Rank S Recap - desi finishes ahead of 8-way tie
The third week of December Rank S has come to a close, with Derek "desi" Branchen finishing ahead of an eight-way tie while Yassine "Subroza" Taoufik won Rank G.
The top ten players for the last week of Rank S are as follows:
| Rank | Name | Prize |
| 1. |  Derek "desi" Branchen |
$1,000 |
| 2. |  Anthony "gMd" Guimond |
$250 |
| 2. | Alexander "zander" Diaz |
$250 |
| 2. | Adam "Polen" Polen |
$250 |
| 2. | Bryce "PureR" Lovell |
$250 |
| 2. | David "Sneaky" Polster |
$250 |
| 2. | Shawn "witmer" Taylor |
$250 |
| 2. | Ryan "ryann" Welsh |
$250 |
| 2. | Peter "ptr" Gurney |
$250 |
| 10. | Erick "Xeppaa" Bach |
The full standings are available here.
As previously mentioned, desi barely managed to secure first place after finishing two points ahead of the rest of the pack, with this being his first win since March 10th. This week also saw Alexander "zander" Diaz and Ryan "ryann" Welsh claim their first winnings in Rank S this year, with each player walking away with $250.00.
Like last week, there have been no changes to the yearly leaderboard. With only one week left in Rank S this year, unless RZU wins the next week outright, Danny "cxzi" Strzelczyk will end the year with the most earnings.
| Rank | Change | Name | Total |
| 1. | - | Danny "cxzi" Strzelczyk |
$12,381.66 |
| 2. | - | Jeff "RZU" Ngo |
$11,732.49 |
| 3. | - | Peter "ptr" Gurney |
$9,514.52 |
| 4. | - | Derek "desi" Branchen |
$9,124.99 |
| 5. | - | Ian "tex" Botsch |
$6,783.33 |
| 6 | - | Josh "PwnAlone" Pigue |
$6,770.00 |
| 7. | - | Derrick "LILMAN" Boyne |
$6,569.58 |
| 8. | - | Chris "Slash" Petersen |
$6,347.89 |
| 9. | - | Joshua "KiiroKami" Kim |
$5,888.09 |
| 10. | - | Anthony "gMd" Guimond |
$5,395.82 |
Over in Rank G, Subroza managed to claim another week of the lower divison, finishing 32 points ahead of last week's winner Sebastian "retchy" Tropiano.
The Rank G standings for the past week are as follows:
| Rank | Name | Prize |
| 1. | Yassine "Subroza" Taoufik |
$1,000.00 |
| 2. | Sebastian "retchy" Tropiano |
$500.00 |
| 3. | Danny "huynh" Huynh |
$275.00 |
| 4. | Randy "Smiley" Sandoval |
$250.00 |
| 5. | Paytyn "Junior" Johnson |
$225.00 |
| 6. |  Stefan "Lacore" Paunovic |
$200.00 |
| 7. | Adam "WolfY" Andersson |
$162.50 |
| 7. | Abdo "c4lypso" Agha |
$162.50 |
| 9. | Nathan "leaf" Orf |
$125.00 |
| 10. | Kyle "Wolffe" Greenfield |
$50.00 |
| 10. | Brandon "YuZ" Cyr |
$50.00 |
The full rankings can be found here.
