Preliminary clan ranking on HW.

This creates the conditions for weak players to be kicked out of clans. Or for them to be denied entry due to their low skill level.

I agree. However, the clan leader will look very bad in this situation. :)

Option #2.
Why is this "not good"? For example, count the top three. If only two players participated, then both are counted, but only two, not three – this is already a problem for the team, i.e., a "penalty" for the absence of a third player, but there is an incentive to invite strong players to the clan. If more than three players participated, then there is a choice – this is a bonus for the team for the activity of its members.

I thought about it and decided to vote for your proposal, but I don't even know whether to explain why or not. Moreover, the count should be based on ONE best player from the clan. Why? Otherwise, completely different conditions may arise. And if we assume that the clan leader may go so far as to exile weak players or even deny them entry into the clan, why couldn't such a leader organize what I hint at below?

I'll explain the situation without suspecting anyone of anything yet. Let's say clan X is participating and knows that the count is based on three players. But they only have two. What can the clan leader and players do in this situation if they know that this is their clan's problem and it needs to be solved somehow? The answer is not simple. Especially if the leader is willing to sacrifice all principles for the sake of the clan's victory, up to and including exiling the weak, etc.
If we don't have a third player, we'll invent one. :)
By solving this problem, we can tackle another one: why does one of my clan's fighters perform excellently, the second well, and the third also well, like the second? The solution to the first problem was precisely in this. And couldn't we organize the performance of all three fighters excellently? :)
And actually, nothing prevents this.

AmberSoler, now let's see, if the leader will be kicking out and not accepting weak players, then all this will happen in front of the forum users. But the schemes I described to boost the result for three players will be STRICTLY kept secret. If they do it cleverly, no one will notice. I don't know what you will answer, but I am considering the worst-case scenarios, you already know this, but what can be done? In general, the clan rating is a difficult issue in light of these considerations. In any case, it is necessary to anticipate such situations in order to try to prevent them as much as possible.

In short, I voted for the AmberSoler system. However, I would also put a checkmark next to the third point, but I'm not allowed to. AlexPank and Kyle, if you start giving zeros to those who missed, people will start copying the final saves of others and asking them to simply send them. Moreover, they will do it in such a way that it will be difficult to figure out, they can even manipulate the timestamps by +/- 1-2-3 days, and you won't be able to prove anything! And thereby they will completely ruin my calculation of the Current Rating! And yours too!