Hi William, I think one of the issues could be attempting to rank single computers on a like-for-like basis, i.e., someone could have just 1 single core computer whilst someone else could again have one computer, but this time an i7 (which can crunch 8 WU's at the same time).

I did at one time, start a recognitions thread for those with just 1 or 2 cores available to them - although it never really took off. I suppose, those who do have just the one computer avaiable to them (be it a single core, duo-core or an i7), aren't as likely to be visiting the forums as more competitive/active members.

Make no mistake though, just having the one computer (as I have), can still make a very valuable contribution - all it takes is time to slowly creap up those rankings.

At least one of the external stats sites lets you see how you compare to others with the same number of computers ...
www.boincstats.com
enter your user name in the top left search box
click on the "options" magnifying lens far right
click on the little graph icon on the far right
now you can get a whole lot of info on this page :-)
Have fun,

Hi William!
You are right in the population that WCG addressed when they started.
WCG did not want to organize the worldwide championship of distributed computing, they wanted to offer the way for every "normal" computer owner to use the spare cycles of their machines for a useful purpose, while their computers were normally switched on. And according to your stats (average daily credit, or credits per month) you are right there.

Although it would be a lie to say that WCG is not interested by "competitors" who look for every way to crunch more and more, WCG is as much interested with stable users who contribute all year long, even at a more modest level.

As of yesterday's numbers in BOINCstats there have been 100,603 active members (i.e. who have got credits during the last 30 days).
According to your total credits you rank 69.272 which you migh find frustrating.
But according to the credits you earned during the last 30 days you rank 36,111, which means that 33,161 members who have totalled more credits than you have stopped or gone somewhere else, which is of no help for WCG's projects.
And if you and the 64,492 other active contributors behind you were not here that would be a great loss.

Whatever past contributors may have brought, what makes WCG useful for research today is its active members, all of them, and each of them at the level they can.

So, thank you very much for your past contribution, but please stay with us. Jean.