Guides · figures measured 2026-09-09
What we found out about the wave.
Hundreds of pay-to-rank boards launched in a fortnight and almost none of them publishes anything about how the format behaves. These pages do — with the day each figure was read printed beside it, so you can tell how old the answer is.
| Guide | What it answers |
|---|---|
| How pay-to-rank leaderboards work | Why a highest-bid board settles into a permanent #1, what a continuous score does instead, and the one number to check before you pay anything. |
| Pay-to-rank leaderboards: every alternative, measured | The wave counted and priced off the directories’ own pages — how many boards there really are, the four ranking models, and what the median board has taken. |
| OutRip vs outbid.lol | What each one sells, whether first place can be taken back, and what you keep afterwards. |
| How rating works | Every frequency table the engine rolls against, the formula worked on a real card, and the tier bands that fall out of it. |
- How pay-to-rank leaderboards workWhy a highest-bid board settles into a permanent #1, what a continuous score does instead, and the one number to check before you pay anything.
- Pay-to-rank leaderboards: every alternative, measuredThe wave counted and priced off the directories’ own pages — how many boards there really are, the four ranking models, and what the median board has taken.
- OutRip vs outbid.lolWhat each one sells, whether first place can be taken back, and what you keep afterwards.
- How rating worksEvery frequency table the engine rolls against, the formula worked on a real card, and the tier bands that fall out of it.