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Smith, Russell
Current rating: 1638

MagicCon Las Vegas 2023 Limited Open (WOE limited) starting rating: 1575
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1sealed 3492 Kondo, Go (1565) Lost 0-2 -181557
2sealed 3518 Martinez, Steven (1500) Won 2-1 +171574
3sealed 3517 Herren, Jason (1373) Won 2-0 +141588
4sealed 3153 Brier, Aiden (1651) Won 2-0 +191607
5sealed 3118 Cox, Benjamin (1567) Won 2-0 +181625
6sealed 3044 Nikolic, Alex (1701) Won 2-1 +191644
7sealed 3016 Zickler, Andrew (1632) Won 2-0 +181662
8sealed 3038 Paolercio, Dominick (1815) Won 2-0 +211683
9draft 3496 Fino, Vinnie (1623) Won 2-1 +171700
10draft 3495 Sun, Allen (1871) Lost 0-2 -151685
11draft 3519 Denmark, Brad (1665) Lost 1-2 -191666
12draft 3501 Yu, Ben (1866) Lost 1-2 -141652
13draft 3525 Nollen, Dylan (1906) Lost 0-2 -141638
top average opponent: 1672record: 8-5 new rating: 1638

Grand Prix Las Vegas 2019 (limited) (MH1 limited) starting rating: 1576
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1sealed 189 Yardeni, Eadan (1500) Won 2-0 +171593
2sealed 131 Sage, Nathan (1716) Won 2-1 +201613
3sealed 242 Allen, Brandon (1515) Lost 0-2 -201593
4sealed 193 Clark, Scott (1465) Lost 0-2 -201573
5sealed 352 Soth, Eric (1751) Won 2-0 +211594
6sealed 248 Shapiro, Aaron (1547) Lost 0-2 -191575
top average opponent: 1582record: 3-3 new rating: 1575

Grand Prix Minneapolis 2019 (modern) starting rating: 1559
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1modern 100 Dehmer, Trevor (1500) Won 2-0 +171576
2modern 34 Lussman, Benjamin (1518) Won 2-0 +171593
3modern 101 Sempel, Dylan (1514) Won 2-0 +171610
4modern 33 Wu, Tom (1614) Lost 0-2 -181592
5modern 124 Richtsmeier, Gene (1771) Won 2-0 +211613
6modern 73 Vaughan, Tucker (1503) Lost 1-2 -201593
7modern 113 Osterude, Nicholas (1659) Lost 1-2 -171576
top average opponent: 1583record: 4-3 new rating: 1576

Grand Prix Minneapolis 2018 (M19 limited) starting rating: 1520
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1sealed 161 Check, Matthew (1610) Lost 0-2 -161504
2sealed 357 Carrick, Emily (1542) Won 2-0 +181522
3sealed 320 Greis, Thomas (1511) Lost 0-2 -181504
4sealed 509 Jones, Nathaniel (1429) Won 2-0 +171521
5sealed 493 Dreimanis, Gints (1783) Won 2-1 +231544
6sealed 407 Kotz, John (1519) Won 2-0 +171561
7sealed 293 Bissonette, Mitchell (1453) Won 2-1 +161577
8sealed 212 Barette, Randy (1573) Lost 1-2 -181559
top average opponent: 1553record: 5-3 new rating: 1559

Grand Prix Las Vegas 2018 (limited) (DOM limited) starting rating: 1539
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1sealed 506 Marquis, Eric (1481) Lost 0-2 -191520
top record: 0-1 new rating: 1520

Grand Prix Minneapolis 2017 (HOU standard) starting rating: 1601
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1standard 239 Calixto, Julio (1515) Lost 0-2 -191582
2standard 463 Kleinknecht, Kory (1482) Lost 1-2 -201562
3standard 492 Rodgers, Clinton (1473) Won 2-0 +161578
4standard 409 George, Derrick (1502) Lost 0-2 -191559
5standard 491 Lowes, Dylan (1464) Lost 1-2 -201539
top average opponent: 1487record: 1-4 new rating: 1539

Grand Prix San Jose 2017 (AER limited) starting rating: 1567
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3sealed 209 Jimena, Andrew (1604) Lost 0-2 -171550
4sealed 503 Campbell, William (1505) Won 2-0 +171567
5sealed 192 Bonacini, Michael (1734) Lost 1-2 -151552
6sealed 441 Aune, Eirik (1783) Won 2-0 +221574
7sealed 227 Greeson, Kevin (1588) Lost 1-2 -181556
8sealed 431 Nigrelli, Anthony (1493) Won 2-1 +171573
9sealed 219 Allen, Timothy (1516) Won 2-1 +171590
10draft 217 Yeh, Chih-Cheng (1882) Won 2-1 +231613
11draft 236 Soroka, Roman (1585) Won 0-0 +181631
12draft 131 Fang, Percy (2007) Lost 1-2 -121619
13draft 132 Tan, Jowie (1622) Lost 0-2 -181601
top average opponent: 1666record: 6-5 new rating: 1601

Grand Prix Pittsburgh 2015 (modern) starting rating: 1572
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1modern 356 Sigler, Candis (1500) Won 2-0 +171589
2modern 185 Roskam, Jason (1580) Lost 0-2 -181571
3modern 738 Gravelle, Cody (1548) Lost 0-2 -181553
4modern 1127 Perez, Jorge (1405) Won 2-1 +151568
5modern 930 Robinson, Eli (1567) Won 2-0 +181586
6modern 754 Pethtel, Jeremy (1535) Lost 1-2 -191567
top average opponent: 1523record: 3-3 new rating: 1567

Grand Prix Philadelphia 2014 (BNG limited) starting rating: 1569
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3sealed 49 Taulbee, Brad (1702) Won 2-1 +211590
4sealed 181 Sutliff, Casey (1633) Lost 0-2 -171573
5sealed 316 Jenks, Brian (1537) Lost 0-2 -191554
6sealed 290 Alvarado, Jonathan (1540) Won 2-0 +181572
7sealed 169 Fleming, Joseph (1541) Won 2-1 +171589
8sealed 202 Kvartek, Chris (1662) Lost 0-0 -171572
top average opponent: 1603record: 3-3 new rating: 1572

Grand Prix Sacramento 2014 (THS limited) starting rating: 1551
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1sealed 223 Smith, Dillon (1482) Won 2-1 +171568
2sealed 76 Merriam, David (1518) Won 2-1 +171585
3sealed 152 Borish, Gregory (1731) Won 2-0 +211606
4sealed 23 Chapman, Ben (1637) Lost 1-2 -181588
5sealed 70 Clarke, David M (1540) Won 2-0 +181606
6sealed 79 Carter, Josh (1554) Lost 0-2 -191587
7sealed 151 Jacobson, Mark (1625) Lost 0-2 -181569
top average opponent: 1584record: 4-3 new rating: 1569

Grand Prix Las Vegas 2013 (MMA limited) starting rating: 1534
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2sealed 1087 LaFrance, Andrew (1518) Won 2-1 +181552
3sealed 995 Gilison, Daniel (1606) Lost 0-2 -171535
4sealed 1073 Jovanovic, Zvonko (1558) Lost 0-2 -181517
5sealed 1057 Graham, Sam (1498) Won 2-0 +181535
6sealed 680 Carmody, Tom (1445) Won 2-1 +161551
7sealed 615 Fedewa, Ryan (1541) Won 2-0 +181569
8sealed 513 Nicholas, Stephen (1589) Lost 0-2 -181551
top average opponent: 1537record: 4-3 new rating: 1551

Grand Prix Portland 2013 (modern) starting rating: 1471
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1modern 113 Southard, Mackensie (1533) Lost 0-2 -171454
2modern 216 Harris, Skyler (1482) Won 2-1 +191473
3modern 256 Carstensen, Chris (1500) Won 2-1 +181491
4modern 308 Dunks, Jess (1593) Lost 0-2 -161475
5modern 333 Piggott, Michael (1500) Won 2-0 +181493
6modern 281 Ambrose, Anthony (1520) Won 2-0 +191512
7modern 314 Lew, Michael (1697) Won 2-0 +211533
8modern 76 Morris-Lent, Christopher (1562) Lost 1-2 -171516
9modern 124 Bagen, Timothy (1541) Won 2-0 +181534
top average opponent: 1547record: 6-3 new rating: 1534

Grand Prix Pittsburgh 2013 (GTC limited) starting rating: 1490
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1sealed 243 King, Jeremy (1431) Lost 0-2 -191471
2sealed 526 Milich, Stephen (1482) Won 2-0 +181489
3sealed 288 Downing, Bruce (1485) Lost 0-2 -181471
top average opponent: 1466record: 1-2 new rating: 1471

Grand Prix Philadelphia 2012 (RTR limited) starting rating: 1488
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1sealed 806 Graybill, Clinton B (1500) Won 0-0 +181506
2sealed 551 Kramer, Hugh (1415) Won 2-0 +171523
3sealed 548 Young, Joshua A (1521) Won 2-1 +181541
4sealed 618 Baboussis, George (1555) Lost 1-2 -181523
5sealed 622 Halmagyi, Joshua (1535) Lost 0-2 -181505
6sealed 710 Larmer, Nick (1519) Won 2-0 +181523
7sealed 722 Gagnon, Jacob (1570) Lost 0-2 -171506
8sealed 652 Kofsky, Robert (1595) Lost 0-2 -161490
top average opponent: 1526record: 4-4 new rating: 1490

Grand Prix Vancouver 2012 (AVR limited) starting rating: 1525
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1sealed 257 Baker, David (1633) Won 2-0 +201545
2sealed 176 Diamant, Michael (1504) Lost 0-2 -181527
3sealed 230 Beaubien, Richard (1465) Lost 1-2 -191508
4sealed 369 Danylyshen, Nicholas (1431) Lost 0-2 -201488
top average opponent: 1508record: 1-3 new rating: 1488

Grand Prix Seattle-Tacoma 2012 (DKA limited) starting rating: 1482
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2sealed 58 Moldenhauer, Lucas (1500) Lost 1-2 -181464
3sealed 255 Underwood, Jeff E (1431) Won 2-0 +181482
4sealed 165 Woods, Jeff (1518) Won 2-0 +181500
5sealed 166 Diamant, Michael (1554) Won 2-1 +191519
6sealed 139 David, Robert (1504) Won 2-0 +181537
7sealed 67 HUDON, CHUCK (1571) Won 2-0 +181555
8sealed 48 Engle, David Aaron (1538) Lost 1-2 -181537
9sealed 57 Jacob, Michael (1895) Lost 1-2 -121525
top average opponent: 1564record: 5-3 new rating: 1525

Grand Prix San Diego 2011 (ISD limited) starting rating: 1482
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1sealed 59 Benedetti, Antony (1446) Lost 1-2 -191463
2sealed 156 Bay, Daniel (1449) Won 2-1 +181481
3sealed 120 De Santos Jasso, Nazario Joel (1325) Won 2-0 +151496
4sealed 143 Frias, Daniel (1652) Lost 0-2 -151481
5sealed 140 Gonzalez, Erik (1500) Won 2-0 +181499
6sealed 102 Josefson, Josh (1520) Lost 1-2 -171482
top average opponent: 1482record: 3-3 new rating: 1482

Grand Prix Oakland 2010 (extended) starting rating: 1500
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1extended 138 Cabot, James (1501) Lost 1-2 -181482
2extended 199 Williams, Jeff (1464) Won 2-1 +181500
3extended 133 Ellis, Kenneth (1563) Lost 0-2 -171483
4extended 341 Hertz, Shiloh (1482) Won 2-0 +181501
5extended 240 Zrelov, Maxim (1454) Lost 1-2 -191482
top average opponent: 1493record: 2-3 new rating: 1482