International Flipper Pinball Association!

PU Challenge IFPA Tournament

Event Name
Main Tournament

When
Jan 21, 2023

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	31.63	1469	1555.60	1469 -> 942	1555.60 -> 1608.21	28.61 -> 36.77
2	Sascha Klenke	22.17	923	1475.14	923 -> 769	1475.14 -> 1525.46	7.18 -> 7.98
3	Julian Zahs	17.45	1802	1506.24	1802 -> 1399	1506.24 -> 1531.95	11.61 -> 14.29
4	Jim Lindsay UK	14.07	559	1546.09	559 -> 526	1546.09 -> 1575.68	8.39 -> 8.7
5	Dirk Elzholz	11.49	147	1590.52	147 -> 149	1590.52 -> 1572.8	23.33 -> 23.41
7	Carsten Wieske	7.85	969	1528.48	969 -> 924	1528.48 -> 1536.32	5.93 -> 6.13
7	Jochen März	7.85	2716	1338.98	2716 -> 2312	1338.98 -> 1386.86	8.11 -> 9.28
7	Mario Kertels	7.85	136	1614.63	136 -> 138	1614.63 -> 1627.86	21.08 -> 21.1	156 -> 157
9	Dirk Witteweg	5.52	9026	1366.15	9026 -> 5569	1366.15 -> 1433.77	5.9 -> 10.18
10	Martin Langenau	4.70	6902	1407.10	6902 -> 5120	1407.10 -> 1416.91	5.62 -> 7.43
11	Timo Dräger	4.04	4043	1309.74	4043 -> 3547	1309.74 -> 1368.41	4.04 -> 4.54
12	Holger Petersen	3.52	18202	1313.41	18202 -> 7798	1313.41 -> 1411.49	5.31 -> 9.19
13	Michael von Vopelius	3.11	9838	1411.22	9838 -> 7110	1411.22 -> 1469.49	7.5 -> 8.65
14	Sebastian Eiselin	2.80	651	1497.18	651 -> 653	1497.18 -> 1506.67	12.67 -> 12.59
15	Sebastian Pötschke	2.56	17631	1374.92	17631 -> 9063	1374.92 -> 1408.1	5.83 -> 7.65
16	Patrick Pehrs	2.38	548	1437.88	548 -> 550	1437.88 -> 1474.16	10.28 -> 10.33
17	Frank Heidekrüger	2.25	27997	Not Rated	27997 -> 10203	Not Rated -> 1464.18	0 -> 7.11
18	Philippe Craul	2.15	143	1525.32	143 -> 145	1525.32 -> 1532.49	19.72 -> 19.54	178 -> 179
19	Philipp Unger	2.07	387	1643.49	387 -> 386	1643.49 -> 1627.48	13.84 -> 14.03
20	Christian Meyer	2.01	8165	1075.99	8165 -> 6934	1075.99 -> 1177.45	0.88 -> 1.25
21	Guido Christiansen	1.95	741	1467.37	741 -> 746	1467.37 -> 1489.45	7.27 -> 7.3
22	Guido Ehrmann	1.89	2771	1315.86	2771 -> 2503	1315.86 -> 1383.52	6.7 -> 7.26
23	Kay Wolters	1.83	2270	1320.60	2270 -> 2200	1320.60 -> 1354.31	10.39 -> 9.95
24	Sascha Elsner	1.76	3681	1359.29	3681 -> 3482	1359.29 -> 1370.59	6.71 -> 6.53
25	Maik Rog	1.70	12911	1114.58	12911 -> 9018	1114.58 -> 1205.86	2.3 -> 3.38
26	Marcel Langner	1.64	6990	1337.76	6990 -> 6033	1337.76 -> 1383.13	25.67 -> 12.68
27	Helge Zörner	1.58	2977	1245.63	2977 -> 2943	1245.63 -> 1271.48	2.41 -> 2.46
28	Ralf Behr	1.52	2898	1425.23	2898 -> 2812	1425.23 -> 1402	7.31 -> 7.13
29	Nils Langemann	1.46	9491	1338.07	9491 -> 7972	1338.07 -> 1332.02	6.08 -> 5.47
30	Fabian Kretschmer	1.40	25864	1329.93	25864 -> 11837	1329.93 -> 1324.36	1.02 -> 3.69
31	Philipp Segler	1.34	5812	1383.91	5812 -> 5033	1383.91 -> 1402.33	3.84 -> 4.27
32	Eckhard Zahs	1.28	2616	1409.33	2616 -> 2506	1409.33 -> 1408.02	6.65 -> 6.52
32	Gordon Billy	1.28	7423	1399.62	7423 -> 6694	1399.62 -> 1331.61	7.97 -> 6.19
34	Gabi Schmeichel	1.16	6748	1175.59	6748 -> 6257	1175.59 -> 1188.11	1.08 -> 1.21
35	Jens Schmidt	1.10	2691	1303.24	2691 -> 2681	1303.24 -> 1284.54	3.64 -> 3.63
36	Helmar Oels	1.03	6809	1114.37	6809 -> 6420	1114.37 -> 1135.27	1.96 -> 2.06
37	Wolfgang Szymanski	0.97	3579	1368.18	3579 -> 3541	1368.18 -> 1346.67	5.86 -> 5.64
38	Jens Knobloch	0.91	1300	1337.08	1300 -> 1308	1337.08 -> 1335.08	4.75 -> 4.73
39	Jürgen Schmitz	0.85	758	1497.31	758 -> 765	1497.31 -> 1419.07	16.33 -> 15.87
40	Dina Lindsay	0.79	875	1474.19	875 -> 880	1474.19 -> 1418.85	6.85 -> 6.81
41	Olaf Schumann	0.73	3887	1450.82	3887 -> 3744	1450.82 -> 1392.44	28.3 -> 20.95
42	Jörg Bremer	0.67	11096	1019.10	11096 -> 9570	1019.10 -> 1069.41	1.31 -> 1.5
43	Nicole Billy	0.61	11513	1103.53	11513 -> 9860	1103.53 -> 1126.93	2.43 -> 2.29
44	Robert Paul	0.55	20171	1184.15	20171 -> 14469	1184.15 -> 1142.61	3.76 -> 2.13
45	Lars Erdmann	0.49	5982	1305.41	5982 -> 5825	1305.41 -> 1259.12	5.67 -> 4.92
46	Andrea Ehrmann	0.43	6052	1160.23	6052 -> 5948	1160.23 -> 1162.65	2.02 -> 2
47	Thomas Ferocino	0.37	6584	1297.04	6584 -> 6452	1297.04 -> 1246.29	5.05 -> 4.31
48	Oliver van de Flierdt	0.30	7579	1414.22	7579 -> 7448	1414.22 -> 1307.18	7.95 -> 5.65
49	Marc David Leipold	0.24	27997	Not Rated	27997 -> 21323	Not Rated -> 970.48	0 -> 0.76
50	Steven Schmidt	0.18	18300	1079.97	18300 -> 16353	1079.97 -> 1008.47	1.96 -> 1.11
51	Christian Paul	0.12	15200	1310.25	15200 -> 14457	1310.25 -> 1204.04	5.32 -> 1.86
52	Enrico Moritz	0.06	18340	1292.35	18340 -> 17606	1292.35 -> 1151.52	5.18 -> 1.17

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

Additional Details

Address

Daimlerstr 41 Bünde, Nor Germany

Registration Opens
September 06, 2022

Qualifying Format
Matchplay Qualifying

Player Limit

50

Registration Fee
Check Tournament Website

Finals Format
Single Elimination

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 50 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 19.5
Total (before TGP) 23.97
TGP 132%
Event Booster 100%
Tour Value 31.63

Tournament Strength

Ranking Strength 1.93
Ratings Strength 2.54
Average Ranking 15.15
Average Rating 17.11

Player Stats

Player Count 52
Rated Players 39

Player Locations

Germany 51
Netherlands 1

Age Distribution

26-35 1
45-55 11
56-65 14
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	November 05, 2022	MAIN	Dirk Elzholz
Main Tournament	September 24, 2022	MAIN	Dirk Elzholz
Main Tournament	July 23, 2022	MAIN	Kirsten Adam