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Melvin, Paul
Current rating: 1743 (#4200)

Grand Prix Austin 2020 (modern) starting rating: 1683
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1modern 16 Marino, Nicholas (1547) Won 2-0 +161699
2modern 30 Jacobs, Steven (1518) Lost 1-2 -211678
3modern 231 Coleman, Jonathan (1594) Won 2-0 +161694
4modern 236 Carson, Arthur (1564) Won 2-0 +161710
5modern 68 Dionesotes, Mike (1504) Won 2-1 +141724
6modern 66 Yu, Joseph (1562) Won 2-1 +151739
7modern 24 Kominowski, Sam (1665) Lost 1-2 -191720
8modern 60 Maxey, Scott (1643) Won 2-1 +161736
9modern 33 Smith, Brandon7255 (1629) Lost 0-2 -201716
10modern 140 Kirkpatrick, Dylan (1650) Won 0-0 +171733
11modern 133 Soree, Matthew (1662) Won 2-1 +171750
12modern 118 Maguire, Justin (1650) Lost 0-2 -201730
13modern 132 Kurtzman, Andrew (1592) Won 2-1 +161746
14modern 118 Salazar, Jon (1657) Lost 1-2 -201726
15modern 117 Lopez, Andres6576 (1678) Won 2-1 +171743
top average opponent: 1608record: 10-5 new rating: 1743

Grand Prix Oklahoma City 2019 (ELD standard) starting rating: 1704
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1standard 30 Matthias, Corey (1500) Won 2-0 +141718
2standard 1 Wallace, Jacob (1541) Won 2-1 +151733
3standard 25 DeBruin, Jon (1499) Lost 0-2 -221711
4standard 69 Radmard, Amir (1874) Lost 1-2 -151696
5standard 91 Bretthorst, Robert (1356) Won 0-0 +121708
6standard 74 Raval, Mahendra (1801) Lost 1-2 -161692
7standard 103 Rios, Jose 8196 (1476) Won 2-1 +141706
8standard 78 Masquelier, Louis (1466) Lost 1-2 -231683
top average opponent: 1564record: 4-4 new rating: 1683

Grand Prix Dallas-Fort Worth 2019 (modern) starting rating: 1679
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1modern 231 White, Casey (1500) Won 2-1 +151694
2modern 197 Brown, Jacob (1547) Won 2-0 +151709
3modern 199 Ealey, Timothy (1761) Won 2-1 +191728
4modern 51 Amaro, Luis (1628) Lost 1-2 -201708
5modern 201 Boncher, Andrew (1822) Won 2-1 +201728
6modern 97 Dale, Jordan (1650) Won 2-1 +171745
7modern 49 Bormet, Aaron (1469) Won 2-1 +131758
8modern 42 Collins, Austin (1801) Won 2-0 +191777
9modern 15 Manohar, Karthik (1451) Lost 0-2 -241753
10modern 33 Smith, Taylor (1497) Won 2-1 +141767
11modern 37 Radmard, Amir (1832) Lost 0-2 -171750
12modern 43 Nicholas, Gabriel (1730) Lost 1-2 -191731
13modern 66 Smith, Megan (1541) Lost 0-2 -211710
14modern 68 Cook, Anthony (1516) Won 2-0 +141724
15modern 71 Olsen, Paul (1582) Lost 1-2 -201704
top average opponent: 1622record: 9-6 new rating: 1704

Grand Prix Dallas-Fort Worth 2018 (DOM limited) starting rating: 1741
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1sealed 100 Zhang, Minkang (1354) Lost 0-2 -251716
2sealed 321 Shannon, Verdell (1488) Lost 0-2 -221694
3sealed 448 Perkins, James (1431) Lost 1-2 -231671
4sealed 479 Morales-Pelkey, David (1448) Won 2-1 +141685
5sealed 426 Serdar, Eric (1469) Won 2-0 +141699
6sealed 332 Austin, Lance (1896) Lost 1-2 -141685
7sealed 305 Paraschiv, Vlad (1641) Lost 0-2 -191666
8sealed 248 Beauvais, Davis (1388) Won 2-0 +131679
top average opponent: 1514record: 3-5 new rating: 1679

Grand Prix Houston 2018 (RIX limited) starting rating: 1798
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3sealed 15 Wu, Gavin (1641) Lost 0-2 -211777
4sealed 233 Davis, Justin (1646) Lost 0-2 -201757
5sealed 262 Wyatt, Robert (1483) Won 2-0 +131770
6sealed 181 Gruver, Robert (1516) Won 2-1 +131783
7sealed 77 Morales, Joshua (1540) Lost 1-2 -221761
8sealed 136 Griffith, Maitland (1640) Lost 0-2 -201741
top average opponent: 1577record: 2-4 new rating: 1741

Grand Prix Oklahoma City 2017 (modern) starting rating: 1816
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1modern 8 Page, William (1697) Won 2-1 +151831
2modern 139 Efseroff, Robert (1482) Won 2-0 +121843
3modern 9 Clark, Jeremiah (1662) Won 2-1 +151858
4modern 26 Bauer, John (1713) Lost 0-2 -211837
5modern 251 Kemper, Jayson (1488) Won 2-0 +121849
6modern 143 Johnson, Jeff L (1564) Lost 0-2 -231826
7modern 131 VanEvery, Kevin (1798) Lost 1-2 -181808
8modern 265 Channic, Peter (1540) Won 2-0 +131821
9modern 194 Vickers, Brandon (1537) Lost 1-2 -231798
top average opponent: 1609record: 5-4 new rating: 1798

Grand Prix Dallas-Fort Worth 2016 (modern) starting rating: 1835
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1modern 498 Bizzell, Isaiah (1601) Won 2-0 +141849
2modern 148 Ostash, Keith (1753) Lost 0-2 -201829
3modern 788 Smith, Brandon (1533) Lost 0-2 -231806
4modern 664 Love, Matthew (1410) Lost 1-2 -251781
5modern 797 Delp, Jameon (1517) Won 2-1 +141795
6modern 698 Finn, Maverick (1482) Won 2-1 +121807
7modern 593 Lore, Nick (1620) Won 2-1 +151822
8modern 496 Carson, Erik (1816) Won 2-1 +181840
9modern 371 Woerner, Tommy (1498) Lost 0-2 -241816
top average opponent: 1581record: 5-4 new rating: 1816

Grand Prix Houston 2016 (OGW standard) starting rating: 1768
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2standard 80 Prehn, Jeremiah (1454) Won 2-1 +121780
3standard 212 Hat, Matej (1463) Lost 0-2 -241756
4standard 377 Humphries, Mickey (1569) Lost 1-2 -211735
5standard 482 Garza, Hunter (1505) Won 2-0 +141749
6standard 363 Hussey, Emmett (1516) Lost 1-2 -221727
7standard 492 Marks, Justin (1470) Won 2-0 +131740
8standard 441 Hernandez, Reuben (1515) Won 2-0 +141754
9standard 209 Moreno, John (1493) Won 2-1 +141768
10standard 252 Martin, John (1466) Won 2-1 +121780
11standard 127 Zaidi, Jibraeel (1841) Won 2-1 +191799
12standard 72 Crisostomo, Anthony (1596) Lost 0-2 -211778
13standard 91 Mondello, Jake (1872) Won 2-1 +191797
14standard 89 Nguyen, Justin (1953) Won 2-1 +211818
15standard 77 Page, William (1776) Won 2-1 +171835
top average opponent: 1606record: 10-4 new rating: 1835

Grand Prix Oklahoma City 2015 (modern) starting rating: 1789
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1modern 397 Harshbarger, Rex (1500) Lost 1-2 -231766
2modern 482 Beech, Andrew (1464) Lost 0-2 -241742
3modern 565 Smith, Malcolm (1467) Won 0-0 +131755
4modern 463 Ruwe, Jacob (1450) Won 2-0 +131768
5modern 471 Ashcraft, David (1398) Won 2-0 +111779
6modern 298 Wu, Allen (1793) Won 2-0 +191798
7modern 166 Gass, Cameron (1546) Lost 1-2 -231775
8modern 204 Allard, Jason (1642) Lost 0-2 -201755
9modern 214 Gonzales, Adam (1461) Won 2-0 +131768
top average opponent: 1525record: 5-4 new rating: 1768

Grand Prix Dallas-Fort Worth 2015 (ORI limited) starting rating: 1602
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1sealed 445 Palid, Emily (1500) Won 2-0 +161618
2sealed 345 Guo, James (1518) Won 2-0 +161634
3sealed 300 Brown, Andrew (1990) Won 2-1 +241658
4sealed 30 Fox, Ronald (1522) Won 2-1 +161674
5sealed 73 Braun-Duin, Brian (1989) Won 2-1 +231697
6sealed 43 Birrell, Ian (1626) Won 2-0 +171714
7sealed 4 Eleyet, Bryan (1908) Lost 0-2 -151699
8sealed 20 Elenbogen, Andrew (2025) Won 2-0 +241723
9sealed 23 Ku, Brian (1658) Lost 1-2 -191704
10draft 12 Del Moral Leon, Antonio (2069) Lost 0-2 -121692
11draft 12 Bedsole, Hayden (1685) Won 2-1 +181710
12draft 12 Griffin, Mike (1651) Won 2-0 +171727
13draft 84 Ho, William (1619) Won 2-0 +161743
14draft 90 Hayne, Alexander (2187) Won 2-1 +261769
15draft 52 Canavati, Andreas (1878) Won 2-1 +201789
top average opponent: 1788record: 12-3 new rating: 1789

Grand Prix Las Vegas 2015 (1) (MM2 limited) starting rating: 1595
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1sealed 51 Gibbs, Alexander (1500) Won 2-0 +161611
2sealed 283 Guild, Joshua (1484) Lost 1-2 -201591
3sealed 346 Mott, Jessi (1499) Won 2-0 +161607
4sealed 195 Panchyshyn, Aron (1517) Won 2-1 +171624
5sealed 175 Novak, Tyler (1793) Lost 1-2 -151609
6sealed 212 Jacobi, William (1489) Lost 0-2 -211588
7sealed 213 Benjamin, Mason (1496) Lost 1-2 -191569
8sealed 177 Trujillo, Kevin (1487) Won 2-0 +161585
9sealed 130 Ivy, Corey (1489) Won 2-0 +171602
top average opponent: 1528record: 5-4 new rating: 1602

Grand Prix San Antonio 2014 (KTK standard) starting rating: 1520
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1standard 14 Tarver, Zach (1500) Draw 1-1 01520
2standard 291 Montero-Carmona, Gerardo (1499) Won 2-0 +181538
3standard 225 Dixon, Ian (1518) Won 1-0 +171555
4standard 114 Ramirez, Erick (1532) Won 2-1 +181573
5standard 57 Blanchard, Wes (1498) Won 2-1 +171590
6standard 30 Chilbert, Colin (1889) Won 2-1 +231613
7standard 16 Zhang, Bo [USA] (1630) Won 2-0 +181631
8standard 7 Sui, Xin (1794) Draw 1-1 +31634
9standard 25 Echavarria, Carlos (1550) Draw 0-0 -11633
10standard 42 LaCombe, Jared (1544) Won 2-1 +161649
11standard 13 Severson, Eric (1868) Won 2-0 +221671
12standard 8 Scullin, Ryan (1693) Lost 1-2 -181653
13standard 26 Colton, William (1476) Lost 0-2 -211632
14standard 41 Wagner, Robert (1598) Lost 0-2 -181614
15standard 40 Williams, Avery (1580) Lost 1-2 -191595
top average opponent: 1611record: 8-4-3 new rating: 1595

Grand Prix Oklahoma City 2013 (THS limited) starting rating: 1547
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1sealed 158 Ice, David (1500) Lost 0-2 -191528
2sealed 455 Sandling, Samuel (1482) Won 2-0 +171545
3sealed 466 Abernathy, Phillip (1500) Won 2-0 +181563
4sealed 402 Heberling, Valerie (1517) Won 2-0 +171580
5sealed 259 Davis, Peder (1535) Lost 1-2 -191561
6sealed 359 Ratzlaff, Daniel (1500) Lost 0-2 -191542
7sealed 374 Anderson, Travis (1500) Won 2-1 +171559
8sealed 286 Dale, Jess (1513) Lost 1-2 -191540
9sealed 268 Neal, Katie (1442) Lost 0-2 -201520
top average opponent: 1499record: 4-5 new rating: 1520

Grand Prix Houston 2013 (DGM limited) starting rating: 1527
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1sealed 171 Sheffield, Jason (1484) Won 2-0 +181545
2sealed 234 Mayor Redondo, Victor (1733) Won 2-0 +211566
3sealed 127 Wibel, Shane (1434) Lost 1-2 -201546
4sealed 151 Graham, Geoffrey (1625) Lost 0-2 -171529
5sealed 322 Monaco, Shane (1500) Won 2-0 +181547
6sealed 152 Saleh, Keyafar (1595) Lost 0-2 -181529
7sealed 241 Sims, Cord (1505) Won 2-0 +181547
8sealed 179 Arnott, Jeremy (1517) Won 2-1 +171564
9sealed 139 Castro, Franc (1602) Lost 0-2 -171547
top average opponent: 1555record: 5-4 new rating: 1547

Grand Prix San Antonio 2012 (RTR standard) starting rating: 1507
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2standard 47 Arnold, Zaque (1518) Won 2-0 +181525
3standard 47 Bugarin, William (1501) Lost 1-2 -181507
4standard 153 Tant, Nathan (1496) Draw 1-1 -11506
5standard 169 Williams, Avery (1517) Won 2-0 +191525
6standard 113 Geeo, Jacob (1570) Won 2-0 +181543
7standard 71 de la Garza, Lisandro (1599) Won 2-0 +191562
8standard 38 Leza, Eddie (1622) Lost 0-2 -171545
9standard 80 Pettit, Terry (1546) Lost 1-2 -181527
top average opponent: 1546record: 4-3-1 new rating: 1527

Grand Prix Austin 2012 (ISD limited) starting rating: 1500
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1sealed 276 Byrum, Danielle (1446) Won 2-0 +171517
2sealed 172 Griffith, Jeremy (1505) Lost 0-2 -181499
3sealed 204 Pine, Matthew (1501) Won 2-0 +181517
4sealed 163 Rodriguez, Shaun (1618) Lost 0-2 -161501
5sealed 314 Armstrong, Arthur (1498) Won 2-0 +181519
6sealed 233 Andrup, Alex (1533) Won 2-1 +181537
7sealed 219 Fladung, Daniel (1526) Won 2-0 +181555
8sealed 84 Payne, Andrew (1523) Won 2-1 +171572
9sealed 54 Treiber, Andre (1577) Won 2-1 +181590
10draft 51 Millet, John (1579) Lost 1-2 -181572
11draft 36 Jones, Oscar (1579) Lost 0-2 -181554
12draft 24 Fabiano, Gerard (1907) Lost 1-2 -121542
13draft 33 Hasenoehrl, Nick P (1522) Lost 1-2 -181524
15draft 58 Mispagel, Joey (1571) Lost 1-2 -171507
top average opponent: 1563record: 7-7 new rating: 1507