Focus Dog has a 9-tier weekly league ladder that gives every user a leaderboard they can actually climb, not just the global Top 100.

The 9 tiers

Bronze → Silver → Gold → Sapphire → Ruby → Emerald → Diamond → Master → Legend.

Every Monday at 00:00 UTC you’re placed into a fresh 40-person cohort at your current tier. The week ends Sunday at 23:59 UTC.

What you compete on

Your league rank is driven by the weekly XP you earn. And here’s the key part many people miss: you earn XP by feeding Focus the donuts you collect. Running sessions alone isn’t enough. Focus sessions fill your Donut Stash; feeding those donuts to Focus is what turns them into XP that counts toward the league (and your in-game level).

So the winning routine is simple: focus, then feed. Donuts sitting in your Stash don’t score any points until you feed them. Rewards from one week don’t carry into the next. Every week is a clean fight.

Make sure your progress counts

Your league standing lives on our servers, so the app has to sync for it to show up. A few things keep your XP flowing:

  • Stay signed in to your account.
  • Open the app with an internet connection every so often. If you study offline (for example in airplane mode), your sessions and feeds stay on your phone and won’t appear in the league until the app gets a chance to sync.
  • Keep the app updated to the latest version.

If you’ve been studying and still see 0 points, it’s almost always one of these. Feed your donuts, then open the app online while signed in, and your points will catch up.

Promotion and demotion

  • Top 10 in your cohort promote to the next tier each week.
  • Bottom 10 only demote from Sapphire (tier 3) upward. Below Gold, you only ever go up, so the early tiers always feel like progress.

Rewards

Top placements grant coins and XP through the normal claim flow. Rewards scale with tier, from 1× at Bronze up to 3× at Legend.

The “You Are Here” panel

If you’re outside the global Top 100, you’ll still see a 5-row window showing two players above you, your own row, and two below. The global leaderboard never feels like a dead end.