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 {{disambig2|the power ranking for ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''|{{forwiiu}}'s version|Panda Global Rankings}}
-The '''Panda Global Rankings Ultimate''' ('''PGRU''') is a list compiled by [[Panda Global Gaming]]'s PG Stats team ranking the world's top 50 [[smasher]]s in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''. The first season started on February 1st, 2019, with {{Trn|GENESIS 6}}, and ended on July 7th with {{Trn|Albion 4}}. The first season included a total of 82 tournaments and the tournament tier system only factored in entrant count. The second season started with {{Trn|Low Tier City 7}} on July 12th-14th, 2019, and ended with {{Trn|Super Ascension}} on December 14th-15th, 2019. Season 2 of the PGRU had many changes, including changing the tournament tier system to factor in the amount of top 50 players in attendance, and is the first season to include invitationals such as the {{Trn|Thunder Smash 2}} and {{Trn|Smash Ultimate Summit 2}}. The Spring 2020 season started on December 16th, 2019, and would have been a panel-based ranking of the top 100 players. The PGRU was frozen from March 12th, 2020 to February 28th, 2022 due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on competitive Smash|COVID-19 pandemic]], leading to the Spring 2020 season being cancelled. For 2021, a pseudo-ranking in the form of a tier list called PGRUContenders was made. It was followed by the third season for March 1st-June 13th, 2022 with a panel-based ranking split into regions with 50 players each.
+The '''Panda Global Rankings Ultimate''' ('''PGRU''') is a list compiled by {{Team|Panda}}'s PGStats team ranking the world's top 50 [[smasher]]s in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''. Originally an algorithmic rankings similar to [[Panda Global Rankings|its ''Smash 4'' incarnation]], the rankings were overhauled to be panel-based, initially for the third season, but was first implemented for PGRContenders.
+The first three seasons as well as PGRUContenders were headed by {{Sm|PracticalTAS}}, while all seasons since the third are currently being run by {{Sm|Barnard's Loop}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/PracticalTAS/status/1599946396039536640|title=PracticalTAS passing stewardship of the rankings to Barnard's Loop}}</ref>
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 During the first two seasons, the power rankings were creating using an algorithm that factored in placements, victories and losses over PGR and non-PGR players, and outplacements to create a list of 50 players, with 5 "honorable mentions" given the Area 51 position. The subjective X-Factor survey returned as well. Starting in the cancelled Spring 2020 PGRU season, the algorithm would have been replaced with a panel that would rank the top 100 players of that season, with 5 "rising stars" chosen halfway through the season. 2021 had a pseudo-ranking in the form of a tier list decided by panelists called PGRUContenders. The third season was a panel-based ranking split by region of the top 50 players in North America and Europe and an unordered list of 50 players to watch in Japan.
+==References==
+{{reflist}}
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