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Merlin, Nicholas
Current rating: 1557

Grand Prix Reno 2020 (THB limited) starting rating: 1577
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3sealed 63 Kubo, Jason (1596) Lost 0-2 -171560
4sealed 119 Yurick, Corey (1474) Won 2-1 +161576
5sealed 49 Galvin, Nathan (1500) Won 2-1 +171593
6sealed 64 Avila, Eric (1616) Lost 0-2 -181575
7sealed 84 Fridley, Thomas (1550) Lost 1-2 -181557
top average opponent: 1547record: 2-3 new rating: 1557

Grand Prix Phoenix 2020 (pioneer) starting rating: 1523
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3pioneer 182 Dugal, Louis-Philippe (1614) Won 2-0 +191542
4pioneer 85 Hoshide, Naonari (1648) Won 2-1 +201562
5pioneer 19 Castro, Christian (1573) Won 1-0 +181580
6pioneer 22 Cieszinski, Michael (1608) Won 2-1 +191599
7pioneer 9 Nollen, Dylan (2124) Won 2-1 +271626
8pioneer 1 Hicks, Jackson (2205) Lost 1-2 -91617
9pioneer 23 Avila, Matt (1664) Lost 1-2 -171600
10pioneer 3034 Pauley, Adam (1570) Won 2-1 +181618
11pioneer 3034 Privitera, Gianluca (1718) Lost 1-2 -171601
12pioneer 3052 Figueroa, Carlos (1624) Lost 1-2 -171584
13pioneer 3054 Ruan, Simon (1588) Lost 1-2 -181566
14pioneer 3063 Steuer, Nathan (1938) Won 2-1 +241590
15pioneer 3050 Zax, Aryeh (1880) Lost 1-2 -131577
top average opponent: 1750record: 7-6 new rating: 1577

Grand Prix Seattle 2019 (MH1 limited) starting rating: 1619
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
A3sealed 103 Smith, Chris [CAN] (1792) Lost 0-2 -151604
A4sealed 254 Perez, Gaston (1748) Lost 0-2 -151589
A5sealed 271 Korompis, Rudolph (1475) Lost 0-2 -211568
A6sealed 291 Nuss, Jacob (1485) Lost 0-2 -191549
A7sealed 245 Rivera, Tim (1817) Lost 1-2 -131536
A8sealed 184 Kaylor, Taran (1431) Lost 0-2 -201516
B3sealed 29 Wigington, Levi (1472) Lost 0-2 -191497
B4sealed 311 Cruz, Joseph (1502) Lost 0-2 -181479
B5sealed 311 Hallock, Jason (1463) Won 2-0 +181497
B6sealed 216 Broadhead, Seth (1520) Lost 0-2 -181479
B7sealed 235 Marmulstein, Rion (1775) Won 2-0 +231502
B8sealed 183 Voykin, Spencer (1624) Won 2-0 +211523
top average opponent: 1592record: 3-9 new rating: 1523

Grand Prix Los Angeles 2019 (modern) starting rating: 1741
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3modern 260 Liu, Shaoxun (1534) Lost 1-2 -221719
4modern 497 Oikawa, Hakudou (1749) Lost 1-2 -181701
5modern 427 Gonzalez, Giovanny (1632) Lost 0-2 -191682
6modern 549 Wagner, Travis (1632) Lost 0-2 -191663
7modern 448 Reddick, Roman (1419) Lost 1-2 -221641
8modern 385 Baum, Jordan (1410) Lost 1-2 -221619
top average opponent: 1563record: 0-6 new rating: 1619

Grand Prix Oakland 2019 (modern) starting rating: 1738
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2modern 155 Walters, Noah (1707) Won 2-0 +171755
3modern 39 Shagla-McKotch, Alexander (1484) Won 2-0 +131768
4modern 118 Iaali, Christopher (1752) Lost 1-2 -181750
5modern 165 Lau, Cheuk (1512) Won 2-0 +141764
6modern 92 O'Brien, Victor (1552) Won 2-1 +141778
7modern 60 Nguyen, Minh D (1767) Lost 1-2 -181760
8modern 88 Shimada, Aron (1706) Lost 0-2 -191741
top average opponent: 1640record: 4-3 new rating: 1741

Grand Prix Portland 2018 (modern) starting rating: 1631
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2modern 246 Rovegno, Joseph (1439) Won 2-0 +151646
3modern 121 Obenza, Myles (1508) Won 2-0 +151661
4modern 180 Cooper, Travis (1663) Won 2-0 +181679
5modern 31 Oshie, Brian (1568) Won 2-0 +161695
6modern 22 Hudson, Christopher (1589) Won 2-1 +161711
7modern 17 Bauer, John (1800) Won 2-1 +201731
8modern 4 Riley, Alex (1762) Won 2-1 +191750
9modern 4 Beckfield, Peter (1758) Won 2-1 +181768
10modern 3 Maxey, Scott (1705) Lost 1-2 -191749
11modern 4 Goudie, Jacob (1689) Won 2-1 +161765
12modern 1 Tan, Richard (1995) Lost 0-2 -131752
13modern 13 Glass, Campbell (1751) Lost 1-2 -181734
14modern 32 Bauermeister, Max (1628) Won 2-0 +161750
15modern 12 Jacobson, Mark (2086) Lost 1-2 -121738
top average opponent: 1710record: 10-4 new rating: 1738

Grand Prix Los Angeles 2018 (M19 standard) starting rating: 1546
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2standard 190 Scales, Zach (1546) Lost 1-2 -181528
3standard 290 Casasola, Oscar (1600) Won 2-0 +191547
4standard 264 Quiroz, Gabriel (1306) Won 2-0 +141561
5standard 122 Karlovic, John (1522) Won 2-0 +171578
6standard 82 Newhouse, Jackson (1639) Won 2-1 +191597
7standard 45 Chan, Wayland (1623) Lost 1-2 -181579
8standard 89 Pan, Phimus (1900) Won 2-0 +241603
9standard 81 Hodges, Trenton (1573) Lost 1-2 -181585
10standard 97 Joseph, Leon (1648) Won 2-1 +191604
11standard 69 Wu, Steven (1535) Won 2-0 +161620
12standard 59 Hayne, Alexander (1989) Lost 1-2 -111609
13standard 59 Lerch, Dylan (1698) Won 2-1 +201629
14standard 54 Porchas, Justin (1750) Lost 0-2 -161613
15standard 69 Landey, Lee (1643) Won 2-1 +181631
top average opponent: 1641record: 9-5 new rating: 1631

Grand Prix Sacramento 2018 (M19 limited) starting rating: 1622
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2sealed 43 Rideout, Vincent (1699) Lost 0-2 -171605
3sealed 413 Sobottka, Harris (1460) Lost 1-2 -201585
4sealed 519 Garnica, Nathan (1471) Lost 1-2 -201565
5sealed 497 Zhang, Brett (1508) Lost 1-2 -191546
top average opponent: 1534record: 0-4 new rating: 1546

Grand Prix Seattle 2018 (standard) (RIX standard) starting rating: 1586
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3standard 235 Townsend, Erik (1696) Won 2-1 +201606
4standard 112 Garza, Cesar (1920) Lost 1-2 -121594
5standard 143 Hatch, Alex (1517) Won 2-0 +161610
6standard 120 Woodward, Warren (1705) Won 2-0 +201630
7standard 92 Williams, Benjamin (1721) Won 2-0 +201650
8standard 69 Knox, Nathaniel (1908) Lost 0-2 -141636
9standard 1055 Keller, Koby (1681) Draw 1-1 +11637
10standard 1087 Power, Conor (1600) Won 2-0 +171654
11standard 1058 Hung, Andrew (1774) Lost 0-2 -151639
12standard 1084 Marmulstein, Rion (1785) Won 2-0 +201659
13standard 1059 Bieza, Scott (1676) Lost 1-2 -171642
14standard 1082 Webb, Justin (1550) Lost 1-2 -201622
top average opponent: 1711record: 6-5-1 new rating: 1622

Grand Prix Portland 2017 (XLN standard) starting rating: 1535
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1standard 258 Priest, Deborah (1502) Draw 1-1 -11534
2standard 429 Dale, Luke (1499) Won 2-0 +181552
3standard 296 Kao, Austin (1531) Won 2-1 +171569
4standard 160 Chatfield, Lawrence (1564) Draw 1-1 01569
5standard 306 Wang, Charlie (1641) Lost 0-2 -161553
6standard 444 Kammer, Eric (1522) Lost 1-2 -191534
7standard 523 Contos, Peter (1498) Won 2-0 +171551
8standard 409 Salvagione, Rachel (1517) Won 2-0 +181569
9standard 302 Sparks, Jess (1538) Won 2-0 +171586
top average opponent: 1535record: 5-2-2 new rating: 1586

Grand Prix San Jose 2017 (AER limited) starting rating: 1499
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1sealed 597 Maeder, Michael (1562) Lost 0-2 -171482
2sealed 513 Georgopoulos, John (1486) Won 2-0 +181500
3sealed 450 Simmons, Christopher (1446) Won 2-0 +171517
4sealed 486 Van Den Berg, Joseph (1456) Won 2-1 +171534
5sealed 351 Escofet Martin, David (1509) Won 2-1 +181552
6sealed 186 Hibbard, Dalton (1603) Won 2-0 +181570
7sealed 121 Ramirez Sanchez, Emmanuel (2014) Won 2-1 +261596
8sealed 51 McIndoe, Robert (1590) Lost 0-2 -181578
9sealed 113 Kimminau, Riley (1706) Lost 0-2 -161562
10draft 102 Mei, Mike Songhao (1852) Lost 1-2 -131549
11draft 100 Wang, John (1550) Lost 0-0 -181531
12draft 89 Son, Andrew (1614) Lost 1-2 -161515
13draft 210 Kane, Will (1628) Won 2-0 +201535
top average opponent: 1617record: 7-6 new rating: 1535

Grand Prix Salt Lake City 2012 (DKA standard) starting rating: 1500
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1standard 139 Mills, Steven (1500) Lost 0-2 -181482
2standard 439 Castilleja, Michael D (1482) Won 2-1 +181500
3standard 236 Biggs, Lance (1501) Lost 1-2 -181482
4standard 452 Brienholt, Eric (1482) Won 2-0 +181500
5standard 294 Vehar, Cameron (1499) Won 2-1 +181518
6standard 188 Merrill, Josh (1469) Won 2-1 +171535
7standard 246 Waters, Landon (1518) Lost 0-2 -181517
8standard 187 Sharer, Miles (1519) Lost 0-2 -181499
top average opponent: 1496record: 4-4 new rating: 1499