Reading the live leaderboard
The leaderboard is the public summary of accepted scoring activity. It is designed to show competition progress without exposing private account details or turning a browser-supplied number into an authoritative score.
Your rank
Rank represents a player position relative to other visible leaderboard participants. As accepted scoring entries are added, positions can move in either direction because the board reflects everybody's current total rather than a fixed placement.
Ticket totals
The displayed Falcon Ticket total is derived from accepted ledger entries. The total is therefore a summary of recorded scoring events, not a separate balance that a player can edit in the browser.
Live updates
The public board can refresh as players complete challenges. A brief delay between finishing an attempt and seeing a rank move can occur while the client retrieves the newest server state.
Ties
A tie in the visible ticket total does not have to be resolved randomly. The game can apply defined server-side tie-break information so players are ordered consistently.
Public versus private data
A leaderboard needs enough public information to identify positions, but private account information should remain behind authentication. Public ranking does not require exposing passwords, session information or private account controls.
Auditability
Because scoring changes are recorded through ledger events, unusual totals can be investigated by reviewing accepted scoring history instead of guessing how a single mutable balance reached its current value.