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Alm, Benjamin
Current rating: 1845 (#1251)

MagicCon Las Vegas 2023 Limited Open (WOE limited) starting rating: 1833
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1sealed 3472 But, Edward (1455) Won 2-0 +111844
2sealed 3170 Weiser, Daniel (1913) Won 2-1 +201864
3sealed 3041 Ragan, Benjamin (1788) Won 2-0 +161880
4sealed 3005 Fagan, Christian (1673) Lost 1-2 -211859
5sealed 3155 Garcia-Romo, Andy (1959) Won 2-1 +191878
6sealed 3048 MacKay, Connor (1590) Won 2-1 +131891
7sealed 3018 Straub, Devon (1761) Lost 1-2 -201871
8sealed 3106 Billingsley, Jason (1425) Lost 0-2 -261845
top average opponent: 1696record: 5-3 new rating: 1845

Regional Championships San Diego 2023 (ONE standard) starting rating: 1903
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1standard 202 Kessler, Tom (1599) Lost 1-2 -241879
2standard 400 Collado, Luis Miguel (1482) Lost 0-2 -251854
3standard 415 He, Brandon (1668) Lost 0-2 -211833
top average opponent: 1583record: 0-3 new rating: 1833

Grand Prix Columbus 2019 (modern) starting rating: 1979
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3modern 113 Teigesser, Jon (1561) Lost 0-2 -251954
4modern 172 Tuuk, Justin (1483) Won 2-1 +101964
5modern 93 Pite, Derek (1709) Lost 1-2 -221942
6modern 157 Li, Don (1672) Lost 1-2 -231919
7modern 146 Edelson, Manny (1416) Won 2-1 +91928
8modern 101 Fernandes, Jeffrey (1475) Lost 1-2 -251903
top average opponent: 1553record: 2-4 new rating: 1903

Grand Prix Detroit 2019 (M20 limited) starting rating: 1943
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3sealed 108 Wigington, Levi (1647) Won 2-1 +131956
4sealed 68 McIlwaine, Patrick (1667) Won 2-1 +131969
5sealed 28 Sun, Richard (1607) Draw 1-1 -61963
6sealed 21 Wind, Curtis (1652) Lost 0-2 -241939
7sealed 62 Aiken, Simone (1558) Won 2-0 +111950
8sealed 33 Green, Jeff (1906) Won 2-1 +181968
9sealed 20 Van Vaals, Michael (2007) Lost 1-2 -181950
10draft 64 Wilson, Levi (1773) Lost 0-2 -211929
11draft 57 Grames, Dustin (1549) Won 2-1 +121941
12draft 27 Miller, William 5219 (1651) Won 2-0 +121953
13draft 38 Chrisjohn, Fletcher (1674) Won 2-0 +131966
14draft 45 Bernal, Joseph (1924) Won 2-0 +181984
15draft 8 Sun, Allen (1746) Draw 1-1 -51979
top average opponent: 1720record: 8-3-2 new rating: 1979

Grand Prix Madison 2019 (WAR limited) starting rating: 1889
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3sealed 71 Lapeire, Jake (1600) Won 2-1 +131902
4sealed 61 Bulnes, Armando (1749) Won 2-1 +151917
5sealed 56 Johnson-Epstein, Jasper (1801) Won 2-0 +161933
6sealed 18 Boor, Zachary (1647) Lost 1-2 -231910
7sealed 30 Markeson, Scott (2028) Won 2-1 +201930
8sealed 72 Burton, Brandon (1728) Lost 0-2 -221908
9sealed 31 VanDinter, Nathan (1554) Won 2-0 +121920
10draft 2 Zhang, Bolun (1944) Won 2-1 +191939
11draft 2 Rasmussen, Ben (1750) Won 2-1 +141953
12draft 2 Cunniff, Raphael (1931) Won 2-0 +181971
13draft 23 Sandstrom, Martin (1663) Lost 0-2 -241947
14draft 2 Weiser, Daniel (1938) Won 2-1 +181965
15draft 20 Boor, Zachary (1746) Lost 0-2 -221943
top average opponent: 1775record: 9-4 new rating: 1943

Grand Prix Cleveland 2019 (RNA limited) starting rating: 1838
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3sealed 6 Rodaitis, Andrew (1366) Won 2-1 +101848
4sealed 87 Blake, Paul (1611) Won 2-1 +141862
5sealed 20 Parsons, Eric (1562) Won 2-1 +121874
6sealed 6 Vaid, Akhil (1797) Lost 1-2 -191855
7sealed 85 Gschwindt, Mirko (1689) Won 2-1 +151870
8sealed 57 Churchill, Ken (1510) Won 2-1 +121882
9sealed 20 Goetz, Adam (1817) Won 2-1 +161898
10draft 3 Douglass, John T. (1611) Lost 1-2 -231875
11draft 3 Bernat, Michael (2106) Lost 0-2 -141861
12draft 3 Dean, Paul (1832) Won 2-0 +181879
13draft 9 Heskett, Jarrod (1611) Won 2-0 +131892
14draft 55 Sounakhen, Saxon (1677) Won 2-1 +141906
15draft 52 Pernankil, Avenash (1942) Lost 1-2 -171889
top average opponent: 1702record: 9-4 new rating: 1889

Grand Prix Memphis 2019 (RNA standard) starting rating: 1758
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3standard 32 Gibson, Kyle (1621) Won 2-1 +161774
4standard 24 Otts, Cameron (1541) Won 2-0 +141788
5standard 20 Betts, Dustin (1575) Lost 1-2 -221766
6standard 82 Stewart, Christian (1580) Won 2-0 +141780
7standard 68 Reedy, Christopher (1580) Lost 1-2 -211759
8standard 54 Takahashi, Yuta (1976) Won 2-1 +221781
9standard 185 Sullano, Andrew (1931) Won 2-0 +201801
10standard 116 Beam, Joey (1740) Won 2-0 +171818
11standard 113 Fortanely, Bobby (1924) Lost 1-2 -161802
12standard 145 Wakefield, Andrew (1570) Won 2-0 +141816
13standard 124 Desangles, Anthony (1724) Won 2-0 +161832
14standard 103 Tsujikawa, Taiga (1935) Won 2-0 +201852
15standard 102 Jacobson, Mark (2049) Lost 1-2 -141838
top average opponent: 1750record: 9-4 new rating: 1838

Grand Prix Milwaukee 2018 (GRN standard) starting rating: 1720
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3standard 212 Helbig, Drew (1709) Won 2-0 +171737
4standard 120 Richey, Richard (1738) Won 2-0 +181755
5standard 23 Scharenbroch, Nik (1580) Lost 1-2 -211734
6standard 166 Simonis, Rusty (1560) Lost 1-2 -211713
7standard 156 Conklin, Andrew (1529) Won 2-1 +151728
8standard 106 Yan, Gan (1793) Won 2-1 +191747
9standard 56 Weber, Cody (1707) Won 2-0 +171764
10standard 74 Weiser, Daniel (1831) Lost 1-2 -161748
11standard 95 Keeffe, Stephen (1683) Won 2-0 +161764
12standard 36 Chiang, Will (1582) Lost 1-2 -211743
13standard 89 Ruettiger, Bryant (1635) Won 2-1 +161759
14standard 38 Ward, Brandt (1664) Won 2-1 +161775
15standard 35 Troiano, Francesco (1826) Lost 0-2 -171758
top average opponent: 1680record: 8-5 new rating: 1758

Grand Prix Minneapolis 2018 (M19 limited) starting rating: 1767
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3sealed 103 Fredrichsen, Drew (1548) Won 2-1 +141781
4sealed 134 Troiano, Francesco (1695) Lost 1-2 -191762
5sealed 253 Jansen, Adam (1847) Won 2-0 +191781
6sealed 60 Martin, Robert Logan (1553) Lost 1-2 -221759
7sealed 132 Angelo, Joe (1797) Lost 1-2 -171742
8sealed 237 Mohammed, Ahmed (1516) Lost 0-2 -221720
top average opponent: 1659record: 2-4 new rating: 1720

Grand Prix Pittsburgh 2018 (DOM standard) starting rating: 1795
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3standard 99 Stillman, Steve (1773) Lost 0-2 -181777
4standard 198 Bordovalos, Pete (1515) Won 2-1 +131790
5standard 166 Weitz, Benjamin (1919) Won 2-1 +211811
6standard 113 Davanzati, Marcus (1638) Lost 1-2 -221789
7standard 157 Nace, George (1548) Lost 0-2 -221767
top average opponent: 1679record: 2-3 new rating: 1767

Grand Prix Indianapolis 2017 (HOU limited) starting rating: 1738
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3sealed 27 Steed, Jamey (1579) Won 2-0 +151753
4sealed 14 Cathro, Daniel (1857) Won 2-0 +201773
5sealed 6 Ritner, Ronnie (1916) Won 2-1 +211794
6sealed 11 Fetty, Jonathan (1731) Won 2-0 +171811
7sealed 4 Cuneo, Andrew (1914) Lost 0-2 -161795
8sealed 30 Steht, Lee (1674) Lost 1-2 -211774
9sealed 91 Carter, Steven (1971) Lost 0-2 -141760
10draft 98 Bates, Drew (1591) Won 2-0 +151775
11draft 95 Merriam, Ross (1796) Lost 0-2 -181757
12draft 20 Sun, Allen (1841) Won 2-1 +201777
13draft 89 Koenig, Jake (1786) Lost 0-2 -181759
14draft 100 Bischoff, Michael (1555) Won 2-0 +141773
15draft 46 Polak-Rottmann, Oliver (1997) Won 2-0 +221795
top average opponent: 1785record: 8-5 new rating: 1795

Grand Prix Minneapolis 2017 (HOU standard) starting rating: 1640
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3standard 126 Ridley, Colin (1536) Lost 1-2 -201620
4standard 177 Malott, Ray (1520) Won 2-0 +161636
5standard 152 Thompson, Brandon (1564) Won 2-0 +171653
6standard 94 Nguyen, Philips (1555) Won 2-1 +161669
7standard 67 Guan, Thomas Zhennan (1658) Won 2-0 +181687
8standard 10 Hurm, Justin (1598) Won 2-0 +161703
9standard 17 Ambler, Kevin (1648) Lost 0-2 -191684
10standard 476 Saito, Tomoharu (2007) Won 2-1 +241708
11standard 467 Sowers, Levi (1604) Won 2-1 +161724
12standard 467 Wells, John W (1765) Won 2-1 +191743
13standard 461 Ayers, Brandon (1977) Won 2-0 +221765
14standard 464 Nelson, Brad (2320) Lost 0-2 -91756
15standard 467 Mei, Mike Songhao (1767) Lost 1-2 -181738
top average opponent: 1732record: 9-4 new rating: 1738

Grand Prix Louisville 2017 (legacy) starting rating: 1652
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3legacy 579 Dains, Dillon (1527) Won 2-1 +161668
4legacy 389 Drescher, Will (1657) Won 2-1 +181686
5legacy 324 Miller, Matthew (1656) Lost 0-2 -191667
6legacy 357 Flynn, Kyle (1693) Won 2-0 +191686
7legacy 384 Doepker, Mitchell (1483) Lost 1-2 -221664
8legacy 468 Smith, Chris (1503) Won 2-1 +151679
9legacy 434 Orange, Gregory (1827) Lost 1-2 -151664
10legacy 1176 Young, Matt (1540) Lost 0-2 -201644
11legacy 1226 D'Amato, Daniel (1520) Won 2-0 +151659
12legacy 1178 Quinn, Stephen (1626) Won 2-0 +181677
13legacy 1102 McAlear, Brennan (1685) Lost 1-2 -181659
14legacy 1162 Musselman, Reuben (1588) Lost 0-2 -191640
top average opponent: 1609record: 6-6 new rating: 1640

Grand Prix Milwaukee 2016 (KLD limited) starting rating: 1686
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3sealed 191 Van Doren, Peter (1442) Won 2-1 +141700
4sealed 18 Carey, Bryan (1633) Won 2-1 +161716
5sealed 19 Bormet, Aaron (1456) Lost 0-2 -221694
6sealed 56 Gosser, Alex (1478) Lost 1-2 -221672
7sealed 197 Greer, Jeff (1641) Lost 1-2 -191653
8sealed 247 James, Colin (1520) Won 2-0 +161669
9sealed 201 Burch, Jacob (1754) Lost 0-2 -171652
top average opponent: 1561record: 3-4 new rating: 1652

Grand Prix Indianapolis 2016 (modern) starting rating: 1625
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3modern 350 Pecora, Gerald (1539) Won 2-0 +161641
4modern 50 White, Logan (1583) Won 2-1 +171658
5modern 66 Pascal, Brandon (1860) Won 2-0 +221680
6modern 27 Nelson, Max (1549) Won 2-0 +151695
7modern 6 Pellman, John (1601) Won 2-0 +171712
8modern 7 Pisano, Rob (2007) Lost 1-2 -131699
9modern 13 Patchett, John (1633) Won 2-0 +171716
10modern 840 Tomajko, Oliver (2044) Lost 1-2 -131703
11modern 859 Bohn, Jonathan (1766) Lost 1-2 -161687
12modern 949 Roohi, Arya (1720) Lost 1-2 -181669
13modern 976 Li, Jianan (1575) Won 2-0 +161685
14modern 962 Page, Veronica (1694) Lost 0-2 -171668
15modern 931 Kruchkow, Jeffrey (1679) Won 2-1 +181686
top average opponent: 1712record: 8-5 new rating: 1686

Grand Prix Pittsburgh 2016 (SOI standard) starting rating: 1623
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3standard 19 Lyons, Greg (1483) Won 2-1 +161639
4standard 38 Woods, Jacob (1594) Lost 1-2 -191620
5standard 128 Dean, Paul (1945) Won 2-1 +231643
6standard 82 Liao, Albert (1651) Lost 0-2 -171626
7standard 286 Sajgalik, Eduardo (2011) Lost 1-2 -121614
8standard 310 Frink, Chance (1531) Won 2-0 +171631
9standard 247 Shaw, Michael (1533) Won 2-0 +161647
10standard 437 Bishop, Alyssa (1498) Won 2-1 +151662
11standard 330 Farrenkopf, Brian (1571) Lost 1-2 -191643
12standard 367 Wescoe, Craig (1842) Won 2-1 +211664
13standard 360 Broderick, Benjamin (1526) Lost 0-2 -201644
14standard 371 Olson, Jeremy (1590) Lost 1-2 -191625
top average opponent: 1648record: 6-6 new rating: 1625

Grand Prix Columbus 2016 (legacy) starting rating: 1622
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3legacy 416 Burton, Brandon (1664) Won 2-0 +191641
4legacy 39 Heslip, James (1612) Won 2-0 +181659
5legacy 88 Baxter III, Lincoln (1659) Draw 1-1 01659
6legacy 55 Heldman, TJ (1439) Lost 0-2 -221637
7legacy 154 MacEachern, James (1572) Won 2-0 +161653
8legacy 92 DeMars, Brian (1880) Lost 1-2 -131640
9legacy 191 Byrd, Nicholas (1723) Lost 1-2 -171623
top average opponent: 1650record: 3-3-1 new rating: 1623

Grand Prix Charlotte 2016 (modern) starting rating: 1657
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3modern 236 Dreyer, Vernon (1569) Lost 0-2 -201637
4modern 269 Capra, Adam (1557) Lost 1-2 -191618
5modern 650 Winslow-Trevathan, Rio (1501) Won 2-0 +161634
6modern 228 Schaefer, Charles (1504) Lost 0-2 -211613
7modern 512 Tudor, Daniel (1386) Lost 1-2 -221591
8modern 575 Mathias, John (1434) Won 2-0 +151606
9modern 504 Wilkerson, Joe (1499) Won 2-0 +161622
top average opponent: 1493record: 3-4 new rating: 1622

Grand Prix Detroit 2016 (modern) starting rating: 1673
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2modern 195 Williams, Michael (1518) Lost 1-2 -211652
3modern 708 LeClair, Anderson (1499) Won 2-0 +151667
4modern 663 Wambold, Lelon (1516) Lost 0-2 -211646
5modern 587 Rapp, Brandon (1501) Won 2-0 +161662
6modern 413 Moon, Chris (1512) Won 2-1 +151677
7modern 374 Nguyen, Thien (1828) Lost 1-2 -151662
8modern 557 Horan, Rory (1524) Won 2-1 +151677
9modern 260 Jota Costa, Ricardo Jorge (1535) Lost 1-2 -201657
top average opponent: 1554record: 4-4 new rating: 1657

Grand Prix Atlanta 2015 (BFZ limited) starting rating: 1653
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2sealed 165 Newquist, John (1519) Lost 0-2 -211632
3sealed 578 Gibbs, Matthew (1584) Lost 1-2 -191613
4sealed 766 Bennett, Xavier (1481) Won 2-1 +161629
5sealed 457 Kahla, Sam (1482) Lost 1-2 -211608
6sealed 592 Miles, Aaron (1365) Won 2-0 +141622
7sealed 482 McMillion, James (1501) Won 2-0 +161638
8sealed 357 Hu, Ruochen (1548) Won 2-1 +161654
9sealed 270 Lalague, Marc (1697) Won 2-0 +191673
top average opponent: 1522record: 5-3 new rating: 1673

Grand Prix Indianapolis 2015 (BFZ standard) starting rating: 1649
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2standard 98 Grebe, Ryan (1500) Lost 0-2 -211628
3standard 345 Martin, Sebastian (1424) Lost 1-2 -211607
4standard 469 Brooks, Paul (1527) Won 2-0 +161623
5standard 332 Reynolds, Thomas (1506) Won 2-0 +161639
6standard 261 Petrilli, Trevor (1605) Won 2-1 +171656
7standard 171 Hinds, Sean (1512) Won 2-0 +161672
8standard 85 Newman, Carter (1603) Lost 0-2 -191653
top average opponent: 1525record: 4-3 new rating: 1653

Grand Prix Madison 2015 (BFZ limited) starting rating: 1704
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2sealed 265 Yarrington, Michael (1518) Won 2-0 +151719
3sealed 244 Martin, Alexander (1529) Lost 1-2 -221697
4sealed 445 Doherty, Brian (1524) Lost 0-2 -211676
5sealed 351 Glaser, Christopher (1504) Lost 1-2 -211655
6sealed 459 Kline, Andy (1484) Won 2-0 +151670
7sealed 328 Fei, Xinyu (1498) Lost 1-2 -211649
top average opponent: 1509record: 2-4 new rating: 1649

Grand Prix Oklahoma City 2015 (modern) starting rating: 1636
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2modern 64 Woodruff, Matt (1518) Won 2-0 +151651
3modern 172 Brooks, Dane (1538) Won 0-0 +161667
4modern 117 Laury, Walker (1556) Won 2-0 +161683
5modern 22 Quiett, Chad (1546) Won 2-1 +161699
6modern 29 Nagro, Jacob (1823) Lost 1-2 -161683
7modern 88 Meier, Gregory (1723) Won 2-1 +191702
8modern 1004 Krantz, Benjamin (1428) Won 2-0 +131715
9modern 17 Wagner, Robert (1703) Won 2-1 +181733
10modern 15 Young, Mason (1649) Won 2-1 +161749
11modern 7 Pisano, Rob (1798) Won 2-1 +191768
12modern 4 Johnson-Epstein, Jasper (1973) Lost 1-2 -141754
13modern 7 Graves, Chris (1697) Lost 1-2 -191735
14modern 12 Rubin, Steve (2029) Lost 0-2 -131722
15modern 30 Grissom, Koelten (1732) Lost 0-2 -181704
top average opponent: 1694record: 9-5 new rating: 1704

Grand Prix San Diego 2015 (ORI standard) starting rating: 1649
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2standard 160 Stockdale, Claire (1446) Won 2-0 +141663
3standard 257 Vo, Raymond (1536) Lost 1-2 -201643
4standard 194 Rousseau, Jack (1574) Lost 0-2 -191624
5standard 354 Ryan, Jacob (1528) Lost 1-2 -201604
6standard 486 Hulsey, Jessica (1486) Won 2-1 +161620
7standard 334 Paul, Shaun (1502) Won 2-0 +161636
top average opponent: 1512record: 3-3 new rating: 1636

Grand Prix Cleveland 2015 (FRF limited) starting rating: 1604
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1sealed 359 miller, sonia (1500) Won 2-0 +161620
2sealed 141 Fonseka, Aruna (1518) Won 2-1 +161636
3sealed 346 Delano, Jonathan (1740) Lost 1-2 -161620
4sealed 560 Rogers, Nick (1516) Lost 0-2 -201600
5sealed 509 Choi, Jungje (1500) Lost 0-2 -201580
6sealed 566 Skinger, Derrick (1486) Won 2-1 +171597
7sealed 425 Hall, Wesley (1573) Won 2-0 +171614
8sealed 315 Rodgers, Ronald (1495) Won 2-1 +161630
9sealed 212 Byrd, Mark-Antony (1669) Won 2-0 +191649
top average opponent: 1555record: 6-3 new rating: 1649

Grand Prix Chicago 2014 (JOU standard) starting rating: 1541
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1standard 350 Buck, Jonathan (1500) Won 2-0 +181559
2standard 82 Owens, Chad (1518) Won 2-0 +171576
3standard 102 Darby, Wyatt (1557) Won 2-0 +171593
4standard 90 Lytle, Tyler (1623) Lost 1-2 -171576
5standard 201 Preisig, Alex (1536) Lost 0-0 -191557
6standard 172 Pound, David (1546) Won 2-1 +181575
7standard 124 Olejnik, Nate (1534) Won 2-0 +171592
8standard 57 Norris, Alec (1579) Won 2-0 +181610
9standard 34 Esposito, John (1794) Won 2-1 +211631
10standard 52 Van Cleave, Trey (1782) Won 2-1 +211652
11standard 16 Pardee, Samuel (1967) Lost 0-2 -121640
12standard 71 Johnson, Carl (1584) Lost 0-2 -191621
13standard 83 Falcioni, Matthew (1693) Lost 1-2 -171604
top average opponent: 1632record: 8-5 new rating: 1604

Grand Prix Indianapolis 2013 (RTR limited) starting rating: 1500
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1sealed 153 Samoly, Vincent (1421) Won 2-1 +171517
2sealed 170 Raufeisen, Derek (1568) Won 2-0 +191536
3sealed 16 Calabrese, Anthony P (1537) Lost 1-2 -181518
4sealed 189 Mustapha, Mike (1503) Won 2-0 +171535
5sealed 183 SEARLES, SONY l (1533) Won 2-1 +181553
6sealed 94 Holland, Kitt (1869) Won 2-1 +241577
7sealed 76 Katz, Matthew (1567) Lost 1-2 -181559
8sealed 126 Wyant, Aaron (1598) Lost 0-2 -181541
top average opponent: 1574record: 5-3 new rating: 1541