---
title: Rank elimination mirror standings by elimination order
type: task
status: draft
description: >-
  A Chopped (guillotine) mirror such as lid 124 has no pairings, so its standings carry points only;
  rank teams by elimination week as Sleeper does once the league's kind is declared elimination.
base_uri: user:task/league/rank-elimination-mirror-standings.md
created_at: '2026-10-23T19:27:02.681Z'
entity_id: e7cb5f06-51ea-4ca3-afdc-1b97181b33f6
observations:
  - ████████████████████████████████████████████████
owner_identity_uri: █████████████████████████
priority: Low
public_read: true
tags:
  - user:tag/league-xo-football.md
updated_at: '2026-10-23T22:39:47.807Z'
visibility_analyzed_at: '2026-11-05T23:49:52.957Z'
---

## Problem

Sleeper Chopped leagues (type 3) eliminate the lowest scorer each week and serve no head-to-head pairings. [[██████████████████████-████████-██████-██████-█████████-███████-█████████]] declares such a season `regular_season_format_kind = 'elimination'`. The standings kernel (`libs-shared/calculate-standings.mjs`, which reads only scored matchups) then writes points and All Play, with no record, division finish or seeding; it returns early in its `is_elimination` branch. Lid 124 is the one live case.

## Target

Rank an elimination season's teams by elimination week (survivors by points), as Sleeper does, and write `regular_season_finish` and `overall_finish` from it. The finish belongs in that `is_elimination` branch, from scores the kernel already holds. The source of elimination order is unverified: Sleeper roster settings, the per-week lowest score, or the `CHOPPED` transactions the import drops today (see observations).