Best grand prix sponsors

Samsung leads the GP EXPLORER 2 ranking with 1199 ELO points over 43 duels, ahead of Alpine and RhinoShield.

The top three sponsors cluster within 16 points, but RhinoShield's third place marks a sharp divide: 49 ELO points separate it from Crunchyroll at rank 4, the widest gap in the ranking. Alpine sits just 10 points behind Samsung despite a higher win rate of 59%, suggesting the duels it won carried less weight. Subway rounds out the top 5 at 1122 ELO, while the middle ranks show less definition. At the bottom, NordVPN languishes at 998 ELO with a 30% win rate across 47 duels, trailing Cupra by 84 points and signaling a clear rejection by the community. Overwatch 2 fares only slightly better at rank 9 with 1097 ELO.

This ranking aggregates 829 duels cast by 33 players across 11 contenders, last updated on 12 October 2026. GP EXPLORER 2 fans have spoken, but the tight race at the top leaves room for movement. The gap between RhinoShield and Crunchyroll could shift with fresh votes, and Alpine remains within striking distance of the top spot. Cast your own duels on VAINKEURZ to influence the next update and settle which sponsor truly resonates with the community.

Updated on October 12, 2026

How this ranking is computed

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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