The Crest standard
A rating you can take anywhere.
Crest is the open, sport-portable rating standard for padel — and the format every other sport is going to want next. 0–3000 on a single scale, mapped to Iron → Sovereign tiers, computed with the same engine top esports use, gated by a real integrity layer.
§ 01 / What it is
One scale. Nine tiers. Open engine.
One scale
0 to 3,000
Every player on a single ladder. No regional resets, no separate beginner pool — your Crest is yours wherever you play.
Nine tiers
Iron → Sovereign
Each tier covers ~400 points. Moving up means something material — not "you went from 1462 to 1471".
Open engine
OpenSkill (Weng-Lin)
Handles 1v1, doubles, N-player races, team formats. Replayable from the audit log. No magic.
§ 02 / The ladder
Nine tiers. One scale.
Per-discipline thresholds calibrate as the player population grows.
Thresholds shown for padel. Each discipline publishes its own calibration as population density grows.
§ 03 / Integrity
A three-layer integrity ladder.
Every result passes through provenance scoring, statistical anomaly detection, and graph-collusion checks before it counts. Sandbagging and pump-tank rings get caught before they reach a leaderboard.
Layer 1Provenance
Federation > operator > confirmed > bilateral > self. Where a result came from decides how much it can move.
Layer 2Anomaly detection
Rating jumps + σ collapse + engineered win/loss patterns, screened nightly against the model's own predictions.
Layer 3Graph collusion
Dense clusters + pumping rings + coordinated tanking, detected across the full match graph — not match by match.
§ 04 / Locked invariants
What the rating never does.
Never includes minors.
Adult age threshold is country-aware (strictest if blank). Under-18 accounts are physically absent from the public surface — not just hidden in code.
Never includes private accounts.
Public visibility is opt-in. Turn it off and your handle returns 404 — no shadow profile, no API leak.
Never derived from credits or spending.
Credits buy access, cosmetics, competition entry. They do not — by code, not by policy — move a single Crest point.
Never includes Article 9 tags.
Identity, condition, or preference tags live in a protected store + never appear in any public surface or commercial feed.
Never sold with identifiers attached.
Aggregate sales are de-identified with a minimum-cohort rule (≥5 players per cell). Identified data needs an explicit opt-in + a license-bound buyer.
Never gates community on rating.
You can post, follow, attend, organise, play — none of it requires a Crest. Rating is a measure, not a key.
§ 05 / FAQ
What people ask first.
How is Crest different from Elo or DUPR?
Why 0–3000?
Can I take my Crest to other platforms?
What stops people gaming it?
How often does it update?
Ready when you are
One confirmed match. Your rating goes live.
Host a game or join an open game on TrustPadel. After both teams confirm the score, your first Crest publishes within a few seconds.