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Black, Joe
Current rating: 1737 (#4474)

Grand Prix Los Angeles 2019 (modern) starting rating: 1626
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2modern 99 Chianese, Jim (1529) Lost 1-2 -191607
3modern 367 Braida, Jack (1501) Won 2-0 +161623
4modern 218 Thompson, Geoffrey (1575) Won 2-1 +171640
5modern 241 Burch, Jasper (1617) Won 2-1 +171657
6modern 109 Eales, Andrew (1752) Lost 1-2 -161641
7modern 245 Barako, Michael (1536) Won 2-1 +161657
8modern 179 Knorr, Jackson (1743) Won 2-0 +201677
9modern 108 Crosthwaite, Rodolfo (1539) Won 2-1 +151692
10modern 61 Aras, Can (1586) Won 2-0 +161708
11modern 32 Goldstein, Abram (1636) Won 2-0 +171725
12modern 32 Lax, Ari (2075) Lost 0-2 -121713
13modern 38 Loveman, Eli (1972) Won 2-0 +231736
14modern 21 Johnson, Nicolas (1624) Won 2-1 +161752
15modern 25 Reis, Bernardo (1916) Lost 1-2 -151737
top average opponent: 1686record: 10-4 new rating: 1737

Grand Prix Los Angeles 2018 (M19 standard) starting rating: 1643
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1standard 190 An, Peter (1504) Lost 0-2 -211622
2standard 302 Bauman, Mike (1703) Won 2-0 +201642
3standard 280 Sakata, Derek (1506) Won 2-0 +151657
4standard 239 Del Valle Rodriguez, Jesus Ramiro (1521) Lost 0-2 -201637
5standard 392 Shayne, Jake (1472) Lost 1-2 -211616
6standard 356 Rosenblum, Wesley (1491) Won 2-1 +151631
7standard 256 Aras, Can (1481) Lost 0-2 -201611
8standard 252 Gomez, Joaquin (1487) Won 2-1 +151626
top average opponent: 1521record: 4-4 new rating: 1626

Grand Prix Sacramento 2018 (M19 limited) starting rating: 1658
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1sealed 219 Bennett, Evan (1463) Won 2-1 +151673
2sealed 143 Sanatkar, Eman (1573) Won 2-0 +161689
3sealed 196 McCord, Kristopher (1702) Lost 0-2 -181671
4sealed 319 Masterson, Ryan (1497) Won 2-0 +151686
5sealed 120 Cash, Daniel (1332) Lost 0-2 -241662
6sealed 210 Groat, Josh (1602) Lost 0-2 -191643
top average opponent: 1528record: 3-3 new rating: 1643

Grand Prix Las Vegas 2018 (limited) (DOM limited) starting rating: 1693
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1sealed 426 Phillips, Robert (1449) Lost 1-2 -221671
2sealed 445 Gompert, Connor (1483) Won 2-1 +141685
3sealed 675 Kindler, Jim (1322) Lost 1-2 -241661
4sealed 723 Lee, William7525 (1671) Won 2-1 +181679
5sealed 434 Davila, Jose (1503) Lost 0-2 -211658
top average opponent: 1486record: 2-3 new rating: 1658

Grand Prix Las Vegas 2018 (modern) (modern) starting rating: 1669
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1modern 768 Romero, Michael (1404) Won 2-0 +131682
2modern 139 Enns, Galen (1419) Won 2-1 +141696
3modern 321 Eakins, Loren (1793) Won 2-0 +191715
4modern 245 Hemstedt, Daniel (1484) Lost 0-2 -221693
5modern 177 Cresswell, Desmond (1546) Lost 1-2 -201673
6modern 460 Pallotti, Nicholas (1614) Won 2-1 +161689
7modern 284 Bernat, Michael (1965) Won 2-0 +231712
8modern 277 Cockrell, Derek (1651) Lost 1-2 -191693
top average opponent: 1610record: 5-3 new rating: 1693

Pro Tour Kaladesh (KLD standard) starting rating: 1605
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1draft 139 Parker, Brock (2052) Lost 0-2 -101595
2draft 232 Vuorela, Lauri (1713) Lost 0-2 -161579
3draft 220 Blohon, Lukas (2276) Won 2-0 +291608
4standard 162 Goncalves Coelho, Diego (1531) Won 2-0 +161624
5standard 106 Prost, Andrejs (1964) Won 2-1 +241648
6standard 55 Lewis, James (1559) Won 2-1 +171665
7standard 65 Campanino, Fabrizio (1789) Lost 1-2 -161649
8standard 83 Mcclain, Josh (1930) Won 2-0 +231672
9draft 104 Noorlander, Niels (1777) Lost 1-2 -161656
10draft 124 Dean, Paul (2035) Won 2-1 +241680
11draft 122 Betesh, Ralph (1977) Lost 1-2 -121668
12standard 97 Cuillier, Paul (1821) Won 2-0 +201688
13standard 64 Martell, Tom (1860) Won 2-0 +211709
14standard 61 Tharmaratnam, Samuel (1886) Lost 0-2 -141695
15standard 78 dos Santos Vieira, Eduardo (2076) Lost 0-2 -121683
16standard 97 Huang, Hao-Shan (1887) Lost 1-2 -141669
top average opponent: 1883record: 8-8 new rating: 1669

Grand Prix Los Angeles 2016 (modern) starting rating: 1507
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2modern 99 Undercoffer, Bryan (1520) Won 2-0 +191526
3modern 86 Szylman, Dariusz (1536) Won 2-1 +181544
4modern 188 Wiznitzer, Aryeh (1947) Won 2-0 +251569
5modern 104 Bonacini, Michael (1774) Won 2-0 +221591
6modern 45 Guiang, Mark (1827) Lost 1-2 -141577
7modern 101 Brunson, Damyan (1732) Won 2-1 +211598
8modern 67 Bez, Ryan (1639) Lost 1-2 -181580
9modern 153 Reynoso, Alex (1550) Lost 1-2 -181562
10modern 301 Murillo, Jesse (1541) Lost 0-2 -191543
11modern 291 Kinkade, Max (1542) Won 2-1 +181561
12modern 193 Utley, Andrew (1577) Won 2-0 +191580
13modern 123 Nonaka, Keenan (1631) Won 2-0 +191599
14modern 89 Fearon, Tim (1607) Won 2-0 +181617
15modern 74 Keeth, Christian (1968) Lost 0-2 -121605
top average opponent: 1671record: 9-5 new rating: 1605

Grand Prix San Diego 2015 (ORI standard) starting rating: 1455
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2standard 158 Pearce, Seth (1576) Won 2-1 +201475
3standard 82 Wong, Michael 281 (1617) Lost 1-2 -151460
4standard 330 Benz, Cedar (1517) Won 2-1 +191479
5standard 130 Russell, Kyle (1632) Lost 1-2 -161463
6standard 437 Rabago, Louis (1527) Won 2-1 +201483
7standard 159 McGeath, Shawn (1522) Won 2-1 +181501
8standard 158 Bondy, Aaron (1556) Won 2-0 +191520
9standard 74 Krautmann, Wenzel (1810) Lost 0-2 -131507
top average opponent: 1595record: 5-3 new rating: 1507

Grand Prix Las Vegas 2015 (1) (MM2 limited) starting rating: 1483
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3sealed 51 Lichtblau, Daniel (1517) Lost 0-2 -181465
4sealed 139 Boss, Brian (1779) Won 2-0 +241489
5sealed 130 Woodruff, Reid (1591) Lost 1-2 -161473
6sealed 142 Parshall, Chris (1486) Lost 0-2 -181455
top average opponent: 1593record: 1-3 new rating: 1455

Grand Prix Los Angeles 2014 (KTK standard) starting rating: 1493
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3standard 235 Ascalon, Jason (1708) Won 2-0 +221515
4standard 129 McCaskill, Andrew (1553) Won 2-1 +191534
5standard 19 Pasquino, Kent (1573) Lost 0-2 -171517
6standard 110 Savinelli, K. J. (1516) Lost 0-2 -181499
7standard 256 Espe, Christopher (1602) Lost 1-2 -161483
top average opponent: 1590record: 2-3 new rating: 1483

Grand Prix Phoenix 2014 (BNG standard) starting rating: 1536
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2standard 161 Martinez, Lee (1497) Won 2-0 +171553
3standard 131 Van Druten, John (1493) Won 2-1 +171570
4standard 10 Arcuni, Philip (1542) Lost 1-2 -191551
5standard 152 Magday, Brian (1457) Lost 0-2 -191532
6standard 239 Baderdeen, Evan (1517) Lost 0-2 -191513
7standard 329 Truitt, Evan (1503) Won 2-0 +181531
8standard 213 Wong, Daniel (1454) Lost 1-2 -191512
9standard 246 Gillam, Andrew (1487) Lost 0-2 -191493
top average opponent: 1494record: 3-5 new rating: 1493

Grand Prix Sacramento 2014 (THS limited) starting rating: 1536
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2sealed 1053 Fromme, Christoph (1463) Lost 1-2 -201516
3sealed 1205 Jong, Rob (1498) Lost 1-2 -181498
4sealed 1255 Power, Jason (1483) Won 2-0 +181516
5sealed 1225 Jensen, Daniel (1504) Won 2-0 +181534
6sealed 1180 Young, San (1650) Won 2-0 +201554
7sealed 1082 Gartner, Benjamin (1554) Lost 1-2 -181536
top average opponent: 1525record: 3-3 new rating: 1536

Grand Prix Las Vegas 2013 (MMA limited) starting rating: 1577
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2sealed 545 Coursey, Benjamin (1459) Lost 0-2 -201557
3sealed 789 Nelson, Evan (1509) Lost 1-2 -191538
4sealed 909 Kmak, Zak (1481) Won 2-0 +171555
5sealed 721 Radke, Cory (1455) Won 2-0 +161571
6sealed 578 Fyfe, Max (1514) Lost 1-2 -191552
7sealed 505 Gasgonia, Benedict (1600) Won 2-1 +191571
8sealed 379 Williams, Sam (1611) Lost 0-2 -171554
9sealed 314 Scott, David (1546) Lost 1-2 -181536
top average opponent: 1522record: 3-5 new rating: 1536

Grand Prix Portland 2013 (modern) starting rating: 1513
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2modern 152 Molina, Cody (1556) Lost 0-2 -181495
3modern 186 Hatch, Gregory (1737) Won 2-0 +231518
4modern 237 Madden, Shawn (1500) Won 2-0 +171535
5modern 184 Harper, Travis (1565) Won 2-0 +191554
6modern 338 Kolos, John (1874) Lost 0-2 -121542
7modern 165 Wheaton, Patrick (1538) Won 2-1 +181560
8modern 135 Weier, Allen (1535) Won 2-0 +171577
9modern 79 Bolanos, Grant A (1613) Won 2-1 +191596
10modern 55 Johnston, Ben (1583) Won 2-0 +181614
11modern 21 Finkel, Jon (2117) Lost 0-2 -101604
12modern 55 Phelps, Michael (1726) Lost 0-2 -161588
13modern 50 Mann, Stephen (1896) Lost 0-2 -121576
14modern 56 Metzger, Jonathan (1540) Lost 1-2 -191557
15modern 58 Latimer, James (1682) Won 2-0 +201577
top average opponent: 1676record: 8-6 new rating: 1577

Grand Prix San Diego 2013 (modern) starting rating: 1553
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2modern 56 Castro, Christian (1500) Lost 0-2 -191534
3modern 196 Battle, Ray (1467) Won 2-0 +171551
4modern 167 Bianga, Ryan (1500) Lost 1-2 -191532
5modern 246 Jafari, Keyan (1451) Lost 0-2 -191513
top average opponent: 1479record: 1-3 new rating: 1513

Pro Tour Gatecrash (GTC standard) starting rating: 1567
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1draft 132 Mowshowitz, Zvi (1907) Lost 0-2 -121555
2draft 54 Nosowicz, Karol (1825) Lost 1-2 -131542
3draft 153 Constantine, Ranjith (1391) Won 2-0 +151557
4standard 139 Ochoa, David (1915) Lost 1-2 -111546
5standard 143 Wu, Jia (1710) Won 2-1 +211567
6standard 111 Yasooka, Shota (1947) Won 2-0 +241591
7standard 96 Nordahl, Andreas (1952) Lost 1-2 -111580
8standard 110 Smith, Greg (1743) Won 2-0 +211601
9draft 8 Dimitrakis, Ioannis (1565) Lost 1-2 -191582
11draft 91 Colla, Davide (1714) Lost 0-2 -161566
13standard 87 Cheung, Justin (1846) Lost 0-2 -131553
top average opponent: 1774record: 4-7 new rating: 1553

Grand Prix Anaheim 2012 (Innistrad block) starting rating: 1550
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3block 118 Vallejo Pacheco, Omar (1570) Lost 0-2 -181532
4block 246 Lee, Kevin A (1518) Lost 1-2 -181514
5block 286 Gilliland, Mark G (1497) Won 2-0 +181532
6block 159 Lam, Christopher (1471) Won 2-1 +161548
7block 194 Jurek, Benjamin (1489) Won 2-0 +171565
8block 108 Erik M., (1554) Lost 0-2 -181547
9block 152 Mayer, Kevin (1671) Won 2-1 +201567
top average opponent: 1538record: 4-3 new rating: 1567

Grand Prix Salt Lake City 2012 (DKA standard) starting rating: 1575
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2standard 268 Pastorinni, Luckas (1619) Lost 1-2 -171558
3standard 356 Deming, Caleb (1464) Won 2-0 +161574
4standard 187 Lewis, Mike (1498) Lost 0-2 -191555
5standard 296 Stanton, Jack (1532) Won 2-0 +181573
6standard 276 Boyett, Donald (1502) Lost 0-2 -201553
7standard 302 Solorzano, Michaelle (1460) Won 2-1 +171570
8standard 223 Grimstead, Braydon (1467) Lost 0-2 -201550
top average opponent: 1506record: 3-4 new rating: 1550

Grand Prix San Diego 2011 (ISD limited) starting rating: 1500
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1sealed 527 Anzo, Edgar (1500) Won 2-1 +181518
2sealed 402 Ruiz, Oscar (1518) Won 2-0 +181536
3sealed 415 Hayne, Alexander (1745) Won 2-0 +221558
4sealed 483 Abronson, Jordan (1620) Won 2-1 +191577
5sealed 424 Levy, Raphael (2028) Won 2-1 +261603
6sealed 405 Wilson, Jacob (1751) Won 2-0 +201623
7sealed 410 Rietzl, Paul (2014) Lost 1-2 -111612
8sealed 416 Haueter, Gregg (1591) Lost 1-2 -181594
9sealed 428 Mukhar, Alex (1577) Lost 1-2 -191575
top average opponent: 1705record: 6-3 new rating: 1575