PAX BRITANNICA PBEM LADDER

January 2002

The Pax Britannica Pbem Ladder was started by Jeff Janoska in 1994, and updated by him until August 1997. From September 1997 it was updated by Rune Aaboen. Since August 1999, it's been maintained by Mark O'English. Points are awarded after a 9/6/4/3/2/1/0 system. Players must have finished at least 2 games to be included on the main list.

The recent update was done after the end of the Aylesbury, Brecon and Secundus games. The total number of games on the table is now 52.

Player Rankings Power Rankings Game Statistics List of Games Previous Ladders

PLAYER RANKINGS

Pos.	Prv.	Player	Pld.	GM	Wins	Pts.	Avg.	Currently Playing
1	1	Dario Stolfa	2	-	2	18.0	9.0
1	-	Colin Sykes	2	-	2	18.0	9.0
3	2	Laurent Siquet	2	-	1	15.0	7.5
3	2	Alex Sanders	2	-	1	15.0	7.5
5	4	Rune Aaboen	5	6	3	37.0	7.4
6	-	Bob Soule	2	-	1	13.0	6.5
7	5	Kurt Sahr	3	-	2	19.0	6.3	Taureg (Japan)
8	6	Todd Rosentover	4	-	1	25.0	6.3
9	7	Wayne Williams	15	4½	6	93.5	6.2
10	8	Harry White	2	-	1	12.0	6.0
11	9	Mark O'English	13	11	5½	76.5	5.9	Angelfish (Japan)
12	10	Benjamin Foy	3	-	-	16.0	5.3
13	11	Karl Foelsche	4	-	1	20.0	5.0
14	12	Joe Boeke	3	-	-	15.0	5.0	Angelfish (Russia)
14	12	Carlo Amato	3	-	1	15.0	5.0	Epirus (America)
16	14	Pete Walsh	2	-	-	10.0	5.0
17	16	Alan Isabelle	4	-	1	19.0	4.8
17	16	Ben Baron	4	1	-	19.0	4.8
19	18	Jeff Janoska	6	6	1	28.0	4.7
19	18	Joe Leonard	6	-	1	28.0	4.7	Tanganyika (Russia)
21	20	Gihan Bandaranaike	3	-	1	14.0	4.7	Carluke (Russia)
22	20	Alex Rosser	2	-	1	9.0	4.5
23	22	Robert Chase	3	-	-	13.0	4.3	Friuli (Japan)
24	23	Alan Poulter	7	-	1	30.0	4.3
25	24	Bill MacGillivray	4	-	-	17.0	4.3	Tanganyika (Italy)
26	25	Richard Orme	8	-	-	33.5	4.2
27	15	Joshua Landrum	7	2	2	29.0	4.1	Epirus (Britain), Angelfish (France), Friuli (Germany)
28	26	James Bailey	6	-	1	24.0	4.0
29	27	John Jordan	11	½	2	43.0	3.9	Epirus (France)
30	28	Alasdair Brooks	7	1	1	26.5	3.8	Tanganyika (Germany)
31	29	Don McKinney	12	-	2	44.0	3.7
32	30	Brian Jones	3	-	1	11.0	3.7	Angelfish (America)
33	31	Cory Miller	4	-	-	14.0	3.5
34	32	Mark Elliot	2	7½	-	7.0	3.5
34	32	Paul Dowden	2	-	-	7.0	3.5
34	-	Jim Priestaf	2	-	-	7.0	3.5	Friuli (Russia), Angelfish (Russia)
37	34	Keith Langley	10	-	-	34.0	3.4
38	36	Jeff Frischkorn	4	-	-	13.0	3.3
39	37	Robert F. Mosdal	3	-	½	9.5	3.2
40	38	Phillip Apps	2	-	-	6.0	3.0
40	38	Simon Matthews	2	-	-	6.0	3.0
40	38	Eric Scharf	2	-	-	6.0	3.0
40	38	Jeff Och	2	-	-	6.0	3.0
40	38	Dave Boe	2	-	-	6.0	3.0
40	-	Tony Silva	2	-	-	6.0	3.0	Taureg (Russia), Carluke (America)
46	35	Scott Pankonin	4	-	-	10.0	2.5
47	43	Charles Morgan	2	-	-	5.0	2.5
47	43	Rodney Holmes	2	-	-	5.0	2.5
49	45	Allan Bell	3	-	-	7.0	2.3
50	46	Giles Norman	4	-	-	9.0	2.3	Taureg (Italy)
51	47	Sid Jackson	4	-	-	9.0	2.3	Tanganyika (Japan)
52	48	Richard Thumann	5	-	-	10.5	2.1	Epirus (Russia), Angelfish (Britain), Taureg (Germany)
53	49	Doug Biggs	6	-	-	12.0	2.0
54	50	Don Stanner	3	-	-	6.0	2.0
55	51	Jeff Hiley	2	-	-	4.0	2.0
55	51	Simmy Sims	2	-	-	4.0	2.0
55	51	Chris Scogings	2	-	-	4.0	2.0
58	54	Monte Bohna	2	-	-	3.5	1.8
59	61	Ian Howard	3	-	-	5.0	1.7	Tanganyika (France)
60	55	Eric Moore	5	4½	-	8.0	1.6
61	56	Mustafa Unlu	2	-	-	3.0	1.5
61	56	Jussi Perttila	2	-	-	3.0	1.5
61	56	Markus Kaessbohrer	2	-	-	3.0	1.5
61	56	Vick Hall	2	-	-	3.0	1.5	Friuli (Great Britain)
61	-	John Marsden	2	-	-	3.0	1.5
66	60	Paul Abrahamsen	4	1	-	5.0	1.3
67	61	Chris Fischel	2	-	-	2.0	1.0
67	61	Davide Pignat	2	-	-	2.0	1.0	Friuli (Italy)
67	-	Rolf Radicke	2	-	-	2.0	1.0	Taureg (France)
70	64	Douglas Parker	4	-	-	3.0	0.8
71	65	Kevin Barry	2	-	-	1.0	0.5
72	66	Jeff Christensen	2	-	-	0.0	0.0
73	67	David Boor	3	-	-	0.0	0.0

75 Players have finished 1 game. Click here to see the list.

ADJUSTED RANKINGS At the request of several players, I've put together a version of the Pax Ladder which takes into account how well each _power_ does in figuring the rankings (on the theory that a win with a power like Britain is not nearly as impressive as a win with a power such as Japan). It's located here.

BEST/WORST SCORES BY POWER AND YEAR GAME ENDED
This chart lists the name and VP totals of the player who had the most victory points with each power for each year the game could have ended. The worst VP total for each power is also listed (immediately under the best), but the name of the player who attained that score is not listed...

YEAR ENDED	# OF GAMES	Great Britain		France		Germany / AH		United States		Japan		Russia		Italy
		High Scoring Player	High / Low Scores	High Scoring Player	High / Low Scores	High Scoring Player	High / Low Scores	High Scoring Player	High / Low Scores	High Scoring Player	High / Low Scores	High Scoring Player	High / Low Scores	High Scoring Player	High / Low Scores
1880	4	Joshua Landrum	-190 -209	Bob Soule	-54 -246	Monte Bohna	-74 -283	Brian Jones	-59 -72	Jeff Frischkorn & Wayne Williams	-74 -83	Jeff Och	-65 -288	Tony Silva	-68 -284
1884	6	Kurt Sahr	54 -177	Jim Priestaf	5 -222	Dave Rubin	9 -199	Doug Massie	33 -191	Richard Thumann	-27 -241	Wayne Williams	14 -177	Gihan Bandaranaike	9 -153
1888	4	Gihan Bandaranaike	88 -67	Benjamin Foy	36 -118	Harry White	50 -148	Mark Wightman	5 -23	Tom Potocki	24 -15	Ian Howard & Alan Poulter	10 -31	Dario Stolfa	37 -27
1892	7	Wayne Williams	184 -48	Carlo Amato	115 -115	Mark O'English	137 -112	Joshua Landrum	170 -74	Rich Thumann	99 -97	Shaun Derrick	89 -60	Alasdair Brooks	99 -127
1896	8	Dario Stolfa	170 -55	Mark O'English	196 -91	Paul Abrahamsen	99 -65	Joe Leonard	155 17	Rune Aaboen	171 -77	Joe Boeke	120 -26	Wayne Williams	173 17
1900	3	Sean Vassey	147 79	Bob Chase	164 83	Alex Sanders	211 59	Tim Francis	115 109	Sid Jackson	172 25	Kurt Sahr	210 112	Joshua Landrum	209 144
1904	4	Rune Aaboen	283 108	Joe Leonard	213 15	Karl Foelsche	214 172	Wayne Williams	191 100	Ben Baron	221 156	Philip Apps	210 121	Joe Leonard	208 123
1908	2	Alasdair Brooks	249 217	Keith Langley	249 10	Doug Biggs	179 15	Mark O'English	243 192	Rune Aaboen	278 160	Robert Mosdal	243 216	Allan Bell	210 -43
1916	1	Don McKinney	298	Pitt Crandlemire	257	Jason Unrath	392	Eric Moore / Keith Langley	344	Paul Lacey	229	Rune Aaboen	368	Mark O'English	339

Note: We no longer have final stats on all the games on the ladder above, and so not all games are included in this chart.

HOW DO THE POWERS RANK? Based on a win, America breaks their tie with France and claims fourth position. Great Britain improves their sizeable lead with two wins, and yes, Japan does continue to lower their already low average.

POWER	Wins	Pts.	Avg.	Change
Great Britain	18	239.0	4.60
Russia	7½	202.5	3.89
Italy	6	190.5	3.66
United States	6½	187.5	3.61	+.5
France	9	185.5	3.57	-.5
Germany	4	159.0	3.06
Japan	1	136.0	2.62

HOW LONG DO GAMES LAST?

YEAR ENDED	Great War	Chinese Rebellion	Deliberate GW	Incidental GW
1880	5	0	5	0
1884	8	0	6	2
1888	6	4	5	1
1892	10	7	3	7
1896	10	7/2	3	7
1900	6	0/1	1	5
1904	4	0	0	4
1908	2	0	0	2
1912	0	0	0	0
1916	1	0	0	1
None	0	N/A	N/A	N/A
Total	52	18/3	23	29
Average Date	Nov. 4th, 1892	Aug. 1, 1893 / May 1, 1899	Apr. 20th, 1888	March 27th, 1898

Deliberate GW means that someone deliberately ended the Game by starting the Great War.
Incidental GW means that the players stumbled into the Great War.

RANKED GAMES

Mark Elliot: 94-1, 95A, 95C, 95D, 95E, 96A, 98A
Jeff Janoska: pbj-1, pbj-3, pbj-4, pbj-5, pbj-6, pbj-7
Paul Abrahamsen: pbx-2
Ben Baron: Game-1
Eric Moore: EM1, EM2, EM3, EM4
John Jordan / Mark Elliot: 94-2
Chris Jones: Acklam
Mark O'English: Yunnan, Venezuela, UP, Uganda, Turcomania, Tunis, Tripoli, Transvaal, Togoland, Tibet, Tchad
Rune Aaboen: Ashantee, Brasil, Cuba, DEI, Fukien, Gabon
Eric Moore / Wayne Williams: EM5
Wayne Williams: Albania, Bosnia, Croatia, Dalmatia
Alasdair Brooks: Argyll
Shaun Derrick: Umberto, Wilhelm, Yamamoto, Aylesbury, Brecon
John Moser: Moser99
Joshua Landrum: Primus, Secundus

GAMES IN PROGRESS

Wayne Williams: Epirus, Friuli.
Mark O'English: Taureg, Tanganyika.
Shaun Derrick: Carluke.
Keith Langley / Wayne Williams: Angelfish.
Alex Sanders: Fiji.

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Last update January 18th, 2001.