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Merrill, Shane
Current rating: 1596

MagicCon Las Vegas 2023 Limited Open (WOE limited) starting rating: 1602
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1sealed 3176 Saldivar, Manuel (1463) Lost 1-2 -211581
2sealed 3502 Bosecker, James (1436) Won 2-0 +161597
3sealed 3405 Farrar, Jake (1395) Won 2-1 +141611
4sealed 3336 Saporito, Thiago (1969) Won 2-0 +241635
5sealed 3072 Illum, Jared (1620) Lost 0-2 -181617
6sealed 3193 Ford, Kaden (1438) Lost 1-2 -211596
top average opponent: 1553record: 3-3 new rating: 1596

Grand Prix Reno 2020 (THB limited) starting rating: 1600
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2sealed 41 Minshall, Paul (1518) Won 2-0 +161616
3sealed 15 Gadzinski, Grae (1567) Lost 1-2 -191597
4sealed 122 Engle, Woodrow (1757) Won 2-1 +211618
5sealed 79 Lannan, Jason (1617) Lost 1-2 -181600
6sealed 133 Corman-Gill, Cyrus (1853) Won 2-0 +231623
7sealed 131 Rasmussen, Robert (1475) Lost 0-2 -211602
top average opponent: 1631record: 3-3 new rating: 1602

Grand Prix Las Vegas 2019 (limited) (MH1 limited) starting rating: 1635
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2sealed 289 Zambrano, Gerardo (1573) Won 2-0 +171652
3sealed 89 Raval, Mahendra (1757) Lost 1-2 -161636
4sealed 381 Lee Bender, Yuki (1660) Lost 0-2 -181618
5sealed 439 Connolly, Jeffrey (1586) Lost 0-2 -181600
top average opponent: 1644record: 1-3 new rating: 1600

Grand Prix Seattle 2019 (MH1 limited) starting rating: 1635
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
B2sealed 277 Brink, David (1536) Won 2-0 +171652
B3sealed 106 Botelho, Chris (1850) Won 2-0 +211673
B4sealed 69 Solana-Walkinshaw, Noble (1702) Won 2-1 +191692
B5sealed 16 Garcia Rosas, Jose Daniel (2034) Won 2-1 +241716
B6sealed 4 Luong, Marcus (1996) Lost 0-2 -131703
B7sealed 80 Merriman, Sky (1518) Won 2-0 +141717
B8sealed 40 Allester, Ryan (1602) Lost 0-2 -201697
B9sealed 533 Ueda, Jay (1621) Lost 0-2 -191678
draft 111 Calabrese, Jared (1743) Lost 0-2 -171661
draft 106 Deitle, Sam (1503) Won 2-1 +151676
draft 104 Conwell, Rory (1530) Won 2-1 +151691
draft 144 Marklyn, Tyler (1731) Lost 0-2 -171674
draft 61 Hatch, Alex (1562) Lost 1-2 -201654
draft 111 Walski, John (1588) Lost 0-2 -191635
top average opponent: 1680record: 7-7 new rating: 1635

Grand Prix Sacramento 2018 (M19 limited) starting rating: 1528
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1sealed 322 Lovelace, Joshua (1502) Won 2-1 +171545
2sealed 205 Mathews, Andrew (1557) Won 2-1 +191564
3sealed 164 Dasti, Ian (1620) Won 2-0 +191583
4sealed 135 Serrano, Alejandro (1520) Won 2-1 +161599
5sealed 4 Johnson-Staub, Benjamin (1530) Won 2-0 +171616
6sealed 24 Oliver, Neal (1941) Lost 0-2 -121604
7sealed 56 Lee, William7525 (1707) Won 2-0 +201624
8sealed 42 Thurman, Tucker (1598) Won 2-1 +171641
9sealed 11 Wong, Daniel (1879) Lost 1-2 -131628
10draft 69 Nguyen, Minh D (1814) Lost 0-2 -151613
11draft 14 Liang, Rich (1582) Won 2-1 +171630
12draft 100 Green, Perry (1731) Lost 1-2 -161614
13draft 84 Henderson, Craig (1563) Won 2-0 +171631
14draft 73 Robinson, Connor (1767) Lost 0-2 -151616
15draft 31 Araujo, Spenser (1702) Won 2-1 +191635
top average opponent: 1668record: 10-5 new rating: 1635

Grand Prix San Jose 2017 (AER limited) starting rating: 1563
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3sealed 237 Bush, Jonathan (1549) Lost 1-2 -181545
4sealed 266 Serwinski, Jeffrey (1568) Lost 0-2 -171528
5sealed 567 Tai, Ben Yan Hao (1619) Won 2-1 +191547
6sealed 367 Tran, Binh Khoi (1469) Lost 0-2 -191528
top average opponent: 1551record: 1-3 new rating: 1528

Grand Prix Los Angeles 2016 (modern) starting rating: 1604
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3modern 286 Taran, Nicole (1551) Draw 1-1 -11603
4modern 260 Puno, Cyril (1603) Lost 1-2 -181585
5modern 491 Zacharski, Juan Jose (1556) Won 2-1 +181603
6modern 306 Garcia, Eduardo (1510) Lost 1-2 -201583
7modern 490 Azzam, Alexander (1485) Lost 1-2 -201563
top average opponent: 1541record: 1-3-1 new rating: 1563

Grand Prix Albuquerque 2016 (SOI limited) starting rating: 1457
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2sealed 123 Snider, Jason (1533) Won 2-0 +191476
3sealed 218 Clinard, Jeffrey (1525) Won 2-0 +191495
4sealed 37 Denney, Timothy (1724) Won 2-1 +221517
5sealed 47 Hopkins, Kristopher (1624) Won 2-1 +201537
6sealed 14 Stella, Daniel (1683) Lost 0-2 -151522
7sealed 33 Hitchcock, Austen (1543) Won 2-1 +181540
8sealed 49 Chong, Rick (1816) Lost 0-2 -131527
9sealed 46 Clark, Ryan (1597) Won 2-1 +191546
10draft 53 Hwang, Eugene (2051) Lost 1-2 -91537
11draft 90 Erler, Billy (1781) Won 2-1 +221559
12draft 84 Abitante, George (1609) Won 2-0 +191578
13draft 45 Lyons, Greg (1609) Won 2-0 +191597
14draft 43 Jacobs, Adam (1634) Won 2-0 +181615
15draft 41 Sperling, Matthew (2023) Lost 0-2 -111604
top average opponent: 1697record: 10-4 new rating: 1604

Grand Prix Oakland 2016 (BFZ standard) starting rating: 1365
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2standard 39 Richardson, Steven (1518) Lost 1-2 -151350
3standard 495 Royfman, Eric (1446) Lost 0-2 -161334
4standard 747 Emami, Armaun (1479) Lost 0-2 -151319
6standard 588 Starr, Trisha (1432) Won 2-0 +201339
7standard 605 Cantu, Andres (1520) Won 2-0 +211360
8standard 339 Cruz, Jared (1514) Won 2-1 +211381
9standard 206 Dann, Christopher (1650) Won 2-1 +231404
10standard 129 Langford, Anthony (1581) Won 2-0 +211425
11standard 170 Burtle, Robert (1513) Won 2-1 +191444
12standard 72 Cuillier, Paul (1568) Lost 1-2 -151429
13standard 132 Hauser, Valentin (1721) Won 2-0 +231452
14standard 68 Mellor, Brendan (1588) Lost 1-2 -161436
15standard 134 Werstler, Alex (1584) Won 2-0 +211457
top average opponent: 1547record: 8-5 new rating: 1457

Grand Prix Atlanta 2015 (BFZ limited) starting rating: 1396
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2sealed 30 Hagaman, Jeffrey (1588) Lost 0-2 -141382
3sealed 661 Thomas, Micah (1467) Lost 0-2 -171365
top average opponent: 1527record: 0-2 new rating: 1365

Grand Prix Las Vegas 2015 (2) (MM2 limited) starting rating: 1425
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2sealed 163 Madick, Turner (1444) Won 2-1 +191444
3sealed 131 Shamma, Ahmed (1500) Lost 1-2 -171427
4sealed 176 Jones, Ryan (1655) Lost 0-2 -141413
5sealed 198 Levin, Noah (1499) Lost 0-2 -171396
top average opponent: 1525record: 1-3 new rating: 1396

Grand Prix Sacramento 2014 (THS limited) starting rating: 1458
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2sealed 13 Obejas, Ammi (1644) Lost 0-2 -151443
3sealed 314 Newkirk, Todd (1466) Lost 1-2 -181425
top average opponent: 1555record: 0-2 new rating: 1425

Grand Prix Albuquerque 2013 (THS standard) starting rating: 1473
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2standard 265 Arispe, Justin (1500) Draw 1-1 01473
3standard 277 Tush, Zakk (1518) Lost 1-2 -171456
4standard 393 Hiruko, Christopher (1510) Won 2-0 +191475
5standard 309 Brost, Drew (1519) Lost 0-2 -171458
top average opponent: 1512record: 1-2-1 new rating: 1458

Grand Prix Oakland 2013 (M14 limited) starting rating: 1461
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2sealed 337 Kavalan, Sunil (1518) Won 2-1 +191480
3sealed 64 Bartolome, Joseph (1566) Won 2-1 +201500
4sealed 174 Sanchez, Oswaldo (1553) Won 2-1 +191519
5sealed 71 Whitehurst, Clinton (1438) Lost 0-2 -201499
6sealed 135 Chen, Jia (1555) Won 2-0 +191518
7sealed 364 Long, Jason (1579) Lost 1-2 -171501
8sealed 205 Gripkey, Christopher (1499) Won 2-1 +181519
9sealed 52 Lin, Le (1582) Won 2-1 +191538
10draft 73 Salts, Matt (1581) Lost 0-2 -171521
11draft 88 Kassari, John (1770) Lost 0-2 -131508
12draft 14 Martinez, Max (1545) Lost 0-2 -181490
13draft 20 Son, Tony (1501) Lost 1-2 -171473
top average opponent: 1557record: 6-6 new rating: 1473

Grand Prix Las Vegas 2013 (MMA limited) starting rating: 1480
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1sealed 958 Ly, Trevor (1441) Lost 0-2 -191461
top record: 0-1 new rating: 1461

Grand Prix San Antonio 2012 (RTR standard) starting rating: 1465
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2standard 77 Litton, Jonathan (1518) Won 2-1 +191484
3standard 11 Maglunog, Raymond (1535) Won 2-0 +191503
4standard 39 Dao, Phu (1754) Won 2-0 +221525
5standard 35 Saporito, Thiago (1876) Lost 0-2 -121513
6standard 41 Vargas, Evan (1555) Lost 0-2 -171496
7standard 113 Hughes, Kevin (1501) Lost 1-2 -181478
8standard 155 Miller, Adam (1493) Won 2-0 +181496
9standard 97 Heath, Joel (1578) Lost 0-2 -161480
top average opponent: 1601record: 4-4 new rating: 1480

Grand Prix Oakland 2010 (extended) starting rating: 1500
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1extended 98 Pettingill, Christopher (1537) Lost 0-2 -171483
2extended 293 Perego, Wayne (1482) Won 2-1 +181501
3extended 183 Field, Eric (1502) Lost 0-2 -181483
4extended 318 Kinsey, Blake (1484) Lost 1-2 -181465
top average opponent: 1501record: 1-3 new rating: 1465