Jai Alai/Cesta Punta--Dania Jai Alai Weekly Cumulative Win Sorts--Front/Back within Early/Late--A NEW FEATURE

Dania Jai Alai gives copious information about its players in its daily statistics sheets. One of the most important important pieces of information in these sheets is each player's cumulative record in terms of wins and in the money (1st, 2nd, or 3rd place) finishes. Dania provides these statistics sorted by the personal player number, which serves as much to illustrate as to obfuscate what is going on. The purpose of this page is to sort these players out, by:

A. How many games they win
B. Which games they usually play (early or late) and what position they play (front or back)

Here we will keep track of the cumulative "standings" of players in 4 categories, in the following order. Note that I am going to list the players by talent level rather than the chronological time they play. The late players are universally recognized as better, on average, than the early players. So I will list them in the following order

A. Late Fronts
B. Late Backs
C. Early Fronts
D. Early Backs

Note that the barrier between front and back is not a solid one. For various reasons, players will play "out of their time zone." I am not going to keep track of which wins come at which times for players who play both. It would take more time than I care to spend. What I will do is note what direction a player is moving in by noting the position he was in the previous week, in bold for those who move up, in red for those who move down. Hopefully, this will give you another way to look at the almost infinite complexity that is Quiniela Jai Alai. This page is not designed to inform you of who wins with who, Dania provides that information in the game pages it provides.

Those of you who follow this blog know that I love to keep "standings." This is just another attempt at that. I hope you enjoy it.

Corrections about positions are always welcome.

Note that for those of you viewing this page on a mobile phone, landscape mode will look much better. Landscape mode without readerview looks even better, as the standings are in Courier font, and readerview will slightly mess with how pretty they look in straight landscape. :)

Note also that this item will not be kept in the main blog, as this post is only for announcement purposes. It will be kept on a separate page on the right side of the blog, below the current results.

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Note: a full week's play 7 performances with 8 doubles games (16 wins) and 4 singles games (4 wins) 7*20 wins=140 wins. The sum total of all the week's wins for all players should add to 140. If you find an error in my weekly total, please let me know. Raw numbers and percentages are copied directly from Dania statistical summaries through the latest Sunday matinee performance.

Cumulative Standings for the week ending September 29, 2019.

Note:

Green indicates a move up in the standings from the previous week.
Red indicates a move down in the standings from the previous week. Bold Italicized indicates the player with the most wins for the week. Bold indicates overall leader in wins for the season to date. w2-w1 means standings for week 2 v week 1 (week numbers will change...3-2, 4-3, etc.) w2W means week 2 Wins (week numbers will change...w3W, w4W, etc.)

# Name           GP  W   P  S  W%. ITM%  w2-w1 w2W)

Late-Front

11 Erik ..........81 24 13  7 .296 .543  (1-1; 11)
54 Zulaika........79 17 10 10..215 .468  (2-5; 12)
42 Barandika .....81 13 13  9 .160 .432  (3-3;  8)
12 Beitia ........79  7  8  9 .089 .304  (4-4;  2)
69 Goitia.........77  6 12 18 .078 .468  (5-2;  1)
46 Arrieta .......81  6 12  5 .074 .284  (6-7;  4)
23 Ithurria.......53  5  6 10 .094 .396  (7-6;  0)
33 Tevin...........0  0  0  0 .000 .000 

Late-Back

39 Israel ........53 12  4  6 .226 .415  (1-1;  2)
60 Salegi ........66  9 15  9 .136 .500  (2-2;  4)
49 Amigorena......69  9  8  9 .130 .377  (3-8;  7)
15 Ibon ..........70  8  9  9 .114 .371  (4-3;  3)
38 Urbieta .......72  8 14 11 .111 .458  (5-5;  4)
98 Elgezabal .....76  8  7  8 .105 .303  (6-7;  5)
59 Leke...........76  7  3 11 .092 .276  (7-4;  2)
89 Urtaran .......63  6  6  8 .095 .317  (8-6;  3)
18 Chasio ........66  3  8  3 .045 .212  (9-9;  2)


Early-Front

31 Jairo .........87 18 11 11 .207 .460  (1-1;  8)
10 Goixerri.......84 13 13 11 .155 .440  (2-2;  5)
68 Alex ..........75 11  7 12 .147 .400  (3-4;  6)
25 Foronda .......84  9  8 14 .107 .369  (4-3;  3)
47 Xabat..........83  8 14  7 .096 .349  (5-6;  4)
16 Goenaga .......82  7  5 15 .085 .329  (6-5;  3)
53 Anndy..........86  6  6  8 .070 .233  (7-8)  3)
21 Johan .........74  4 10  6 .054 .270  (8-7)  1)
20 Iturbide....... 0  0  0  0 .000 .000 

Early-Back

67 Bailo .........81 14 14  8 .173 .444  (1-2;  7)
17 Ladutxe .......73 14  7 11 .192 .438  (2-1;  3)
50 Elizalde ......75 13  4  6 .173 .307  (3-4;  8)
14 Arta ..........72  9 13  8 .125 .417  (4-3;  4)
30 Larrea ........68  7  7 12 .103 .382  (5-7;  5)
64 Yeche .........75  6  6 12 .080 .320  (6-8;  4)
13 Ubilla ........38  5  7  2 .132 .368  (7-9;  4)
35 Spinner........73  5 13  6 .068 .329  (8-6;  2)
19 Minte..........48  3  7  9 .063 .396  (9-5;  0)
56 Zabala......... 0  0  0  0 .000 .000 

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Cumulative Standings as of the week ending September 22, 2019. Note that there were 8 performances during this opening week. The standard number per week is 7.

#  Name               GP   W P  S W Pct. ITM % 

Lates--Fronts

11 Erik ..............42  13 6  2 .310 .500 LF
69 Goitia.............40   5 7 10 .125 .550 LF
42 Barandika .........42   5 9  6 .119 .476 LF
12 Beitia ............42   5 3  6 .119 .333 LF
54 Zulaika............42   5 5  3 .119 .310 LF
23 Ithurria...........44   5 6  7 .114 .409 LF
46 Arrieta ...........44   2 6  3 .045 .250 LF
33 Tevin.............. 0   0 0  0 .000 .000 LF

Backs

39 Israel ............37  10  2  4 .270 .432 LB
60 Salegi ............36   5 10  5 .139 .556 LB
15 Ibon ..............38   5  4  5 .132 .368 LB
59 Leke...............40   5  3  5 .125 .325 LB
38 Urbieta ...........37   4  7  5 .108 .432 LB
89 Urtaran ...........36   3  3  6 .083 .333 LB
98 Elgezabal .........40   3  4  5 .075 .300 LB
49 Amigorena..........38   2  4  4 .053 .263 LB
18 Chasio ............36   1  4  0 .028 .139 LB

Earlies--Fronts

31 Jairo .............46  10 5  6 .217 .457 EF
10 Goixerri...........45   8 6  6 .178 .444 EF
25 Foronda ...........46   6 3  7 .130 .348 EF
68 Alex ..............34   5 3  5 .147 .382 EF
16 Goenaga ...........43   4 3  8 .093 .349 EF
47 Xabat..............44   4 9  2 .091 .341 EF
21 Johan .............34   3 4  3 .088 .294 EF
53 Anndy..............45   3 4  6 .067 .289 EF
20 Iturbide............0   0 0  0 .000 .000 EF

Backs

17 Ladutxe ...........39  11 3  6 .282 .513 EB
67 Bailo .............40   7 6  4 .175 .425 EB
14 Arta ..............39   5 9  5 .128 .487 EB
50 Elizalde ..........39   5 2  2 .128 .231 EB
19 Minte..............22   3 2  5 .136 .455 EB
35 Spinner............40   3 1  1 .075 .350 EB
30 Larrea ............36   2 2  7 .056 .306 EB
64 Yeche .............39   2 2 11 .051 .385 EB
13 Ubilla ............15   1 4  0 .067 .333 EB
56 Zabala..............0   0 0  0 .000 .000 EB

Main Nue---Cumulative Monthly Rankings of Esku Pilota Players--May 30-September 30, 2019

Main Nue cumulative ranking of Esku Pilota Players. Esku Pilota publishes a "classement" (ranking) of its roster approximately every month. Ranking is determined by a combination of the importance of a Tournament/Competition and where the player finished in the T/C. The best complete explanation I found was in the Esku Pilota archives.

Ranking explanation (August 9, 2017, the most recent one I could find). Basic points available for Tournament/Competition winner are at the top of the page. Breakdown of other allocated points based on remaining finishers can be found below the actual rankings. The higher ranked T/Ps (Masters and Pro) are usually played by EP's "A" players. The other Tournaments are usually played by EP's "B" players. Often there are overlaps between the players' categories and the Tournaments they are in. Below the classification you will see an early attempt (2017) to keep track of players' actual won-loss records by "A's" and "B's". It was complex and awkward. In its place, I have decided to post a cumulative set of rankings.  I have organized them by release date so that you can see how a player is progressing over time. Unfortunately, EP does not, to my knowledge, keep an archive of old rankings at this time. I am beginning in May of 2019, as that is the first set of rankings I discovered when I re-started the blog in January. What is presented is a ranking (1-24 at this time) of EP players for the latest time period. That is lined up against old rankings. The raw number is combined with the ordinal ranking number and will be presented in ascending ordinal order for the latest month. The latest month will be the key sort, so that the ordinal rankings will not be in order for the earlier months, but you will easily be able to see if a player is improving, declining, or "yo-yo-ing" over time. EP's "A" players will usually be at the top of the list because the events they play in are worth more ranking points. Players are identified by position (AV=Avant (front); AR=Arriere (back)). The players with the largest ranking improvements and declines will be identified each month.

Hopefully this will give you some sense of who stands where in the  EP constellation over time, without going through the complexities of a cumulative win-loss record table.

For the individual Tournaments that make up this ranking, consult the Main Nue section of the Blog. Tournament results will be available in reverse chronological order. Note that Le Garat Lundi (mostly) 50 point matches are accounted for on a separate page.

Latest Esku Pilota Rankings.

Cumulative Monthly Rankings: May 30-September 30, 2019

Greatest + 5/30-6/30: Etcheverry #23-#10; Greatest - Monce #8-#13
Greatest + 6/30-7/29: Inchauspe #9-#7 and Elgart #18-#16; Greatest - Olcomendy #8-#10 and Etcheverry #10-#12

Greatest + 7/29-9/4: Bielle #14-#8; Greatest - Palomes #14-#18 
Greatest + 9/4-9/30: Harismendy #10-#5; Greatest - Inchauspe #9-#12, Olcomendy #13-#16 

2019..................9/30......9/4.....7/29......6/30.....5/30

B, DUCASSOU (AR).....14500(1).13000(1).10900(1)..8900(1)..7400(1)

P. LARRALDE (AV).....11200(2).10200(2)..9200(2)..6700(2)..4700(3)
M. OSPITAL (AV)......11000(3)..8000(3)..7000(3)..6000(3)..5000(2)
B. BILBAO (AR)........5100(4)..4600(4)..4600(4)..2600(5)..2600(4)
T. HARISMENDY (AR)....4800(5)..2800(10).2300(7)..2200(7)..1200(9)

P. GUICHANDUT (AR)....4500(6)..4500(5)..3000(6)..2500(6)..2500(5)
A. WALTARY (AR).......4225(7)..4225(6)..4225(5)..3225(4)..2225(6)
X. LAMBERT (AR).......3700(8)..2700(11).1700(11).1600(10)..900(13)
B. CUBIAT (AR)........3400(9)..3400(7)..2200(9)..1600(10).1100(11)
P. BIELLE (AV)........3150(10).3150(8)..1150(14).1050(14)..800(14)

A. MONCE (AV).........3050(11).1550(15).1550(13).1550(13).1300(8)
A. INCHAUSPE (AV).....2900(12).2900(9)..2300(9)..1700(9)..1700(7)
A. AMULET (AV)........2450(13).1450(16)..850(17)..600(18)..600(17)
V. ELGART (AV)........2450(13).2450(12)..950(16)..600(18)..600(17)
M. ETCHEVERRY(AV).....2100(15).1600(14).1600(12).1600(10)....0(23)

M. OLCOMENDY (AV).....1850(16).1850(13).1850(10).1850(8)..1150(10)
J. ETCHEGARAY (AV)....1425(17).1425(17)..325(21)..325(21)..325(20)
I. ITURBE (AR)........1400(18).1400(18)..400(20)..400(20)..400(19)
M. PALOMES (AR).......1400(18).1400(18).1150(14).1050(14).1050(12)
G. AGUIRRE (AV).......1350(20).1350(20)..750(19)..750(17)..750(16)

L. LAMBERT (AV).......1050(21).1050(21)..800(18)..800(16)..800(14)
C. LUCU (AR)...........250(22)..250(22)..250(22)..250(22)..250(21)
M. DARMENDRAIL (AV),...100(23)..100(23)..100(23)..100(23)..100(22)
B. LARRALDE (AR).........0(24)....0(24)....0(24)....0(24)

These rankings are also kept on an Esku Pilota Rankings Page on the right side of the blog.