Locking and sorting columns

This is what I am trying to do:
Lock the information in column A so it always stays there (1st, 2nd , 3rd, etc.)
Sort Column C (total winnings) in descending order and keep the coresponding participants (column B ) with the amount.
Create a value in Column D (4 behind Leader) that shows the difference between C3 and C4, C3 and c5, etc.
The amounts and names are filled from another sheet and change weekly. I can sort based on total winnings and the names follow. I can also create a formula to show the difference between the Leader and the next place participant however when I do a sort based on Total Winnings after the new values each week the Place and $Behind Leader always shift up and down. The information in Column A seems "locked" to the information in Columns B and C. The refernce in Column D is always Chris's amount and I want it to be refenced to the 1st place Participant.
I hope I've explained this.
Thanks - James
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Participant
Total Winnings
$ Behind Leader
1st
Chris
$24.00
2nd
Ken
$22.00
-$2.00
3rd
Paul
$20.00
-$4.00
4th
Josh
$18.00
5th
Kelly
$16.00
6th
Greg
$14.00
7th
Dave
$12.00
8th
Darren
$10.00
9th
Don
$8.00
10th
Tony
$6.00
11th
Suzanne
$4.00
12th
James
$2.00
13th
Spare 1
$0.00
14th
Spare 2
$0.00
15th
Spare 3
$0.00
16th
Spare 4
$0.00
17th
Spare 5
$0.00
18th
Spare 6
$0.00
19th
Spare 7
$0.00
20th
Spare 8
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Hi j&s,
Numbers uses a data base model that treats each row of a table as a single record. You can sort all or selected rows on the values in one or more column(s), but the whole row moves to maintain the integrity of each record.
If you want some columns to be excluded from a sort, you need to remove those columns (or their data) from the table. Jerry has offered a way to do that for the rankings, but that solution will not resolve the issue of the 'leader board' cells acting badly in a sort.
Here's an alternate. The first view is of the table(s) (with the participants in alphabetical order), just after the current totals had been entered.
At this point, the Leader board, which pulls names and totals from the first three body rows of the data table, shows the correct cells, but these don't include the correct information.
Note that column A does show the correct placing for each participant.
The second view shows the same table(s) after the data table has bee sorted. The sort may be descending on column C (Totals) or ascending on column A (Place).
Place is calculated from the Total values, using this formula:
A2: =RANK(C2,C,largest-is-high)
Fill down into the rest of the cells in column A. Any empty rows should be removed from the bottom of the table, or have zeros entered into their total column cells.
The Leader board table has two formulas:
A2: =OFFSET(Data :: $A$1,ROW()-1,1)
Fill down to A4.
This returns the name of the participant in the top body cell of column B of the data table.
B2 contains the word "Leader"
B3: =IF((OFFSET(Data :: $A$1,1,2)-OFFSET(Data :: $A$1,ROW()-1,2))>0,OFFSET(Data :: $A$1,1,2)-OFFSET(Data :: $A$1,ROW()-1,2),"Leader")
Fill down to B4
The root of this formula is OFFSET(Data :: $A$1,1,2)-OFFSET(Data :: $A$1,ROW()-1,2)
This returns the total value from the first and second body cells in the total column, and subtracts the second from the first.
The rest of the formula is an IF statement tohandle the occasions where there's a two or three-way tie for the lead. (image below) If the result is greater than zero, the subtraction is repeated and the result returned to the cell (B3); if the result is zero, the word :Leader: is returned to this cell.
Placing the calculation in a separate table and using OFFSET, with a base cell (Data::A1) that is in a row defined as a Header row makes this table and its formulas immune from sorting of the Data table.
Here's the tie, which arose when i added another 11 particpants to check sorting of the Place column:
Regards,
Barry
Message was edited by: Barry (added image and notes on Tie case)

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