# Why you're hardstuck: what separates the ranks

> Goals and saves barely change from Bronze to SSL. Discipline does, at every rank step, and speed separates ranks without deciding games.

Published 2026-09-14, updated 2026-10-01 on Unravel: https://unravel.gg/blog/why-you-are-hardstuck

Goals and saves barely change from Bronze to SSL. What climbs most at every rank step is discipline: having boost, spending it where it buys something, and getting back up to speed after a challenge. Speed and touches separate the ranks too, but they don't win you the game you're in right now.

I ran the Unravel rating over **300** ranked 3v3 replays per rank. 100 is the average of recent GC3/SSL games, so even ranked SSL lands a little under it.

_Average 3v3 player rating per category, by rank._

|  | [Bronze](https://unravel.gg/stats/bronze-3s) | [Silver](https://unravel.gg/stats/silver-3s) | [Gold](https://unravel.gg/stats/gold-3s) | [Plat](https://unravel.gg/stats/platinum-3s) | [Diamond](https://unravel.gg/stats/diamond-3s) | [Champ](https://unravel.gg/stats/champion-3s) | [GC](https://unravel.gg/stats/grand-champion-3s) | [SSL](https://unravel.gg/stats/supersonic-legend-3s) |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| Overall | 50 | 58 | 64 | 73 | 82 | 88 | 94 | 97 |
| Discipline | 39 | 48 | 57 | 68 | 80 | 89 | 95 | 99 |
| Defense | 70 | 78 | 82 | 89 | 95 | 97 | 97 | 97 |
| Duels | 62 | 70 | 76 | 85 | 90 | 95 | 96 | 97 |
| Control | 65 | 67 | 70 | 74 | 79 | 84 | 90 | 94 |
| Threat | 92 | 90 | 92 | 94 | 96 | 99 | 100 | 101 |
| Impact | 103 | 102 | 102 | 102 | 102 | 101 | 102 | 102 |

## Impact stays flat

Impact, the goals, assists and saves, sits just above **100** at every rank. Bronze games just have more of everything: **5.8** goals a game in 3v3 against **4.7** at SSL. A Bronze player scores and saves about as much as an SSL player, since everyone around them misses too.

Discipline goes from **39** to **99**, the biggest climb of any category, and it is the biggest jump at every rank step up to Champion. From Champion to SSL, control climbs just as fast. Duels (**+35**) and control (**+29**) follow. If you are stuck, the gap to the next rank is most likely in there, not in your shooting.

## Speed climbs with rank

_Median 3v3 player, by rank._

|  | [Bronze](https://unravel.gg/stats/bronze-3s) | [Silver](https://unravel.gg/stats/silver-3s) | [Gold](https://unravel.gg/stats/gold-3s) | [Plat](https://unravel.gg/stats/platinum-3s) | [Diamond](https://unravel.gg/stats/diamond-3s) | [Champ](https://unravel.gg/stats/champion-3s) | [GC](https://unravel.gg/stats/grand-champion-3s) | [SSL](https://unravel.gg/stats/supersonic-legend-3s) |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| Time supersonic | 5.0% | 5.8% | 6.6% | 8.1% | 9.9% | 12.8% | 15.6% | 17.2% |
| Time at slow speed | 64% | 60% | 56% | 52% | 49% | 44% | 42% | 40% |
| Touches per minute | 3.9 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 5.0 | 5.3 | 5.7 | 6.2 | 6.5 |
| Whiff rate | 18% | 15% | 15% | 14% | 14% | 14% | 13% | 12% |

SSL players are supersonic more than three times as often as Bronze players. Yet from Gold up, the faster team wins only about half its games (see [what wins games at your rank](https://unravel.gg/blog/what-wins-games-at-your-rank)). Speed comes with hours of play. In the game you're playing right now, staying behind the ball wins more.

## What to practice

- **In the game:** discipline and defense. Don't chase at zero boost, don't get caught in front of the ball.
- **In free play:** speed and clean touches. They build up over hundreds of hours.