Whats the point of having rank 2nd, 3rd, etc when just by missing the smallest objective that result your score 1-3 less point than perfect could drop your rank from 1st to 20+th??
Cutting number of max player in each pool doesnt solve the problem, because the problem is the how the ranking system itself.
Suggestion:
Group same score as single rank
example:
current rank system
- RANK 1
- player A 160 (max)
- player B 160
- player C 160
- player D 160
… - RANK 20+
- player ZZ 158
suggested new rank system
If the scoring objectives are: 5, 3, 2, then
- RANK 1
- all player(s) scores 160
- RANK 2
- all player(s) scores 158 (failed once third objective)
- RANK 3
- all player(s) scores 157 (failed once second objective)
- RANK 4
- all player(s) scores 156 (failed twice third objectives)
- RANK 5
- all player(s) scores 155 (failed once first objective / once each on second and third objectives)
and so on