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Frequently asked questions

How CueEvo works.

What is CueEvo?

Want to know if your pool practice is actually paying off?

Want detailed match analytics and trends — tracked automatically while you score your match live?

Want your full head-to-head record against every opponent you've ever faced?

Want a live ELO rating and leaderboard built from your real match results?

Want your practice and competitive game tracked in one place — and see them improve together?

That's CueEvo.

How does CueEvo differ from other apps?

Most pool apps stop at basic score tracking. And when you use a score tracker to log your racks during a match, all that data vanishes the moment the game ends.

CueEvo is different:

  • Matches — every match you play is permanently saved with rack-by-rack data, opponent history, ELO rating, and performance trends you can look back on any time
  • Practice tracking — build drill templates, log attempts, and follow your improvement over time
  • Tournament management — run a knockout bracket, a round-robin league, or round-robin groups that feed into a knockout. Players score their own matches live and results update automatically — no spreadsheets needed
  • Everything in one place — your match history, training, and tournament results, together
How is the app structured?
  • Matches — add opponents, record matches rack by rack, track your ELO rating, and view performance stats and trends across your match history
  • Practice mode — create drill templates with custom metrics and log attempts over time to track improvement
  • Tournament mode — managers create a series (your club or league) and run events inside it. Pick the format that fits: a knockout bracket (winners advance each round), a round-robin league (everyone plays everyone, standings decide it — scored race-to or best-of a set number of racks), or round-robin groups that feed into a knockout. Players join via a shared invite link or QR code (or the manager adds them by share code), score their matches live, and standings build up across every event in the series
How do I join a tournament series?
There are a couple of ways in. If an organiser shares an invite link or QR code, open it, confirm how your name and country will appear, and tap Request to join — you'll show up once they approve you (some series let you in automatically). Organisers can also add you directly using your CueEvo share code. Either way, once you're in a series its upcoming events appear for you in Tournament mode.
What's the difference between my ELO and a series' Power Rating?
They're separate systems. Your ELO is a single global rating built from linked competitive matches against other CueEvo users, shown in the Matches section. A series' Power Rating is a per-series 0–10 skill ladder that only reflects results within that one tournament series, rising and falling with wins and losses — each series a manager runs in Power Rating mode has its own ladder. (Series can instead use Points mode, which ranks players by cumulative points across events.) Your ELO and any Power Rating are independent and don't affect each other.
What match formats does the app support?
The app supports 8-ball, 9-ball, and 10-ball. You can set any race-to target when starting a match. The default is race to 5.
How does ELO rating work?
Your ELO rating starts at 1,000 and updates automatically each time a linked match is accepted. Beating a higher-rated player earns more points than beating a lower-rated one — and losing to a stronger player costs you fewer points. Only linked matches count; unlinked matches have no effect on your rating. Your first 5 linked matches are a provisional period — ratings move faster during this window so new players reach their true level quickly, then stabilise into the standard rate from match 6 onwards.
What are the ELO tiers?
Your ELO rating places you in one of seven tiers: Beginner (below 700), Novice (700–999), Contender (1,000–1,249), Skilled (1,250–1,499), Advanced (1,500–1,799), Elite (1,800–2,199), and Efren (2,200+). Your current tier is shown as a colour-coded banner on the Play tab in the Matches section and on your account badge.
What is the Robustness score in the leaderboard?
Not all ELO scores are equal. Two players at 1,200 could have very different histories — one played 30 matches against 8 opponents, another played 5 matches against the same friend. Robustness scores that difference from 0–100%. It's based on ranked match count, opponent variety, and total racks played. Green means well-established, red means still early. Tap any leaderboard row to expand it.
How does the CueEvo ELO rating compare to Fargo?
They're independent systems and not comparable on the same scale. Fargo is a universal pool rating used for tournament handicapping — your Fargo rate reflects your skill relative to players across the entire Fargo database, regardless of what app they use. CueEvo's ELO only tracks linked matches between CueEvo users, so your rating is relative to the people you've played within the app. The two systems also use different formulas and number ranges — Fargo rates typically sit between 300 and 800+, while CueEvo starts everyone at 1,000. Think of CueEvo ELO as a personal progress tracker within your circle, not a replacement for Fargo.
How does match linking work?

Linking a match connects your result with your opponent's account so both players have the same match data. There are four ways to link:

  1. When starting a new match, enter your opponent's share code in the new match form
  2. During a live match, enter your opponent's share code in the dedicated box at the bottom of the live score tracker
  3. On the Complete Match screen, enter your opponent's share code before finalising
  4. After a match is completed, use the Link Match button in the Matches section

You can withdraw a pending request before your opponent accepts it using the unlink button on the match card. Once they accept, the match cannot be unlinked — the ELO impact is permanent at that point.

What can my linked opponents see?
Once a match is linked, both players can see each other's ELO rating in the Matches Rankings tab and each other's total drill log count in the Practice Rankings tab. This is mutual — you see their data, they see yours. Only linked opponents have this visibility; unlinked opponents and other users cannot see your ratings or practice stats.
Can I edit a completed match?

Corrections must be made before the match is fully closed. Two options while in progress:

  • During a live match, the Undo button reverses the last rack
  • When the match reaches the race-to target, the Back button returns you to the score tracker so you can undo racks and fix mistakes before finalising

Once you've left the completed match, individual rack details cannot be changed. The only option at that point is to delete the entire match and re-log it from scratch. Note that re-logging will produce an inaccurate match duration — the duration stat is based on when the match was started in the app, so it will reflect the time spent re-entering data rather than the original match length.

Can I edit or delete a logged practice session?
Yes — expand a drill's history using the drawer at the bottom of the drill card on the Drills tab, then tap the pencil icon on any drill log. You can edit metric values and notes. The date cannot be changed. To delete, use the delete option inside the edit dialog.
What are the practice tiers?
Practice tiers are based on your total drill log count across all drills: Chalk (below 150), Bridge (150–499), Grip (500–1,199), Stroke (1,200–2,999), Pocket (3,000–5,999), Cue Master (6,000–11,999), and Cue Savant (12,000+). Your current tier is shown as a colour-coded banner on the Drills tab and on your account badge when in practice mode.
What is a display name and why does it matter?
Your display name identifies you to other players in two places. It's shown to opponents when you send them a match request — without one, you appear as 'Unknown' there. It also names your side of the live score tracker: the scoreboard, the breaking row and the rack history all show both players by name, so whoever is looking at the phone can tell the two sides apart. If you haven't set one, your side simply reads 'You'. Set or update it anytime from the account panel (top-right menu) — a first name is enough, and it's the part shown wherever space is tight.
What happens when I delete a drill, match, or opponent?
Deleting a drill permanently removes the drill and all its drill logs. Deleting a match permanently removes the match and all its rack data — if the match was linked and ELO had been applied, the rating change is not reversed. Deleting an opponent permanently removes the opponent and all their associated matches and racks.