Winter ITT is shaping up to be one of the most stacked weekends of the season so far - and if you care about your UKTC standing (or your team’s place in the national ladder), this is exactly the kind of event that can redraw the map in a single round. The headlines are simple: Over 150 teams have registered Representation from 29 factions  and 100+ clubs And a huge concentration of ranked talent  turning up to play This isn’t just “another weekend” - it’s a pressure test for

1) Faction representation: what the room looked like Top 10 factions by representation (players with recorded games): Faction Players Share of field Space Marines (Astartes) 32 9.4% Blood Angels 24 7.0% Chaos Daemons 20 5.9% Aeldari 19 5.6% Astra Militarum 17 5.0% Emperor’s Children 16 4.7% Dark Angels 16 4.7% Space Wolves 15 4.4% Orks 15 4.4% Death Guard 15 4.4% This was not a “two-faction meta.” It was wide and that makes conversions and top-table presence far more meaningf

The NOTTINGHAM 40K SUPER-MAJOR has been and gone, with 355 players in the field, it acted like a rankings gravity well: it pulled attendees up the ladder and pushed some non-attendees down. Below is a data-led breakdown of what changed, why it changed, and what it means if you care about your UKTC position (or want to start climbing fast). The headline numbers Using the rankings snapshot before Nottingham and the updated snapshot after Nottingham: Players previously on the ra