Higa, James
Current rating: 1537
Record: 7-6-1 (GP) / 3-3-1 (professional)
| Grand Prix Los Angeles 2002 (ONS rochester) | starting rating: 1557 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 2sealed | 24 | Lunn, Doug (1500) | Won 2-0 | +171574 |
| 3sealed | 53 | Bulthaup, Sean (1562) | Lost 1-2 | -181556 |
| 4sealed | 127 | Hirst, Zach (1518) | Lost 0-2 | -191537 |
| top | average opponent: 1527record: 1-2 | new rating: 1537 | ||
| Grand Prix Denver 2001 (Invasion block) | starting rating: 1499 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 3block | 2 | Taylor, Ryan (1535) | Won 2-0 | +191518 |
| 4block | 37 | Goodwin, Chris S (1500) | Won 2-0 | +171535 |
| 5block | 11 | O'Mahoney-Schwartz, Daniel (1697) | Won 2-0 | +211556 |
| 6block | 3 | Cole, Robb (1598) | Won 2-1 | +191575 |
| 7block | 1 | Krumick, Shannon (1520) | Won 2-0 | +171592 |
| 8block | 3 | Mandel, Danny (1873) | Lost 0-2 | -131579 |
| 9block | 7 | Leiher, Peter (1864) | Lost 1-2 | -131566 |
| 10block | 11 | Poehling, Rick (1580) | Won 2-0 | +181584 |
| 11block | 6 | Knobloch, Aaron (1622) | Lost 0-2 | -171567 |
| 12block | 14 | Williams, David A (1974) | Lost 1-2 | -111556 |
| 13block | 17 | Prawdzik, Nathaniel (1619) | Draw 1-1 | +11557 |
| top | average opponent: 1671record: 6-4-1 | new rating: 1557 | ||
| Pro Tour New York 1999 (Urza's block) | starting rating: 1500 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 1block | 98 | Jacobson, Ben (1500) | Won 2-0 | +181518 |
| 2block | 35 | Marsh, Warren (1539) | Lost 0-2 | -181500 |
| 3block | 65 | D'Hondt, Jean-Louis (1475) | Won 2-0 | +181518 |
| 4block | 62 | Stroud, James (1451) | Won 2-0 | +171535 |
| 5block | 43 | Stoltzfus, Timothy (1541) | Draw 1-1 | 01535 |
| 6block | 30 | Bingen, Sturla (1588) | Lost 0-2 | -171518 |
| 7block | 52 | Miyagawa, Nobuaki (1474) | Lost 0-2 | -191499 |
| top | average opponent: 1510record: 3-3-1 | new rating: 1499 | ||