Are there more "hidden" HEMA Ratings categories?
So, we're all aware of the "visible" categories of HEMA ratings, which are for all the most popular tournament formats and can all be found either on the home page or under the "ratings" tab. There are 21 of them: Longsword, Single Rapier, Rapier and Dagger, Sabre, Sidesword, Singlestick, and Sword & Buckler, with each of these also having 3 separate categories for Mixed & Men's, Women's, and URG.
Some of you may be unfamilar with the fact that there are also "hidden" catagories, which can be found by taking the URL:
https://hemaratings.com/periods/details/?ratingsetid=*
And replacing the * with a number. In my research, I have been able to find 29 categories total - some of these are in the aforementioned section, but I have also found entries for Mixed / Mens Synthetic Longsword, Sidesword and Dagger, All One-Handed Cutting Weapons, Rapier with Any Sidearm, All longsword divisions mixed (mens / womens / URG), Messer, and 'Errythang', which is all categories combined into one uberbracket. For other's reference, I'll paste all these categories below.
What I'm wondering is, is there more that we don't know about? I know that there are more weapon systems in their database (I have Mixed Steel Any Weapon and Mixed Dagger listed in my record) that have fight records, but I've been unable to find them using this method. Is there any way to find these more deeply hidden brackets?
| ID | Category |
|---|---|
| 1 | Mixed & Men's Steel Longsword May 2026 - HEMA Ratings |
| 2 | Women's Steel Longsword May 2026 - HEMA Ratings |
| 3 | Mixed & Men's Steel Sabre May 2026 - HEMA Ratings |
| 4 | Mixed & Men's Steel Rapier and Dagger May 2026 - HEMA Ratings |
| 5 | Mixed & Men's Steel Single Rapier May 2026 - HEMA Ratings |
| 6 | Mixed & Men's Steel Sword and Buckler May 2026 - HEMA Ratings |
| 7 | Women's Steel Sword and Buckler May 2026 - HEMA Ratings |
| 8 | Mixed & Men's Synthetic Longsword May 2026 - HEMA Ratings |
| 9 | Mixed & Men's Steel Single Sidesword May 2026 - HEMA Ratings |
| 10 | Sidesword and Dagger (Mixed, Steel) May 2026 - HEMA Ratings |
| 11 | Smallsword (Mixed, Steel) May 2026 - HEMA Ratings |
| 12 | Mixed & Men's Singlestick May 2026 - HEMA Ratings |
| 14 | All One-Handed Cutting Weapons May 2026 - HEMA Ratings |
| 15 | Errythang May 2026 - HEMA Ratings |
| 16 | Rapier With Any Sidearm (Mixed/Men's) May 2026 - HEMA Ratings |
| 19 | All Steel Longsword (Mixed & Men's & Women's & URG) May 2026 - HEMA Ratings |
| 21 | Women's Steel Sabre May 2026 - HEMA Ratings |
| 22 | Underrepresented Genders & Women's Steel Longsword May 2026 - HEMA Ratings |
| 24 | Messer (Mixed, Steel) May 2026 - HEMA Ratings |
| 25 | Underrepresented Genders & Women's Steel Sabre May 2026 - HEMA Ratings |
| 27 | Women's Steel Rapier and Dagger May 2026 - HEMA Ratings |
| 28 | Women's Steel Single Rapier May 2026 - HEMA Ratings |
| 29 | Underrepresented Genders and Women's Steel Rapier and Dagger May 2026 - HEMA Ratings |
| 30 | Underrepresented Genders and Women's Steel Single Rapier May 2026 - HEMA Ratings |
| 31 | Underrepresented Genders & Women's Steel Sword and Buckler May 2026 - HEMA Ratings |
| 32 | Women's Steel Single Sidesword May 2026 - HEMA Ratings |
| 33 | Underrepresented Genders & Women's Steel Single Sidesword May 2026 - HEMA Ratings |
| 34 | Women's Singlestick May 2026 - HEMA Ratings |
| 35 | Underrepresented Genders & Women's Singlestick May 2026 - HEMA Ratings |