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If you are into RB challenges, one of the biggest frustrations is trying to remember what you have entered in which challenge, and trying to remember to keep checking if your entries have finished in the top ten.

This little utility, goes through all the challenges in your groups that have completed, and shows you any entries that have finished in the top ten of the challenge, including their ranking. It shows them in reverse order, so the latest ones come first.

In addition (if you leave the checkbox ticked on the login screen) it will print out the exact text you need to cut & paste into your RB journals for each top-ten.

UPDATE: 14 Jan 2009
New version, now shows winners as well as top-tens. It also includes hover text for the images with today’s date included, ready to cut & past into your journals/profiles

Disclaimer: this has nothing to do with RB, don’t go blaming them if it goes wrong. This is just me, making my life easier and sharing it out

Top Tens:
http://ccgi.parapadakis.plus.com/rb/RBTopTens.php

WARNINGS
1) This utility will take a while to run. It has a lot to do to collect that info. Be patient!
2) The utility does not store passwords, but it doesn’t use encryption either. If your RB password is the same as your bank account’s – Change it!
3) The “limit” on the login screen defaults to 5, that means 5 pages of completed challenges, not top tens, which should be adequate for most cases.
4) There is one known problem: If the group has had a new challenge completed after the one with your placement, your entry may appear out of order.

I hope you find it as useful as I have. Bookmark this post and come back whenever you want to get a handle on your challenges & entries.

Comments, suggestions, criticism, other ideas, all welcome! :-)

Regards, George