Singles · best of 52 - 1 in games
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- G1119
- G2811
- G3116
In play78
ServingFirst to 11, two clear points
1v1 · 2v2 · first to 11
The table tennis table finally keeps score.
Singles or doubles, the serve is drawn before the first point and the score is tapped in game by game. The room ranking follows, and the history stays.
Free · nothing to install · the table tennis ranking stays separate from the other sports
Rules and settings
What the room decides.
The defaults are there so you can start without setting anything. All of it can be changed afterwards, room by room.
- Formats
- 1v1 · 2v2
- Teams free to change every game
- Target score
- 11 points
- Per game, set per room
- First serve
- Drawn at random
- The serve is drawn before the first point
- Ranking
- Separate
- Specific to table tennis, apart from other sports
In play
Game by game, serve included.
Table tennis does not fit in a single score: every game has its own, and the match is won in a best of three or five. Ryvaals keeps each game separately, follows the serve as it changes ends every two points, and only closes a game once the two-point gap is there.
A reproduction of the in-game screen, with sample nicknames.
Why it works
Three reasons to keep score.
01
Games come thick and fast
A game takes a few minutes, so the ranking gets fed quickly. This is the sport where Elo settles the earliest.
02
Doubles change everything
In 2v2, everyone's Elo moves according to the average of their team and of the one across the net: a pair beating a stronger pair pays both of its players.
03
No more arguing about the serve
The draw happens in the app, before the first point. Nobody starts believing their turn was taken from them.
The maths
The same calculation, one setting per sport.
The factor that sets how wide the swings are does not depend on the sport, but on your experience: it is generous while you have few games on the clock, which lets the ranking find your level quickly, and then it settles down. What does depend on the sport is how uneven team sizes are handled.
K = 32 under 30 games played, then K = 16. That factor is the same in every sport.
How Elo worksTeam-size handicap
150
When team sizes are uneven, the short-handed side faces an opponent counted 150 Elo points stronger for every missing player. Holding your own one against two therefore pays more.
The questions
What people ask us about table tennis.
Can we play games to 21?
Yes. Eleven is only a default: the room sets the points per game, and all of its matches follow that setting.
Do doubles count towards the same ranking?
Yes. Singles and doubles both feed the table tennis ranking. In doubles your side counts as the average of the two players, and the result is then applied to each of them.
Who serves first?
The app draws it before the first point and shows it to the whole room. It is the one setting table tennis has on top of the other sports.
The other sports
One account, three rankings.
Table football
The king of the coffee break. Play it 1v1 or 2v2, and switch on the bonus-point rules if your room counts them.
- 1v1 · 2v2
- first to 10
A mid-field goal is worth 2, a three-bar one 3, when the room says so.
Pool
Turn by turn, on a table that follows the game ball by ball. 8-ball, 9-ball or blackball, picked before you break.
- turn by turn
- 3 variants
Every potted ball is logged during the game, not after it.
Table free right now?
Create the room, send the link, log the first game. The ranking starts from the second one.
Free, no card needed.