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Rikola, Markku
Current rating: 1700 (#6497)

Grand Prix Barcelona 2019 (modern) starting rating: 1732
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1modern 39 Arndt, Jochen (1508) Lost 0-2 -221710
2modern 387 Sieber, Michael (1399) Won 2-1 +121722
3modern 403 Padilla, Toni (1500) Lost 1-2 -221700
top average opponent: 1469record: 1-2 new rating: 1700

Grand Prix Barcelona 2018 (modern) starting rating: 1737
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1modern 170 Alvarado Iglesia, Victor Manuel (1500) Won 2-1 +131750
2modern 25 Monje, Adrian (1517) Won 2-1 +141764
3modern 56 Falcon, Antoni (1437) Lost 1-2 -241740
4modern 332 Gerholdt, Steven (1516) Won 2-0 +141754
5modern 286 Marion, Damien (1800) Lost 1-2 -171737
6modern 269 Touba, Clement (1512) Won 2-0 +141751
7modern 273 Theurel, Sebastien (1680) Lost 1-2 -191732
top average opponent: 1566record: 4-3 new rating: 1732

Grand Prix Stockholm 2016 (EMN limited) starting rating: 1681
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1sealed 51 Bagge Johansson, Henrik (1415) Won 2-0 +131694
2sealed 180 Kyla-Harakka, Joonas (1600) Won 2-0 +161710
3sealed 216 Glasner, Richard (1740) Lost 1-2 -171693
4sealed 333 Stenberg, David (1627) Won 2-1 +171710
5sealed 237 Sipahi, Suleyman (1502) Won 2-1 +141724
6sealed 108 Leikvold, Marius (1558) Won 2-0 +151739
7sealed 75 Hansen, Andre (1594) Won 2-0 +151754
8sealed 24 Marti, Samuel (1773) Won 2-0 +191773
9sealed 17 Ristovsky, Tom (1830) Lost 1-2 -171756
10draft 78 van Alphen, Pascal (1695) Lost 1-2 -191737
top average opponent: 1633record: 7-3 new rating: 1737

Grand Prix Copenhagen 2015 (modern) starting rating: 1695
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2modern 152 Munk, Thomas (1454) Won 2-1 +141709
3modern 194 Tollenaar, Xandor (1442) Lost 0-2 -231686
4modern 202 Weismann, Dominik (1464) Won 2-1 +141700
5modern 260 Larsen, Bjarke (1628) Lost 1-2 -191681
top average opponent: 1497record: 2-2 new rating: 1681

Grand Prix Utrecht 2015 (MM2 limited) starting rating: 1696
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1sealed 2175 Nicoud, Sacha (1536) Won 2-1 +151711
2sealed 2131 Wolff, Christian (1540) Won 2-1 +151726
3sealed 2020 Coates, Richard (1480) Lost 0-2 -231703
4sealed 2262 Mastroberardino, Adolf (1502) Won 2-1 +151718
5sealed 2126 Miller, John (1457) Lost 1-2 -231695
top average opponent: 1503record: 3-2 new rating: 1695

Grand Prix Stockholm 2014 (KTK standard) starting rating: 1699
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2standard 123 Linden, Mikael (1845) Won 2-1 +211720
3standard 1 Wulf, Jesper (1766) Won 2-0 +191739
4standard 133 Kowalski, Grzegorz (1956) Lost 1-2 -141725
5standard 217 Bulakowski, Janusz (1520) Won 2-0 +141739
6standard 224 Volakis, Georgios (1529) Lost 1-2 -221717
7standard 218 Rantila, Anton (1540) Lost 1-2 -211696
top average opponent: 1693record: 3-3 new rating: 1696

Grand Prix Orlando 2014 (KTK limited) starting rating: 1676
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1sealed 493 Torres, Ivan (1471) Lost 0-2 -221654
2sealed 1086 Halim, Muhammad (1481) Won 2-0 +151669
3sealed 305 Koonce, Kyle (1468) Won 2-1 +141683
4sealed 170 Self, Paul (1517) Won 0-0 +151698
5sealed 124 Owens, Seth (1534) Won 2-0 +151713
6sealed 62 Li, Chen (1923) Lost 0-2 -141699
top average opponent: 1566record: 4-2 new rating: 1699

Grand Prix Prague 2014 (modern) starting rating: 1623
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3modern 82 Stuckler, Thomas (1620) Won 2-1 +181641
4modern 19 Willems, Gert (1645) Won 2-1 +181659
5modern 34 Pavelka, Ondrej (1600) Won 2-1 +171676
6modern 24 Teoh, Yann Lee (1699) Lost 0-2 -181658
7modern 91 Tobiasch, Marc (1818) Lost 1-2 -151643
8modern 177 Vragovic, Predrag (1494) Won 2-1 +161659
9modern 98 Tochacek, Daniel (1559) Won 2-0 +161675
10modern 29 Bonneau, Alexandre (1689) Won 2-0 +181693
11modern 35 Prlic, Stefan (1616) Lost 1-2 -191674
12modern 41 Jurkovic, Robert (1938) Won 2-0 +221696
13modern 29 Reimche, Wadim (1615) Lost 1-2 -191677
14modern 56 Petrushchenko, Sergey (1625) Lost 1-2 -191658
15modern 65 Darras, Alexandre (1649) Won 2-0 +181676
top average opponent: 1659record: 8-5 new rating: 1676

Grand Prix Gothenburg 2013 (DGM limited) starting rating: 1648
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2sealed 191 Cohen, Amit (1522) Won 2-1 +151663
3sealed 92 Lindgren, Tommi (1884) Lost 1-2 -141649
4sealed 226 Filaretov, Denis (1518) Won 2-1 +161665
5sealed 105 Ekonomou, Kostas (1485) Lost 0-2 -211644
6sealed 240 Gibert, Yannick (1496) Lost 1-2 -211623
top average opponent: 1581record: 2-3 new rating: 1623

Pro Tour Return to Ravnica (modern) starting rating: 1586
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1modern 112 Guarneri, Enrico (1500) Won 2-0 +171603
2modern 53 Takebayashi, Tomo (1860) Lost 0-2 -141589
3modern 55 Durward, Caleb (1846) Won 2-1 +231612
4modern 42 Gulevich, Aaron (1523) Won 2-0 +161628
5modern 22 Calcano, Christian (1830) Lost 1-2 -141614
6draft 15 Kang, Xing (1684) Won 2-1 +191633
7draft 108 Gryn, Maksym (1536) Won 2-1 +171650
8draft 88 Koestler, Jonas (1903) Lost 1-2 -141636
9draft 115 Shiels, David (1932) Won 2-0 +231659
10draft 84 Heynen, Paul (1720) Lost 0-2 -171642
11draft 70 Long, Noah (1815) Won 2-1 +221664
12modern 24 Tuurinkoski, Jussi (1616) Lost 0-2 -191645
13modern 60 Cole, Thomas R (1665) Lost 0-2 -181627
14modern 63 Maynard, Pascal (1862) Won 2-0 +221649
15modern 53 Alasheev, Egor (1601) Lost 1-2 -191630
16modern 60 Nagai, Mamoru (1591) Won 2-1 +181648
top average opponent: 1718record: 9-7 new rating: 1648

Grand Prix Ghent 2012 (legacy) starting rating: 1587
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
4legacy 612 Lyaruu, Philip Mtenga (1524) Won 2-0 +171604
5legacy 602 Grimmer, Jasper (1767) Lost 1-2 -151589
6legacy 693 Chomicz, Kacper (1554) Won 2-1 +171606
7legacy 640 Teppa, Michaele (1537) Lost 1-2 -191587
8legacy 657 Hodgson, Paul (1605) Won 2-0 +181605
9legacy 648 Samuelsson, Rickard (1561) Lost 0-2 -191586
top average opponent: 1591record: 3-3 new rating: 1586

Grand Prix Malmo 2012 (AVR limited) starting rating: 1643
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
4sealed 51 Verbinnen, Kurt (1644) Lost 1-2 -181625
5sealed 55 Eklund, Andreas (1664) Lost 0-2 -171608
6sealed 128 Corwood, James (1459) Lost 0-2 -211587
top average opponent: 1589record: 0-3 new rating: 1587

Pro Tour Avacyn Restored (Innistrad block) starting rating: 1665
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1block 160 Rachid, Denniz (1774) Won 2-1 +201685
2block 56 Rade, Olle (1741) Lost 1-2 -171668
3block 90 Schousboe, Jason (1813) Lost 0-2 -161652
4block 131 Costa, Matthew (2031) Lost 0-2 -111641
5block 171 Peterson, Michael (1703) Won 2-1 +191660
6draft 40 Grossholz, Ivo (1735) Lost 1-2 -171643
7draft 119 Musial, Lukasz (1646) Won 2-0 +181661
8draft 141 Potter, Doug (1638) Lost 0-2 -181643
top average opponent: 1760record: 3-5 new rating: 1643

Grand Prix Manchester 2012 (DKA limited) starting rating: 1688
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
4sealed 9 Knapova, Dominika (1467) Won 2-0 +141702
5sealed 10 Wagner, Rob C (1734) Lost 0-2 -171685
6sealed 52 Noormagi, Ants-Erik (1528) Lost 0-2 -211664
7sealed 67 Patarca, Humberto (1827) Won 2-1 +211685
8sealed 40 Lembregts, Koen (1560) Lost 1-2 -201665
top average opponent: 1623record: 2-3 new rating: 1665

Grand Prix Turin 2012 (modern) starting rating: 1693
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
4modern 512 Robin, Yann (1539) Lost 0-2 -211672
5modern 571 Spano, Daniel (1723) Won 2-1 +191691
6modern 555 Chiche, Kevin (1614) Lost 1-2 -191672
7modern 592 De Simone, Luigi (1705) Won 2-1 +181690
8modern 584 Sciancalepore, Ivan (1543) Won 2-1 +161706
9modern 562 Rampini, Stefano (1726) Lost 0-2 -181688
top average opponent: 1642record: 3-3 new rating: 1688

Pro Tour Dark Ascension (DKA standard) starting rating: 1781
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1standard 124 Durward, Caleb (1776) Lost 0-2 -181763
2standard 182 Goldman-Kirst, Martin (1624) Lost 1-2 -211742
3standard 185 Yu, Jarvis (1681) Lost 1-2 -191723
4standard 207 Meyer, Ben (1503) Won 2-1 +141737
5standard 205 Liljefeldt, Olle (1494) Lost 1-2 -221715
6draft 162 Rakogon, Alexey (1516) Lost 1-2 -221693
top average opponent: 1599record: 1-5 new rating: 1693

2011 World Championship (mixed) starting rating: 1693
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1standard 71 Kim, Kyoungsoo (1343) Won 2-1 +111704
2standard 20 Zimmermann, Martin (1847) Lost 0-2 -151689
3standard 137 Pinder, Tim (1549) Won 2-0 +151704
4standard 92 Heigerer, Stefan (1682) Won 2-1 +181722
5standard 40 Vicedomini, Dario (1474) Won 2-1 +141736
6standard 33 Karsten, Frank (1944) Lost 0-2 -151721
7draft 34 Jacob, Michael (1885) Lost 1-2 -151706
8draft 149 Rogers, Matthew (1695) Won 2-0 +181724
9draft 64 Turtenwald, Owen (2088) Lost 0-2 -111713
10draft 67 Huang, Hao-Shan (1851) Lost 0-2 -161697
11draft 34 Takahashi, Yuta (1793) Won 2-0 +201717
12draft 75 Portolan, Toni (1850) Won 2-1 +201737
13modern 58 Eleyet, Bryan (1850) Lost 1-2 -161721
14modern 61 Skrypov, Igor (1560) Won 2-0 +151736
15modern 49 Bertiou, Simon (1726) Won 2-1 +181754
16modern 53 Sidher, Ricky (1856) Won 2-1 +201774
17modern 37 Neeman, Jeremy (2058) Lost 1-2 -131761
18modern 43 Zimmermann, Martin (1852) Won 2-1 +201781
top average opponent: 1772record: 11-7 new rating: 1781

Grand Prix Amsterdam 2011 (legacy) starting rating: 1708
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
4legacy 711 Arnaud, Christophe (1426) Lost 0-2 -231685
5legacy 776 Vincent, Guillaume (1469) Won 2-0 +141699
6legacy 643 Keen, Cameron (1570) Won 2-0 +161715
7legacy 655 Donner, Christian (1582) Lost 1-2 -211694
8legacy 720 Schmidt, Steffen (1782) Lost 0-2 -161678
9legacy 705 Gilles, Maxime (1502) Won 2-0 +151693
top average opponent: 1555record: 3-3 new rating: 1693

Pro Tour Philadelphia 2011 (modern) starting rating: 1813
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1modern 20 Campanino, Fabrizio (1560) Lost 1-2 -221791
2modern 160 Yam, Philip (1692) Lost 1-2 -201771
3modern 200 Daniel, David (1652) Lost 1-2 -201751
4modern 190 Nystrom, Per (1747) Lost 0-2 -181733
5modern 201 Thiele, Fabian (1761) Lost 0-2 -181715
6draft 56 Tamada, Ryoichi (1573) Won 2-0 +161731
7draft 84 Alcantara, Adrian (1453) Lost 1-2 -231708
top average opponent: 1634record: 1-6 new rating: 1708

Pro Tour Nagoya 2011 (Scars block) starting rating: 1883
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1block 142 Lemoine, Vincent (1900) Draw 0-0 +11884
2block 92 Alepin, Alexandre (1718) Won 2-1 +151899
3block 46 Siqueira, Vitor de Paiva (1530) Lost 1-2 -251874
4block 92 Zhang, Meng Qiu (1631) Lost 0-2 -221852
5block 125 Szoke, Zoltan (1879) Lost 1-2 -181834
6draft 148 Darras, Alexandre (1665) Lost 1-2 -211813
top average opponent: 1721record: 1-4-1 new rating: 1813

Grand Prix Prague 2011 (NPH limited) starting rating: 1793
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3sealed 560 Leitinger, Lukas (1492) Won 2-1 +121805
4sealed 571 Vojkuvka, Bohumil (1563) Won 2-0 +141819
5sealed 526 Maij, Rosario (1933) Won 2-0 +201839
6sealed 517 Brozek, Petr (1883) Won 2-0 +191858
7sealed 503 Nakamura, Shuhei (2099) Lost 1-2 -141844
8sealed 527 Kocis, Denes (1559) Won 2-1 +131857
9sealed 506 Bosselmann, Tobias (1726) Won 2-0 +161873
10draft 49 Mucha, Eduard (1526) Won 2-1 +121885
11draft 17 Zunko, Bojan (1752) Won 2-0 +151900
12draft 16 Larsson, Joel (1833) Lost 1-2 -191881
13draft 69 Deltour, Louis (1834) Won 2-0 +171898
14draft 12 Blohon, Lukas (1983) Lost 1-2 -161882
15draft 7 Sele, Yves (1968) Draw 1-1 +11883
top average opponent: 1781record: 9-3-1 new rating: 1883

Grand Prix Paris 2011 (MBS limited) starting rating: 1828
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
4sealed 52 Odeon, Gilles (1348) Won 2-0 +101838
5sealed 20 Floch, Ivan (1922) Won 2-0 +191857
6sealed 10 Berger, Eric (1814) Lost 1-2 -181839
7sealed 38 Voda, Bogdan (1423) Lost 0-2 -251814
8sealed 59 Virtanen, Pasi (1664) Lost 0-2 -211793
top average opponent: 1634record: 2-3 new rating: 1793

Pro Tour Paris 2011 (MBS standard) starting rating: 1792
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1standard 78 Poeiras, Fabio (1541) Lost 0-2 -231769
2standard 234 Martinez, Alexis (1856) Won 2-0 +201789
3standard 95 Porojan, Raul (1906) Won 2-0 +201809
4standard 68 Adams, Ken (1760) Lost 1-2 -191790
5standard 117 Stihle, Julien (1719) Won 2-1 +171807
6draft 143 Figarski, Tomasz (1630) Won 2-0 +141821
7draft 44 Simonot, Timothee (1651) Won 2-1 +151836
8draft 22 Yukuhiro, Ken (1853) Lost 1-2 -171819
10draft 65 Jurkovic, Robert (1940) Won 2-0 +201839
11draft 26 Komatsu, Satoshi (1680) Won 2-1 +151854
12standard 13 Cole, Chifley (1691) Won 2-1 +151869
13standard 7 Watanabe, Yuuya (2034) Lost 1-2 -151854
14standard 14 Borges, Eduardo (1686) Lost 0-2 -211833
15standard 32 Simonot, Timothee (1705) Lost 0-2 -201813
16standard 44 Komatsu, Satoshi (1671) Won 2-0 +151828
top average opponent: 1755record: 9-6 new rating: 1828

2010 World Championship (mixed) starting rating: 1704
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1standard 170 Kibler, Brian (2011) Lost 0-2 -131691
2standard 175 Brambilla, Davide (1764) Won 2-0 +191710
3standard 84 Surab, Patrik (1615) Won 2-0 +171727
4standard 77 Radin, Aleksandar (1438) Won 2-0 +121739
5standard 20 Jacob, Michael (1901) Won 2-1 +211760
6standard 26 Hugony, Francesco (1937) Won 2-1 +221782
7draft 136 Chiba, Akio (1849) Won 2-0 +191801
8draft 144 Pozsgay, Michael (1894) Won 2-1 +191820
9draft 2 Tan, Steven (1747) Lost 0-2 -191801
10draft 112 Techarattanaprasert, Mongkol (1882) Won 2-0 +201821
11draft 91 Gawrilowicz, Christian (1687) Won 2-0 +151836
12draft 4 Wafo-Tapa, Guillaume (2009) Lost 0-2 -151821
13extended 8 Black, Samuel (1975) Won 2-1 +211842
14extended 5 Egan, Isaac (1805) Lost 0-2 -191823
15extended 13 Calcano, Christian (1983) Won 2-0 +211844
16extended 8 Wolf, Christopher (1946) Lost 0-2 -161828
17extended 9 Sucic, Stjepan (1669) Lost 1-2 -211807
18extended 14 Aintrazi, Ali (1933) Lost 1-2 -151792
top average opponent: 1836record: 11-7 new rating: 1792

Grand Prix Bochum 2010 (SOM limited) starting rating: 1730
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
4sealed 505 Possemiers, Ben (1668) Won 2-1 +171747
5sealed 528 Hermans, Myrddin (1595) Lost 0-2 -211726
6sealed 568 Dudragne, Maxime (1534) Won 2-1 +151741
7sealed 543 Valkeneers, Tom (1690) Lost 0-2 -191722
8sealed 571 Rosner, Bodo (1709) Lost 0-2 -181704
top average opponent: 1639record: 2-3 new rating: 1704

Grand Prix Gothenburg 2010 (M11 limited) starting rating: 1547
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2sealed 545 Johansson, Erik (1518) Won 2-1 +171564
3sealed 508 Rosati, Giulio (1558) Won 2-0 +181582
4sealed 568 Toikka, Seppo (1753) Won 2-0 +211603
5sealed 530 Noorlander, Niels (1893) Won 2-0 +231626
6sealed 515 Nilsen, Magnus V (1578) Draw 1-1 -11625
7sealed 510 Steinaa, Daniel (1650) Won 2-1 +191644
8sealed 505 Yoshikawa, Yuusuke (1731) Lost 0-2 -171627
9sealed 516 Adebo Diaz, Juan Carlos (1908) Won 2-1 +231650
10draft 39 Hermansson, Emil (1608) Draw 1-1 01650
11draft 31 Strom, Tobias (1705) Won 2-0 +191669
12draft 29 Floderus, Peter (1617) Won 2-1 +171686
13draft 26 Hermansson, Emil (1648) Won 2-0 +171703
14draft 34 Schmidt, Steffen (1804) Won 2-0 +201723
15draft 6 Snepvangers, Bram (1933) Won 2-1 +221745
Qdraft Jonsson, Anton (1939) Lost 1-2 -151730
top average opponent: 1723record: 11-2-2 new rating: 1730

Grand Prix Prague 2009 (M10 limited) starting rating: 1504
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2sealed 152 Civrny, Petr (1553) Lost 1-2 -171487
3sealed 191 Strauss, Thilo (1552) Won 2-0 +191506
4sealed 230 Kytner, Vladimir (1519) Won 2-0 +191525
5sealed 104 Skocki, Michal (1512) Won 2-0 +171542
6sealed 42 Surkamp, Florian (1740) Lost 0-2 -141528
7sealed 148 Melisek, David (1537) Won 2-0 +181546
8sealed 69 Luddecke, Florian (1501) Won 2-1 +171563
9sealed 44 Kanis, Jeroen (1633) Lost 1-2 -161547
top average opponent: 1568record: 5-3 new rating: 1547

Pro Tour Kyoto 2009 (CON standard) starting rating: 1553
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1standard 163 Cuvelier, John (1624) Lost 1-2 -171536
2standard 150 Spence, Zack (1511) Lost 1-2 -181518
3standard 182 Frilund, Michael (1599) Won 2-1 +191537
4standard 115 Kim, Cynic (1724) Lost 1-2 -151522
5draft 85 de Jong, Jasper (1515) Lost 0-2 -181504
top average opponent: 1595record: 1-4 new rating: 1504

Grand Prix Stockholm 2007 (FUT limited) starting rating: 1551
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3sealed 32 Becker, Otto (1561) Won 2-1 +181569
4sealed 12 Yang, Xiaodi (1603) Lost 0-2 -171552
5sealed 118 Leal, Daniel (1532) Won 2-0 +181570
6sealed 40 Szadurski, Mateusz (1605) Won 2-1 +181588
7sealed 63 Zander, Bernhard (1572) Lost 0-0 -181570
8sealed 62 Vaananen, Aleksi (1613) Lost 1-2 -171553
top average opponent: 1581record: 3-3 new rating: 1553

Pro Tour Geneva 2007 (PLC draft) starting rating: 1471
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1draft 34 Sondag, Guido (1543) Won 2-1 +201491
2draft 105 Nahodil, Petr (1611) Lost 0-2 -161475
3draft 85 Hauchard, Olivier (1682) Won 2-1 +221497
4draft 79 Menard, Antoine (1846) Lost 0-2 -121485
5draft 165 Fresneda, Diego (1512) Won 2-0 +181503
6draft 70 Kawada, Chihiro (1531) Won 2-1 +191522
7draft 62 Schiermeyer, Robert (1514) Lost 0-2 -181504
8draft 33 Hamon, Yann (1818) Lost 0-2 -131491
9draft 58 Soorani, Shaheen (1794) Won 2-1 +231514
10draft 16 Damo da Rosa, Paulo Vitor (2040) Lost 0-2 -91505
11draft 18 Trujillo, Esther (1515) Won 2-1 +181523
12draft 47 Nuijten, Julien (1824) Won 2-0 +241547
14draft 38 Imperiale, Jason (1695) Lost 1-2 -161531
15draft 43 Klein, Adam (1626) Won 2-1 +201551
top average opponent: 1682record: 8-6 new rating: 1551

Grand Prix Malmo 2006 (CSP limited) starting rating: 1500
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
4sealed 40 Breit, Bernhard (1724) Lost 0-2 -141486
5sealed 111 Passow, Christopher (1472) Won 2-1 +181504
6sealed 41 Ljungberg, William (1546) Lost 0-2 -171487
7sealed 95 Leander, Erik (1644) Lost 0-2 -161471
top average opponent: 1597record: 1-3 new rating: 1471