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Beltz, James
Current rating: 1838 (#1377)

Grand Prix Minneapolis 2019 (modern) starting rating: 1863
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1modern 328 Glab, Kyle (1500) Won 2-0 +111874
2modern 65 Lueth, Riley (1518) Lost 1-2 -241850
3modern 280 Klassen, Nick (1500) Won 2-1 +121862
4modern 125 Noll, Austin (1525) Won 2-1 +121874
5modern 158 Gustafson, Derek (1538) Lost 0-2 -241850
6modern 211 Wede, Mason (1518) Won 2-1 +121862
7modern 192 Reiman, Clint (1495) Lost 1-2 -241838
top average opponent: 1513record: 4-3 new rating: 1838

Grand Prix Minneapolis 2018 (M19 limited) starting rating: 1870
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1sealed 82 Barbeau, Jeremy (1881) Won 2-1 +181888
2sealed 40 Addleman, Doug (1520) Won 2-1 +121900
3sealed 132 Perez, Randy (1746) Lost 0-2 -211879
4sealed 435 Martin, Pete (1549) Lost 1-2 -241855
5sealed 420 Johnson, Elliot (1499) Won 2-0 +121867
6sealed 350 Wolff, Meghan (1629) Won 2-1 +141881
7sealed 256 Peters, Kyle (1891) Lost 1-2 -181863
top average opponent: 1673record: 4-3 new rating: 1863

Grand Prix Minneapolis 2017 (HOU standard) starting rating: 1902
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1standard 92 Bergeland, Austin (1500) Won 2-1 +111913
2standard 188 Subiaga, Mike (1518) Won 2-0 +111924
3standard 103 Catalano, Jeffrey (1624) Won 2-1 +131937
4standard 78 Hope, Michael (1505) Won 2-0 +101947
5standard 33 Lynn, Brian (1610) Won 2-1 +121959
6standard 18 Vink, Zachary (1597) Lost 0-2 -241935
7standard 21 Schoeppner, Mason (1619) Lost 1-2 -241911
8standard 108 Hall, Daniel (1860) Lost 1-2 -191892
9standard 176 Roepke, Chris (1644) Lost 0-2 -221870
top average opponent: 1609record: 5-4 new rating: 1870

Grand Prix Milwaukee 2016 (KLD limited) starting rating: 1922
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1sealed 16 Stafford, Matthew B (1500) Lost 1-2 -251897
2sealed 362 Haggerty, Adam (1534) Won 2-0 +111908
3sealed 523 Thole, Dain (1492) Won 2-0 +111919
4sealed 237 DeMars, Brian (1876) Won 2-1 +171936
5sealed 155 Tabak, Zach (1553) Lost 0-2 -241912
6sealed 228 Cooper, Geddes (1925) Won 2-0 +181930
7sealed 116 White, Jory (1735) Draw 1-1 -41926
8sealed 194 Freeman, Rachel (1536) Lost 1-2 -241902
top average opponent: 1644record: 4-3-1 new rating: 1902

Grand Prix Minneapolis 2016 (SOI standard) starting rating: 1832
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1standard 293 Hines, Justin (1435) Won 2-0 +111843
2standard 83 Jablonski, Max (1471) Won 2-1 +121855
3standard 204 Volten, Alexander (1520) Won 2-1 +121867
4standard 82 Shaw, John (1780) Draw 1-1 -21865
5standard 86 Bush, Jeremy (1517) Won 2-0 +121877
6standard 46 Rogers, Chance (1525) Lost 0-2 -241853
7standard 131 Kiley, Kenneth (1500) Won 2-0 +121865
8standard 73 Michels, Sam (1503) Won 2-0 +121877
9standard 42 Nelson, Brandon (1915) Lost 1-2 -181859
10standard 101 Beard, Scott (1580) Lost 0-2 -231836
11standard 147 Sippy, Thomas (1569) Won 2-1 +141850
12standard 99 Burnett, Kai (1891) Won 2-0 +181868
13standard 74 Peng, Jianjia (1794) Won 2-0 +171885
14standard 45 Graham, Jon (1835) Won 2-0 +171902
15standard 31 Weitz, Benjamin (2001) Won 2-1 +201922
top average opponent: 1656record: 11-3-1 new rating: 1922

Grand Prix Madison 2015 (BFZ limited) starting rating: 1827
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1sealed 228 Davis, Samar (1549) Won 2-0 +131840
2sealed 1001 Hallin, Andrew (1541) Won 2-0 +131853
3sealed 189 Bjerke, James (1574) Won 2-0 +131866
4sealed 123 Allen, Emory (1535) Won 2-1 +121878
5sealed 50 Huang, Hao-Shan (1773) Won 2-1 +161894
6sealed 10 Walsh, Brennan (1648) Lost 1-2 -221872
7sealed 122 Reeves, Neil (1940) Lost 1-2 -171855
8sealed 189 Retterer-Moore, John (1570) Lost 0-2 -231832
top average opponent: 1641record: 5-3 new rating: 1832

Pro Tour Magic 2015 (M15 standard) starting rating: 1877
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1draft 117 Adebo Diaz, Juan Carlos (1876) Won 2-1 +181895
2draft 88 Chan, Robbie (1671) Won 2-0 +141909
3draft 15 Prost, Andrejs (1832) Won 2-1 +171926
4standard 20 Gianni, Luca (1682) Lost 0-2 -231903
5standard 24 Keaveny, Joseph (1885) Lost 1-2 -181885
6standard 49 Echeverria Paredes, Jose Luis (1834) Lost 0-2 -191866
7standard 97 Inoue, Toru (1722) Lost 1-2 -211845
8standard 109 Fabiano, Gerard (1851) Lost 1-2 -181827
top average opponent: 1794record: 3-5 new rating: 1827

Grand Prix Chicago 2014 (JOU standard) starting rating: 1937
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
4standard 75 Stevenson, Timothy (1554) Lost 1-2 -241913
5standard 127 Lamm, Theodore (1535) Lost 0-0 -251888
6standard 151 Currier, Tony (1518) Won 2-0 +121900
7standard 187 Holosko, Joel (1630) Lost 0-2 -231877
top average opponent: 1559record: 1-3 new rating: 1877

Grand Prix Minneapolis 2014 (modern) starting rating: 1851
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3modern 343 West, Dakota (1537) Won 2-1 +131864
4modern 105 Baumann, Francis (1535) Won 2-1 +121876
5modern 158 Patton, Dustin (1552) Won 2-1 +121888
6modern 133 Tiu, Oliver (1661) Won 2-0 +141902
7modern 106 Platt, Cam (1701) Won 2-0 +151917
8modern 102 Pollack, Jordan (1608) Won 2-0 +121929
9modern 105 Laehn, Taylor (1920) Lost 0-2 -181911
10modern 111 Burnett, Kai (2050) Won 2-0 +211932
11modern 103 Orange, Gregory (1663) Lost 0-2 -231909
12modern 125 Williams, Patrick (1650) Won 2-1 +131922
13modern 113 Corvese, Harry (1864) Won 2-0 +171939
14modern 109 Wijaya, Vidianto (1967) Lost 1-2 -171922
15modern 110 Barbeau, Jeremy (1801) Won 2-0 +151937
top average opponent: 1731record: 10-3 new rating: 1937

Grand Prix Kansas City 2013 (modern) starting rating: 1777
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1modern 264 Napier, Joe (1500) Won 2-1 +131790
2modern 78 Puls, Matt (1568) Won 2-1 +141804
3modern 65 Zirkelbach, Stetson (1515) Won 2-0 +131817
4modern 69 Shrout, Andrew (1736) Lost 0-2 -201797
5modern 179 Lynch, Jeffrey T (1691) Won 2-0 +161813
6modern 82 Glass, Jason (1505) Won 2-1 +131826
7modern 58 Luttrell, Andrew (1487) Lost 1-2 -241802
8modern 109 Crouch, Ryan (1558) Won 2-1 +131815
9modern 33 Ledo, Alex (1512) Won 2-1 +131828
10modern 23 Jones, Oscar (1687) Won 2-1 +151843
11modern 15 Steele, Derrick (1640) Lost 0-2 -211822
12modern 47 Corvese, Harry (1951) Won 2-1 +201842
13modern 32 Ryder, Sean (1751) Lost 1-2 -201822
14modern 30 Carlson, Lukas (1695) Won 2-0 +161838
15modern 30 Scott, James (1573) Won 2-1 +131851
top average opponent: 1625record: 11-4 new rating: 1851

Grand Prix Minneapolis 2012 (AVR standard) starting rating: 1777
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2standard 36 Graziano, Tommy (1518) Won 2-1 +131790
3standard 96 Stowe, Jeremy (1483) Lost 0-2 -231767
4standard 325 Formico, Justin (1518) Won 2-0 +131780
5standard 219 Jeffery, Richard (1536) Lost 1-2 -221758
6standard 205 Rodriguez, Ronald (1463) Lost 1-2 -231735
7standard 295 Antonova, Nadja (1497) Won 2-0 +141749
8standard 218 Limoseth, Kyle (1530) Won 2-0 +141763
9standard 162 Harrington, Corey (1534) Won 2-1 +141777
top average opponent: 1510record: 5-3 new rating: 1777

Grand Prix Lincoln 2012 (modern) starting rating: 1763
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1modern 94 Gaule, Brian (1500) Won 2-0 +131776
2modern 102 Aesoph, Seth (1604) Won 2-1 +151791
3modern 91 Rasmussen, Robert (1456) Won 2-0 +121803
4modern 3 Rosu, Dejan (1386) Won 2-0 +111814
5modern 49 Baugh, Jacob (1608) Lost 0-2 -211793
6modern 83 Weier, Allen (1505) Won 2-0 +121805
7modern 19 Schaefer, Joshua (1557) Won 2-1 +141819
8modern 19 Singleton, Robert (1589) Lost 0-2 -221797
9modern 73 Hendrix, Carl (1690) Lost 0-2 -201777
top average opponent: 1544record: 6-3 new rating: 1777

Pro Tour Amsterdam 2010 (extended) starting rating: 1784
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1extended 74 Grafensteiner, Daniel (1787) Lost 0-2 -181766
2extended 138 Rabiller, Simon (1494) Won 2-1 +131779
3extended 166 Ruess, Jan (1813) Lost 1-2 -181761
4extended 192 Tober, Ken (1466) Won 2-0 +131774
5extended 84 Etinzon, Nadav (1555) Lost 0-2 -221752
6draft 136 Ludewig, Matthias (1758) Won 2-1 +181770
7draft 9 McLaren, Dean (1564) Won 2-0 +151785
8draft 98 Goodwin, Luke (1586) Lost 0-2 -221763
top average opponent: 1628record: 4-4 new rating: 1763

Grand Prix Minneapolis 2009 (ZEN limited) starting rating: 1749
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3sealed 141 Gianpetro, Anthony (1540) Won 2-0 +141763
4sealed 132 Marin, Julian (1536) Won 2-1 +141777
5sealed 1 Barnett, Jason (1572) Won 2-1 +151792
6sealed 25 Efland, Zach (1832) Won 2-0 +181810
7sealed 14 Tao, Yubin (1611) Won 2-0 +151825
8sealed 6 Bhagat, Zohar (1675) Lost 1-2 -211804
9sealed 21 Makino, Bernie (1523) Won 2-1 +131817
10draft 16 Stoffa, Gabriel (1553) Lost 1-2 -231794
11draft 27 Ruel, Olivier (1852) Won 2-0 +191813
12draft 5 Bhagat, Zohar (1726) Lost 1-2 -191794
13draft 32 Rietzl, Paul (1927) Lost 1-2 -161778
14draft 49 Nakamura, Shuhei (1897) Lost 0-2 -161762
15draft 13 Scott-Vargas, Luis (1947) Won 2-0 +221784
top average opponent: 1707record: 8-5 new rating: 1784

Grand Prix Kansas City 2008 (ALA limited) starting rating: 1771
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
4sealed 75 Pennock, Christopher C (1588) Won 2-0 +151786
5sealed 46 Young, Kelvin (1637) Lost 1-2 -211765
6sealed 43 Roman, Mark (1514) Won 2-0 +141779
7sealed 19 Izsak, Yoel (1526) Won 2-1 +131792
8sealed 21 Sieber, John (1582) Lost 1-2 -221770
9sealed 37 Peyton, Jason (1583) Lost 0-2 -211749
top average opponent: 1572record: 3-3 new rating: 1749

Grand Prix Indianapolis 2008 (SHM limited) starting rating: 1610
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2sealed 131 Aron, Jason (1518) Won 2-0 +171627
3sealed 166 Galbiati, Tim (1711) Lost 0-2 -171610
4sealed 286 Coleman, Terry (1469) Won 2-1 +161626
5sealed 167 Hepner, Patrick M (1536) Won 2-1 +161642
6sealed 39 Jeltema, Scott (1504) Won 2-1 +151657
7sealed 58 Boggemes, Kyle (1616) Won 2-0 +181675
8sealed 27 Nakamura, Shuhei (2095) Won 2-1 +251700
9sealed 10 Reindl, Colin (1618) Won 2-1 +161716
10draft 49 Mantey, Tyler (1894) Lost 1-2 -141702
11draft 21 Delger, Kevin (1591) Won 2-0 +161718
12draft 42 Saylor, David (1667) Won 2-1 +171735
13draft 19 Webb, Taylor (1814) Won 2-0 +191754
14draft 55 Havlovic, Bob (1737) Won 2-0 +181772
15draft 10 Bielick, Scott (1682) Won 2-1 +161788
Qdraft Vidugiris, Gaudenis (1843) Lost 1-2 -171771
top average opponent: 1686record: 12-3 new rating: 1771

Grand Prix Minneapolis 2005 (Kamigawa block) starting rating: 1499
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
4block 32 Head, Robert (1554) Won 2-1 +191518
5block 4 Gerson, Dan (1536) Won 2-0 +191537
6block 10 Clark, Brooks (1538) Won 2-0 +181555
7block 3 Postlethwait, William (1682) Won 2-1 +201575
8block 1 Hoaen, Rich (2067) Won 2-1 +261601
9block 1 Levin, Eugene (1728) Won 2-0 +211622
10block 1 Inlow, Sean (1678) Lost 0-2 -171605
11block 3 Zampere Junior, Celso (1747) Lost 0-2 -161589
12block 6 Ryder, Sean (1684) Lost 1-2 -161573
13block 13 Mahler, Hans (1597) Won 2-0 +181591
14block 6 Leggate, Philip (1639) Won 2-0 +191610
top average opponent: 1677record: 8-3 new rating: 1610

Grand Prix Minneapolis 2001 (Invasion block) starting rating: 1500
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1block 54 Saastad, Jason (1500) Lost 1-2 -181482
2block 110 Hilke, Bert (1482) Won 2-0 +181500
3block 82 Sterle, John (1500) Won 2-0 +181518
4block 66 Brunner, Kevin (1518) Won 2-0 +181536
5block 71 Liston, Denver (1560) Lost 1-2 -181518
6block 81 Walendziak, Craig (1464) Lost 0-2 -191499
top average opponent: 1504record: 3-3 new rating: 1499