A rating number tells you a lot, but it is hard to feel. Is 1049 good? How far is 1200? Version 1.1 of Carrom by 22Softwares added Ranks to answer that at a glance: every online rating now sits in a named tier, from Bronze to Master, and you can see where you stand in your country, in the world and among the people you have played. This guide explains exactly how tiers are worked out, what it takes to appear on a leaderboard, and what the weekly “season” does (and does not) do.
If you are new to online play, read our guide to Quick Match, rooms and how your rating works first. Ranks are built entirely on that rating.
Quick Match, rooms and how your rating works
Tiers come straight from your rating
There is no separate ranking points system to learn. Your tier is simply a reading of your online rating in a game type, the same Elo number that goes up when you win and down when you lose. Win enough to cross a line and your tier changes; lose enough and it changes back. Nothing is unlocked or bought.
There are six tiers. Every tier except Master has three divisions, and, as in many sports leagues, the numbers count down as you climb: III is the bottom of a tier and I is the top.
| Tier | Rating | Division III | Division II | Division I |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🥉 Bronze | below 950 | up to 899 | 900–924 | 925–949 |
| 🥈 Silver | 950–1024 | 950–974 | 975–999 | 1000–1024 |
| 🥇 Gold | 1025–1099 | 1025–1049 | 1050–1074 | 1075–1099 |
| 💠 Platinum | 1100–1249 | 1100–1149 | 1150–1199 | 1200–1249 |
| 💎 Diamond | 1250–1449 | 1250–1316 | 1317–1383 | 1384–1449 |
| 👑 Master | 1450 and up | — | — | — |
A few things are worth noticing in that table.
- Everyone starts in Silver I. A new online rating is 1000, which is the top division of Silver. Gold is only 25 points away. Between two evenly rated players a win is worth 16 points, so two wins against players at your level are usually enough to reach Gold III.
- The lower tiers are narrow, the upper tiers are wide. Bronze, Silver and Gold divisions are 25 points each, so you will move between them often while you settle in. Platinum divisions are 50 points, Diamond divisions about 67, and Master has no ceiling. Climbing gets slower on purpose, because the rating system rewards beating stronger players and gives you little for beating weaker ones.
- Bronze has no floor. Any rating under 900 is Bronze III, so a bad run never pushes you off the bottom of the ladder.
Your tier is per game type
Carrom has five online game types: Classic, the 29 Game, Tal Gach, Disc Pool and Freestyle. Each keeps its own rating, so each has its own tier and its own leaderboard. You can be Diamond in Disc Pool and Silver in Classic, and that is a fair picture of your game. The chips along the top of the Ranks screen switch between them.
My standing: what each row means
Open Ranks from the bar at the bottom of the screen and choose My standing.
- The tier card shows your tier, division and rating, how many points you need for the next division, and a bar showing how far through the current one you are. In the picture above, 1049 is the very top of Gold III, one point short of Gold II.
- The tier ladder lights up your tier among all six.
- Country and World show your place and how many players are ranked there, for example “#128 of 4,812”. The Country row appears when the game knows your country: it sets it automatically from where you play, or you can choose one under Country in Settings.
- Friends ranks you among the players you have met in rated online matches, by their rating in the same game type.
- This week shows how many places you have moved in the world and how much your rating has changed since the week began.
How to get ranked: five rated matches
Your tier card is shown as soon as you have an online rating, but you only appear on the leaderboards after five rated online matches in that game type. Until then, My standing says “Play 5 rated online matches in this game to be ranked.” The count is per game type, so five Classic matches rank you in Classic only.
What counts as rated? Matches against real players, through Quick Match, a room with a friend, or a public room from the Lobby. The bot that fills in when Quick Match finds no one is labelled BOT, does not change your rating, and bots never appear on any leaderboard. Every name you see ranked is a person.
The leaderboard: world, country and friends
Switch to Leaderboard and pick who to rank against.
- World lists the top 100 players in that game type.
- Your country lists the top 100 players who set the same country. This is usually the most interesting board: a top-100 place in your own country is a realistic goal long before a world one.
- Friends lists everyone you have played in a rated online match, plus you. It is the board where a single good evening shows up.
The top three stand on a podium; the rest follow in order. Your own row is always pinned to the bottom of the screen, with your place, tier and weekly movement, even when you are far outside the top 100.
Ties are settled in a fixed order: a higher rating first, then more rated games, so a player who has proved a rating over more matches sits above one who reached it quickly. The leaderboards are worked out on our server about every five minutes, so a win may take a few minutes to move you.
The weekly season
The Ranks screen counts down to the end of the season, and the season is one week long: Monday to Sunday, with the week turning at 00:00 UTC on Monday. That is midnight in London, early morning in South Asia and Sunday evening in the Americas.
The season is a scoreboard for the week, not a reset. When a new week starts:
- your rating and tier stay exactly as they were;
- the This week row goes back to zero and starts counting your rating change and places moved again.
So you cannot lose a tier because a week ended, and you do not need to play every week to keep it. The weekly numbers are there so that a player who cannot reach the top of the world board can still see real progress: “+38 rating, up 9 places” is something to aim for in any week.
Your standing on the home screen
Once you are ranked, the home screen in Online mode shows your tier and country place under your name, plus the places gained this week. The Leaderboard tile beside it repeats your country rank and opens the Ranks screen in one tap.
Tips for climbing
- Pick one game type. Because ratings are per type, five matches spread across five types leave you unranked everywhere. Focus on one until you are on its board.
- Use the narrow early tiers. Divisions in Bronze to Gold are only 25 points, about two even wins. Do not judge yourself on one bad match there; the next one moves you back.
- Do not fear stronger opponents. Beating a player 200 points above you is worth about 24 points; losing to them costs about 8. Public rooms in the Lobby show the host’s rating, so you can choose a real test.
- Do not leave losing games. Leaving after the first stroke counts as a loss anyway, and carrom boards turn around quickly once the queen is in play. Our endgame guide covers how to finish a board from behind.
- Warm up offline. A few boards against a Medium or Hard bot bring your power control back without risking rating points.
The carrom endgame: finishing a board from behind
Facts checked with the Carrom by 22Softwares team against the game’s rules engine.