2023 XG1 Player Rankings

Alright everyone, it's time for the 2023 XG1 Player Rankings! These rankings are only for fun, for fostering community engagement, and to drum up some motivation for good runs in the upcoming year. Margins between the top players are razor-thin, so there's plenty of room for movement in 2024.

Honorable Mention: Xelna

TT Rank: 16 (Avg Finish: 9.54)

FLAP Rank: 13 (Avg Finish: 9.85)

IL Rank: 15 (Avg Finish: 9.69)

Series Rank: 8 (Avg Finish: 8.3)

Best Time: Meltdown: 29:48 (8th place)

Xelna has dabbled in quite a few speedgames, most notably LTTP where he currentlyholds the world record for 100% No Major Glitches. Xelna visited XG1 along the way in 2017 and ran for a little over a year, setting the first group of Series WR times that many players use as a benchmark target today.

10th place: Dry-Pen

TT Rank: 8 (tie) (Avg Finish: 8.69)

FLAP Rank: 8 (tie) (Avg Finish: 9.31)

IL Rank: 9 (tie) (Avg Finish: 9.00)

Series Rank: 24 (Avg Finish: NR)

Best Time: Space 3 FLAP: 46.20 (6th place)

Dry-Pen is both our youngest and newest player to reach our top ten. He is also the only player who runs using the touchscreen of a mobile device (I can't imagine playing this game without controller feedback!). He hasn't been active this year, but his volume of competitive posted times means the data puts him narrowly ahead of Xelna for the tenth spot.

9th place: Neato

TT Rank: 7 (Avg Finish: 7.23)

FLAP Rank: 11 (Avg Finish: 9.69)

IL Rank: 8 (Avg Finish: 8.46)

Series Rank: 10 (Avg Finish: 11.0)

Best Time: Desert 1 TT: 1:47.63 (5th place)

Neato started running in late 2021 and was an honorable mention in last year's pre-league rankings. Welcome to the top ten! Neato participated in XG League 2022, finishing seventh place and putting up a variety of decent times including a 9:18 Atomic Series. Neato's skill is promising and I hope they come back from XG2 and XGRA soon to continue working on some missing times.

8th place: DaymanAAA

TT Rank: 8 (tie) (Avg Finish: 8.69)

FLAP Rank: 8 (tie) (Avg Finish: 9.31)

IL Rank: 9 (tie) (Avg Finish: 9.00)

Series Rank: 7 (Avg Finish: 7.0)

Best Time: Critical Mass 19:53 (6th place)

Dayman is the first player on this list who has dabbled in running all four Extreme-G games. He has beaten all 3 of the Series Run benchmark times set by Xelna and most recently improved his Critical Mass time to sub-20 during XG League 2022. He occasionally expresses interest in returning to fill out a few of the gaps in his times page, and I would love to see him take action. Fun fact: he is the only player who consistently takes the left loop during City 1 runs (what a weirdo! :) )

Calling all XG fans and XG1 players! It's time for our next XG League event, which will begin on September 25 (in less than two weeks!)

For those not in the know, XG League is a friendly competition to shake things up in XG1, encourage some more participation, and optimize the level times for the game we all love. I personally encourage ANY new player to join - the event is low stakes and does not have any minimum threshold for skill or commitment to playtime, so you can choose your desired intensity whether high or low!

The event runs 2 months long and covers all of the tracks in the game at a rate of 2 tracks per week. The timeline is flexible - you can play at any day or time during the week (see the schedule tab on the spreadsheet below!), and may skip entire weeks if necessary.

XG league has a point system which awards points for reaching "target times". See the rules and schedule here, with the point system being on the first page of the sheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1WF9ahvWt1_5DVmrqNnRO36J4JJ6CUK8BdND6aRIUSiU/

You can also see the previous League event's sheet for some context on how the scoring actually looks: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/10qlUoFnQcAMvcdFfpGmVbJwCFLCyzar3-04dcGQxuZ4/view#gid=1540001734

Please join our discord (https://discord.gg/Nsuywrs) and DM me or post in the league-discussion channel if you are interested in participating!

This game is Pog and more people should play it!