{"id":6806,"date":"2020-04-09T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-09T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/?p=6806"},"modified":"2020-04-08T13:04:59","modified_gmt":"2020-04-08T12:04:59","slug":"leaderboard-improvements-coming-soon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/leaderboard-improvements-coming-soon\/","title":{"rendered":"Leaderboard improvements coming soon!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/files\/french\/blog\/2020\/04\/leaderboard2point0.png\" align=\"right\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/leaderboard\">Kwiziq Leaderboard<\/a> is a fun way to compete informally with other users on on the network, in three separate competitions: Day Streak, Kudos Points, and Top Testers.<\/p>\n<p>The last one has always been a bit controversial as it is calculated on the basis of how many tests each user takes. While most tests have 10 questions, some clever (if slightly nefarious) Kwizzers have figured out how to game the system.<\/p>\n<p>We realize that it&#8217;s not quite fair to rank Top Testers by how many tests you&#8217;ve taken, so we&#8217;re going to recalculate based on how many questions you answer. This will shake up the numbers a bit but should result in a fairer competition. And we&#8217;ll be keeping an eye out for any new tricks from krafty kwizzers to keep them on the straight and narrow.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ll be flipping the switch on Saturday, 18 April, so stay tuned!<\/p>\n<div id=\"kwiz-app\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-url=\"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/api\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-title=\"Test your French against the CEFR standard\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-return-url=\"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/leaderboard-improvements-coming-soon\/\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-return-title=\"Leaderboard improvements coming soon!\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-questionspercomp=\"\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-token=\"\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-template=\"\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-kwizkey=\"sorter\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Kwiziq Leaderboard is a fun way to compete informally with other users on on the network, in three separate competitions: Day Streak, Kudos Points, and Top Testers. The last one has always been a bit controversial as it is calculated on the basis of how many tests each user takes. While most tests have [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":6809,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_yoast_wpseo_focuskw":"","_yoast_wpseo_metadesc":"The Kwiziq Leaderboard is a fun way to compete informally with other users on on the network, but Top Testers has always been a bit controversial.","_yoast_wpseo_opengraph-title":"","_yoast_wpseo_opengraph-description":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[121],"tags":[],"coauthors":[119],"class_list":["post-6806","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-updates"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Leaderboard improvements coming soon! - Kwiziq French Language Learning Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Kwiziq Leaderboard is a fun way to compete informally with other users on on the network, but Top Testers has always been a bit controversial.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/leaderboard-improvements-coming-soon\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Leaderboard improvements coming soon! - Kwiziq French Language Learning Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Kwiziq Leaderboard is a fun way to compete informally with other users on on the network, but Top Testers has always been a bit controversial.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/leaderboard-improvements-coming-soon\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Kwiziq French Language Learning Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/KwiziqFrench\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LauraKLawless\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-04-09T12:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/files\/2020\/04\/leaderboard2point0.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"103\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"224\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Laura K Lawless\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Laura K Lawless\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":[\"Article\",\"BlogPosting\"],\"@id\":\"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/leaderboard-improvements-coming-soon\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/leaderboard-improvements-coming-soon\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Laura K Lawless\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/745e273fa3a90a0956f96312ac923d26\"},\"headline\":\"Leaderboard improvements coming soon!\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-04-09T12:00:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/leaderboard-improvements-coming-soon\/\"},\"wordCount\":156,\"commentCount\":9,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/leaderboard-improvements-coming-soon\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"\/files\/french\/blog\/2020\/04\/leaderboard2point0.png\",\"articleSection\":[\"News &amp; Updates\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/leaderboard-improvements-coming-soon\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/leaderboard-improvements-coming-soon\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/leaderboard-improvements-coming-soon\/\",\"name\":\"Leaderboard improvements coming soon! - Kwiziq French Language Learning Blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/leaderboard-improvements-coming-soon\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/leaderboard-improvements-coming-soon\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"\/files\/french\/blog\/2020\/04\/leaderboard2point0.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-04-09T12:00:00+00:00\",\"description\":\"The Kwiziq Leaderboard is a fun way to compete informally with other users on on the network, but Top Testers has always been a bit controversial.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/leaderboard-improvements-coming-soon\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/leaderboard-improvements-coming-soon\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/leaderboard-improvements-coming-soon\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"\/files\/french\/blog\/2020\/04\/leaderboard2point0.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"\/files\/french\/blog\/2020\/04\/leaderboard2point0.png\",\"width\":103,\"height\":224},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/leaderboard-improvements-coming-soon\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Leaderboard improvements coming soon!\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"Kwiziq French Language Learning Blog\",\"description\":\"French language learning tips, interactive exercises and expert recommendations\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Kwiziq Ltd\",\"alternateName\":\"Kwiziq\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"\/files\/french\/blog\/2025\/01\/logo-wp.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"\/files\/french\/blog\/2025\/01\/logo-wp.png\",\"width\":696,\"height\":696,\"caption\":\"Kwiziq Ltd\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/KwiziqFrench\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/KwiziqFrench\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/kwiziqfrench\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@KwiziqFrench\",\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@kwiziqofficial\",\"https:\/\/pinterest.com\/kwiziqcom\/\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/kwiziq\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/745e273fa3a90a0956f96312ac923d26\",\"name\":\"Laura K Lawless\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/f0098e910e10b3d7afdfaa4aa00138ae\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2396c80568e978cf8c66f3b210f8741a76a632ad5031c6c1604d2c2e79abed3c?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2396c80568e978cf8c66f3b210f8741a76a632ad5031c6c1604d2c2e79abed3c?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Laura K Lawless\"},\"description\":\"Laura is a French expert and Kwiziq editor. Online educator since '99 and published author, Laura is passionate about language, travel, and cooking. She's American by birth and a permanent ex-pat by choice - freelancing made it possible for her to travel extensively and live in several countries before settling permanently in Guadeloupe. Laura is the creator of Lawless French, Lawless Spanish, and several other websites and books on French, Spanish, Italian, English, and vegetarianism. She spends most of her spare time reading, playing with food, and enjoying water sports.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.lawlesslanguages.com\",\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LauraKLawless\/\",\"www.linkedin.com\/in\/lklawless\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/author\/lauralawless\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Leaderboard improvements coming soon! - Kwiziq French Language Learning Blog","description":"The Kwiziq Leaderboard is a fun way to compete informally with other users on on the network, but Top Testers has always been a bit controversial.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/leaderboard-improvements-coming-soon\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Leaderboard improvements coming soon! - Kwiziq French Language Learning Blog","og_description":"The Kwiziq Leaderboard is a fun way to compete informally with other users on on the network, but Top Testers has always been a bit controversial.","og_url":"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/leaderboard-improvements-coming-soon\/","og_site_name":"Kwiziq French Language Learning Blog","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/KwiziqFrench\/","article_author":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LauraKLawless\/","article_published_time":"2020-04-09T12:00:00+00:00","og_image":[{"width":103,"height":224,"url":"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/files\/2020\/04\/leaderboard2point0.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Laura K Lawless","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Laura K Lawless","Estimated reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":["Article","BlogPosting"],"@id":"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/leaderboard-improvements-coming-soon\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/leaderboard-improvements-coming-soon\/"},"author":{"name":"Laura K Lawless","@id":"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/745e273fa3a90a0956f96312ac923d26"},"headline":"Leaderboard improvements coming soon!","datePublished":"2020-04-09T12:00:00+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/leaderboard-improvements-coming-soon\/"},"wordCount":156,"commentCount":9,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/leaderboard-improvements-coming-soon\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"\/files\/french\/blog\/2020\/04\/leaderboard2point0.png","articleSection":["News &amp; Updates"],"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/leaderboard-improvements-coming-soon\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/leaderboard-improvements-coming-soon\/","url":"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/leaderboard-improvements-coming-soon\/","name":"Leaderboard improvements coming soon! - Kwiziq French Language Learning Blog","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/leaderboard-improvements-coming-soon\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/leaderboard-improvements-coming-soon\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"\/files\/french\/blog\/2020\/04\/leaderboard2point0.png","datePublished":"2020-04-09T12:00:00+00:00","description":"The Kwiziq Leaderboard is a fun way to compete informally with other users on on the network, but Top Testers has always been a bit controversial.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/leaderboard-improvements-coming-soon\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/leaderboard-improvements-coming-soon\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/leaderboard-improvements-coming-soon\/#primaryimage","url":"\/files\/french\/blog\/2020\/04\/leaderboard2point0.png","contentUrl":"\/files\/french\/blog\/2020\/04\/leaderboard2point0.png","width":103,"height":224},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/leaderboard-improvements-coming-soon\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Leaderboard improvements coming soon!"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/","name":"Kwiziq French Language Learning Blog","description":"French language learning tips, interactive exercises and expert recommendations","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/#organization","name":"Kwiziq Ltd","alternateName":"Kwiziq","url":"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"\/files\/french\/blog\/2025\/01\/logo-wp.png","contentUrl":"\/files\/french\/blog\/2025\/01\/logo-wp.png","width":696,"height":696,"caption":"Kwiziq Ltd"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/KwiziqFrench\/","https:\/\/x.com\/KwiziqFrench","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/kwiziqfrench","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@KwiziqFrench","https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@kwiziqofficial","https:\/\/pinterest.com\/kwiziqcom\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/kwiziq\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/745e273fa3a90a0956f96312ac923d26","name":"Laura K Lawless","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/f0098e910e10b3d7afdfaa4aa00138ae","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2396c80568e978cf8c66f3b210f8741a76a632ad5031c6c1604d2c2e79abed3c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2396c80568e978cf8c66f3b210f8741a76a632ad5031c6c1604d2c2e79abed3c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Laura K Lawless"},"description":"Laura is a French expert and Kwiziq editor. Online educator since '99 and published author, Laura is passionate about language, travel, and cooking. She's American by birth and a permanent ex-pat by choice - freelancing made it possible for her to travel extensively and live in several countries before settling permanently in Guadeloupe. Laura is the creator of Lawless French, Lawless Spanish, and several other websites and books on French, Spanish, Italian, English, and vegetarianism. She spends most of her spare time reading, playing with food, and enjoying water sports.","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.lawlesslanguages.com","https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LauraKLawless\/","www.linkedin.com\/in\/lklawless"],"url":"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/author\/lauralawless\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6806","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6806"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6806\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6810,"href":"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6806\/revisions\/6810"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6809"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6806"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6806"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6806"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=6806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}