Scoring & Tiebreakers

Random

Players are shuffled and placed into pods randomly. Best for casual events.

Swiss

Players sorted by match points, assigned to pods top-to-bottom with anti-rematch logic. Most common for competitive play.

Power Pods

Players ranked by points, assigned sequentially: top 4 form pod 1, next 4 form pod 2, etc. Creates pods of similar skill. Anti-rematch swaps between adjacent pods.

Bubble Pods

Sliding window approach — considers nearby players in the ranking to minimize point spread within each pod. Creates the tightest competitive pods.

MMTA (Multiplayer Magic Tournament Association)

Standard multiplayer scoring. Default: 5 pts/win, 1 pt/draw, 0 pts/loss, 5 pts/bye. Point values are editable for house rules. Uses opponent match win percentages and opponent average match points as tiebreakers. Recommended for competitive multiplayer events.

Hareruya

Wager-based system. Each player starts with points (default: 1000). Each round, every player wagers a percentage of their score (default: 7%). The pod winner takes all opponents' wagers. Draws split the pool equally. Creates dynamic scoring where early wins compound.

OMW% (Opponent Match Win %)

Average match win percentage of all opponents faced. Measures strength of schedule — a higher OMW% means you faced tougher opponents. Each opponent's MWP is floored (default ⅓) to prevent early-round losses from distorting results. Used in Magic: The Gathering, Pokémon TCG, and most competitive TCGs.

OMW% = avg(max(opponent_MWP, floor))

GW% (Game Win %)

Percentage of individual games won across all matches. In Best-of-3 formats, a 2-0 win is worth more than a 2-1 win. Rewards decisive victories and differentiates players who won their matches convincingly vs. narrowly.

GW% = max(games_won / total_games, floor)

OGW% (Opponent Game Win %)

Average game win percentage of all opponents. Combines strength of schedule with individual game performance — measures how well your opponents performed at the game level, not just the match level.

OGW% = avg(max(opponent_GWP, floor))

MP (Match Points)

Total match points earned: 3 per win, 1 per draw, 0 per loss. This is the primary ranking metric. When used as a tiebreaker, it differentiates players who may have the same win record but different draw counts.

OOMW% (Opponent's Opponent Match Win %)

The average OMW% of all your opponents — a third-level strength of schedule metric. Asks: "How strong were the opponents of my opponents?" Useful when OMW% alone doesn't break a tie.

OOMW% = avg(opponent_OMW%)

CMP (Cumulative Match Points)

Running total of match points earned after each round, summed together. A player who wins early rounds accumulates more than one who loses early and wins late. Rewards consistency throughout the tournament, not just final record.

CMP = sum(points_after_round_1 + points_after_round_2 + ...)

MLP (Match Loss %)

Percentage of matches lost. Lower is better. Used to penalize inconsistent players — two players with the same wins but different loss counts will be ranked by who lost less.

OMLP (Opponent Match Loss %)

Average match loss percentage of all opponents faced. A lower value means your opponents lost fewer matches overall, indicating a stronger schedule.

OCMP (Opponent Cumulative Match Points)

Average cumulative match points of all opponents. Combines schedule strength with consistency — favors players who faced opponents that were winning early and often.

Wins (Number of Wins)

Simple count of match wins, ignoring draws and opponent strength. Used in Yu-Gi-Oh and Pokémon TCG. Two players with the same points but different win-draw splits will be separated by this metric.

Direct Encounter

Head-to-head result between tied players. If two tied players played each other during Swiss rounds, the winner of that match ranks higher. No visible column in standings — applied automatically during sorting. Used in Pokémon TCG and FIDE chess.

Buchholz (BH)

Sum of the final match points of all opponents you faced. A pure strength-of-schedule metric borrowed from FIDE chess. If you faced opponents who all performed well, your Buchholz score will be high.

BH = sum(opponent_match_points)

Buchholz Cut-1 (BH-C1)

Buchholz score minus the lowest-scoring opponent. Removes the weakest pairing from the calculation, which is often a Round 1 opponent who dropped early. Reduces variance from a single weak opponent.

BH-C1 = sum(opponent_match_points) - min(opponent_match_points)

Median-Buchholz (BH-M1)

Buchholz score minus both the highest and lowest-scoring opponents. The most robust Buchholz variant — removes outliers from both ends. Preferred when the tournament has a wide range of player skill levels.

BH-M1 = sum(opponent_match_points) - max(opponent_mp) - min(opponent_mp)

MWP (Match Win %)

Match Win Percentage — your wins divided by total matches played. Similar to OMW% but for the player themselves. Used primarily in multiplayer scoring as a tiebreaker.

MWP = max(match_wins / total_matches, floor)

OAMP (Opponent Avg Match Points)

Average match points of all opponents. Multiplayer strength-of-schedule metric — measures how many points your opponents averaged, giving weight to schedule difficulty in multiplayer formats.

OAMP = avg(opponent_match_points)