Well, there is no "us" here, really—just me. My name is Oli, and I'm the only person behind RANKMAKER. I'm just a guy from Spain with big ambitions who loves trying new things. RANKMAKER is one of those things I decided to dive into.

One day, after a run, while getting ready to shower, a random memory popped into my head. A couple of years ago, I made a ranking of Formula 1 drivers that someone had shared on Twitter. There was something fascinating about it: I didn't have to think too hard about the exact order of the drivers, nor was it a tier list. I was just given different matchups, and in the end, I got a ranking based on my choices.

At the time, I didn't think much of it, but for some reason, at that very moment, it came back to me. While in the shower, I kept thinking about it. I had no idea how to code, but I'm obsessed with AI.

As soon as I got out of the shower, I played around with ChatGPT for a bit, and within minutes, I had a basic system where I could enter different options, compare them in matchups, and get a sorted ranking. I also realized that no website was doing exactly this. That was my chance.

I thought I could finish the project with just a few more AI interactions… and I would've been right if by "a few" I meant literally thousands of iterations across different models. I had to learn some basic programming along the way because, apparently, you can't just copy-paste a couple of ChatGPT-generated codes into Notepad and call it a day.

Honestly, I probably could've finished much faster by hiring someone on Fiverr for 50€, and the result would've been better. But that's just how I am.

Why RANKMAKER?

The biggest inspiration for this project was TIERMAKER, along with that F1 ranking site I mentioned earlier—though I never saw it again (probably just someone's side project).

I've always loved ranking things (maybe that's some kind of disorder), but sometimes TIERMAKER felt overwhelming with so many choices at once, and the results didn't always reflect what I truly thought.

So I fixed that with RANKMAKER.