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How the leaderboard works

2 min read Updated Sept. 2026
Where to find it
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The Leaderboard ranks students by how well they have scored on marked practice tests, not by XP. Only tests that have been finished and marked count, and only attempts at or above half marks, so a practice run you abandoned will not drag you down.

Choosing the window

Three buttons sit at the top right: Today, Week and Month. Each one rebuilds the board from the tests taken in that window, so a strong week can lift you even if you did nothing today. The heading above the rankings tells you which window you are looking at.

Reading a row

Each row shows the student's position, their average score and how many tests it is based on. Tap or click a row to open Details, which shows their recent scores and their top subject. Your own row is highlighted so it is easy to find, and on a phone a Jump to my rank button takes you straight to it. Below the top rows, Also on the board lists the rest.

The rest of the page

  • Four stats across the top: total tests, active students, average score and top subject, across everyone practising in that window.
  • Cool Insights is about you: your best performance time, your average time per test and your favourite test.
  • Score Distribution charts how all scores in the window are spread, so you can see where your own result sits.
  • Quick Tips gives three short suggestions.
  • Links to the LearningHub leaderboard and the TypingHub leaderboard, which are separate boards with their own rules.

If you are not on it

You appear once you have a marked test in the window you are looking at, scored at or above half marks. Finish a practice test, wait for it to be marked, then come back and check the Week or Month view.

A word about competition

The board is there to make practice feel lively, not to rank children against each other for real. Averages move about a lot when they are built on one or two tests, so treat a jump or a drop as noise and watch your own scores over a term instead.

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