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Vance, James
Current rating: 1952 (#281)

Grand Prix Montreal 2019 (ELD limited) starting rating: 1915
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3sealed 107 Heikinniemi, Tommi (1583) Won 2-0 +121927
4sealed 78 Ha, Chris (1595) Won 2-0 +131940
5sealed 38 Gareau, Philippe (1826) Lost 0-2 -211919
6sealed 42 Galonsky, Alex (1566) Won 2-0 +121931
7sealed 52 Gauthier, Martin-Eric (1954) Lost 0-2 -171914
8sealed 46 Vaillancourt, Samuel (1629) Won 2-1 +131927
9sealed 55 Ruggiero, Pasquale (1732) Won 2-1 +141941
10draft 47 Kessler, Tom (1563) Won 2-1 +121953
11draft 23 Murphy, Dylan (1920) Won 2-0 +171970
12draft 63 Gottstein, Jeff (1712) Won 2-1 +131983
13draft 35 Qian, Jason (1973) Won 2-0 +182001
14draft 32 Sauve, Jacques-Olivier (1567) Lost 1-2 -251976
15draft 34 Pisecny, Louis (1647) Lost 0-2 -241952
top average opponent: 1713record: 9-4 new rating: 1952

Grand Prix Niagara Falls 2019 (legacy) starting rating: 1942
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3legacy 154 Brady, Patrick (1539) Draw 1-1 -71935
4legacy 122 Seelye, Lisa (1613) Won 2-1 +121947
5legacy 62 Evangelista, Anthony (1551) Won 2-1 +121959
6legacy 30 Ligutom, Kevin (1592) Won 2-1 +111970
7legacy 16 Betesh, Ralph (1738) Won 2-1 +141984
8legacy 8 Johnson, Case (1872) Lost 0-2 -201964
9legacy 30 Coleman, Andrew (1603) Lost 0-2 -241940
10legacy 62 Mee, Jerry (1571) Lost 0-2 -251915
top average opponent: 1635record: 4-3-1 new rating: 1915

Mythic Championship I (RNA standard) starting rating: 2016
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1draft 33 Mengucci, Andrea (1945) Lost 0-2 -201996
2draft 231 Caixeta, Daniel (1665) Won 2-0 +132009
3draft 194 Darby, Wyatt (1933) Won 2-1 +162025
4standard 74 Haram, Joakim (1698) Lost 0-2 -242001
5standard 158 Kihara, Atsuki (1857) Won 2-0 +162017
6standard 109 Mick, Maxwell (2052) Lost 1-2 -181999
7standard 139 Gibson, Kyle (1585) Won 2-0 +112010
8standard 99 Gauthier, Guillaume (1821) Lost 0-2 -211989
9draft 122 Medeiros Merjam, Guilherme (2000) Won 2-1 +182007
10draft 72 Dominguez, Javier (2201) Lost 1-2 -141993
11draft 88 Campo, Terrence (1716) Won 2-0 +132006
12standard 73 Girardot, John (1731) Lost 1-2 -231983
13standard 125 Medeiros Merjam, Guilherme (1995) Lost 0-2 -181965
14standard 117 Abela, Andrew (1691) Lost 1-2 -231942
top average opponent: 1849record: 6-8 new rating: 1942

Grand Prix Toronto 2019 (modern) starting rating: 2024
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3modern 57 Higgins, Evan (1558) Won 2-1 +102034
4modern 23 Negri, Kazu (1872) Lost 0-2 -212013
5modern 235 Pleau-De Montigny, Nathan (1473) Won 2-0 +92022
6modern 122 Salzman, Warren (1454) Won 2-0 +92031
7modern 60 Belanger, Patrick (1507) Won 2-1 +92040
8modern 32 Noworaj, Andrew (1720) Won 2-1 +122052
9modern 9 Vetta, Lucas (1633) Won 2-0 +112063
10modern 344 Siembor, Michael (1704) Lost 1-2 -242039
11modern 360 Robertson, Kyle (1624) Won 2-1 +112050
12modern 343 Liang, Andy (1776) Lost 1-2 -232027
13modern 381 Labelle, Gilles (1608) Lost 0-2 -252002
14modern 402 Siecker, Rob (1785) Won 2-0 +142016
15modern 363 Lam, David (1697) ID 02016
top average opponent: 1647record: 8-4-1 new rating: 2016

Pro Tour Guilds of Ravnica (GRN standard) starting rating: 1948
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1draft 122 Calhoun, Christopher (1520) Lost 1-2 -251923
2draft 123 Van Cleave, Trey (1858) Lost 1-2 -191904
3draft 117 Stahle-Nilsson, Joakim (1659) Won 2-1 +131917
4standard 182 Mancini, Matteo (1593) Lost 1-2 -231894
5standard 193 Blankenship, Arthur (1789) Won 2-1 +161910
6standard 177 Lam, David (1666) Won 2-1 +131923
7standard 102 Wu, Allen (2090) Won 2-1 +211944
8standard 97 Innauer, Felix (1656) Won 2-1 +131957
9draft 22 Manfield, Seth (1978) Lost 1-2 -171940
10draft 152 Lamb, Jake (1723) Won 2-1 +141954
11draft 107 Reitbauer, David (1936) Won 2-0 +171971
12standard 47 Rountree, Collin (1928) Won 2-1 +181989
13standard 43 Pastore, Kellen (2084) Won 2-0 +192008
14standard 18 Pisano, Rob (1995) Won 2-1 +182026
15standard 8 Urasawa, Taiji (1935) Lost 0-2 -202006
16standard 35 Wilson, Jacob (1978) Won 2-0 +182024
top average opponent: 1837record: 11-5 new rating: 2024

Grand Prix Las Vegas 2018 (modern) (modern) starting rating: 1822
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1modern 700 Matthews, Sean (1500) Won 2-0 +131835
2modern 325 Snapp, Nicholas (1530) Lost 1-2 -241811
3modern 612 Azadian, Shaunt (1504) Won 2-1 +131824
4modern 663 Harris, Kylie (1501) Lost 0-2 -241800
5modern 690 Putnam, Robert (1495) Won 2-1 +131813
6modern 374 Garcia, Christopher (1473) Won 2-0 +121825
7modern 392 Henry, Ian (1591) Won 2-0 +141839
8modern 286 Braun, Cody (1441) Won 2-0 +111850
9modern 5210 Chelf, Ben (1497) Won 2-0 +121862
10modern 5121 Jones, Bobby (1467) Won 2-1 +111873
11modern 5031 Fello, Bobby (1691) Won 2-1 +141887
12modern 5019 Vess, Lawrence (1932) Won 2-1 +191906
13modern 5024 McCoy, Kevin (1712) Won 2-1 +151921
14modern 5018 Spatz, Eric (1579) Won 2-1 +121933
15modern 5010 Stillman, Steve (1788) Won 2-1 +151948
top average opponent: 1580record: 13-2 new rating: 1948

Grand Prix Toronto 2018 (modern) starting rating: 1784
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1modern 414 McKnight, Kasie (1203) Won 2-0 +81792
2modern 238 Fengler, Michael (1413) Won 2-0 +121804
3modern 169 Corless, DJ (1586) Won 2-0 +141818
4modern 51 Farrenkopf, Brian (1578) Won 2-0 +141832
5modern 67 Austin, Lance (1784) Lost 1-2 -191813
6modern 210 Tetley, Brett (1654) Won 2-1 +151828
7modern 88 Capriolo-Morris, Primo (1520) Won 2-1 +121840
8modern 41 Anderson, Christopher [CAN] (1604) Won 2-0 +141854
9modern 31 Bianchi, Alex (1701) Lost 1-2 -211833
10modern 47 Goldfarb, David (1849) Lost 1-2 -171816
11modern 67 Murray, Jacob (1589) Won 2-0 +141830
12modern 89 Li, Eric (1781) Won 2-1 +171847
13modern 32 Hung, Andrew (1708) Lost 1-2 -211826
14modern 65 Ingram, Peter (1850) Lost 0-2 -171809
15modern 81 Lacourse, Jean-Denis (1569) Won 2-0 +131822
top average opponent: 1626record: 10-5 new rating: 1822

Grand Prix Montreal 2016 (EMN limited) starting rating: 1697
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1sealed 2352 Senecal, Philip (1502) Won 2-0 +141711
2sealed 2207 Li, Jun [CAN] (1516) Lost 1-2 -211690
3sealed 2298 Mohns, Ashton (1482) Won 0-0 +141704
4sealed 2345 Fusco, Roman (1584) Lost 1-2 -201684
5sealed 2340 Nolette, Michael (1537) Won 2-0 +151699
6sealed 2185 Brierley, Michael (1732) Won 2-0 +191718
7sealed 2107 Leavens, Penuel (1582) Won 2-0 +151733
8sealed 2090 Schnayer, David (1839) Won 0-0 +201753
9sealed 2054 Vuong, Richie (1597) Won 2-0 +151768
10draft 2057 Tuttle, Marc (1691) Lost 1-2 -191749
11draft 2058 Fortier, Michael (1450) Won 2-1 +131762
12draft 2058 Nichols, Peden (1603) Won 2-1 +151777
13draft 2047 Yeung, David (1615) Lost 0-2 -211756
14draft 2042 Talbot, Stephane (1535) Won 2-0 +141770
15draft 2042 Huguet, Micheal (1559) Won 2-1 +141784
top average opponent: 1588record: 11-4 new rating: 1784

Grand Prix Toronto 2016 (SOI standard) starting rating: 1726
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1standard 43 Clark, Devon (1504) Won 2-0 +141740
2standard 169 Gurin, Sergei (1518) Lost 1-2 -221718
3standard 506 Xiong, David (1504) Lost 1-2 -211697
top average opponent: 1509record: 1-2 new rating: 1697

Grand Prix Pittsburgh 2015 (modern) starting rating: 1737
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1modern 396 Roth, Andrew (1500) Won 2-0 +141751
2modern 575 Petrus, Christopher (1352) Lost 0-2 -251726
3modern 952 Muzila, Paul (1502) Won 2-1 +141740
4modern 598 Kelly, Scott (1568) Lost 1-2 -211719
5modern 614 Marcello, Joshua (1503) Won 2-0 +141733
6modern 643 Bliss, Leland (1555) Won 2-0 +151748
7modern 459 Hickey, Matthew (1567) Lost 1-2 -221726
top average opponent: 1507record: 4-3 new rating: 1726

Grand Prix Montreal 2015 (DTK limited) starting rating: 1696
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1sealed 233 Allen, Jonathan (1669) Lost 1-2 -181678
2sealed 378 Tsang Hi, Victor (1397) Won 2-1 +131691
3sealed 461 Hamel, Simon (1484) Won 2-0 +141705
4sealed 180 Gingras, Gabriel (1519) Won 2-0 +151720
5sealed 220 Vaughan, Robert (1947) Won 2-1 +221742
6sealed 91 Rainville, Benoit (1541) Won 2-1 +141756
7sealed 43 Holiday, Nathan (2029) Won 2-0 +231779
8sealed 45 Worrall, Ryan (1657) Lost 1-2 -201759
9sealed 54 Montes, Guillermo (1555) Lost 1-2 -221737
top average opponent: 1644record: 6-3 new rating: 1737

Grand Prix Toronto 2015 (DTK standard) starting rating: 1683
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3standard 137 Czetwerzuk, Jeff (1536) Won 2-0 +151698
4standard 116 Falk, Andy (1503) Won 2-1 +141712
5standard 37 Stein, Mathew (1636) Won 2-0 +171729
6standard 39 Van Leeuwen, Andrew (1691) Lost 0-2 -191710
7standard 46 Kolasa, Zak (1574) Won 2-0 +161726
8standard 22 Fabiano, Gerard (2176) Lost 0-2 -101716
9standard 57 De Carolis, Paul (1633) Lost 1-2 -201696
top average opponent: 1678record: 4-3 new rating: 1696

Grand Prix Vancouver 2015 (modern) starting rating: 1680
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3modern 22 McLeod, Steven (1536) Won 2-0 +151695
4modern 65 Jeffery, Jon (1571) Won 2-1 +161711
5modern 2 Doulatabadi, Francis (1562) Won 2-1 +151726
6modern 15 Kellett, William (1533) Won 2-0 +151741
7modern 1 Goldman-Kirst, Martin (1799) Lost 1-2 -171724
8modern 40 Lin, Jianfeng (1588) Lost 0-2 -211703
9modern 77 Tang, Isaac (1551) Lost 1-2 -201683
top average opponent: 1591record: 4-3 new rating: 1683

Grand Prix Ottawa 2014 (KTK limited) starting rating: 1703
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3sealed 247 Pangman, Rob (1615) Won 2-1 +171720
4sealed 26 Berry, Evan (1608) Won 2-1 +161736
5sealed 30 Mathers, Avery (1462) Won 2-1 +131749
6sealed 22 McDonough, Adam (1714) Lost 1-2 -191730
7sealed 42 Rosman-Simionescu, Tobias (1794) Lost 0-2 -171713
8sealed 74 Wilson, Jacob (2002) Lost 1-2 -121701
9sealed 171 Lau, Toby (1554) Lost 0-2 -211680
top average opponent: 1679record: 3-4 new rating: 1680

Grand Prix Philadelphia 2014 (BNG limited) starting rating: 1733
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3sealed 9 Snyder, Derek (1561) Won 2-1 +151748
4sealed 76 Mathieson, Marcus (1556) Won 2-0 +141762
5sealed 666 Mancuso, Adam (1965) Lost 1-2 -141748
6sealed 61 Christopher, William (1453) Won 2-0 +131761
7sealed 68 Pyka, Jeffrey (1915) Lost 1-2 -151746
8sealed 186 Cohen, Aaron (1543) Lost 0-0 -221724
9sealed 187 Jividen, Jonathan (1584) Lost 0-2 -211703
top average opponent: 1654record: 3-4 new rating: 1703

Grand Prix Montreal 2014 (BNG limited) starting rating: 1736
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3sealed 21 Anctil, Kevin (1701) Lost 0-2 -191717
4sealed 445 Kroll, Steven (1555) Lost 1-2 -211696
5sealed 481 Sauve, Jacques-Olivier (1485) Won 2-1 +141710
6sealed 272 Marion, Daniel (1501) Won 2-0 +151725
7sealed 226 Faludi, Michael (1536) Won 2-0 +141739
8sealed 72 Yamasaki, Shogo (1531) Lost 1-2 -221717
9sealed 138 Vaillancourt, Samuel (1582) Won 2-0 +161733
top average opponent: 1556record: 4-3 new rating: 1733

Grand Prix Richmond 2014 (modern) starting rating: 1737
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2modern 160 Zhang, Charles (1685) Won 2-0 +171754
3modern 99 Sweet, Marshall (1500) Lost 1-2 -221732
4modern 380 Horne, Stephen (1442) Won 2-0 +131745
5modern 106 Benck, Kora (1463) Won 2-0 +131758
6modern 93 Szablak, Jeff (1553) Lost 0-2 -221736
7modern 169 Koch, Kevin (1518) Won 2-1 +141750
8modern 159 Austin, Shawn (1572) Won 2-0 +151765
9modern 128 Carroll, Chad (1510) Won 2-0 +131778
10modern 116 Moir, Ben (1994) Lost 0-2 -141764
11modern 159 Wilsoncroft, Ronnie (1578) Lost 0-2 -211743
12modern 196 Wiest, Hank (1521) Lost 1-2 -221721
13modern 195 Mantz, Alex (1538) Won 2-1 +151736
top average opponent: 1573record: 7-5 new rating: 1736

Grand Prix Sacramento 2014 (THS limited) starting rating: 1659
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2sealed 262 Boster, Peter (1518) Won 2-0 +151674
3sealed 61 Trujillo, Vale (1588) Won 2-1 +171691
4sealed 95 Chatfield, Lawrence (1618) Won 2-0 +171708
5sealed 24 Hayne, Alexander (1997) Lost 0-2 -131695
6sealed 42 Drennon, Phillip (1505) Lost 0-2 -221673
7sealed 161 Gutierrez, Luis (1613) Won 2-0 +171690
8sealed 103 Chen, Junnan (1553) Won 2-1 +161706
9sealed 87 Tan, James (1661) Won 2-0 +171723
10draft 24 Nguyen, Kevin (1565) Won 2-1 +151738
11draft 55 Lin, Le (1655) Won 2-1 +161754
12draft 8 Lew, Michael (1786) Lost 1-2 -171737
13draft 24 Gillam, Tim (1701) Lost 1-2 -191718
14draft 1 DeTora, Melissa (1776) Won 2-0 +191737
15draft 36 Lim, Teng Chi (1668) ID 01737
top average opponent: 1657record: 9-4-1 new rating: 1737

Grand Prix Toronto 2013 (THS limited) starting rating: 1656
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3sealed 278 Berry, Evan (1459) Lost 1-2 -211635
4sealed 398 Reid, Kyle (1562) Lost 0-2 -201615
5sealed 416 Martineau, Robert (1493) Won 2-0 +161631
6sealed 393 McCarthy, Robert (1516) Won 2-0 +161647
7sealed 158 Desjardins, Ivan (1530) Won 2-1 +161663
8sealed 59 Henry, Brenton (1545) Won 2-1 +161679
9sealed 237 Smith, Kyle T (1588) Lost 0-2 -201659
top average opponent: 1528record: 4-3 new rating: 1659

Grand Prix Washington DC 2013 (legacy) starting rating: 1704
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3legacy 245 Walton, Christopher (1596) Lost 0-2 -201684
4legacy 321 Marshall, Alex (1520) Lost 0-2 -211663
5legacy 634 Chen, Eugene (1503) Won 2-0 +151678
6legacy 331 Stiteler, Larry (1459) Lost 0-2 -221656
top average opponent: 1520record: 1-3 new rating: 1656

Grand Prix Detroit 2013 (modern) starting rating: 1751
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3modern 132 McIelwain, Glenn (1787) Lost 1-2 -171734
4modern 378 Brztowski, Bobby (1440) Lost 0-2 -231711
5modern 392 Skinner, Troy (1508) Won 2-0 +141725
6modern 272 Burningham, Kris (1544) Lost 0-2 -211704
top average opponent: 1570record: 1-3 new rating: 1704

Grand Prix Miami 2013 (DGM standard) starting rating: 1753
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2standard 231 Echegaray, Luis (1559) Won 2-0 +141767
3standard 130 McMullen, Levon (1567) Lost 1-2 -211746
4standard 214 Ingram, Michael (1518) Lost 1-2 -221724
5standard 441 Rhett, Matthew (1501) Won 2-0 +141738
6standard 259 Roche, Freedom (1516) Won 2-0 +141752
7standard 230 Desai, Justin (1616) Won 2-1 +151767
8standard 176 Blondon, William (1573) Won 2-0 +151782
9standard 121 Watson, Andrew (1575) Won 2-1 +141796
10standard 46 Birdsong, Joseph (1522) Lost 1-2 -231773
11standard 62 Smith, Joseph (1557) Lost 0-2 -221751
top average opponent: 1550record: 6-4 new rating: 1751

Grand Prix Toronto 2012 (modern) starting rating: 1584
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2modern 85 To, Jason (1518) Won 2-0 +171601
3modern 34 Blum, Tyler (1787) Lost 1-2 -151586
4modern 226 Fontaine, Andrew (1485) Won 2-0 +161602
5modern 193 Miller, Dylan (1559) Lost 0-2 -191583
6modern 299 Alvarez, Joshua (1440) Won 2-0 +161599
7modern 183 Lessard, John (1544) Won 2-1 +171616
8modern 78 Houghton, Derek (1527) Won 2-1 +161632
9modern 49 Woo, Paul (1718) Won 2-0 +201652
10modern 65 Scott-Vargas, Luis (1927) Won 2-1 +231675
11modern 21 Katz, Aaron (1570) Won 2-1 +161691
12modern 9 Goud, Michael (1666) Won 2-0 +171708
13modern 9 Johnson-Epstein, Jasper (1778) Won 0-0 +201728
14modern 7 Brown, Max (1708) Won 2-1 +171745
15modern 4 Moir, Ben (1836) Won 2-1 +201765
Qmodern Edel, Willy (2101) Lost 1-2 -121753
top average opponent: 1678record: 12-3 new rating: 1753

Grand Prix Toronto 2010 (SOM limited) starting rating: 1611
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2sealed 424 Welty, Jaramiah (1518) Won 2-0 +161627
3sealed 421 Mann, Sean D (1536) Won 2-1 +171644
4sealed 353 Turchansky, Zak (1500) Lost 1-2 -211623
5sealed 436 Mantha, Andrew (1536) Lost 0-2 -201603
6sealed 473 Yoshida, Brian (1518) Lost 1-2 -191584
top average opponent: 1522record: 2-3 new rating: 1584

Grand Prix Chicago 2009 (legacy) starting rating: 1599
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3legacy 25 Hinsz, Mark (1509) Won 2-1 +161615
4legacy 73 Caplan, David (1598) Lost 1-2 -181597
5legacy 187 Morrison, Matthew (1536) Won 2-0 +171614
6legacy 89 Passow, Tyler (1552) Lost 1-2 -191595
7legacy 240 Verdell, Joshua (1536) Won 2-0 +171612
8legacy 83 Wallach, Cliff (1556) Lost 1-2 -191593
9legacy 148 Duke, Reid (1615) Won 2-1 +181611
top average opponent: 1557record: 4-3 new rating: 1611

Grand Prix Montreal 2007 (Time Spiral block) starting rating: 1580
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3block 4 Bobek, Brian (1518) Won 2-0 +171597
4block 45 Phillips, Cedric (1706) Won 2-1 +201617
5block 35 Irvine, David (1833) Won 2-1 +221639
6block 3 Yeung, Wilbert (1541) Lost 0-2 -201619
7block 45 Caron, Antoine (1573) Draw 1-1 -11618
8block 40 Lanthier, Dan (1560) Lost 0-0 -191599
top average opponent: 1622record: 3-2-1 new rating: 1599

Grand Prix Toronto 2006 (DIS limited) starting rating: 1500
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1sealed 151 McLaughlin, Morgan (1541) Lost 0-2 -171483
2sealed 211 Gleason, Ryan (1482) Won 2-1 +181501
3sealed 141 Brown, Devin (1500) Won 2-1 +181519
4sealed 91 Harris, William (1404) Won 2-0 +161535
5sealed 74 McGregor, Duncan (1611) Won 2-1 +191554
6sealed 49 Kelly, Chris S (1537) Won 2-1 +181572
7sealed 27 Wiegersma, Jelger (2056) Lost 0-2 -101562
8sealed 56 Miller, David K (1557) Won 2-0 +181580
top average opponent: 1586record: 6-2 new rating: 1580