How to read the ladder
Official orderScore, then wins against tied participants, then Median-Buchholz,
then points differential. Positions run straight down the field, and teams exactly level on all
four take the same number, marked =. Tiers are cut on score alone: mid-round, a team with a
game in hand sits with the teams that have played it.
vs TiedWins against the other teams on the same score — the first tiebreak, and
the one that settles a group of teams that have played each other.
Median BuchholzThe sum of every opponent's win count with the strongest and the weakest
discarded, so one freak pairing can't distort the number. The third key.
DiffPoints scored less points conceded, out of 200 a match, from the organisers'
own export. That export is written by hand after a weekend, so it trails the sheet: a team whose
decided matches are not all in it yet carries a °, and the count sits in the facts above.
Buchholz and Cut-1The full opponent-win sum, and the same sum with only the weakest
opponent dropped. Neither is part of the official order — they are there for context, most useful
early on while the medians are thin.
Still to playOpen a team to see its remaining fixtures. Where the sheet
still reads Winner match 72, the page resolves the slot to the teams that can
fill it — so the next opponent is either already named or narrowed to two or four.
Segment poolSwiss pairs on record: win and the round after next comes
from the segment above, lose and it comes from the one below. Switch Pool on to
list either neighbour — struck through where the two have already met, which Swiss will
not repeat, and brass where the team is already in the fixtures above.