and the incorrect rank is always much higher than the actual rank.

Posted 12 months ago by Hyacinth Subscriber! | Permalink

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  • This is either a known bug, or in fact not a bug at all, but a feature. Both technically are correct, since your actual position on the leaderboards counts ties, while the one at the bottom of the page shows your ranking without ties. For example, if there are 3 people who have the most locations, and 5 people who have 1 less than the most locations, and you have 2 less than the most, on the leaderboard you will appear as #9, because there are 8 people with more locations than you. However, on the bottom of the page, it kind of squishes together all the people ahead of you into counting as 1 person, so you display as #3, which makes sense because you have the third most locations.

    I hope this made sense.
    Posted 12 months ago by Effigy Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I see.  What you've said makes sense.  It should probably be made more clear on the leaderboards. 
    Posted 12 months ago by Hyacinth Subscriber! | Permalink
  • That always confused me as well until my husband explained it to me.
    Posted 12 months ago by Saiai Subscriber! | Permalink