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Notes from the organizer: *Starting a bit early due to exams soon - handicaps taken from this season except James H who's only played 3 games. Josh B also excluded as insufficient games played*

The League Cup for Season 5 features players from all divisions in one single elimination bracket. Each player has a handicap equal to the ceiling (i.e. rounding up) of their total number of maxes throughout the league stage divided by the number of games they've played.

I'll have the handicaps for each player written in the notes, and will be updating results regularly in a challonge bracket in the comments. Please note only those who've played at least half their league games have enough data to produce a fair tie break.

The entire tournament is intended to take place from the day S5 ends to the day S6 ends, so the 5 rounds will be taking place in 8-9 weeks. As a result, I will be adjudicating unplayed games after 10 days for each round. This should mean we end up with a cup winner by the end of December! The S6 cup will then begin shortly afterwards, with the culmination of the S6 league stage

Tiebreaks: In the event of a tie, the winner of the conundrum goes through. If neither player gets the con, the lowest handicap (theoretically weaker player) advances. This is because The ceiling function favours stronger players as 11.6 maxes becoming 12 is a smaller step than 4.6 maxes becoming 5.

Ran from: 26 December 2020 – 26 February 2021. Format: Maxes-only 15 Rounder. Matches: One-off. Approved.

Fixtures: 36. Completed: 36.

Results and fixtures

Key. Green: winner. Red: loser. Grey: tie. (Stripes: provisional, match in progress.)