Worldwide rankings

Richary · Post by **Richary** » 12 July 05 11:35 pm

Spotted this in the Vic Forum. Seems to be fairly up to date.

Scary, top world finer is well over 10000.

http://grand_high_pobah.home.comcast.net/Australia1.html

for us, or

http://grand_high_pobah.home.comcast.net

for worldwide.

Richard

The Ginger Loon · Post by **The Ginger Loon** » 13 July 05 12:37 am

Yippee!!!

We are equal 4179th

Richary · Post by **Richary** » 13 July 05 10:46 am

Of course, it's not about the numbers!

EcoTeam · Post by **EcoTeam** » 13 July 05 1:45 pm

91st in Aus - Woohoo!
I can remember when we were up in the top 10

Equal 6450th in the world!
If we do just one more cache we fly past 30 or so other players!

EcoDave

ian-and-penny · Post by **ian-and-penny** » 13 July 05 4:12 pm

Hmmm,

Why is it that we don't rate a mention with 259 finds

Post by **caughtatwork** » 13 July 05 4:50 pm

ian-and-penny wrote:Hmmm,

Why is it that we don't rate a mention with 259 finds

You don't rate a mention on the global list either

From their FAQ.
Question: Where does the basic data used on these pages come from?
Answer: There are a relatively small number of high profile caches that are downloaded periodically. The stats for the cachers that have visited those caches are extracted and used for updating the basic data you see on these pages.

So maybe you just haven't hit one of the caches that they use to seed their database.

Question: I know I have more than 200 cache finds but I'm not listed. Why?
Answer: Again, because I am using selected caches to determine your cache finds, you may not have gotten to one of those caches yet. Send me an email with your caching nickname and I will adjust the caches being used so that you appear in the listings. Contrary to popular belief, I am not an ogre. I'm really a pussycat but don't tell anybody. It would totally ruin my reputation.

http://grand_high_pobah.home.comcast.net/

You can find the FAQ at that URL so maybe you should send him an email.

Posspet Boys · Post by **Posspet Boys** » 13 July 05 6:54 pm

1870 internationally and 22 locally. Will take a bit to get in to the top 10 locally though as some of the best are not going to relinquish their places easily. Plu I would need to have a big couple of months to catch up and who is going to fix the Fiat or Lancia then?

Posspet Boys · Post by **Posspet Boys** » 13 July 05 6:56 pm

Hey, if I was in Finland I would be in the top 10!

Team Piggy · Post by **Team Piggy** » 13 July 05 7:05 pm

Sigh, another site to bring back the old numbers debate

!mike · Post by **!mike** » 13 July 05 8:14 pm

ian-and-penny wrote:Hmmm,

Why is it that we don't rate a mention with 259 finds

Yeh, I know exactly how you feel. I don't get a mention either.

Post by **caughtatwork** » 13 July 05 10:02 pm

1,756th world wide and 18th in Oz.

I like numbers. I like to slice, dice and carve up my finds to see what I've done the most of, least of, etc.

In fact my geocaching page on my web site shows those stats that I think are interesting to me. Part of that fun is also that it's all generated in real time frmo my own database, so writing new extraction routines is kind of fun too. When I get a new find or DNF I like to revist the stats page to see what has occurred.

For example since the small category was introduced, the number of smalls and the number of micros I've found are identical. I've found more than twice as many regulars though and only 2% of my finds are large.

I'm also surprised at the % split between traditional and multi. I was originally of the thought that it would be around 80/20, but as it turns out it's 60% traditional, 30% multi and the rest, well, the rest. I didn't realise that I'd done that many multi's.

I've also started tracking finds by hidden date. I need one in December 2001, May 2001 and November, December 2000 to fill my list of finding at least one cache for every month that one has been placed in Victoria.

Nothing really interesting at the end of the day, it just makes it more fun when you have a kind of goal rather than just finding boxes.

I don't compare mine to yours which is where I think the angst comes from. But each to his own.

Of course it's about the numbers for me