Help with ranking

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Hi I am having troubles trying to get a ranking formula to work for more than 1 student easily. I have managed to get it to work for 1 student fine but then looking for a way to copy the formula easily to the students underneath such as in the picture. Any help would be appreciated.

For example;

John Smith 87 2
98 1
23 3
12 4

The formula I used for John was =RANK.EQ(C3,$C$3:$C$8,0)

Jill Jones 91
23
21
78

Is there an easy to transfer the formula down to Jill and a large number of students underneath her if I have a large list of students. I have used the rank formula to do John Smith but can't find an easy way to move it to subsequent students.
 

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john smith................87.....................2
...............................98.....................1
 
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No worries.

John Smith....course A.....87......1
John Smith....course B.....65......2
John Smith....course C.....54......3
John Smith....course D.....21......5
John Smith....course E.....32......4

Jill Jones....course A.....92......1
Jill Jones....course B.....23......5
Jill Jones....course C.....65......3
Jill Jones....course D.....74......2
Jill Jones....course E.....43......4

this would continue for around 900 students and need to rank their scores across their own classes. Hope this makes more sense.
 
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[TD="colspan: 4"]I sorted the formulas for the first table[/TD]
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[TD="colspan: 4"]and copied the helper columns down[/TD]
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[TD="colspan: 3"]then the formulas from c6:c9[/TD]
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[TD="colspan: 2"]into c11:c14[/TD]
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[TD="colspan: 4"]copying b6 to G9 into b11 to g14 is easy[/TD]
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[TD="colspan: 4"]the last 1 could be replaced by F6[/TD]
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[TD="colspan: 4"]the jill jones rankings were calculated[/TD]
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[TD="colspan: 3"]by the copied down formula[/TD]
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Put this formula in D1 =rank.eq(c1,indirect("c"&int(row()/6)*6+1&":c"&int(row()/6)*6+5))
Copy to 4 rows below
Copy all 5 rows for next student
 
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Maybe something like this


[Table="class: grid"][tr][td="bgcolor: #DCE6F1"][/td][td="bgcolor: #DCE6F1"]
A
[/td][td="bgcolor: #DCE6F1"]
B
[/td][td="bgcolor: #DCE6F1"]
C
[/td][td="bgcolor: #DCE6F1"]
D
[/td][/tr]
[tr][td="bgcolor: #DCE6F1"]
1
[/td][td]
Student​
[/td][td]
Course​
[/td][td]
Score​
[/td][td]
Rank​
[/td][/tr]

[tr][td="bgcolor: #DCE6F1"]
2
[/td][td]
John Smith​
[/td][td]
course A​
[/td][td]
87​
[/td][td]
1​
[/td][/tr]

[tr][td="bgcolor: #DCE6F1"]
3
[/td][td]
John Smith​
[/td][td]
course B​
[/td][td]
65​
[/td][td]
2​
[/td][/tr]

[tr][td="bgcolor: #DCE6F1"]
4
[/td][td]
John Smith​
[/td][td]
course C​
[/td][td]
54​
[/td][td]
3​
[/td][/tr]

[tr][td="bgcolor: #DCE6F1"]
5
[/td][td]
John Smith​
[/td][td]
course D​
[/td][td]
21​
[/td][td]
5​
[/td][/tr]

[tr][td="bgcolor: #DCE6F1"]
6
[/td][td]
John Smith​
[/td][td]
course E​
[/td][td]
32​
[/td][td]
4​
[/td][/tr]

[tr][td="bgcolor: #DCE6F1"]
7
[/td][td][/td][td][/td][td][/td][td][/td][/tr]

[tr][td="bgcolor: #DCE6F1"]
8
[/td][td]
Jill Jones​
[/td][td]
course A​
[/td][td]
92​
[/td][td]
1​
[/td][/tr]

[tr][td="bgcolor: #DCE6F1"]
9
[/td][td]
Jill Jones​
[/td][td]
course B​
[/td][td]
23​
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5​
[/td][/tr]

[tr][td="bgcolor: #DCE6F1"]
10
[/td][td]
Jill Jones​
[/td][td]
course C​
[/td][td]
65​
[/td][td]
3​
[/td][/tr]

[tr][td="bgcolor: #DCE6F1"]
11
[/td][td]
Jill Jones​
[/td][td]
course D​
[/td][td]
74​
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2​
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[tr][td="bgcolor: #DCE6F1"]
12
[/td][td]
Jill Jones​
[/td][td]
course E​
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43​
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4​
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Formula in D2 copied down
=IF(A2="","",COUNTIFS(A:A,A2,C:C,">"&C2)+1)

Hope this helps

M.
 
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To simplify copying
Put in D1 and copy down
=if(c1="","",rank.eq(c1,indirect("c"&int(row()/6)*6+1&":c"&int(row()/6)*6+5)))
 
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Maybe something like this


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[TD="bgcolor: #DCE6F1"]
1
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Student​
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Course​
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Score​
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Rank​
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[TD="bgcolor: #DCE6F1"]
2
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John Smith​
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course A​
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87​
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1​
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[TD="bgcolor: #DCE6F1"]
3
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John Smith​
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course B​
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65​
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2​
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4
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John Smith​
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course C​
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54​
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3​
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[TD="bgcolor: #DCE6F1"]
5
[/TD]
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John Smith​
[/TD]
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course D​
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21​
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5​
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[TD="bgcolor: #DCE6F1"]
6
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John Smith​
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course E​
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32​
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4​
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[TD="bgcolor: #DCE6F1"]
7
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8
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Jill Jones​
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course A​
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92​
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1​
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Jill Jones​
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course B​
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Jill Jones​
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course C​
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65​
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11
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Jill Jones​
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course D​
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74​
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2​
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Jill Jones​
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[TD]
course E​
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43​
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4​
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Formula in D2 copied down
=IF(A2="","",COUNTIFS(A:A,A2,C:C,">"&C2)+1)

Hope this helps

M.

Thanks, that worked perfectly..
 
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