OP will get mad after someday and will give up eventually until they find a way to scrape the data like you do. You can help the OP since you have the right tools.
I never took the time to accurately get the starting Merit of each user. With that, it's quite easy to compare ranks and make a complete list. But since many people did this already, there's not really a point to do it again.
To lead such a topic without the support of the community is unrealistic.
You can't expect community support for something that should be automated.