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        // we have two counters, so we can tie people while still incrementing the pos
        $rank = 1;
        $pos_count = 1;

        // set the initial visit count
        $visit_count = $leaderboard[0]['visit_count'];

        foreach ($leaderboard as $lUser) {
            if ($lUser['visit_count'] != $visit_count) {
                $visit_count = $lUser['visit_count'];
                $rank = $pos_count;
            }
            $leaderboard[$pos_count-1]['rank'] = $rank;
            $pos_count++;
        }