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+import { describe, it, expect } from "vitest";
+import { parseResultsText } from "../parse-results-text";
+
+describe("parseResultsText", () => {
+  describe("dot separator", () => {
+    it("parses '1. Player Name'", () => {
+      expect(parseResultsText("1. Gerwyn Price")).toEqual([
+        { placement: 1, rawName: "Gerwyn Price" },
+      ]);
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe("comma separator", () => {
+    it("parses '1, Player Name'", () => {
+      expect(parseResultsText("1, Gerwyn Price")).toEqual([
+        { placement: 1, rawName: "Gerwyn Price" },
+      ]);
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe("space-only separator", () => {
+    it("parses '1 Player Name'", () => {
+      expect(parseResultsText("1 Gerwyn Price")).toEqual([
+        { placement: 1, rawName: "Gerwyn Price" },
+      ]);
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe("T-prefix ties", () => {
+    it("parses 'T3. Player Name' as placement 3", () => {
+      expect(parseResultsText("T3. Luke Littler")).toEqual([
+        { placement: 3, rawName: "Luke Littler" },
+      ]);
+    });
+
+    it("parses 'T3, Player Name' as placement 3", () => {
+      expect(parseResultsText("T3, Luke Littler")).toEqual([
+        { placement: 3, rawName: "Luke Littler" },
+      ]);
+    });
+
+    it("parses two T-prefix lines with same rank as both placement 3", () => {
+      const input = "T3. Luke Littler\nT3. Michael van Gerwen";
+      expect(parseResultsText(input)).toEqual([
+        { placement: 3, rawName: "Luke Littler" },
+        { placement: 3, rawName: "Michael van Gerwen" },
+      ]);
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe("repeated-rank ties", () => {
+    it("parses two lines with the same rank number as both tied", () => {
+      const input = "3. Luke Littler\n3. Michael van Gerwen";
+      expect(parseResultsText(input)).toEqual([
+        { placement: 3, rawName: "Luke Littler" },
+        { placement: 3, rawName: "Michael van Gerwen" },
+      ]);
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe("blank lines and whitespace", () => {
+    it("ignores blank lines", () => {
+      const input = "1. Gerwyn Price\n\n2. Luke Littler";
+      expect(parseResultsText(input)).toEqual([
+        { placement: 1, rawName: "Gerwyn Price" },
+        { placement: 2, rawName: "Luke Littler" },
+      ]);
+    });
+
+    it("trims leading and trailing whitespace from names", () => {
+      expect(parseResultsText("1.  Gerwyn Price  ")).toEqual([
+        { placement: 1, rawName: "Gerwyn Price" },
+      ]);
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe("multi-line mixed formats", () => {
+    it("parses a realistic paste with multiple formats", () => {
+      const input = [
+        "1. Gerwyn Price",
+        "2, Luke Littler",
+        "T3. Michael van Gerwen",
+        "T3. Peter Wright",
+        "",
+        "5 Damon Heta",
+      ].join("\n");
+      expect(parseResultsText(input)).toEqual([
+        { placement: 1, rawName: "Gerwyn Price" },
+        { placement: 2, rawName: "Luke Littler" },
+        { placement: 3, rawName: "Michael van Gerwen" },
+        { placement: 3, rawName: "Peter Wright" },
+        { placement: 5, rawName: "Damon Heta" },
+      ]);
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/app/lib/parse-results-text.ts b/app/lib/parse-results-text.ts
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+export interface ParsedLine {
+  placement: number;
+  rawName: string;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Parse a pasted results text into placement + name pairs.
+ *
+ * Supported formats per line:
+ *   1. Name        (dot separator)
+ *   1, Name        (comma separator)
+ *   1 Name         (space separator)
+ *   T3. Name       (T-prefix tie, dot separator)
+ *   T3, Name       (T-prefix tie, comma separator)
+ *   T3 Name        (T-prefix tie, space separator)
+ *
+ * Repeated rank numbers across consecutive lines are both emitted
+ * with the same placement (treated as ties automatically).
+ * Blank lines are ignored.
+ */
+export function parseResultsText(text: string): ParsedLine[] {
+  const results: ParsedLine[] = [];
+
+  for (const rawLine of text.split("\n")) {
+    const line = rawLine.trim();
+    if (!line) continue;
+
+    // Try to match: optional T, digits, optional separator (. or ,), then whitespace and the name
+    // Pattern 1: "1. Name", "1, Name", "T3. Name", "T3, Name"
+    const match = line.match(/^[Tt]?(\d+)[.,]\s+(.+)$/);
+    if (match) {
+      results.push({
+        placement: parseInt(match[1], 10),
+        rawName: match[2].trim(),
+      });
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    // Pattern 2: "1 Name", "T3 Name" (space-only separator)
+    const spaceMatch = line.match(/^[Tt]?(\d+)\s+(.+)$/);
+    if (spaceMatch) {
+      results.push({
+        placement: parseInt(spaceMatch[1], 10),
+        rawName: spaceMatch[2].trim(),
+      });
+      continue;
+    }
+  }
+
+  return results;
+}