World Rankings
Updated — · refreshes every Monday
Buggy World Ranking
— leads by — points. Scored on strength of field from every result on LiveRC, Everlaps and MyRCM: the latest results count in full, older ones taper off over two years.
Standings
Recent are the most recent finishes, which count in full. Hold is the worst finish at the next race that keeps the driver's score from dropping. T25 is the driver's place on the Top 25 RC list, for reference. Select a driver to open their results and what their next race needs.
P1win P3podium P7top 10 P15lower P5hold
Events
An event counts when it is one of the established majors, or when enough top-25 drivers race it. Strength is the combined score of the top-50 drivers who raced. An event's results drop off when the same race is held two years later.
What if they race again?
One more result for one driver; everyone else stays put.
Position after the race, for every finish. Click the line to pick a finish.
Driver history
A driver's score over time and the races that moved it. Each point is a date a ranking list was published; Our score is this ranking worked out on that date, with the Top 25 RC list shown faintly for reference. Before Jun 2023 our results don't reach back a full two years, so that stretch is dashed and rough.
Update by update
Newest first, one row per list date. Green is a counted result added, blue one leaving the recent group, red one dropped, outlined a race that didn't count.
Every race we hold
All of this driver's results in our data, counted or not. Select one to see the whole race.
Race fields
Who raced each event, where they finished and the points it earned, with how their score moved from the list date before the race to the first one after it. That move can include other races or dropped results. Top 25 RC's ranks either side are shown for reference.
Cross-check against Top 25 RC
List dates where a driver's score on the Top 25 RC list moved in a way the race results don't explain. A move with no race behind it points to a result we haven't found yet or a hand-entry slip on their side; each is a lead for checking our coverage. Dates before Jun 2023 are greyed: our score is rough there.
How it's scored
The short version: four steps, run every Monday. The full method is further down.
Decide which races count
A race counts if it is one of the established major events, or if at least — top-25 drivers race it. Results are the final overall order from LiveRC, Everlaps and MyRCM, starting —. Field strength decides only whether a race counts, never what a place is worth.
counts = a major, or top-25 drivers in the field ≥ —
Turn finishes into points
A win is worth —, and each place below it — less. The Worlds is scored heavier: — for the win. Top qualifier adds — (— at the Worlds). 31st or lower scores 0.
points = — − — × (finish − 1)
Keep two years, favour recent form
A result stays until the same race is held two years later. Newest first, the — most recent results count in full, the next × —, and each older one × — of the one before. A Worlds result always counts in full and takes no place in that order.
Average and rank
The weighted points are averaged, dividing by no less than —, so a driver with only a few results can't top the list on them. Highest score ranks first.
score = Σ weight × points ÷ max(Σ weight, —)
A win is worth —, and every place costs —
Points by final overall position. The Worlds scale starts higher. Both stop at 30th.
The newest — results count in full
Weight by slot in the driver's own results, newest first. Highlighted slots count in full; the Worlds takes no slot.
The full methodThe formula, a worked example for any driver, which races count, how the weights were tested, and what was tried and rejected.
The formula
For a driver finishing in position p at counted race r, with results numbered k = 1, 2, 3… newest first (a Worlds result takes no number).
Worked example
Pick any ranked driver to see their score worked out result by result.
—: weighted points — ÷ max(—, —) = —, ranked —.
| Event | Finish | Weight | Weight × points |
|---|
Which races count
Each dot is one tracked event: top-25 drivers in the field against field strength (the combined score of the top-50 drivers who raced). Filled dots count; a filled dot left of the line is an established major.
Every result comes from an official timing system
Tracked events by results platform, and how many of them count. No result is typed in by hand.
| Platform | Tracked | Counting |
|---|
How the scores spread
One dot per ranked driver, stacked in 5-point bands. Filled dots are the top 25.
A stronger field doesn't make a place worth more
Per-place value implied by Top 25 RC's published 1/8 buggy scores, against field strength. 1.0× is the flat scale. No trend, so every counted race uses the same points.
Tested against three years of published scores
The weights were fitted on 1/8 buggy, against 40 published Top 25 RC snapshots since 2023, about 1,000 driver scores. Each version is scored on its median gap to the published scores and on how well it predicts score changes between snapshots. Lower is better on both. Every class uses the fitted version. On today's list, — drivers appear in both rankings; the median difference is — points and — are within one point. The Cross-check tab shows where and why they differ.
| Version | Median gap | Change error |
|---|
Alternatives tested and rejected
Ideas that sound fair, scored the same way. Each one missed the published numbers by more.
| Alternative | Typical miss |
|---|
Limitations
- Some published Top 25 RC buggy scores imply results that don't exist in any timing system. Chase Lemieux's behaves as if he had about three extra zero results, so this ranking places him higher.
- The 2021 Euros, 2021 Buggyland and 2022 Montpellier GP are missing. They affect only the early-2023 history used for fitting, not today's standings.
- Top 25 RC is used only as a reference for testing. This ranking is built from the official sources directly.