Clone Hero Leaderboards: How Scores and Submissions Work

What Clone Hero leaderboards show

The public site combines player-level totals with song-level rankings, so the same run can be understood from two different directions.

The homepage presents aggregate statistics and separate panels for Player Leaderboards and Song Leaderboards. Player views help you compare a profile across totals such as score, submissions or full combos. Song views help you inspect how different players performed on one chart. These are related views, not two copies of the same ranking.

Search the site by song or user when you want a specific result. A row is meaningful only when you also know the chart, instrument, difficulty and any visible modifiers. A high number without that context is not enough to decide whether two performances are directly comparable.

The leaderboard flow from update to rank

A clean submission is easier when each layer is tested in order. Do not start by changing account settings or reinstalling the game because a score is absent. First confirm the installed build, then confirm that the chart plays locally, then open the leaderboard mode and review the result after verification.

The illustration below is a non-official explanatory diagram. The real interface and score fields are shown in the official screenshots later in this guide.

1. 1

   Use a current official build

   Check the official release page and keep your version record. The site was verified against v1.1.0.6142 on August 1, 2026; a newer publisher release should take priority in the future.

2. 2

   Play one known-good chart

   Use a chart that already appears in the game, has the intended instrument and difficulty, and completes normally before you test the submission path.

3. 3

   Open Leaderboards

   Use the in-game Leaderboards mode or the official website entry point described by the release guide. Keep the exact player profile and chart context visible while testing.

4. 4

   Let the verifier process the run

   A score may not appear instantly. Wait for the submission to be processed before assuming that the run failed or that the leaderboard is broken.

5. 5

   Compare the published row

   Search the song or profile and compare instrument, difficulty, score, accuracy and modifiers. Save the source and version notes if you need to report a problem.

What to prepare before submitting a score

Most leaderboard confusion is caused by a mismatch between the run and the page used to inspect it. Prepare a small, reproducible test rather than submitting a whole library at once. This also makes it easier to tell whether a problem belongs to the chart, the controller, the game build or the verifier.

The current release and official feature pages should be treated as authoritative. Community chart sources remain useful for discovery, but they do not automatically define how a score is ranked or whether a chart version is equivalent to another upload.

• A current official Clone Hero build and a note of the version used for the run.
• A chart that loads and plays locally, with its song title, chart source and instrument recorded.
• The intended difficulty and a controller/profile that already works in normal gameplay.
• A stable song path and a completed Scan Songs step when the chart was newly added.
• The exact username or profile context used when you inspect the published result.
• One test run first; do not submit a large batch while the first result is still unverified.

How a score submission appears on the site

The official submission view shows a song page with filters for difficulty, instrument, score range and modifiers, followed by rows containing place, username, score, speed, accuracy, misses and ghosts. Use those fields to describe what you see; saying only “my score is missing” leaves out the information needed to reproduce the check.

The screenshot below is official media from the v1.1 release article. It is useful as a field map, not as a promise that every chart has the same number of submissions or the same visible settings.

1. 1

   Choose the exact song

   Search by the title shown in the game and confirm the artist or chart identity. Similar titles can point to different charts or releases.

2. 2

   Match instrument and difficulty

   A lead-guitar result is not the same comparison as drums, bass or another difficulty. Recheck the filters before deciding that a ranking is wrong.

3. 3

   Review the row after verification

   Look for your username, score and accuracy after the verifier has processed the submission. Refreshing repeatedly before that stage can create a false failure report.

4. 4

   Capture a useful report

   Write down version, operating system, chart source, instrument, difficulty, approximate run time and the exact page or filter state. This is more useful than a cropped score number alone.

How to read scores, accuracy and PFC results

The game and site can show more than one signal for a performance. Score is the numeric result; accuracy describes how closely the notes were hit; misses and ghosts provide additional context. A full combo or perfect full combo marker is meaningful only within the same chart, instrument and difficulty context.

The official gameplay image below shows the in-game leaderboard overlay alongside the highway. Treat it as a live comparison layer, not as a replacement for the published song page. If the overlay and the website appear different, first check whether you are viewing the same chart version and filter set.

Fix common Clone Hero leaderboard problems

Start with the smallest failing layer. If the chart does not appear in the game, use Scan Songs and inspect the chart files. If the chart plays but the controller is unreliable, follow the controller guide. If the game or Launcher is outdated, follow the general troubleshooting guide and the official update instructions before repeating the run.

Do not claim that a delay, missing row or rejected run proves a ban, a broken chart or a bad account. Record the evidence and give the verifier time to finish. If the official service changes its rules, its release notes and leaderboard page take priority over this guide.

Leaderboard data, chart sources and privacy boundaries

Leaderboards make performance data visible, but they do not turn every community chart or recording into an official release. Keep the chart source, charter credit and version context when you build a library. The song packs guide is useful for larger collections; this page is about score context after a chart is already playable.

Use the official CH Leaderboards page for the current public interface and the official release notes for feature changes. Avoid asking anonymous mirrors to repackage a game, chart collection or account data. A leaderboard guide should help you verify the path, not encourage uploads of files you are not permitted to share.

When reporting an issue, share only the public information needed to reproduce it. Do not publish passwords, private tokens or unrelated personal data. The site can explain the public workflow, but it cannot manually approve, delete or repair another service's score record.