MySQL Group By com o número N superior de cada tipo

SELECT  mo.Letter, md.Rank
FROM    (
        SELECT  DISTINCT letter
        FROM    mytable
        ) mo
JOIN    mytable md
ON      md.Letter >= mo.Letter
        AND md.Letter <= mo.Letter
        AND Rank <=
        COALESCE
                (
                (
                SELECT  Rank
                FROM    mytable mi
                WHERE   mi.letter = mo.letter
                ORDER BY
                        Rank
                LIMIT 1, 1
                ),
                0xFFFFFFFF
                )

md.Letter >= mo.Letter
AND md.Letter <= mo.Letter

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