Ranking when there are duplicates - excel

Question

How can I return the ranking of each value in a row, even in the case of duplicates? Please see my example below.
While many questions have been answered regarding the handling of duplicate values in a ranking, I have come short in achieving a method that works for all of my cases.
EDIT: The previous picture above was a bad example that did not address my problem. Here is a new picture of the behavior.
In certain cases it skips to 7 when the rank should only be 1:6. In other cases it seems to work, and then not work in similar cases. Data is:
2.61879723030607 2.3428 2.61879723030607 2.4571 2.7324 2.1790
2.97203355745108 2.5355 2.97203355745108 2.6721 3.0561 2.4136
2.4895 2.2781 2.6218 2.4369 2.6898 2.1361
2.32650000000000 2.2124 2.3453 2.32650000000000 2.3938 2.0283
2.34132608128450 2.1331 2.34132608128450 2.2800 2.5758 2.0446
2.58668483692925 2.1476 2.58668483692925 2.3019 2.5124 2.0135
2.2555 2.0884 2.3368 2.0980 2.3928 1.9787
2.32878217762168 2.1080 2.32878217762168 2.1250 2.5360 1.9807
2.50891263421977 2.2480 2.50891263421977 2.4239 2.9070 2.2638
2.97755287506272 2.4457 2.97755287506272 2.6830 3.0566 2.3987
3.0850 2.5380 5.3880 2.8304 3.1579 2.5030
3.0120 2.3815 3.0639 2.6762 3.0831 2.4253
2.49235468138485 2.1436 2.49235468138485 2.3159 2.5542 1.9991
2.13109025589563 2.1060 2.13109025589563 2.1555 2.3225 1.9787
2.24900295032614 2.0332 2.24900295032614 2.1780 2.5084 2.0043
2.4010 2.0438 2.5857 2.2126 2.4511 2.0329
EDIT2: Implementing RANK instead of RANK.EQ showing no difference:

Answer 1

I think you've got an error in your setup. My understanding is each row is meant to be a separate independent case, however your formula for calculating rank has fixed row and column references, when it should have only fixed column references. Right now, the rank for every value is being found based on the first row in your data. Instead of:
=RANK.EQ(B4,$B$4:$G$4,1)
It should be:
=RANK.EQ(B4,$B4:$G4,1)
This then alters your results in the 2nd and 3rd blocks and you should get the desired result in the 3rd block.

Answer 2

With the formula below in Cell B2:B4 you can filter the unique numbers in Column A.
Please note that this is an array formula so once you enter it you have to mark it and press CTRL + ALT + DEL. Hope this solves your problem. More details regarding this formula you can also find here https://exceljet.net/formula/extract-unique-items-from-a-list
Column A Column B
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1 1 = {=INDEX($A$1:$A$5000,MATCH(0,COUNTIF($B$1:B1,$A$1:$A$5000),0))}
1 2 = {=INDEX($A$1:$A$5000,MATCH(0,COUNTIF($B$1:B2,$A$1:$A$5000),0))}
1 6 = {=INDEX($A$1:$A$5000,MATCH(0,COUNTIF($B$1:B3,$A$1:$A$5000),0))}
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6
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Answer 3

Try RANK instead of RANK.EQ as below. Though I am not sure whether this will work as I am testing on Excel 07.
Enter the following formula in Cell H1
=RANK(A1,$A1:$F1,1)+COUNTIF($A1:A1,A1)-1
Copy/Drag the formula down and across (to right) as required. See image for reference.
As per Microsoft Documentation on RANK.EQ function here
RANK.EQ gives duplicate numbers the same rank. However, the presence of duplicate numbers affects the ranks of subsequent numbers. For example, in a list of integers sorted in ascending order, if the number 10 appears twice and has a rank of 5, then 11 would have a rank of 7 (no number would have a rank of 6)