Is there any reason why more than one player would have the same ranking? I seen about half a dozen players with the 501st ranking, is this some sort of rank for newbies or what?

Normally, I would simply say it was because of the ranking update, but I had a 501 rank for almost an hour and a half last night, and obviously there was no rank update that lasted over an our.

And, I've seen multiple people with 501 rank (That I could attack) well out of the normal rank update times.

You're ranked 501st when you start out, and during updates. I think a lot of inactives are 501st because they quit before their score got high enough to merit a real rank.

Ok, but what about all those other players that are ranked lower?
Are they super inactive or really bad players (not making fun of anyone, am still ranked 501st like a lot of others).