How a champion is made
Each cabinet is held, hour by hour, by whoever has the best run on that hour's course. The player who holds a cabinet for the most hours in a day wins its daily crown. At the end of the month, the player with the most daily crowns on a cabinet is its champion. A tie goes to whoever got there first.
Taking a cabinet takes one thing: a better run than the holder, on the same course. Matching it is not enough. Each hour brings a course nobody has seen, so a champion has to win fresh layouts, hour after hour.
Champions stay on this page for good. Every other board starts again: the ladders every hour, and the count of hours held at midnight UTC. Nobody stays on top by having played once.
Trophies
Trophies are earned by playing, never bought: a first win, holding a cabinet when the hour ends, beating a holder, holding three cabinets at once, and more. The players with the most trophies are listed under the champions.