diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 71e4bf5..b947c81 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -42,5 +42,8 @@ Suggests:
 	shinyjs,
 	V8,
 	shinyBS,
+	magrittr,
+	stringi,
+	BBmisc,
 	DT
 VignetteBuilder: knitr
diff --git a/NAMESPACE b/NAMESPACE
index 4d07dae..9365031 100644
--- a/NAMESPACE
+++ b/NAMESPACE
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ export(checkColumnNames)
 export(checkStructure)
 export(createBarPlot)
 export(createBoxPlot)
+export(createCritDifferencesPlot)
 export(createDensityPlot)
 export(createDensityRankPlot)
 export(createDualMeasurePlot)
diff --git a/R/critDifferencesPlot.R b/R/critDifferencesPlot.R
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f8d037c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/R/critDifferencesPlot.R
@@ -0,0 +1,142 @@
+#' @title create a crit differences plot
+#'
+#' @description
+#' Create critDifferences plot out of a benchmarkVis compatible data table.
+#'
+#' @param dt compatible data table
+#' @param measure the measure to plot
+#' @param group.by the column to group the markers by. Possibilities: "algorithm", "problem", "replication" (default: "problem")
+#' @return a crit differences plot
+#' @export
+#' @examples
+#' createCritDifferencesPlot(mlr.benchmark.example, "measure.mmce.test.mean")
+createCritDifferencesPlot = function(dt, measure, group.by = "problem", test.str = "bd", p.value = 0.05) {
+  # Checks
+  checkmate::assert_data_table(dt)
+  checkmate::assert_string(group.by)
+  checkmate::assert_true(group.by %in% getMainColumns(dt))
+  checkmate::assert_string(measure)
+  checkmate::assert_true(measure %in% getMeasures(dt))
+  checkmate::assert_true(test.str %in% list("nemenyi", "bd"))
+  #first part, genarate S3Obj object
+  `%>%` = magrittr::`%>%`
+  df = dt %>% dplyr::group_by(dt[[group.by]]) %>% dplyr::mutate(my_ranks = order(order(eval(parse(text = sprintf("%s", measure))), decreasing = TRUE)))
+
+  mat = matrix(unlist(df$my_ranks), ncol = 3, byrow = TRUE)
+  rownames(mat) = unique(df$problem)
+  colnames(mat) = unique(df$algorithm)
+  rn = as.character.factor(unique(df$problem))
+  cn = unique(df$algorithm)
+  mat = t(mat)
+
+  mean.rank = rowMeans(mat)
+  cddf = data.frame(
+    mean.rank,
+    learner.id = names(mean.rank),
+    rank = rank(mean.rank, ties.method = "average")
+  )
+  right = cddf$rank > median(cddf$rank)
+  cddf$yend[!right] = rank(cddf$rank[!right], ties.method = "first") -
+    0.5
+  cddf$yend[right] = rank(-cddf$rank[right], ties.method = "first") -
+    0.5
+  cddf$xend = ifelse(!right, 0L, max(cddf$rank) + 1L)
+  cddf$right = as.numeric(right)
+  cddf$short.name = unique(df$algorithm)
+  baseline = as.character(cddf$learner.id[which.min(cddf$rank)])
+
+  #nem.test = friedmanPostHocTestBMR(bmr, measure, p.value)
+
+  pfdf = data.frame(
+    "task.id" = df$problem,
+    "learner.id" = df$algorithm,
+    "tmpname" = df[[measure]]
+  )
+
+  aggr.meas = measure
+
+  pfdf = data.table::setnames(pfdf, "tmpname", measure)
+
+  if (length(unique(pfdf$task.id)) < 2) {
+    stop("Benchmark results for at least two tasks are required")
+  }
+  if (length(unique(pfdf$learner.id)) < 2) {
+    stop("Benchmark results for at least two learners are required")
+  }
+
+  nem.test = stats::friedman.test(as.formula(stringi::stri_paste(aggr.meas, " ~ learner.id | task.id",
+                                                 sep = "")), data = pfdf)
+  #test = test.str
+
+  f.test = nem.test
+  n.learners = length(unique(pfdf$learner.id))
+  n.tasks = length(unique(pfdf$task.id))
+  if (!is.na(f.test$p.value)) {
+    f.rejnull = f.test$p.value < p.value
+    if (!f.rejnull)
+      warning("Cannot reject null hypothesis of overall Friedman test,\n             returning overall Friedman test.")
+  } else {
+    f.rejnull = FALSE
+    warning("P-value not computable. Learner performances might be exactly equal.")
+  }
+  q.nemenyi = qtukey(1 - p.value, n.learners, 1e+06) / sqrt(2L)
+  cd.nemenyi = q.nemenyi * sqrt(n.learners * (n.learners +
+                                                1L) / (6L * n.tasks))
+  q.bd = qtukey(1L - (p.value / (n.learners - 1L)), 2L, 1e+06) / sqrt(2L)
+  cd.bd = q.bd * sqrt(n.learners * (n.learners + 1L) / (6L *
+                                                        n.tasks))
+  if (f.rejnull) {
+    form = as.formula(stri_paste(aggr.meas, " ~ learner.id | task.id",
+                                 sep = ""))
+    nem.test = PMCMR::posthoc.friedman.nemenyi.test(form,
+                                                    data = df)
+    nem.test$crit.difference = list(nemenyi = cd.nemenyi,
+                                    bd = cd.bd)
+    nem.test$f.rejnull = f.rejnull
+    return(nem.test)
+  } else {
+    f.test$f.rejnull = f.rejnull
+    f.test$crit.difference = list(nemenyi = cd.nemenyi,
+                                  bd = cd.bd)
+  }
+  nem.test = f.test
+
+  cd.info = list(
+    test = test.str,
+    cd = nem.test$crit.difference[[test.str]],
+    x = cddf$mean.rank[cddf$learner.id == baseline],
+    y = 0.1
+  )
+
+  if (test.str == "nemenyi") {
+    sub = sort(cddf$mean.rank)
+    mat = apply(
+      t(outer(sub, sub, `-`)),
+      c(1, 2),
+      FUN = function(x)
+        ifelse(x >
+                 0 &&
+                 x < cd.info$cd, x, 0)
+    )
+    xstart = round(apply(mat + sub, 1, min), 3)
+    xend = round(apply(mat + sub, 1, max), 3)
+    nem.df = data.table::data.table(xstart, xend, diff = xend - xstart)
+    nem.df = nem.df[, data.table::.SD[which.max(data.table::.SD$diff)], by = "xend"]
+    nem.df = nem.df[nem.df$xend - nem.df$xstart > 0, ]
+    nem.df$y = seq(from = 0.1,
+                   to = 0.35,
+                   length.out = dim(nem.df)[1])
+    cd.info$nemenyi.data = as.data.frame(nem.df)
+  }
+
+  obj = BBmisc::makeS3Obj(
+    "CritDifferencesData",
+    data = cddf,
+    cd.info = cd.info,
+    friedman.nemenyi.test = nem.test,
+    baseline = baseline,
+    p.value = p.value
+  )
+  p = mlr::plotCritDifferences(obj)
+  return(p)
+}
diff --git a/inst/shiny/ui.R b/inst/shiny/ui.R
index 45d97e7..1941d7b 100644
--- a/inst/shiny/ui.R
+++ b/inst/shiny/ui.R
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ library(plotly)
 library(shinyjs)
 library(V8)
 library(shinyBS)
+library(stringi)
+library(BBmisc)
 shinyjs::useShinyjs()
 js.reset.code = "shinyjs.reset = function() {history.go(0)}" # Define the js method that resets the page
 shinyjs::extendShinyjs(text = js.reset.code)
diff --git a/man/createcritDifferencesPlot.Rd b/man/createcritDifferencesPlot.Rd
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bd4a101
--- /dev/null
+++ b/man/createcritDifferencesPlot.Rd
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+% Generated by roxygen2: do not edit by hand
+% Please edit documentation in R/critDifferencesPlot.R
+\name{createCritDifferencesPlot}
+\alias{createCritDifferencesPlot}
+\title{create a crit differences plot}
+\usage{
+createCritDifferencesPlot(dt, measure, group.by = "problem")
+}
+\arguments{
+\item{dt}{compatible data table}
+
+\item{measure}{the measure to plot}
+
+\item{group.by}{the column to group the markers by. Possibilities: "algorithm", "problem", "replication" (default: "problem")}
+}
+\value{
+a crit differences plot
+}
+\description{
+Create critDifferences plot out of a benchmarkVis compatible data table.
+}
+\examples{
+createCritDifferencesPlot(mlr.benchmark.example, "measure.mmce.test.mean")
+}
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test_checkCritDifferencesPlot.R b/tests/testthat/test_checkCritDifferencesPlot.R
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c7a316c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/testthat/test_checkCritDifferencesPlot.R
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+context("CritDifferences Plot")
+
+# Check if creating a CritDifferences plot throws an error
+test_that("createCritDifferences for mlr benchmark", {
+  p = createCritDifferencesPlot(mlr.benchmark.example, "measure.mmce.test.mean")
+  expect_true(is.list(p))
+})
+
+# Check if creating a CritDifferences plot throws an error
+# test_that("createCritDifferences for mlr benchmark", {
+#   p = createCritDifferencesPlot(large.benchmark, "measure.mmce.test.mean")
+#   expect_true(is.list(p))
+# })
+
+# Check if creating a CritDifferences plot throws an error
+# test_that("createCritDifferences for mlr benchmark", {
+#   p = createCritDifferencesPlot(microbenchmark.example, "measure.min")
+#   expect_true(is.list(p))
+# })