Tiger's Testing Ground

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Abstract

We describe the public Rust server Tiger's Testing Ground, reached at 66.51.98.59:28025 and hosted in NA. At the last check it held 0 of 50 places, against a seven-day mean of 0 and a peak of 1¹. It ranks #12,359 of all servers, the top 55%, and #1378 in NA. It last wiped 6d ago on a published monthly schedule; the next wipe is expected Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, the force wipe.

Keywordsmonthly wipes

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1Summary statistics

Table 1: The server at the last check, its week and its standing.

Measure	Value	Note
Players now	0/50	0% full
In the queue	0	no queue
Seven-day mean	0	peak 1
Rank²	#12,359	top 55%; #1378 in NA
Last wipe	6d ago	monthly schedule
Next wipe³	7d 14h	Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCfw

2Population

Figure 1 follows the players on the server at three scales: every five minutes over two hours, the hourly mean and peak over 48 hours, and the daily mean and peak over 90 days. Dashed uprights mark its wipes.

AveragePeak

Figure 1: Players on the server, UTC: (a) every five minutes, from the Steam server list; (b) hourly mean and peak; (c) daily mean and peak.

3Performance

We query the server directly for its frame rate, entity count and memory⁴. Low frames per second and a climbing entity count are what players feel as lag (Figure 2).

measure

range

This server has not answered a direct query in the last 48 hours.

Figure 2: Server performance. 48 hours: hourly readings. 30 to 90 days: one point a day, with the day's average and lowest fps, most entities and most memory.

4Rank

The server stands in the top 55% of all ranked servers, the top 74% in NA. Rank is on player hours over the last seven days, and 1 is best; Figure 3 draws it day by day.

RankRank in region

Figure 3: Daily rank, overall and in its region; the axis is inverted, so up is better.

5Wipes

5.1Schedule: force wipes only

The next wipe is expected Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 7d 14h. The force wipe (high confidence).

Table 2: The server's wipe rhythm, from the wipes recorded.

Measure	Value	Note
Usual gap	17.5 days	between real wipes
On rhythm	0%	of its recent wipes
Wipe-day peak	1	players, last three wipes
Crowd held	0%	else halves by day 1.5

Table 3: Coming wipes, as expected.

When (UTC)	In	Kind
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00	7d 14h	force wipefw
Thu 3 Dec, 19:00	35d 14h	force wipefw

Thu 22 OctThu 1 OctThu 17 Sep

Figure 4: The first 48 hours of its last wipes: players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 1, 2 hours in.

5.2History

Table 4: Every wipe recorded, newest first.

Wiped (UTC)	Peak	Crowd	Lasted
Thu 22 Oct, 20:586d ago	1	–	running
Thu 1 Oct, 19:08fw27d ago	1	halved by day 2	21.1 d
Thu 17 Sep, 22:4241d ago	1	halved by day 1	13.9 d

Peak: the most players in the first 48 hours. Crowd: whether every day of the wipe kept at least half that peak, or the day it fell below. Before: players just before it wiped. A new world less than six hours after a wipe is a restart, not a wipe of its own.

6Map and settings

Custom map, no picture published

Figure 5: The map: Custom Map.

Table 5: The server's published settings.

Address	`66.51.98.59:28025`
Region	NA
Max players	50
Group limit	8, the default
Wipe schedule	monthly
Last wipe	22 Oct 2026, 20:58 UTC
Hostname	–
First seen	13 Sep 2026
Map	Custom Map
Size	–
Seed	–

7Similar servers

Servers of the same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes. The lists this server belongs to are North America server population [2], rust build and creative servers [3], rust creative server list [4] and Rust wipe forecast [5].

Table 6: Similar servers: the same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.

Server	Players
RGB Creative Build \| US Sandbox \| Save/Load, Symmetry, BGradeNA · groups of 100+ · monthly · 7 on average	6/200
Builders Like UsNA · groups of 32+ · monthly · 2 on average	0/100
TURBOSBLAST! US PVP \| MONTHLY \| ZOMBIES \| Deep Sea Build \| NEW!NA · groups of 8+ · monthly · 1 on average	2/200
[NA] Builders Sanctuary 3.0 Creative \| Sandbox \| Minigames \|NA · groups of 8+ · 90 on average	115/999
Intoxicated US Sandbox - Creative \| Build \| NoclipNA · groups of 8+ · 12 on average	17/150
Together We Rust \| Build ServerNA · groups of 8+ · 2 on average	3/125

Appendix AQuick answers

From the figures on this page.

About the server

A.1What is the location of Tiger's Testing Ground?

The NA tag places Tiger's Testing Ground in North America, as it lists itself. Rust Statistics does not look up the machine's location; it shows where the server says it is. You will find it at 66.51.98.59:28025.

A.2How reliable is Tiger's Testing Ground, and is it currently online?

Tiger's Testing Ground is online at this time. The server was up 99% of the time over the last 7 full days, 166 of 168 hours. The first record of it by Rust Statistics dates to 13 September 2026.

A.3What version of Rust is run on Tiger's Testing Ground?

Tiger's Testing Ground is running Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on the Linux operating system. Steam updates your game for you, but you must be on the same protocol to join.

Wipe timing

A.4What schedule does Tiger's Testing Ground follow for wipes?

The only wipe for Tiger's Testing Ground is the monthly force wipe. Every Rust server wipes at the force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC; this server's next wipe is then. The current world has been running for 6 days 7 hours. A monthly wipe schedule is stated in the server's tags.

A.5What happens on Tiger's Testing Ground when wipe day arrives?

Across its recent wipes, the average peak population was 1 players. The peak on the latest wipe came 2 hours after it began. The crowd stayed above half its peak until the next wipe in 0% of recent wipes. In the other cases, the population fell below half by day 1.5.

Population

A.6What position does Tiger's Testing Ground occupy in the ranking of Rust servers?

On player hours over seven days Tiger's Testing Ground is #12,359, within the top 55% of all ranked servers; within North America it is #1,378.

A.7How would you characterise the player activity on Tiger's Testing Ground?

On Tiger's Testing Ground, 0 of the 50 slots are occupied at present. The peak over seven days is 1, against an average of 0.

Tags, lists

A.8What do the tags associated with Tiger's Testing Ground signify?

Tags from Tiger's Testing Ground, read by the game's server browser, are gmrust (Game mode): This is survival as standard Rust plays; mp50 (Max players): It offers 50 slots; ts8 (Group limit): The team cap is 8, which is the game default; v2635 (Protocol): Joining requires the same game version: protocol 2635; cs168909 (Build): The game build is 168909; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer here, as it is by default in the game; $r? (Region code): The region code is unset; ^m (Monthly): Facepunch's force wipe sets the schedule: wipes take place once a month; ^c (Creative): This is a sandbox: no gathering, and you build whatever you like; NA (North America): In the server browser it is filed under North America. Also in the tags: players now, the queue, and when the world was made; these appear at the top of this page.

A.9Where can Tiger's Testing Ground be found among the Rust Statistics lists and filters?

These Rust Statistics lists include Tiger's Testing Ground: Build and creative servers in Rust, Rust servers tagged creative and North American server statistics. It appears under the following filters on the server list: Region: North America; Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Server tag: Monthly ^m and Creative ^c; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly; Last wipe: In the last week.

Rules, settings, map

A.10Under what rules and settings does Tiger's Testing Ground operate?

No gather rate appears in the name of Tiger's Testing Ground. No cap is given beyond the game's default of 8 players per group. Listed as build & creative, the game mode is no gathering: sandbox building only. Community is its category in the server browser. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is enabled.

How to join

A.11How do you connect to Tiger's Testing Ground?

Enter client.connect 66.51.98.59:28025 in the Rust console, reached by pressing F1 after starting the game. Or press Launch Rust and join here, which opens Rust through Steam and connects you.

Appendix BServer tags

What each of the server's tags means. Published as mp50,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^m,^c,NA,gmrust,cs168909,ts8.

Table 7: The server's tags and their meanings.

Tag	Meaning
Game
`gmrust`	Game mode. This is survival as standard Rust plays.
`mp50`	Max players. It offers 50 slots.
`ts8`	Group limit. The team cap is 8, which is the game default.
`v2635`	Protocol. Joining requires the same game version: protocol 2635.
`cs168909`	Build. The game build is 168909.
`ptrak`	Networking. RakNet is the network layer here, as it is by default in the game.
`$r?`	Region code. The region code is unset.
Wipe schedule
`^m`	Monthly. Facepunch's force wipe sets the schedule: wipes take place once a month.
Gameplay
`^c`	Creative. This is a sandbox: no gathering, and you build whatever you like.
Region
`NA`	North America. In the server browser it is filed under North America.

Players now (cp), the queue (qp) and the wipe time (born) are in the tag string too; they change every few minutes and are shown at the top of the page. Flag meanings are Facepunch's.

References

[1]Rust Statistics. The Rust server list. ruststatistics.org/rust-server-directory.
[2]Rust Statistics. North America server population. ruststatistics.org/top-us-rust-servers.
[3]Rust Statistics. Rust build and creative servers. ruststatistics.org/top-rust-build-servers.
[4]Rust Statistics. Rust creative server list. ruststatistics.org/top-rust-creative-servers.
[5]Rust Statistics. Rust wipe forecast. ruststatistics.org/rust-servers-wiping-today-list.