League (2024)

A League (more precisely called weekly leaderboard or simply Leaderboards)^[1] is a ranked XP competition initially available for Android and iOS users,^[1] but was added for desktop users in May of 2019.

Leaderboards Participation

In order to participate in a league competition:

• At least 10 lessons must already be completed (in any number of trees) before being eligible. Any test or story that gives 1 XP or more counts as one lesson.
• The player must complete one lesson to join the leaderboard.
• Players must have PC or phone versions.
• Players should be at least 13.

Mechanism

The contest of Leaderboards runs as follows:

• One league consists of one of the 10 possible gem ranks, ranked from lowest to highest: Bronze, Silver, Gold, Sapphire, Ruby, Emerald, Amethyst, Pearl, Obsidian and Diamond.
• Competitions refresh on Mondays every week at midnight GMT.
• Each user is assigned to a league that consists of 30 random participants of a common rank who earned their first XP of the week at a similar time. There is always one open league per rank, that doesn't have 30 participants yet, where people can join. When a user that is not yet in a league earns XP, it is joined in the open league for its rank. Once a league has 30 participants, it is closed and a new empty league is the new open league.
• Any valid method of XP-earning counts toward the overall amount of XP earned for the ongoing competition.
• Users at the top of the leaderboard by the end of each week advances to the next league. Currently it is as follows:
  • Bronze: Top 20
  • Silver: Top 15
  • Gold: Top 10
  • Sapphire: Top 7
  • Ruby: Top 7
  • Emerald: Top 7
  • Amethyst: Top 7
  • Pearl: Top 7
  • Obsidian: Top 5
  • Diamond: Top 10
  • Diamond Tournament 1: Top 10
  • Diamond Tournament 2: Top 10
  • Diamond Tournament Finals: Cannot advance, Top 10 win
• Additionally, those in the lowest ranks (24th to 30th) at the end of the week will be demoted one rank below.
• Also, players who earn either 1st, 2nd or 3rd position in their groups will also earn gems, denoted in the league area by a gold, silver, or bronze chest by their name, by an amount which increases as they progress through the leagues, as shown in the following table.
• The Diamond Tournament is consisted of 15 people. 1-10 advance, 11-15 get relegated to the Diamond League. diamond league tournament is now on web versions as of july 2023

Leaderboards

Bronze 1st 20 2nd 10 3rd 5	Silver 1st 25 2nd 15 3rd 10	Gold 1st 30 2nd 20 3rd 15	Sapphire 1st 35 2nd 25 3rd 20	Ruby 1st 40 2nd 30 3rd 25
Emerald 1st 45 2nd 35 3rd 30	Amethyst 1st 50 2nd 40 3rd 35	Pearl 1st 55 2nd 45 3rd 40	Obsidian 1st 60 2nd 50 3rd 45	Diamond 1st 75 2nd 60 3rd 50

• gems are awarded in place of old lingots 1

For example, being at the 1st place at the Bronze league will reward a user 20 gems.

• Otherwise, players will remain in the same rank.
• Players in a League together can use Reactions to show their current mood or the language they are currently learning. These can be changed at any time.
• The top 3 in the Diamond League will be further promoted into the Diamond Tournament. It is a 3-week competition (separated in 3 segments) and the top 15 of each round gets promoted.
  • The top 3 at finals a good amount of gems^[Confirm]
  • Top 15 unlock a fancy-looking banner in their league bar in their profile. They will all be automatically demoted to Diamond League and start over.

Group Goal

As of July 2022, for certain users, for each competition, each group of common league ranks is given a group goal to work together in reaching certain group ratings (rankings) of XP.^[2][3]

Breaking Ties

When two or more participants accumulate the same amount of XP in the same competition, their rankings are ordered by completion time from earliest to latest.

Vocabulary

There are three concepts that can be called league or leaderboard.

• The official name of the contest is Leaderboards (or simply leagues)^[4]
• Each of the updated ranks in which the game is divided is called a league.
• Each group of 50 people who compete together is called a league or a leaderboard.

Additional Notes

• Bots have been spotted and reported in Leagues in the past so be wary and report any suspicious behavior to the Duolingo Team directly through Getting help. Do not report cheating or breaches of the rules to the Duolingo Wiki or its admins.

References

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