Mac Numbers - Column Label for Same Ranking

Question

Title
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
Score
17
13
10
11
16
17
10
15
Ranking
1
5
7
6
3
1
7
4
Hello all,
I have a question here. I would like to auto-sort the Score Row above into table below. But somehow because of the similar score, for table below I got the similar Title repeating twice for the respective score. How should I work around it?
Title
Score
F (should be A)
17
F
17
E
16
H
15
B
13
D
11
G (should be C)
10
G
10
These are the following formulas I used for second table:
Title column       : LOOKUP(LARGE(Student Lookup::B2:I2,ROW(cell)−1), Student Lookup::B2:I2, Student Lookup::B1:I1)
Score column     : LARGE(Student Lookup::$B$2:$I$2, ROW(cell)−1)

Answer 1

Hello
Common technique is to introduce small identifier factor into score or ranking values.
E.g. 1, introducing score identifier factor:
Data
A1  Title
A2  Score
A3  Ranking
A4  score.n
B1  A
B2  17
B3  =RANK(B2,2:2)
B4  =B2+1/(COLUMN()+1000)
C1  B
C2  13
C3  =RANK(C2,2:2)
C4  =C2+1/(COLUMN()+1000)
D1  C
D2  10
D3  =RANK(D2,2:2)
D4  =D2+1/(COLUMN()+1000)
E1  D
E2  11
E3  =RANK(E2,2:2)
E4  =E2+1/(COLUMN()+1000)
F1  E
F2  16
F3  =RANK(F2,2:2)
F4  =F2+1/(COLUMN()+1000)
G1  F
G2  17
G3  =RANK(G2,2:2)
G4  =G2+1/(COLUMN()+1000)
H1  G
H2  10
H3  =RANK(H2,2:2)
H4  =H2+1/(COLUMN()+1000)
I1  H
I2  15
I3  =RANK(I2,2:2)
I4  =I2+1/(COLUMN()+1000)
Sorted (excerpt)
A1  Title
A2  =INDEX(Data::$1:$1,1,C2)
A3  =INDEX(Data::$1:$1,1,C3)
B1  Score
B2  =INDEX(Data::$2:$2,1,C2)
B3  =INDEX(Data::$2:$2,1,C3)
C1  index
C2  =MATCH(LARGE(Data::$4:$4,ROW()-1),Data::$4:$4,0)
C3  =MATCH(LARGE(Data::$4:$4,ROW()-1),Data::$4:$4,0)
E.g. 2, introducing ranking identifier factor:
Data
A1  Title
A2  Score
A3  Ranking
A4  rank.n
B1  A
B2  17
B3  =RANK(B2,2:2)
B4  =B3+COUNTIF($B3:B3,B3)/10000
C1  B
C2  13
C3  =RANK(C2,2:2)
C4  =C3+COUNTIF($B3:C3,C3)/10000
D1  C
D2  10
D3  =RANK(D2,2:2)
D4  =D3+COUNTIF($B3:D3,D3)/10000
E1  D
E2  11
E3  =RANK(E2,2:2)
E4  =E3+COUNTIF($B3:E3,E3)/10000
F1  E
F2  16
F3  =RANK(F2,2:2)
F4  =F3+COUNTIF($B3:F3,F3)/10000
G1  F
G2  17
G3  =RANK(G2,2:2)
G4  =G3+COUNTIF($B3:G3,G3)/10000
H1  G
H2  10
H3  =RANK(H2,2:2)
H4  =H3+COUNTIF($B3:H3,H3)/10000
I1  H
I2  15
I3  =RANK(I2,2:2)
I4  =I3+COUNTIF($B3:I3,I3)/10000
Sorted (excerpt)
A1  Title
A2  =INDEX(Data::$1:$1,1,C2)
A3  =INDEX(Data::$1:$1,1,C3)
B1  Score
B2  =INDEX(Data::$2:$2,1,C2)
B3  =INDEX(Data::$2:$2,1,C3)
C1  index
C2  =MATCH(SMALL(Data::$4:$4,ROW()-1),Data::$4:$4,0)
C3  =MATCH(SMALL(Data::$4:$4,ROW()-1),Data::$4:$4,0)
* Tables are built in Numbers v2.
Hope this may help,
H