Question

I have a score table that contains two columns: user_id and score

user_id    score
1               200
1               120
1               230
2               300
2               345
3               100
3               40
4               350
4               500
……

Score.order('score DESC').limit(3) lists the top 3 scores. Instead, how would I get the top 3 scores where each user only gets one spot on the list (their highest score).

The high scores from the above table would be:

user_id: 4 score: 500
user_id: 2 score: 345
user_id: 1 score: 230

Thanks!

Tim

Answer 1

You should be able to group your query:

Score.order('score DESC').group('user_id').limit(3)