PST World Rankings
IPSTA is excited to announce our first world rankings, based on results since July 2024. Results are calculated based on the points allocation below, and will evolve as our sport develops. Points were allocated for tournaments that followed the IPSTA classification system and provided results. A dedicated ranking for women and PST4 will be added as our tournaments and player base continue to grow - current women’s and PST4 #1s are highlighted below.
PST1
1 - ALEX HUNT - 4000pts
Champion in European Championships, Champion in Oceania 2025, Champion in World Championships
2 - MICHAEL BEGLAN - 1950pts
Finalist in European Championships, Finalist in World Championships
3 - THALITA RODRIGUES - 1200pts (Women's #1)
Semifinalist in European Championships, Semifinalist in World Championships
4 - ROSS CUDMORE - 1150pts
Quarterfinalist in European Championships, Semifinalist in World Championships, RR wins at Surbiton, Oxstalls
5 - KENICHI TAKANO - 1000pts
Champion in Asian Championships 2025
6 - WILLIAM SHERAB - 650pts
Finalist in Asian Championships 2025
6 - BRETT HILLIER - 650pts
Finalist in Oceania 2025
8 - DAVID MURPHY - 600pts
Quarterfinalist in European Championships, Quarterfinalist in World Championships
9 - HARRY MURPHY - 500pts
Quarterfinalist in World Championships, RR wins in Oxstalls
10 - LUCA REESE - 450pts
Quarterfinalist in World Championships, RR win in Surbiton
11 - TOMMASO SCHENA - 400pts
Semifinalist in European Championships
12 - THIAGO MUFALO - 400pts
Semifinalist in Oceania 2025
12 - JEROME LEBLEU - 400pts
Quarterfinalist in World Championships
12 - COLIN MACKAY - 400pts
Semifinalist in Oceania 2025
12 - SAMUEL SHNOWSKE - 400pts
Quarterfinalist in European Championships, R16 in World Championships
12 - YUTO ADACHI - 400pts
Semifinalist in Asian Championships 2025
12 - MASAHIRO FUJIKAWA - 400pts
Semifinalist in Asian Championships 2025
18 - MASAHIRO CHIBA - 200pts
Quarterfinalist in Asian Championships 2025
18 - FERDINAND MADER - 200pts
R16 in World Championships
18 - ANDREAS REITER - 200pts
Quarterfinalist in European Championships
18 - SOICHIRO SATO - 200pts
Quarterfinalist in Asian Championships 2025
22 - MATTIA PAVAN - 100pts
R16 in European Championships
PST2
1 - MATTHEW GROVER - 3500pts
Champion in European Championships, Champion in Lee Valley, Champion in Surbiton, Champion in World Championships
2 - ADAM HILLS - 2050pts
Champion in Oceania 2025, Finalist in European Championships, Quarterfinalist in World Championships
3 - KOYA MURAYAMA - 1800pts
Champion in Asian Championships 2025, Semifinalist in World Championships
4 - NICKY MAXWELL - 1380pts
Champion in Oxstalls, Finalist in Lee Valley, Finalist in Surbiton, Quarterfinalist in World Championships, Semifinalist in European Championships
5 - IVAN CORRETJA - 1300pts
Finalist in World Championships
6 - FINNIAN BECK-VELDMAN - 800pts
Quarterfinalist in European Championships, R16 in World Championships, Semifinalist in Oceania 2025
6 - THOMAS LEUSCHEL - 800pts
Semifinalist in World Championships
8 - DAN KELLY - 650pts
Finalist in Oceania 2025
8 - YASUHIRO TAKAHARA - 650pts
Finalist in Asian Championships 2025
10 - DANIEL ERNESTO TORRES BENAVIDES - 500pts
Semifinalist in European Championships, R32 in World Championships
11 - ALEXANDER MORROGH - 400pts
Quarterfinalist in European Championships, R16 in World Championships
11 - BENITO BENITEZ - 400pts
Quarterfinalist in World Championships
11 - ANTHONY DESJARDINS - 400pts
Quarterfinalist in World Championships
11 - JAMES BOWLES - 400pts
Semifinalist in Oceania 2025
11 - TATSUNORI UMEDA - 400pts
Semifinalist in Asian Championships 2025
11 - HARUMI IMAMURA - 400pts
Semifinalist in Asian Championships 2025
17 - MICHAEL CARTMELL - 365pts
Finalist in Oxstalls, R16 in World Championships
18 - JOHN MUNRO - 350pts
Quarterfinalist in Lee Valley, R16 in European Championships, Semifinalist in Oxstalls, Semifinalist in Surbiton
19 - DAMIANO DESSOLIS - 300pts
R16 in European Championships, R16 in World Championships
19 - DIETER DARIUS - 300pts
Quarterfinalist in European Championships, R32 in World Championships
21 - JASON DIEDERICH - 250pts
Quarterfinalist in Lee Valley, Quarterfinalist in Oxstalls, Quarterfinalist in Surbiton, R32 in World Championships
22 - MARK GOBOL - 200pts
R16 in World Championships
22 - ROCCO BRANDO - 200pts
Quarterfinalist in European Championships
22 - KEMIT-AMON LEWIS - 200pts
R16 in World Championships
22 - MATTHIAS HÖLL - 200pts
R16 in World Championships
22 - ETIENNE SONGA BIDJOCKA - 200pts
R16 in European Championships, R32 in World Championships
22 - THIERRY PERCHET - 200pts
R16 in European Championships, R32 in World Championships
22 - CORMAC GOODMAN - 200pts
R16 in World Championships
29 - TONY QUINN - 150pts
Quarterfinalist in Oxstalls, Semifinalist in Surbiton
30 - VINCENT GRAVIER - 100pts
R32 in World Championships
30 - ROBERT CASSIUS DE LINVAL - 100pts
Semifinalist in Lee Valley
30 - SAMUEL KERRUISH - 100pts
Semifinalist in Lee Valley
30 - BEN WHITLEY - 100pts
Quarterfinalist in Oxstalls, Quarterfinalist in Surbiton
30 - JAMES NAUGHTON - 100pts
R32 in World Championships
30 - MAGNUS BERG - 100pts
R32 in World Championships
37 - OLIVER SINDALL - 50pts
Quarterfinalist in Surbiton
37 - MARTYN FLETCHER - 50pts
Quarterfinalist in Oxstalls
37 - ARTHUR MORLEY - 50pts
Quarterfinalist in Lee Valley
40 - TAKUYA NINOMIYA - 40pts
RR in Asian Championships 2025
40 - COHEN MAUGAN - 40pts
RR in Oceania 2025
40 - KAZUO TABATA - 40pts
RR in Asian Championships 2025
40 - BRYANT EDWARD - 40pts
RR in Oceania 2025
44 - KWOK CHING YOUNG - 25pts
R16 in Lee Valley
PST3-4
1- GIANFRANCO SCAMARONE - 3000pts
Champion at European Championships, Champion at World Championships
2 - DANIEL SCRIVANO - 1650pts
Champion at Asian Championships 2025, Finalist at European Championships
3 - JAKOB MATHIASEN - 1300pts
Finalist at World Championships
3 - ANDREW HIGGINS - 1300pts
Finalist at Oceania 2025, R16 at World Championships, Champion at Surbiton, Champion Lee Valley
5 - JAVIER BESPRESVANY - 1200pts
Semifinalist at European Championships, Semifinalist at World Championships
6 - REMI FOSTER - 1000pts
Champion at Oceania 2025
7 - EDUARDO PERES - 900pts
R16 at European Championships, Semifinalist at World Championships
8 - YUSUKE HATANO - 850pts
Finalist at Asian Championships 2025, R16 at World Championships
9 - LUIS ANDRÉS VIÑALES HIDALGO - 800pts
Quarterfinalist at World Championships, Semifinalist at European Championships
9 - SHUNSUKE KISHI - 800pts
Quarterfinalist at World Championships, Semifinalist at Asian Championships 2025
11 - MASAHIRO ASAI - 700pts
Quarterfinalist at Asian Championships 2025, R32 at World Championships, Semifinalist at Oceania 2025
11 - MATHEW JOHNSTONE - 700pts
Quarterfinalist at World Championships, R16 at European Championships
13 - WOJTEK CZYZ - 680pts
Quarterfinalist at European Championships, Quarterfinalist at World Championships, RR at Oceania 2025
14 - FRANCISCO CARDOSO - 600pts
Quarterfinalist at European Championships, Semifinalist at Asian Championships 2025
15 - NICOLÁS PATRICIO BASAEZ CÉSPEDES - 400pts
Quarterfinalist at European Championships, Quarterfinalist at Asian Championships 2025
15 - GREGORY LEPERDI - 400pts
Quarterfinalist at European Championships, R16 at World Championships
15 - MATO VIDEKA - 400pts
Semifinalist at Oceania 2025
15 - GEORGIA MAY ROUTLEDGE - 400pts (Women’s #1)
R16 at European Championships, R32 at World Championships, Semifinalist at Surbiton, RR at Lee Valley
19 - MARTINA SIEBERT - 300pts
R16 at European Championships, R32 at World Championships, Semifinalist at Surbiton
20 - PEDRO SERGIO REIS - 250pts
R16 at World Championships, R32 at European Championships
21 - SUSUMU KANZAKI - 200pts
Quarterfinalist at Asian Championships 2025
21 - LUKE MISSEN - 200pts (PST4 #1)
R16 at European Championships, R32 at World Championships
21 - JEAN-CLAUDE PLANQUE - 200pts
R16 at European Championships, R32 at World Championships
21 - CEDRIC DELMAS - 200pts
R16 at World Championships
21 - YVAN NIETO - 200pts
R16 at World Championships
21 - ORIOL TORTOSA - 200pts
R16 at World Championships
21 - REMY MANIVET - 200pts
R16 at World Championships
21 - KATSUHIKO SHIGEMORI - 200pts
Quarterfinalist at Asian Championships 2025
29 - EDDIE BURROWS - 165pts
Finalist at Surbiton
30 - ROBERT BRYAN - 100pts
RR Lee Valley, RR Oxstalls
30 - MAXIMILIAN RIEDMANN - 100pts
R32 at World Championships
30 - STANISLAW RICCI - 100pts
R16 at European Championships
30 - ODALIS LEONEL GÓMEZ VARGAS - 100pts
R16 at European Championships
30 - JORGE MANUEL PRATA - 100pts
R32 at World Championships
30 - CALLUM OWEN - 100pts
R32 at World Championships
30 - ERIC BOISSONNARD - 100pts
R32 at World Championships
37 - ARNOLD RAZON - 80pts
RR at Oceania 2025
38 - DAVID PALOMBO - 50pts
R32 at European Championships
38 - VALENTE PANATTONI - 50pts
Quarterfinalist at Surbiton
38 - JOHN THOMPSON - 50pts
Quarterfinalist at Surbiton
41 - MARITA MORGAN - 40pts
RR at Oceania 2025
41 - MURRAY BARTRAM - 40pts
RR at Oceania 2025
41 - DANIELA GARGARO - 40pts
RR at Oceania 2025
European Open 2025 - Turin
Full results here
PST1
Champion: Alex Hunt (NZL)
Runner Up: Michael Beglan (IRE)
Full results: PST1
PST2
Champion: Matthew Grover (GBR)
Runner Up: Adam Hills (AUS)
Full results: PST2
PST3-4
Champion: Gianfranco Scamarone (PER)
Runner Up: Danny Scrivano (USA)
Full results: PST3-4
Women’s PST1-4
Champion: Thalita Rodrigues (BRA)
Runner Up: Martina Siebert (CHL)
Full results: Women’s PST1-4
PST1-2 Doubles
Champions: Alex Hunt (NZL) / Adam Hills (AUS)
Runners Up: Matthew Grover (GBR) / Ross Cudmore (GBR)
Full results: PST1-2 Doubles
PST3-4 Doubles
Champions: Luke Missen (AUS) / Danny Scrivano (USA)
Runners Up: Luis Viñales (CHL) / Javier Bespresvany (ARG)
Full results: PST3-4 Doubles
Recent tournament results
Asian Championships 2025 *PST5 played as an experimental category - not currently an official IPSTA classification
Perugia 2025
Surbiton 2025
Lee Valley 2025
Oxstalls 2025
Washington DC 2025
Australian Open 2025 *PST5 played as an experimental category
Dallas 2024
World Championships Turin 2024
European Championships Barcelona 2024
Italian Open 2023