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Leaderboards & Statistics

The Leaderboard page provides a real-time statistical overview of a regions performance, user contributions, and repeater capabilities.

Region Statistics

At the top of the page, you will find high-level metrics for the current region. These numbers update automatically as new data comes in.

  • Total Data Points: The aggregate number of valid pings collected in the database.
  • Active Drivers: The number of users currently running an active Wardriving session.
  • Ping Breakdown:
    • Bidirectional (Green): Confirmed two-way links.
    • TX Only (Orange): Packets sent by the user and heard by the mesh, but no confirmation was received back.
    • RX Only (Purple): Packets heard by the user (e.g., telemetry), but the user did not transmit.
    • Discovery (Cyan): Node discovery packets.
    • Dead/Dropped: Failed packets or those that hit a repeater but did not route further.
  • Active Repeaters: The count of repeaters currently online and trusted. Note: Repeaters flagged as "Duplicate" or "Excluded" are not counted here.
  • Estimated Coverage: A percentage representing how much of the mapped grid contains valid coverage (BIDIR, TX, DISC, RX).
  • Total Grid Squares: The total number of unique ~300m grid squares that have been mapped by at least one user. This metric always uses the default 300m grid size regardless of the user's Grid Size setting.

User Leaderboards

User rankings are based on the number of valid data points contributed. 1 Ping = 1 Point.

  • Top Contributors (7 Days): A rolling window of activity over the last week. This is useful for seeing who is currently active in the community.
  • All Time Legends: The total accumulation of contributions since the region was onboarded.

Top Explorers

This leaderboard rewards exploration — covering new ground rather than re-driving the same routes. It counts the number of unique ~300m grid squares where each user placed the first-ever ping. This metric always uses the default 300m grid size regardless of the user's Grid Size setting. If a grid square has been pinged 100 times by 10 different users, only the user who mapped it first gets credit. All coverage types count (BIDIR, TX, RX, DISC, DEAD, DROP).

Ranking Indicator
1st Gold Number
2nd Silver Number
3rd Bronze Number

Repeater Leaderboards

These tables highlight the performance of the infrastructure itself.

Best Repeaters (Max Range)

This ranks repeaters by the furthest distance (in km/m) they have achieved a link. The table is broken down by signal type to show different propagation characteristics:

  • BIDIR (Green): Max distance where a solid two-way link was established.
  • TX (Orange): Max distance where the repeater heard the user (but the user didn't hear the confirmation). This often indicates the repeater has a better "ear" (receive sensitivity) than the user.
  • RX (Purple): Max distance where the user heard the repeater (but didn't transmit). This indicates the repeater has a strong transmit signal.

Tip: You can click the headers (BIDIR, TX, RX) to sort the table by that specific metric.

Global Leaderboard

The Global Leaderboard aggregates data from all active regions into a single view. It is generated periodically by a scheduled task and includes:

  • Global Stats: Combined totals across all regions — data points, ping breakdowns, repeater count, contributors, and total grid squares.
  • Top Contributors (7 Days) and All Time Legends: Cross-region user rankings with each user's primary region shown.
  • Top Explorers: Aggregated first-mapper grid square counts across all regions.
  • Best Repeaters (Ping Count) and Best Repeaters (Max Range): Repeater rankings drawn from every region, with links back to the originating regional map.

Each user's primary region is determined by where they have contributed the most data points.

Contests

During special events (e.g., Holiday Wardrive Contest), a special leaderboard card will appear at the top of the page.

  • Time-Limited: Only pings collected within the specific contest start and end dates are counted.
  • Exclusions: Developers, administrators, and contest organizers are often excluded from these rankings to ensure fairness.
  • Live Updates: Like the other boards, this updates in near real-time as data is submitted.