World Top 200 Players by Fargo Rating (April2026)

Nothing surprised me. There has been enough time now for the superiority of the Filipino's who don't travel much to get on the biggest lists.

The players are not any better because they are in the higher 800's now. Thats FargoRate creep. See this list from 2015 of many of the same names:


that's probably true, but it's also true that some of the "same names" were less complete players in 2015, like jayson and lil ko.

World Top 200 Players by Fargo Rating (April2026)

Nothing surprised me. There has been enough time now for the superiority of the Filipino's who don't travel much to get on the biggest lists.

The players are not any better because they are in the higher 800's now. Thats FargoRate creep. See this list from 2015 of many of the same names:

World Top 200 Players by Fargo Rating (April2026)

45 countries surprised me. that's a lot.

Am surprised Germany has most in Europe. Tot Poland, UK or Russia will have more

they have a very active league, so i guess it makes sense, but i too expected poland to have more then germany. could be an issue of fargo coverage also. russians are perhaps less covered, travel less since 2022 etc. i've seen some of the gorst generation play in heyball events.

Pace of Play

Local tournaments should ALL be single elimination, luck counts, 9 ball. ...
That will end in about half the time as DE. Sometimes even faster than that. If people demand at least two matches, have a consolation tourney for the first round losers, if there are plenty of tables.

With SE, you could add a game or two to the match length and still finish much earlier.

Rhino 'Time' and 'Time Crystal' tips

Just wanted to update my post now that my Rhino has arrived with the leather brown tip. It does have that clear layer, like the Time does - but it's clearly a multi-layer leather tip.
Plays great. It's a much harder tip than the Tiger sniper I'm using on my Katana 3 shaft. I'm enjoying playing with this shaft so far. Making all the shots I usually make, but on long shots with side spin, I'm having better success - possibly attributed to more confidence which is most probably new shaft syndrome...
Here's a shot of the cue with the unknown tip.

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