International Flipper Pinball Association!

PU Challenge IFPA Tournament

Event Name
Main Tournament

When
May 25, 2024

Location
Bünde, Nor, Germany

Director
Thilo and Daniel Schwarz

Ranking System
Main

Information
Website

Show Impact

					Change Effect
Pos	Player	Points	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Eff	Pro
1	Dirk Klaver	44.18	540	1612.41	540 -> 460	1612.41 -> 1649.4	20.52 -> 22.73
2	Julian Zahs	33.74	1628	1555.53	1628 -> 1272	1555.53 -> 1595.85	18.59 -> 21.51
3	Louis Hänsch	28.21	1318	1548.46	1318 -> 1108	1548.46 -> 1589.45	10.49 -> 11.52
4	Pierre Jahic	24.05	1669	1459.59	1669 -> 1422	1459.59 -> 1512.54	11.16 -> 12.15
6	Ivan Gluschko	17.96	2681	1492.75	2681 -> 2254	1492.75 -> 1532.89	6.37 -> 7.16
6	Frank Frohn	17.96	8392	1430.02	8392 -> 5045	1430.02 -> 1481.44	6.08 -> 12.52
6	Dirk Dröden	17.96	1153	1423.48	1153 -> 1062	1423.48 -> 1476.16	8.28 -> 8.62
6	Dirk Elzholz	17.96	227	1626.59		1626.59 -> 1642.7	24.59 -> 24.74
9	Maximilian Marx	12.00	5381	1454.51	5381 -> 4244	1454.51 -> 1496.66	16.46 -> 18.79
10	Marco Siemund	10.55	2505	1505.04	2505 -> 2240	1505.04 -> 1532.75	24.4 -> 24.33
11	Yuna Rohde	9.31	6751	1247.23	6751 -> 5396	1247.23 -> 1328.41	1.53 -> 1.98
12	Stefan Hänsch	8.24	1864	1334.77	1864 -> 1781	1334.77 -> 1394.31	7.6 -> 7.76
13	Carsten Wieske	7.32	1263	1392.30	1263 -> 1247	1392.30 -> 1437.57	6.32 -> 6.39
14	Ralf Fleuren	6.52	1297	1537.05	1297 -> 1258	1537.05 -> 1546.86	14.27 -> 14.29
15	Chris Dröden	5.85	4070	1360.59	4070 -> 3789	1360.59 -> 1406.82	4.21 -> 4.47
16	Philipp Unger	5.27	438	1625.14	438 -> 439	1625.14 -> 1611.89	15.8 -> 15.77
17	Nils Langemann	4.77	4407	1375.45	4407 -> 4096	1375.45 -> 1415.8	9.51 -> 9.62
18	Gerry Kurze	4.35	5434	1420.54	5434 -> 5019	1420.54 -> 1447.35	7.01 -> 7.3
19	Jan Feth	4.01	1663	1409.72	1663 -> 1656	1409.72 -> 1436.77	9.33 -> 9.32
20	Jens Knobloch	3.71	2249	1340.78	2249 -> 2223	1340.78 -> 1382.26	4.78 -> 4.82
21	Philippe Craul	3.46	156	1633.97	156 -> 157	1633.97 -> 1602.94	22.98 -> 22.86	153 -> 154
22	Michael Nau	3.25	4605	1333.35	4605 -> 4338	1333.35 -> 1374.95	9.43 -> 9.21
23	Ralf Behr	3.08	2980	1270.50	2980 -> 2927	1270.50 -> 1326.62	7.37 -> 7.35
24	Jens Schmidt	2.94	2611	1467.83	2611 -> 2586	1467.83 -> 1468.64	5.78 -> 5.8
25	Reinhard Frankowski	2.82	19464	1385.44	19464 -> 12958	1385.44 -> 1407.96	5.37 -> 5.94
26	Jörg Merker	2.72	6493	1273.08	6493 -> 6096	1273.08 -> 1322.53	4.07 -> 4.23
27	Rainer Beine	2.63	8482	1330.32	8482 -> 7673	1330.32 -> 1361.17	5.2 -> 5.33
28	Guido Ehrmann	2.55	1455	1473.79	1455 -> 1461	1473.79 -> 1462.89	13.18 -> 13
29	Christian Raeder	2.49	9440	1510.71	9440 -> 8434	1510.71 -> 1481.25	30.41 -> 15.51
30	Stefanie Tesch	2.42	6895	1316.64	6895 -> 6396	1316.64 -> 1345.73	4.46 -> 4.56
31	Daniel Bähr	2.35	8750	1472.35	8750 -> 7981	1472.35 -> 1452.15	11.33 -> 9.67
32	Manfred Bertram	2.28	23206	1310.98	23206 -> 14481	1310.98 -> 1351.68	12.09 -> 6
33	Dirk Nicklaus	2.21	3016	1391.20	3016 -> 2997	1391.20 -> 1390.07	7.51 -> 7.39
34	Guido Christiansen	2.14	771	1475.08		1475.08 -> 1447.66	9.25 -> 9.23
35	Timo Wemhöner	2.07	12306	1403.13	12306 -> 10672	1403.13 -> 1390.49	7.97 -> 6.56
36	Sven Göttsche	2.00	5527	1466.41	5527 -> 5349	1466.41 -> 1435.91	11.97 -> 10.84
37	Sascha Klenke	1.93	340	1477.07	340 -> 341	1477.07 -> 1441.72	11.29 -> 11.23
38	Oliver Wiege	1.86	5990	1387.46	5990 -> 5732	1387.46 -> 1373.58	11.12 -> 9.94
39	Alexander Wittke	1.79	6636	1333.10	6636 -> 6294	1333.10 -> 1335.01	7.43 -> 6.91
40	Jochen März	1.73	3470	1398.91	3470 -> 3444	1398.91 -> 1378.39	6.77 -> 6.66
41	Sebastian Aukam	1.66	19511	1426.85	19511 -> 14626	1426.85 -> 1396.34	37.44 -> 6.9
42	Michaela Aukam	1.59	45950	Not Rated	45950 -> 18128	Not Rated -> 1277.19	0 -> 3.6
43	Gabi Schmeichel	1.52	4212	1381.40	4212 -> 4218	1381.40 -> 1358.31	2.23 -> 2.25
44	Marco Fehres	1.45	7730	1285.42	7730 -> 7395	1285.42 -> 1284.36	3.2 -> 3.21
45	Björn Geyer	1.38	5299	1361.04	5299 -> 5145	1361.04 -> 1339.17	6.08 -> 5.82
46	Thomas Ferocino	1.31	7627	1187.59	7627 -> 7381	1187.59 -> 1204.45	2.83 -> 2.84
47	Nicole Billy	1.24	5121	1259.83	5121 -> 5052	1259.83 -> 1256.72	4.8 -> 4.67
48	Dirk Rohde	1.17	1993	1398.13	1993 -> 1995	1398.13 -> 1360.4	5.85 -> 5.8
49	Eckhard Zahs	1.10	3296	1530.85	3296 -> 3298	1530.85 -> 1456.44	8.55 -> 8.28
50	Gordon Billy	1.04	4220	1350.88	4220 -> 4219	1350.88 -> 1317.85	7.29 -> 6.98
51	Julius Wittke	0.97	17580	1172.02	17580 -> 15079	1172.02 -> 1178.15	0.94 -> 1.18
52	Berk Güler	0.90	15620	1300.98	15620 -> 13960	1300.98 -> 1260.65	3.74 -> 3.05
53	Lale Güler	0.83	4923	1330.38	4923 -> 4892	1330.38 -> 1295.42	8.35 -> 7.71
54	Michael Reuter	0.76	6381	1475.49	6381 -> 6249	1475.49 -> 1403.24	9.13 -> 7.89
55	Andrea Ehrmann	0.69	4616	1292.11	4616 -> 4619	1292.11 -> 1258.67	3.39 -> 3.34
56	Dirk Wittke	0.62	7421	1283.30	7421 -> 7320	1283.30 -> 1248.75	3.33 -> 3.18
57	Timm Tesch	0.55	5204	1365.43	5204 -> 5152	1365.43 -> 1311.29	6.28 -> 5.83
58	Sven Lathwesen	0.48	3436	1415.18	3436 -> 3445	1415.18 -> 1347.88	9.66 -> 9.14
59	Knut Rutkowski	0.41	11914	1361.35	11914 -> 11575	1361.35 -> 1303.71	4.94 -> 3.8
60	Sascha Schäufler	0.35	16553	1207.76	16553 -> 15671	1207.76 -> 1169.79	2.53 -> 1.94
61	Christian Blatzheim	0.28	45950	Not Rated	45950 -> 31404	Not Rated -> 1015.36	0 -> 0.63
62	Kay Wolters	0.21	3384	1348.36	3384 -> 3391	1348.36 -> 1284.63	8.67 -> 8.32
63	Helge Zörner	0.14	3310	1345.45	3310 -> 3315	1345.45 -> 1280.15	2.62 -> 2.6
64	Steven Schmidt	0.07	13266	1013.10	13266 -> 13181	1013.10 -> 992.19	1.03 -> 0.94

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 Bünde

Registration Opens
Day of Tournament

Qualifying Format
Matchplay Qualifying

Player Limit

64

Registration Fee
Check Tournament Website

Finals Format
Single Elimination

Overall

Willkommen zu unserem "PU Challenge IFPA Turnier" in unserer PU Challenge Area.
Wir werden an diesem Termin von 11.00 bis 19.30 Uhr im (strikten) Schweizer System head-to-head gegeneinander spielen (ungefähr 24 Runden; eine ca. 1-stündige Mittagspause ist enthalten).
Viertelfinale: Die besten 8 Spieler der Hauptrunde spielen im best-of-5 Modus im head-to-head
Halbfinale: Die Gewinner der Viertelfinale spielt im best-of-5 Modus im head-to-head
Finale: Die Gewinner der Halbfinale spielen im best-of-5 Modus im head-to-head

Welcome to our "PU Challenge IFPA Tournament" in our PU Challenge Area.
We will play head-to-head in a (strict) Swiss system from 11:00 to 19:30 (approximately 24 rounds, including a 1-hour lunch break).
Quarter-finals: The best 8 players of the main round play head-to-head in best-of-5 mode
Semi-finals: The winners of the quarter-finals play in best-of-5 mode head-to-head
Final: The winners of the semi-finals play in best-of-5 mode head-to-head

WPPR Snapshot

Base Value 28.5
Total (before TGP) 33.47
TGP 132%
Event Booster 100%
Tour Value 44.18

Tournament Strength

Ranking Strength 1.28
Ratings Strength 3.69
Average Ranking 15.15
Average Rating 17.11

Player Stats

Player Count 64
Rated Players 57

Player Locations

Germany 63
Netherlands 1

Age Distribution

12-18 2
19-25 1
26-35 2
35-45 5
45-55 14
56-65 11

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	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
Main Tournament	July 23, 2022	MAIN	Kirsten Adam