If you go to 'Show All' on the right and then back to the results page, your overall position is shown. On the event results page, your ranking is shown at the bottom. For instance, over the weekend I ended 4th in my group and 11 695th from 450 579 players who took part. Even though the specific game you complete (ultimately) may show you spent five minutes, the leaderboards will add up all the time in between and you may be shocked to find that you spent four hours on the total event. Once you started a game, all the time since you start, up to when you complete the game (with redeals, replays, putting off your PC to take the dog for a walk) is added to that game. I have found that this only happens to me when I have not completed a game.

Many players complain about the time ticking even when you are not playing.

It, therefore, does not make a difference whether you are a premium (paying) player or one who has to watch the boring ads in between. This is my opinion based on taking part in the events.

There are some discussion threads that I would like to respond to.