Perfectly on time, just before the start of the Twilight Struggle World Championships, the actual world rankings are published. I will only post part of the list, containing the top 30 players and (former) participants of the ETSL and the World Championships. Please note the top positions of Justin Kitt (8th), Jarek Moc (14th) and Daniël Hogetoorn (22nd). The complete list consists of 343 active players. New players start with a rating of 5000.
Rk Name Rate
1 Riku Riekkinen 7017
2 Stefan Mecay 6996
3 Charles Robinson 6535
4 Mathieu Pare-Paquin 6519
5 Chris Withers 6478
6 Wu Haifu 6407
7 Chris Byrd 6399
8 Justin Kitt 6350
9 Keith J Schoose 6163
10 Keith M Wixson 6138
11 Marvin Birnbaum 6080
12 Charles Feaux de la Croix 6077
13 Gabor Foldes 6003
14 Jarek Moc 5959
15 Peter Ingraham 5916
16 Randy C Pippus 5894
17 Daniel Dunbring 5871
18 Michael G Mitchell 5854
19 Jedrzej Gasiorowski 5830
20 Steven Caler 5794
21 Steve Kasenda 5785
22 Daniel Hogetoorn 5783
23 Aran Warszawski 5783
24 Paul Huntley 5763
25 David Gerson 5738
26 Kyle Smith 5714
27 Edward Fu 5688
28 Marco Poutre 5667
29 Ron L Jacobsen Jr 5664
30 Kevin Worth 5649
31 William B Edwards III 5601
32 Timothy Bina 5596
47 Brad Sheehan 5403
48 Fabian Mainzer 5401
51 Lloyd Jones 5375
55 Robert Zwiers 5339
61 Tijs de Kler 5311
67 Karl Bunyan 5272
80 Max DuBoff 5202
105 Bjorn von Knorring 5105
116 Jerry Struik 5086
152 Nicholas de Saint Aubain 4966
154 Piotr Ornowski 4964
155 Karol Maziukiewicz 4963
159 Gerlof Pielage 4950
216 Pedro Estevao 4881
220 Martijn van Beelen 4877
223 Mark Brody 4870
245 Alban Ullrich 4815
250 Mauro Faina 4805
282 Philip van Niekerk 4711
292 Koen Meijssen 4679
302 Bill Hollebeke 4618
306 Andre Heller 4582
310 David Blizzard 4572
338 John Bennett 4269