Best Pasta shapes

4465 duels later, Farfalle is still #1 in the Pasta ranking, with Spaghetti close behind at the same 1346 ELO score.

Farfalle and Spaghetti stand exactly level on 1346 ELO points, yet Farfalle claims the top spot. Spaghetti shows a stronger win rate at 64% compared to Farfalle's 58%, but both dominate the field. Tagliatelle follows in third place with 1333 points, then the ranking reveals its sharpest drop: 27 ELO points separate Tagliatelle from Elbow Macaroni in fourth. That gap marks the divide between the classics and the rest. Fusilli rounds out the top 5 with 1299 points and a 59% win rate across 535 duels. At the bottom, the community has spoken clearly against the unfamiliar: Risetti languishes in last place with just 995 ELO points and a 23% win rate, while Gansettes and Little Baskets struggle just above it. The rankings punish obscurity.

86 players have cast their preferences across 4465 duels, comparing all 17 contenders since the ranking launched. The vote reflects broad participation, with even the least popular shapes logging hundreds of matchups. This ranking was last updated on 11 October 2026. Head to the Pasta TopList and vote in a duel to shift the standings: every matchup changes the ELO scores and reshapes the hierarchy. Your vote decides which shape climbs and which one falls.

Updated on October 11, 2026

How this ranking is computed

Every duel won lifts a contender and every loss drops them, by an amount that depends on the opponent's strength: beating the leader is worth more than beating the last. It is an ELO, the same principle as in chess. Duels are not drawn at random — an adaptive entropy sort puts the least predictable match-ups first, which settles the ranking far faster than a full round robin. A worldwide ranking is only published past 30 completed plays. Known limit: a contender who has faced few opponents keeps an approximate score, and the bottom of the table moves more than the podium.

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