International Flipper Pinball Association!

PU Challenge IFPA Tournament

Event Name
Main Tournament

When
Jul 23, 2022

Location
Bünde, Nor, Germany

Director
Dirk Elzholz

Ranking System
Main

Information
Website

Show Impact

					Change Effect
Pos	Player	Points	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Eff	Pro
1	Kirsten Adam	15.87	2103	1524.34	2103 -> 1536	1524.34 -> 1562.26	30.47 -> 37.14
2	Florian Schneider	10.09	28080	Not Rated	28080 -> 4866	Not Rated -> 1634.55	0 -> 63.58
3	Marc Steinmeier	7.39	1919	1514.14	1919 -> 1665	1514.14 -> 1547.01	10.55 -> 11.81
4	Mathias Jäger	5.57	891	1356.11	891 -> 872	1356.11 -> 1408.25	8.72 -> 8.94
5	Carsten Wieske	4.27	1641	1359.90	1641 -> 1573	1359.90 -> 1409.59	3.76 -> 3.92
6	Jens Schmidt	3.32	8935	1359.38	8935 -> 6318	1359.38 -> 1453.76	2.67 -> 5.14
7	Julian Zahs	2.63	3634	1483.12	3634 -> 3324	1483.12 -> 1504.68	29.99 -> 26.99
8	Burkhard Nagel	2.12	15963	1046.91	15963 -> 9013	1046.91 -> 1281.48	1.84 -> 5.84
9	Dirk Elzholz	1.76	107	1539.75	107 -> 108	1539.75 -> 1542.9	22.7 -> 22.63	136 -> 138
10	Ergun Erdemir	1.50	1245	1549.24	1245 -> 1225	1549.24 -> 1549.82	16.79 -> 16.55
11	Gordon Billy	1.32	18822	1183.25	18822 -> 10910	1183.25 -> 1358.79	3.4 -> 6.49
12	Kay Wolters	1.20	2441	1334.81	2441 -> 2377	1334.81 -> 1364.07	14.29 -> 13.86
13	Martin Langenau	1.13	13119	1350.13	13119 -> 9865	1350.13 -> 1374.61	5.59 -> 6.32
14	Pierre Jahic	1.07	6249	1351.64	6249 -> 5773	1351.64 -> 1368.56	5.29 -> 5.41
15	Philipp Segler	1.03	10950	1306.69	10950 -> 9051	1306.69 -> 1349.78	4.92 -> 5.4
16	Markus Schneider	0.99	28080	Not Rated	28080 -> 13139	Not Rated -> 1368.04	0 -> 6.24
17	Sebastian Zehe	0.95	3736	1433.27	3736 -> 3599	1433.27 -> 1423.95	8.58 -> 8.46
18	Christoph Granzow	0.91	4609	1374.56	4609 -> 4444	1374.56 -> 1371.05	4.26 -> 4.34
19	Wolfgang Szymanski	0.87	2493	1360.87	2493 -> 2465	1360.87 -> 1354.54	10.19 -> 10.03
20	Raphael Granzow	0.83	7011	1239.84	7011 -> 6562	1239.84 -> 1257.34	1.77 -> 1.96
21	Jörn Runge	0.79	1277	1303.33	1277 -> 1284	1303.33 -> 1304.66	6.44 -> 6.42
22	Daniel Kruzinski	0.75	1143	1402.33	1143 -> 1147	1402.33 -> 1377.08	7.97 -> 7.92
23	Silas Lindlahr	0.71	4303	1395.47	4303 -> 4170	1395.47 -> 1369.84	13.47 -> 12.71
24	Eckhard Zahs	0.67	3456	1454.77	3456 -> 3388	1454.77 -> 1409.82	19.68 -> 17.38
25	Philipp Schneider	0.63	25008	1132.62	25008 -> 14534	1132.62 -> 1185.24	3.62 -> 3.92
26	Jochen März	0.60	11203	1142.17	11203 -> 9872	1142.17 -> 1160.18	2.14 -> 2.44
27	Jens Knobloch	0.56	1681	1360.18	1681 -> 1690	1360.18 -> 1325.12	3.8 -> 3.8
28	Guido Ehrmann	0.52	7950	1285.32	7950 -> 7509	1285.32 -> 1258.03	4.23 -> 4.08
29	Oliver Latza	0.48	3678	1306.74	3678 -> 3650	1306.74 -> 1271.97	2.39 -> 2.41
30	Steven Stockey	0.44	13571	1268.49	13571 -> 11794	1268.49 -> 1203.58	4.2 -> 3.59
31	Nicole Billy	0.40	28080	Not Rated	28080 -> 17677	Not Rated -> 1080.31	0 -> 2.52
32	Christian Hagemann	0.36	7523	1206.91	7523 -> 7275	1206.91 -> 1178.36	2.74 -> 2.69
33	Katharina Hagemann	0.32	10200	1111.28	10200 -> 9611	1111.28 -> 1096.85	1.36 -> 1.42
34	Guido Christiansen	0.28	1121	1474.67	1121 -> 1127	1474.67 -> 1387.71	5.32 -> 5.3
35	Sascha Elsner	0.24	8515	1266.54	8515 -> 8274	1266.54 -> 1216.84	3.17 -> 2.93
36	Eldar Tuktarov	0.20	17222	828.30	17222 -> 15276	828.30 -> 846	0.57 -> 0.69
37	Marie Granzow	0.16	28080	Not Rated	28080 -> 22784	Not Rated -> 963.5	0 -> 1.01
38	Andrea Ehrmann	0.12	20243	993.95	20243 -> 18077	993.95 -> 938.44	0.95 -> 0.88
39	Sabrina Langenau	0.08	16825	1273.96	16825 -> 16056	1273.96 -> 1213.32	2.62 -> 1.62
40	Thomas Behr	0.04	3091	1257.64	3091 -> 3101	1257.64 -> 1195.45	1.71 -> 1.69

Highlighted players are not applied to the strength calculations as the player hasn't played in more than 5 tournaments.

Additional Details

Address

Pinball Universe Daimlerstr. 41-43 32257 Buende Germany

Registration Opens
June 02, 2022

Qualifying Format
Matchplay Qualifying

Player Limit

40

Registration Fee
Check Tournament Website

Finals Format
Match Play

Overall

Welcome to our PU Challenge IFPA Tournament with 19 rounds head to head strict swiss mode in our PU challenge area.
This event has a maximum of 40 players and a pre-registration is necessary.
After this the best 4 players play a 4-player final on three different machines (7-5-3-1 points).
The TGP for this event will be 100%.
Further details about this tournament can be found at https://pinball-universe.de/pu-challenge

WPPR Snapshot

Base Value 14
Total (before TGP) 15.57
TGP 100%
Event Booster 100%
Tour Value 15.87

Tournament Strength

Ranking Strength 0.49
Ratings Strength 1.08
Average Ranking 15.15
Average Rating 17.11

Player Stats

Player Count 40
Rated Players 28

Player Locations

Germany 40

Age Distribution

12-18 2
19-25 2
35-45 1
45-55 11
56-65 8
65-99 1

Event	Date	Ranking System	Winner
Main Tournament	January 24, 2026	MAIN	Undecided
Main Tournament	November 15, 2025	MAIN	Ethan Bent
Main Tournament	September 20, 2025	MAIN	Guido Ehrmann
Main Tournament	January 18, 2025	MAIN	Julian Zahs
Main Tournament	November 16, 2024	MAIN	Dirk Elzholz
Main Tournament	September 14, 2024	MAIN	Mark van der Gugten
Main Tournament	July 20, 2024	MAIN	Dirk Klaver
Main Tournament	May 25, 2024	MAIN	Dirk Klaver
Main Tournament	March 09, 2024	MAIN	Philippe Craul
Main Tournament	January 13, 2024	MAIN	Dirk Klaver
Main Tournament	November 11, 2023	MAIN	Julian Zahs
Main Tournament	September 16, 2023	MAIN	Dirk Elzholz
Main Tournament	July 08, 2023	MAIN	Dirk Klaver
Main Tournament	May 13, 2023	MAIN	Marc Steinmeier
Main Tournament	March 11, 2023	MAIN	Marc Steinmeier
Main Tournament	January 21, 2023	MAIN	Kirsten Adam
Main Tournament	November 05, 2022	MAIN	Dirk Elzholz
Main Tournament	September 24, 2022	MAIN	Dirk Elzholz