MySQL problem: How to get desired rows.

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Published on 2010-06-12T20:19:27Z Indexed on 2010/06/12 20:22 UTC
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I have been trying to solve this problem for 2 hours now but I cant understand the solutions others have given people with a similar problem. Ive seen some answers but can't apply it to my own needs.

I have a table of users and their times in different sports events. I need to make a scoretable that shows the user with the best time, second best etc. The table before sorting and retrieving looks as follows:

| Name | Time | Date |
''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
| Jack | 03:07:13 | 2010-12-01 |
| Peter | 05:03:12 | 2010-12-03 |
| Jack | 03:53:19 | 2010-12-04 |
| Simon | 03:22:59 | 2010-12-02 |
| Simon | 04:01:11 | 2010-12-09 |
| Peter | 03:19:17 | 2010-12-06 |
''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''

| Name | Time | Date |
''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
| Jack | 03:07:13 | 2010-12-01 |
| Peter | 03:19:17 | 2010-12-06 |
| Simon | 03:22:59 | 2010-12-02 |
''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''

I know answers to this problem lie in another question asked on this very site: CLICK HERE

I just have no idea how to apply it to fullfill my needs.

Help is highly appreciated. Thank you

-Joonas

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