International Flipper Pinball Association!

PU Challenge IFPA Tournament

Event Name
Main Tournament

When
Mar 11, 2023

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	Marc Steinmeier	32.82	801	1472.18	801 -> 605	1472.18 -> 1526.54	23.29 -> 27.53
2	Sebastian Pötschke	22.14	8777	1361.59	8777 -> 3242	1361.59 -> 1431.01	6.94 -> 31.05
3	Dirk Elzholz	16.96	149	1639.31		1639.31 -> 1662.35	23.28 -> 23.62	132 -> 130
4	Holger Petersen	13.31	7727	1351.87	7727 -> 3992	1351.87 -> 1424.41	8.31 -> 19.99
5	Philippe Craul	10.60	122	1639.70	122 -> 123	1639.70 -> 1654.01	21.3 -> 21.43	150 -> 151
6	Daniel Bähr	8.52	23416	994.15	23416 -> 5957	994.15 -> 1421.37	1.2 -> 17.34
7	Sebastian Eiselin	6.91	699	1456.19	699 -> 691	1456.19 -> 1493.11	12.41 -> 12.6
8	Guido Christiansen	5.67	788	1430.79	788 -> 782	1430.79 -> 1468.93	7.4 -> 7.48
9	Sascha Klenke	4.70	844	1538.88	844 -> 832	1538.88 -> 1552.87	7.31 -> 7.41
9	Carsten Wieske	4.70	985	1406.53	985 -> 965	1406.53 -> 1443.32	5.88 -> 5.96
11	Jens Knobloch	3.38	1170	1384.89	1170 -> 1148	1384.89 -> 1421.15	4.91 -> 4.98
12	Pierre Jahic	2.96	807	1439.38	807 -> 802	1439.38 -> 1459.15	12.42 -> 12.33
13	Burkhard Nagel	2.64	9888	1281.48	9888 -> 7515	1281.48 -> 1367.13	5.84 -> 6.76
14	Eckhard Zahs	2.42	2668	1408.02	2668 -> 2541	1408.02 -> 1425.66	6.52 -> 6.57
15	Guido Ehrmann	2.25	1857	1486.13	1857 -> 1821	1486.13 -> 1485.96	8.41 -> 8.34
16	Raphael Granzow	2.13	3190	1469.48	3190 -> 3086	1469.48 -> 1468.31	2.95 -> 3.07
17	Patrick Pehrs	2.03	530	1560.27		1560.27 -> 1538.87	10.87 -> 10.8
18	Julian Zahs	1.95	1485	1531.95	1485 -> 1457	1531.95 -> 1509.86	14.29 -> 13.78
19	Olaf Schumann	1.88	4870	1392.44	4870 -> 4555	1392.44 -> 1393.69	16.69 -> 13.96
20	Kay Wolters	1.80	2357	1343.32	2357 -> 2302	1343.32 -> 1351.47	9.89 -> 9.58
21	Kirsten Adam	1.72	1126	1608.21	1126 -> 1115	1608.21 -> 1559.7	32.66 -> 29.89
22	Christoph Granzow	1.64	2538	1425.58	2538 -> 2498	1425.58 -> 1408.76	4.21 -> 4.24
23	Heiko Hagedorn	1.56	5762	1303.91	5762 -> 5331	1303.91 -> 1307.01	3.88 -> 3.99
24	Sebastian Zehe	1.48	4005	1483.82	4005 -> 3825	1483.82 -> 1447.71	8.07 -> 7.63
25	Till Kolbe	1.41	1172	1471.10	1172 -> 1175	1471.10 -> 1432.56	11.34 -> 11.08
26	Wolfgang Szymanski	1.33	3689	1346.67	3689 -> 3616	1346.67 -> 1328.08	5.9 -> 5.76
27	Jens Schmidt	1.25	2845	1284.54	2845 -> 2830	1284.54 -> 1275.37	3.63 -> 3.64
28	Philipp Schneider	1.17	6287	1246.11	6287 -> 5909	1246.11 -> 1241.16	5.56 -> 5.18
29	Gordon Billy	1.09	6725	1350.94	6725 -> 6255	1350.94 -> 1320.81	6.24 -> 5.55
30	Jürgen Braun	1.02	5649	1300.52	5649 -> 5369	1300.52 -> 1274.87	2.92 -> 2.94
31	Nicole Billy	0.94	9997	1092.37	9997 -> 8827	1092.37 -> 1100.74	2.23 -> 2.38
31	Sascha Elsner	0.94	3629	1370.59	3629 -> 3556	1370.59 -> 1324.47	6.53 -> 6.19
33	Holger Fiedler	0.78	27515	Not Rated	27515 -> 15074	Not Rated -> 1094.21	0 -> 2.38
34	Lars Erdmann	0.70	5931	1258.77	5931 -> 5744	1258.77 -> 1227.05	4.93 -> 4.5
35	Dirk Rohde	0.63	3283	1223.65	3283 -> 3270	1223.65 -> 1195.41	2.92 -> 2.89
36	Marc David Leipold	0.55	21327	970.48	21327 -> 14995	970.48 -> 984.48	0.76 -> 1.23
37	Gabi Schmeichel	0.47	6049	1222.69	6049 -> 5913	1222.69 -> 1186.88	1.3 -> 1.3
38	Andrea Ehrmann	0.39	5448	1235.11	5448 -> 5435	1235.11 -> 1193.21	1.92 -> 1.89
39	Sebastian Bechinger	0.31	27515	Not Rated	27515 -> 19903	Not Rated -> 985.67	0 -> 0.94
40	Benjamin Schüller	0.23	14944	1105.90	14944 -> 13783	1105.90 -> 1071.83	2.79 -> 1.67
41	Helmar Oels	0.16	6841	1135.27	6841 -> 6832	1135.27 -> 1099.92	1.96 -> 1.85
42	Steven Schmidt	0.08	16487	1008.47	16487 -> 15890	1008.47 -> 958.72	1.11 -> 0.78

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

50

Registration Fee
Check Tournament Website

Finals Format
Single Elimination

Overall

Bei unserem alle zwei Monate ausgetragenem Turnier spielen wir zur Zeit folgenden Modus:

Hauptrunde: Wir spielen von 11 bis 19 Uhr im (strikten) Schweizer System Head-to-Head (ca. 21 Spiele) (inkl. 1h Mittagspause).
Viertelfinale: Die besten 8 Spieler der Hauptrunde qualifizieren sich (Stechen bei Punktegleichstand) und spielen ein Best-of-5 Head-to-Head (1 vs 8, 2 vs 7, 3 vs 6, 4 vs 5).
Halbfinale: Die Sieger der Viertelfinale spielen ein Best-of-5 Head-to-Head
Finale: Die Sieger der Halbfinale spielen ein Best-of-5 Head-to-Head

Die Verlierer der Viertelfinale spielen zu viert ein Spiel um Platz 5 bis 8.
Die Verlierer der Halbfinale spielen ein Best-of-3 Head-to-Head um Platz 3 und 4.

WPPR Snapshot

Base Value 17
Total (before TGP) 20.51
TGP 160%
Event Booster 100%
Tour Value 32.82

Tournament Strength

Ranking Strength 1.22
Ratings Strength 2.29
Average Ranking 15.15
Average Rating 17.11

Player Stats

Player Count 42
Rated Players 34

Player Locations

Germany 41
Netherlands 1

Age Distribution

12-18 1
26-35 1
35-45 1
45-55 8
56-65 11
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	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