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His Dark Materials: The Golden Compass

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24contenders high-voltage

282votes

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Lyra Belacqua1400

The worldwide ranking generated by 282 votes

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Lyra Belacqua1400

Dr. Mary Malone1376

Iorek Byrnison1337

Lee Scoresby1304

Will Parry1298

Serafina Pekkala1273

Roger Parslow1272

Adal1226

Tony Costa1214

#10

Ma Costa1208

#11

Xaphania1191

#12

Marisa Coulter1179

#13

John Parry / Stanislaus Grumman1176

#14

Ruta Skadi1175

#15

Father Hugh MacPhail1168

#16

Lord Asriel Belacqua1153

#17

John Faa1149

#18

Balthamos1143

#19

Farder Coram1138

#20

Lord Roke1133

#21

Dr. Cooper1103

#22

Father Gomez1075

#23

King Ogunwe1058

#24

Lord Carlo Boreal / Sir Charles Latrom1023

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Every duel won lifts a contender and every loss drops them, by an amount that depends on the opponent's strength: beating the leader is worth more than beating the last. It is an ELO, the same principle as in chess. Duels are not drawn at random — an adaptive entropy sort puts the least predictable match-ups first, which settles the ranking far faster than a full round robin. A worldwide ranking is only published past 30 completed plays. Known limit: a contender who has faced few opponents keeps an approximate score, and the bottom of the table moves more than the podium.

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