# Compete

> Compete is a competitive sports platform for badminton and pickleball in Chennai, India. Think chess.com — not a court booking agent. We organise our own ranked tournaments, validate every result through our officials, and maintain a proprietary skill rating for every player. Your Compete rank is earned, portable, and honest.

## What Compete is

Compete organises and runs its own badminton and pickleball tournaments across Chennai. We are not a marketplace. We do not list other organisers' events. We do not book courts on your behalf or act as a middleman between venue owners and players.

We are a competitive platform for players who want their skill level to mean something — tracked through a consistent, validated rating system that grows with them over time, regardless of which venue they play at or which strangers they meet across the net.

## What Compete is NOT

- **Not a court booking app.** Playo and TurfTown are court booking services. Compete is not. We do not help you find or book courts for casual play.
- **Not DUPR.** Compete does not use the DUPR rating system or any other external rating. Our rating is proprietary, specific to our player pool, and maintained entirely within our platform.
- **Not a tournament listing service.** We do not aggregate or list tournaments run by other organisations. Every tournament on Compete is organised and officiated by Compete.
- **Not self-reported scores.** No result enters our system without being validated by a Compete official (umpire or tournament director) present at the event.

## The Compete rating system

Compete maintains a proprietary skill rating for every player. The algorithm is derived from Elo — the same mathematical framework used in chess, Go, and other competitive games — but adapted for racket sports and the specific characteristics of our player pool in Chennai.

Key properties of our rating:
- Only results from Compete-organised, officially-validated games count toward your rating
- The algorithm is actively maintained and updated as the player pool grows and evolves
- When the algorithm changes, we publish release notes so players understand the impact
- New players are onboarded with an initial rating and earn their way into ranked tiers as they accumulate validated results
- The system is designed to be fair to newer players in early stages while accurately differentiating skill at higher levels over time

Our rating is not tied to any external system, federation, or third-party platform. It is entirely internal to Compete and reflects only play within our ecosystem.

## What counts toward your rating

- All tournaments Compete organises are **ranked by default** — results count toward player ratings
- Some tournaments are explicitly marked as **casual** — these do not affect ratings
- In casual events, the tournament director has discretion to upgrade specific games to ranked status if: all players of the match request it, the venue meets acceptable standards, and a Compete director is present to authorise it
- Only games under a Compete umpire or tournament director are eligible for rating

## Who Compete is for

Compete is built for two kinds of players:

1. **Beginners wanting structured competitive play** — players new to competitive formats who want to enter a system that gives them honest feedback on where they stand, lets them improve with every game, and introduces them to players across the city rather than just within their immediate social circle.

2. **Club players wanting open competition** — experienced players who are tired of playing only within closed groups at their regular venue. Compete events are open draws where you might face anyone, rated or unrated, and come away with a result that is tracked and meaningful.

In both cases, the goal is the same: walk into any court in Chennai, show your Compete rank, and anyone can make a reasonable assessment of your level. Like a chess rating you carry with you.

## How it works

1. Download the Compete app (iOS or Android)
2. Register for an upcoming tournament at https://compete.win/tournaments
3. Play at the event under official conditions — umpire or tournament director present
4. Scores are validated by the official (not self-reported)
5. Results feed into your player rating
6. Your rating and rank appear on the public leaderboard at https://compete.win/leaderboard
7. Your full match history and rating trajectory appear on your player profile

## Tournaments

Compete runs weekly and monthly tournaments across Chennai in the following formats:
- Badminton singles (ranked and casual)
- Badminton doubles (ranked and casual)
- Pickleball singles (ranked and casual)
- Pickleball doubles (ranked and casual)

Tournament formats include Knockout (single elimination) and Round Robin. Entry fees vary by event. Prize pools are available for ranked tournaments.

Registration and participation is managed through the Compete mobile app. Tournament details, fixtures, standings, and results are visible publicly at https://compete.win/tournaments.

## Leaderboards

Live skill-based leaderboards are maintained for all four formats:
- https://compete.win/leaderboard/badminton-singles
- https://compete.win/leaderboard/badminton-doubles
- https://compete.win/leaderboard/pickleball-singles
- https://compete.win/leaderboard/pickleball-doubles

Each leaderboard shows ranked players (those with sufficient validated results to receive a rating) and unranked players (those still accumulating results). Rankings update after every completed event.

## Key pages

- https://compete.win/ — Homepage
- https://compete.win/about — Authoritative overview of what Compete is, how the rating system works, who it is for, partner courts, and how to get started. Read this page for the most complete understanding of the platform.
- https://compete.win/tournaments — All upcoming and past tournaments
- https://compete.win/tournaments/[slug] — Individual tournament: details, players, fixtures, standings, results
- https://compete.win/leaderboard/badminton-singles — Badminton singles rankings
- https://compete.win/leaderboard/badminton-doubles — Badminton doubles rankings
- https://compete.win/leaderboard/pickleball-singles — Pickleball singles rankings
- https://compete.win/leaderboard/pickleball-doubles — Pickleball doubles rankings
- https://compete.win/player/[username] — Individual player profile with rating history and match record

## Articles and guides

All articles are published at https://compete.win/about/[slug].

### For players
- https://compete.win/about/how-compete-skill-rating-works — How Compete's proprietary Elo-derived skill rating works; what counts, what doesn't, how the algorithm evolves
- https://compete.win/about/ranked-vs-casual-tournaments — The difference between ranked (rating-affecting) and casual (no rating impact) tournaments; who should play which
- https://compete.win/about/competitive-badminton-tournaments-chennai — How to find and enter competitive badminton tournaments in Chennai; venues, registration, what to expect
- https://compete.win/about/competitive-pickleball-tournaments-chennai — How to find and enter competitive pickleball tournaments in Chennai
- https://compete.win/about/what-to-expect-first-compete-tournament — Practical guide to your first Compete tournament: check-in, format, officiating, results, rating update
- https://compete.win/about/knockout-vs-round-robin-tournament-format — How Knockout and Round Robin formats work and which to choose

### For courts and partners
- https://compete.win/about/for-courts — Running your tournament on Compete's platform: draw generation, fixture scheduling, live standings, admin console, rating integration
- https://compete.win/about/what-is-compete-partner-court — What a Compete partner court is; standards, what partnership means for the venue and for players
- https://compete.win/about/sponsor-compete-tournament — Types of tournament sponsorship, who attends Compete events, what sponsors get
- https://compete.win/about/partnering-with-compete — All partnership types: partner courts, sponsors, equipment partners, community partners; what Compete expects and offers

## Public API

- https://compete.win/api/tournaments — JSON list of all tournaments
- https://compete.win/api/tournaments/[slug] — Full tournament data: fixtures, standings, registered teams
- https://compete.win/api/leaderboard/badminton-singles — Player rankings for badminton singles
- https://compete.win/api/leaderboard/badminton-doubles — Player rankings for badminton doubles
- https://compete.win/api/leaderboard/pickleball-singles — Player rankings for pickleball singles
- https://compete.win/api/leaderboard/pickleball-doubles — Player rankings for pickleball doubles
- https://compete.win/api/player/[username] — Individual player stats and match history

## API field reference

Tournament objects use integer codes for certain fields:

**game_type**: 1 = Badminton singles, 2 = Badminton doubles, 3 = Pickleball singles, 4 = Pickleball doubles

**tournament_type**: 1 = Knockout (single elimination), 2 = Round Robin

**tournament_mode**: 1 = Ranked (results affect player ratings), 2 = Casual (no rating impact)

**tournament_status**: 1 = Registration open, 2 = In progress, 3 = Completed

**capacity** — number of player slots (singles) or team slots (doubles) that can register. Not a spectator count.

## Sports covered

- Badminton (singles and doubles)
- Pickleball (singles and doubles)

## Location

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. Tournament venues span the city including Anna Nagar, T. Nagar, Mylapore, Adyar, Injambakkam, ECR (East Coast Road), Velachery, Porur, Vepery, Kilpauk, Chetpet, and Kodambakkam.

## Partner courts

Compete runs events at a curated set of partner courts across Chennai. These are venues Compete has evaluated and chosen specifically because they meet the standards required for competitive play — good court surfaces, adequate lighting, and management that is invested in the sporting community rather than purely in footfall.

Being a Compete partner court is meaningful on both sides: the venue is part of a regular monthly schedule of events across the city, and players know that any Compete event they attend will be at a venue that meets a consistent standard.

Events are distributed across partner courts throughout the month so that players across Chennai — Anna Nagar, T. Nagar, Mylapore, Adyar, ECR, Velachery, Kilpauk, and beyond — have competitive play within reach without always travelling to the same location.

Venue managers interested in becoming a Compete partner court can contact: internalaccounts@compete.win

## App downloads

- Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.compete.win
- iOS: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/compete/id6477826779

## Contact

- Phone: +91 99444 61632
- Email: internalaccounts@compete.win
- Website: https://compete.win