Introduction
Since there is no easy way to see how well you perform on each map, for each different match-up, I decided to create a spreadsheet to keep track of those statistics myself. The result looks like this:
http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll200/Gulzt/Starcraft II/SC2stats.jpg
Overview
It shows you 3 tables and a chart:
*Match History:
This is where you add your matches. It's the database-table, containing all the specific data of each match you played.
*Matches Played:
Using some smart formula's this table will collect the data from the Match History automatically, and show you how many games you played in each match-up on each map.
*Win-Loss Ratio:
This is what the sheet is really about. Using the data from the Match History, this table shows you exactly how many wins and losses you had on each map, in each match-up, as well as how many percent of your games you won.
*The chart shows your the progress of your rating.
I'll explain how it works, but I guess you first want to know:
Where to download
I created this spreadsheet in Numbers, a Mac-only spreadsheet application. For those of you in luck of owning a Mac, download this version:
NUMBERS
https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0BztRlVZs1rI1ZDAwYzZjNTgtYTJlNC00ZTQ1LTg3ZTAtZDQxMGNmMGRmODVj&hl=en&authkey=CMDepAw
I exported my sheet to Excel, using Number's build-in export function. It doesn't look as fancy, but it works the same. I can't guarantee everything works as intended, but let me know if you find some issues and I’ll see what I can do.
EXCEL
https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0BztRlVZs1rI1YjI5MjY0OWUtMDcxZS00NDAxLTk1NmQtOWQyZDJiMTZkZTZm&hl=en&authkey=CNLgiYcO
Data input
It works really simple. Everytime you finish a match, you add a row to the match history table and fill in the details:
Matchup, map, win/loss, patch, rating change. Copy-paste a "rating" cell, to have it automatically calculate your new rating. All the other data is handled automatically!
I play zerg, so the spreadsheet operates for my match ups: ZvZ, ZvT & ZvP. If you play another race you can change it:
*In the "Matches Played"-table simply edit the text boxes: ZvZ, ZvT & ZvP. So for example if you play protoss, you can change it to:
PvP, PvT & PvZ
*In the "Match History"-table, the field "Match-up" & "Map" correspond with the "Matches Played"-table & the "WLR"-table. So as long as you make no spelling errors in your Match-up and Map-names, the table will display exactly how many Matches you played in each match-up, per map. I recommend using copy-paste for the map names.
*You can freely change the map names to another language or abbreviate, as long as you use those same names in the "Match History"-table. Make sure you use the same names for both the "Matches Played" and the “WLR”-table.
*The tables do support random, but it’s not implemented. If you happen to play random, you could extend the columns in the Matches Played & WLR to display all the different match-ups. Add new Columns, drag the formula’s to the correct fields, it should automatically change to required references. You only need to adjust the range of the “total”-formulas. I’m not supporting this currently, so I’m sorry if you have trouble with this.
*The rating-chart automatically updates, but not to newly added rows in the match history. I don’t know if this is supported by the application, I couldn’t figure out how to do it. In Numbers, I simply select the chart, and it will highlight the corresponding rows in the “match history”-table. I drag the down-right corner downwards until it covers my new rows.
Back tracking of data
You might wish to have your data displayed from the very first match you played. This can take a lot of work if you already played hundreds of matches. You could consider to just start keeping track of it from now on, but in case you’re willing to go back all the way to your first match, here is how:
-Login to your starcraft account.
-Click on your portrait and find the tab that shows “Match History”
-Filter 1v1 (or whatever data you like to keep track of)
-Scroll all the way down. The lowest row mights show “Show more entries”. you have to keep scrolling and clicking the “show more entries” until you reached the bottom.
-Now the obnoxious part is that you have to click each individual game to be able to see the match-up. Worse yet, if you use the “back” option, the filter is gone, and it’s back on top of the list. So the process of getting all your matches gathered is quiet a chore, mainly because of that “reset”.
-Another thing I encountered is that you lose/gain points if you are demoted/promoted to another league. This can make it hard to backtrack your exact rating. Just add all the “rating-changes” for each match and it will output a rating. Compare it with your actual rating and decrease one of the values in a “rating”-field in the “Match History”-table to even it out.
-A specific issue: One of my games went missing, but I noticed the moment it happened and saved the replay. The points were detracted, and it counted as a loss. If you backtrack your list and you miss a match, (your profile shows how many matches it registered) you could have faced the same issue.
Some unimportant things
*The pink bars in row 11 & 22 highlight when I was promoted to a higher league. This was added manually, you can simply remove it.
*One of the fields is grey, that’s the game I was referring to earlier. Just change the background, forget about it

*I wrote down the patch numbers, but it’s not doing anything. I just fill it in, never know if it’s useful at some point.
*You can add columns, it won’t harm the formulas. If you like to write down the date/time, what you had for dinner that day etc, that’s up to you.
updates
The mappool changes from time to time. I’ll update it for myself, so if you require a more up to date version, you can just let me know and I’ll update the files on the server. It’s fairly easy to make the changes yourself though.
Just add a few rows in the “matches played” & “WLR”-table. Write down the map name, copy-paste every other cell from a row above it, (should show only zeros when you did it correctly) and you’re done. Add a match to the match history as if you played on that “map” and see if the numbers change to make sure you did it right.
note: The order of the maps is important! It has to have the same order in the “Matches Played” & “WLR”-table. That’s because the formulas in the “WLR”-table refer to cells in the “Matches-Played” table, where they assume to point to the same map. I could use a more complex formula to have them seek for the exact map-name, but it’s not worth the trouble, since the mappool is so small. Just sort it alphabetically in both tables and you should be fine.
I already added Shakuras Plateau & Jungle Basin to the list.
Well that’s it. Let me know what you think. Enjoy!