Winning a session tells you who performed well tonight. An MMR ranking asks a longer question: how is a player’s competitive record moving from one match to the next?
In FOM Play, MMR is a per-player rating for registered accounts. It is managed from finalized match results, then used for the leaderboard and progression history. It is not a technique score, an official level certification, or a coach’s assessment. MMR is a competitive record derived from results entered into the system.
When does MMR change?
MMR does not move whenever the host taps a single score. Changes are applied after a tournament is finalized and the server-side statistics process handles the result.
At that point, FOM Play reads each player’s starting rating, calculates match summaries, updates player statistics, and writes an MMR ledger entry for each match. The server process also guards against applying the same tournament result twice.
There is one important boundary: manual players and non-FOM IDs can still be included in a session roster and its standings, but they do not receive server-managed MMR updates.
Which results move the rating?
The current base changes use the result and each team’s share of the score:
- Draw:
+8. The match finishes level. - Standard win:
+25. The winner takes less than 70% of the total score. - Dominant win:
+40. The winner takes 70% or more of the total score. - Standard loss:
-20. The opponent takes less than 70% of the total score. - Heavy loss:
-35. The opponent takes 70% or more of the total score.
A modifier can then apply based on the strength of both teams before the match starts:
- an underdog win receives
+15; - a favorite losing receives
-15; - an underdog draw can receive an additional
+0to+20, depending on the rating gap.
Favorite and underdog status come from each team’s average pre-match MMR. They do not come from the leaderboard position after the match or from who happens to be leading during play.
Why compare team averages?
Padel is played in pairs. Comparing only one player with one opponent would ignore the partner combination, so FOM Play uses the average MMR of both players on each team to identify the favorite and underdog.
This gives the result useful context. Beating a team with a higher average rating is different from winning as the expected favorite. The rating still remains result-based, however: MMR does not evaluate technique, shot quality, or tactical choices that are not present in the match data.
Session standings are not the long-term leaderboard
The two are related but serve different jobs:
- Match standings are built from the rounds and scores in one session. They show who is leading that event.
- The MMR leaderboard is built from registered-player aggregates. It places a player’s record in a longer competitive context.
Read padel standings without a manual recap for the rules used to order a single session.
Global, province, and personal history
FOM Play’s leaderboard offers a global view and a province filter. It sorts by MMR first, then total matches, then display name when another tie-break is needed. Placeholder and non-organic players are excluded.
The MMR History view shows rating changes entry by entry, including the rating before and after, the result, and the reasons behind the change. Players can filter that history by time range and result. The number on a profile therefore has a trail: you can inspect the matches that shaped it.
Eight progression levels
FOM Play currently uses this tier ladder:
- Rookie
- Amateur
- Challenger
- Elite
- Master
- Grandmaster
- Legend
- Hall of Fame
Hall of Fame is the highest threshold-based tier in the app’s Ranking Guide. Separately, the leaderboard is limited to its top 100 entries and may label that view Top 100; that display limit does not define Hall of Fame membership. The guide shows the published MMR ranges and progress toward the next tier. The ladder makes a rating journey easier to read, while match results remain the basis of every movement.
How to start building an MMR history
- Join the match roster with a registered FOM Play account.
- Make sure the host records the match results correctly.
- Complete and finalize the tournament.
- Open the leaderboard, profile, or MMR History after the result has been processed.
MMR is most useful as a trend, not a verdict from one night. A single result can move either way; a run of results gives the number its real context.
