A world-wide rank finder on Brilliant.

We all are competitive and that's a good thing. Competitiveness can be quite helpful in boosting your productiveness and sharpening your skills. So I just wondered if the brilliant team also introduces a rank finder on brilliant. That would give us an idea of where we stand among thousands of other problem-solvers. This can work in the same way as points exchange and levels. The criteria for finding your rank can be number of problems solved, number of points, level, stars, age, etc.

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Note by Vikram Waradpande
8 years, 1 month ago

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great idea.....i support you......

Sayan Chaudhuri - 8 years, 1 month ago

Nice thought , should be applied

Harshit Chouhan - 8 years, 1 month ago

awesome thought

laxman reddy - 8 years, 1 month ago

An awesome idea, Vikram!

The 'levels' system is doing quite a good job of keeping things competitive on Brilliant, but I think making a ranking system for those users on Level 5 would be a good idea, as they probably have hit a 'ceiling' in terms of competitveness (they can't level up anymore!).

Or maybe, the rankings could be done intra-Level, intra-Topic. The problem with that, though, is that when you eventually level up, you'll probably have a pretty low ranking in the next level.

Rish Malviya - 8 years, 1 month ago

ya i agree. i am among the earliest users on brilliant and i remember that earlier there was a ranking system. so why have you removed it brilliant?

Anoopam Mishra - 8 years, 1 month ago

Yeah,awesome idea.... Complete support of mine.

Garvil Singhal - 8 years, 1 month ago

There is a problem though. Relatively new users will always fall behind.

Mursalin Habib - 8 years, 1 month ago

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Then one more criteria can be added based on since when the user is a member of brilliant.

Vikram Waradpande - 8 years, 1 month ago

it is a severe drawback......rightly applicable for me....

Sayan Chaudhuri - 8 years, 1 month ago

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for me too....:(

A Former Brilliant Member - 8 years, 1 month ago

brilliant can normalize the scores using mathematics :P

Akbarali Surani - 7 years, 6 months ago

i agree but why should age be a criteria?there are problem-solvers of all ages on brilliant

Tan Li Xuan - 8 years, 1 month ago

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Age matters a lot according to me. You cannot compare an 18 year old and a 14 year old as former has a clear advantage over the latter in terms of experience and knowledge.

Vikram Waradpande - 8 years, 1 month ago

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yes here it matters rightly ....

Sayan Chaudhuri - 8 years, 1 month ago

i get it.thanks!

Tan Li Xuan - 8 years, 1 month ago

age always mends its way...here see i am almost 19 years old..but as i have finished high school i don't find interest in solving weekend problems...so this shows i lack a little energy to do them and my fondness for math have gone out of my soul ...so the discusser have made it a point to specify age in its place... :P*

Sayan Chaudhuri - 8 years, 1 month ago

Age matters slightly, but rankings are more important. A 14 year old prodigy could be higher ranked than a 20 year old student, and that would be fine. I just think that if such a system were in place, it should also take into account when the user joined (because you can only get so many points per week...)

Justin Wong - 8 years, 1 month ago

Additionally, it could be made optional for users to display their rankings publicly.

Aditya Karekatte - 8 years, 1 month ago

an awesome idea indeed............................

A Former Brilliant Member - 8 years, 1 month ago

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but all ranks must be at AGES

Vamsi Krishna Appili - 8 years, 1 month ago

I always want to know how I am doing compared to others, especially point wise. I feel that my lifetime points are terrible, but if I see others do terrible I won't feel as terrible. I like it.

Justin Wong - 8 years, 1 month ago

I also support this.

Bodhisatwa Nandi - 8 years, 1 month ago

cool way yaar!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

sumedh bang - 7 years, 9 months ago
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