Quick answer
Open gophin.app/rankings (no account needed). Pick course, stroke and distance, then open Filters to choose the ranking type (National, Region, Club or Meet), country, gender, age and season. The list orders swimmers by best time. Read the gap to the places above and below, not only the number.
A ranking answers one question: where does this swimmer sit in this event, right now, in this group? It does not answer whether they are improving. For that you still need their own times over the season. Use both.
What Rankings shows
Rankings lines up swimmers in one event by best time, for the age range, gender and season you choose. The scope is up to you: a whole country, one region (a state or province), one club, or a single meet.
It is a snapshot. Pair it with what a ranking really means so the number does not turn into a grade.
See a ranking, step by step
- Open Rankings. On the website it is public at gophin.app/rankings. Inside the app, it is the Rankings tab in the bottom bar (or the sidebar on a computer).
- Set the event first: course (SCM, LCM or SCY), stroke and distance. These buttons sit at the top of the page.
- Open Filters and pick the ranking type: National, Region, Club or Meet. Then choose the country, and the region or club if you picked one of those.
- Set gender and age. Age is a range; a single age (11 to 11) is sharper than a wide band.
- Pick the season, or turn on All Time to see the fastest swims ever recorded in that group. Meet rankings skip this step, since the meet is the scope.
- Choose how many places to show: 3, 5, 10, 25, 50, 100 or All. The default is 10; "All" can take a moment in big events.
- Read the times above and below your swimmer. The gap is the useful number.
Short on time? The search box at the top ("Search club, region, meet or country") jumps straight to that ranking.
Step-by-step with screenshots also lives in the Rankings wiki guide.
What a free account adds
You can browse every ranking without signing in. With a free account, the swimmer you follow is highlighted in blue in the list, and you can select the heart next to any name to follow that swimmer and get their times in your dashboard.
Sign in to highlight your swimmer in Rankings
Rankings vs standards
Rankings move when the field changes. Standards stay put. If you want "did we make the cut?" use how to check a swim time cut. If you want "where do we sit in this state this season?" use Rankings.
The Bottom Line
Rankings in Gophin are free, built from official meet results, and only as good as the filters you set. Pick the event, set the group, then read the gap, not the ego.
