The Ascent — Global Leaderboard

Ranked by The Gradient Score (GS) — it measures how well you work with AI, not how much. There is no ceiling here: the climb is open-ended, with only the next tier in sight.

2,418 players on the board

New here? You see your cohort first, not the whole mountain.

We show you where you stand relative to others first — never just a raw rank. “Better than 68% of people with similar experience” says more than “#18,402 of 2,418”. As a newcomer you’re compared with people who started around the same time, so you measure up against your own cohort — not against veterans. There is no last place: Basecamp is a solid start, and every score is the beginning of an ascent.

RankPlayerTier progress{short}

#1
@idempotentStratosphere
39%
1316
#2
@gitblame_devSummit
94%
1187
#3
@nullptr42Summit
49%
1098
#4
@backoffSummit
22%
1043
#5
@hotpath_devSummit
2%
1004
#6
@ghostbranchCrest
89%
978
#7
@yakshaver42Crest
81%
961
#8
@sudoyou42Crest
75%
949
#9
@darkmode_devCrest
67%
934
#10
@promptsmith_devCrest
61%
922
#11
@kernelpanic42Crest
55%
909
#12
@idempotent42Crest
49%
898
#13
@leftpad42Crest
10%
819
#14
@webhook42Crest
9%
818
#15
@merkletree42Crest
5%
809
#16
@polyfillAscent
96%
796
#17
@edgecase_devAscent
94%
794
#18
@bigospenderAscent
91%
791
#19
@heisenbug42Ascent
86%
786
#20
@scopecreep42Ascent
83%
783
#21
@segfault42Ascent
81%
781
#22
@techdebtAscent
72%
772
#23
@rootcause42Ascent
70%
770
#24
@lambdalord_devAscent
69%
769
#25
@asyncawait_devAscent
68%
768
#26
@bytecode_devAscent
66%
766
#27
@racecond42Ascent
63%
763
#28
@techdebt_devAscent
61%
761
#29
@patchworkAscent
51%
751
#30
@snapshot42Ascent
49%
749
#31
@ghostbranch_devAscent
47%
747
#32
@loopbackAscent
47%
747
#33
@deadlockAscent
47%
747
#34
@quine_devAscent
46%
746
#35
@deadlock42Ascent
45%
745
#36
@runtime_devAscent
44%
744
#37
@tailcallAscent
40%
740
#38
@heisenbugAscent
37%
737
#39
@merkletree_devAscent
33%
733
#40
@curryingAscent
32%
732
#41
@polyfill_devAscent
32%
732
#42
@scopecreepAscent
29%
729
#43
@tabsoverspaces42Ascent
26%
726
#44
@heisenbug_devAscent
25%
725
#45
@deadlock_devAscent
24%
724
#46
@darkmode42Ascent
24%
724
#47
@greenfield42Ascent
23%
723
#48
@leftpad_devAscent
21%
721
#49
@runtimeAscent
14%
714
#50
@regexwizAscent
12%
712
#51
@monorepo_devAscent
12%
712
#52
@tailcall_devAscent
11%
711
#53
@gitblameAscent
10%
710
#54
@hotfixAscent
9%
709
#55
@hotfix_devAscent
9%
709
#56
@fizzbuzzAscent
9%
709
#57
@rubberduck42Ascent
3%
703
#58
@promptsmithAscent
3%
703
#59
@mutexed_devAscent
1%
701
#60
@nullptr_devAscent
0%
700
#61
@rootcause_devAscent
0%
700
#62
@kernelpanic_devRidge
99%
699
#63
@greenfield_devRidge
98%
698
#64
@fizzbuzz_devRidge
97%
697
#65
@hotpath42Ridge
96%
696
#66
@shipfast42Ridge
95%
695
#67
@patchwork42Ridge
94%
694
#68
@quine42Ridge
86%
686
#69
@rubberduck_devRidge
85%
685
#70
@shipfast_devRidge
84%
684
#71
@webhook_devRidge
81%
681
#72
@tabsoverspacesRidge
81%
681
#73
@monorepo42Ridge
81%
681
#74
@stacktraceRidge
81%
681
#75
@nullptrRidge
79%
679
#76
@edgecase42Ridge
79%
679
#77
@vimexit_devRidge
78%
678
#78
@cachemissRidge
78%
678
#79
@coldstartRidge
75%
675
#80
@forkbombRidge
73%
673
#81
@semaphore42Ridge
73%
673
#82
@nightshift_devRidge
73%
673
#83
@patchwork_devRidge
72%
672
#84
@coldstart_devRidge
72%
672
#85
@stacktrace_devRidge
71%
671
#86
@tailcall42Ridge
71%
671
#87
@loopback_devRidge
71%
671
#88
@yakshaver_devRidge
70%
670
#89
@semaphore_devRidge
67%
667
#90
@merkletreeRidge
67%
667
#91
@nightshiftRidge
64%
664
#92
@cachemiss42Ridge
63%
663
#93
@stacktrace42Ridge
63%
663
#94
@cachemiss_devRidge
61%
661
#95
@darkmodeRidge
59%
659
#96
@semaphoreRidge
58%
658
#97
@snapshot_devRidge
56%
656
#98
@sudoyouRidge
55%
655
#99
@rubberduckRidge
54%
654
#100
@lambdalord42Ridge
53%
653

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