The original topic was about celebrating my achievement of earning 100+ merits (archive copy for reference) in the forum where I started from 0. Later it turned out to be a topic of few lists of merit earners (details below). For better understanding by the reader, I had to change the topic title and the contents. This is an ongoing project. The information are being verified manually. Feel free to inform me with the up to date information.
Abstract In this topic I created 5 lists for merit earners categorized by their initial merit drop and required merits for the next recognized rank. The motivation is to set an example/live reference for everyone, especially for new members who think earning merit is too difficult. They tends to blame the system rather than admitting their own problems. If these members can do make it to the next recognized level then they (new members) can do it too.