Best Pétanque Explorer duos

McFly & Carlito win 58% of their duels and top the Pétanque Explorer duo ranking ahead of Djilsi & Joyca, with 1279 ELO points after 125 duels.

The tightest race sits just below the summit: 34 ELO points separate Djilsi & Joyca in second place from Maxime & Elian at rank 3, the sharpest gap in the top 5. McFly & Carlito hold the lead with 1279 points, but their advantage over Djilsi & Joyca stands at just 17 points, suggesting the top spot remains within reach for their closest rivals. Djilsi & Joyca match the leaders with a 58% win rate across 118 duels, while Maxime & Elian secure third place with 1228 points and a 53% win rate over 133 duels. Further down, Baghera Jones & Maghla sit at rank 4 with 1204 points and a 47% win rate, while Amixem & Thomas Desseur round out the top 5 at 1183 points after 116 duels. At the bottom, Freddy Gladieux & Aurélien Préveaux occupy rank 8 with 1115 points and a 39% win rate, trailing the leaders by 164 points.

This ranking draws from 465 duels across 30 players, comparing 8 contender duos from the Pétanque Explorer series. The figures were updated on 12 October 2026. Head to VAINKEURZ to cast your votes and shift the standings: every duel shapes the next update.

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.

How our rankings are made →