Pirkey, James
Current rating: 1542
Record: 14-21 (GP) / 18-14 (professional)
| Grand Prix Chicago 2012 (modern) | starting rating: 1548 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 1modern | 292 | Webster, Billy (1528) | Won 2-0 | +181566 |
| 2modern | 153 | Langenhorst, Nick (1494) | Won 2-1 | +171583 |
| 3modern | 9 | Morelli, Paul (1500) | Lost 0-2 | -201563 |
| 4modern | 274 | Stickroe, Tim (1518) | Won 2-0 | +171580 |
| 5modern | 226 | Stierman, Steven (1592) | Lost 0-2 | -171563 |
| 6modern | 322 | Martin, Bob (1413) | Lost 1-2 | -211542 |
| top | average opponent: 1507record: 3-3 | new rating: 1542 | ||
| Grand Prix Boston-Worcester 2012 (M13 limited) | starting rating: 1552 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 1sealed | 78 | Zarmakupis, Adam J (1574) | Lost 0-2 | -181534 |
| 2sealed | 501 | Jarvis, Kasey (1482) | Won 2-0 | +171551 |
| 3sealed | 486 | Walsh, Brian (1499) | Won 2-1 | +171568 |
| 4sealed | 478 | Stanley, Mark E (1474) | Lost 1-2 | -201548 |
| top | average opponent: 1507record: 2-2 | new rating: 1548 | ||
| Pro Tour San Juan 2010 (Zendikar block) | starting rating: 1605 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 1block | 165 | Zhang, Zhiyang (1696) | Lost 0-2 | -171588 |
| 2block | 186 | Muramatsu, Daisuke (1603) | Lost 1-2 | -171571 |
| 3block | 169 | Plinston, Andrew (1511) | Lost 1-2 | -191552 |
| top | average opponent: 1603record: 0-3 | new rating: 1552 | ||
| Grand Prix Washington DC 2010 (ROE standard) | starting rating: 1611 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 3standard | 726 | Howe, Joshua (1492) | Won 2-0 | +161627 |
| 4standard | 706 | Price, John (1500) | Lost 1-2 | -201607 |
| 5standard | 683 | Nagy, Stephen (1684) | Lost 1-2 | -171590 |
| 6standard | 844 | Isgur, Benjamin (1523) | Won 2-0 | +171607 |
| 7standard | 761 | Brown, Paul R (1536) | Won 2-0 | +171624 |
| 8standard | 655 | Sauer, Christian (1568) | Lost 1-2 | -191605 |
| top | average opponent: 1551record: 3-3 | new rating: 1605 | ||
| Grand Prix Boston 2009 (M10 limited) | starting rating: 1612 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 3sealed | 118 | Nunes, James (1500) | Won 2-0 | +161628 |
| 4sealed | 66 | DeTora, Melissa (1683) | Lost 0-2 | -171611 |
| top | average opponent: 1592record: 1-1 | new rating: 1611 | ||
| Pro Tour Berlin 2008 (extended) | starting rating: 1487 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 1extended | 107 | Castor, Kenny (1637) | Won 2-1 | +211508 |
| 2extended | 26 | Sacher, AJ (1737) | Lost 1-2 | -141494 |
| 3extended | 70 | Martino, Valerio (1619) | Won 2-0 | +201514 |
| 4extended | 58 | Chen, Ziming (1675) | Lost 1-2 | -151499 |
| 5extended | 80 | Pozzo, Sebastian (1636) | Lost 1-2 | -151484 |
| 6extended | 181 | Holzinger, Thomas (1508) | Won 2-0 | +181502 |
| 7extended | 121 | Wallden, Valtteri (1611) | Won 2-1 | +201522 |
| 8extended | 110 | Reitbauer, David (1814) | Won 2-1 | +231545 |
| 9extended | 39 | Torstensson, Benny (1779) | Lost 0-2 | -141531 |
| 10extended | 80 | Birner, Armin (1783) | Won 2-1 | +231554 |
| 11extended | 47 | Pagnard, Fabien (1638) | Won 2-0 | +191573 |
| 12extended | 41 | Orsini Jones, Marco (1622) | Lost 1-2 | -171556 |
| 13extended | 52 | Webb, Taylor (1876) | Won 2-0 | +241580 |
| 14extended | 28 | Karsten, Frank (1931) | Won 2-1 | +241604 |
| 15extended | 37 | Norgaard, Lasse (1907) | Lost 0-2 | -131591 |
| 16extended | 42 | Thomsen, Sascha (1756) | Won 2-1 | +211612 |
| top | average opponent: 1721record: 10-6 | new rating: 1612 | ||
| Grand Prix Denver 2008 (Lorwyn block) | starting rating: 1503 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 2block | 37 | Bradbury, Jason P (1577) | Won 2-1 | +191522 |
| 3block | 87 | Stone, Brendan M (1534) | Won 2-0 | +181540 |
| 4block | 78 | Gallagher, Paul (1537) | Lost 0-2 | -181522 |
| 5block | 137 | Lee, Joseph (1572) | Lost 1-2 | -171505 |
| 6block | 136 | Anson, Nicholas (1517) | Lost 1-2 | -181487 |
| top | average opponent: 1547record: 2-3 | new rating: 1487 | ||
| Grand Prix Philadelphia 2008 (extended) | starting rating: 1558 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 4extended | 4 | Wojcak, Wade (1500) | Lost 0-2 | -191539 |
| 5extended | 186 | Benns, Brian (1539) | Lost 0-2 | -181521 |
| 6extended | 211 | Ladouceur, Travis (1503) | Lost 0-2 | -181503 |
| top | average opponent: 1514record: 0-3 | new rating: 1503 | ||
| Pro Tour Valencia 2007 (extended) | starting rating: 1465 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 1extended | 65 | Capristrani, Ary (1639) | Lost 0-2 | -151450 |
| 2extended | 212 | Lucena, Juan (1487) | Won 2-1 | +191469 |
| 3extended | 125 | Yau, Mun Yip (1545) | Won 2-1 | +191488 |
| 4extended | 88 | Ikeda, Tsuyoshi (1825) | Won 2-1 | +241512 |
| 5extended | 39 | Clemedtson, Christopher (1602) | Lost 1-2 | -161496 |
| 6extended | 71 | Marti, Enric (1574) | Won 2-0 | +191515 |
| 7extended | 36 | Taru, Genki (1741) | Won 2-0 | +221537 |
| 8extended | 24 | Moore, John (1654) | Won 2-0 | +201557 |
| 9extended | 18 | Nakajima, Chikara (1686) | Won 2-1 | +211578 |
| 10extended | 6 | Hall, Zack (1845) | Lost 1-2 | -131565 |
| 11extended | 22 | Swearingen, Jon (1575) | Won 2-1 | +181583 |
| 12extended | 13 | Ootsuka, Koutarou (2016) | Lost 0-2 | -111572 |
| 13extended | 21 | Takahashi, Yuta (1778) | Lost 0-2 | -141558 |
| top | average opponent: 1690record: 8-5 | new rating: 1558 | ||
| Grand Prix Montreal 2007 (Time Spiral block) | starting rating: 1488 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 3block | 88 | Gareau, Philippe (1500) | Won 2-1 | +191507 |
| 4block | 96 | Canali, Pierre (1838) | Lost 1-2 | -131494 |
| 5block | 111 | Szleifer, Gadiel (1844) | Lost 0-2 | -121482 |
| 6block | 187 | Tao, Justin (1520) | Lost 0-2 | -171465 |
| top | average opponent: 1676record: 1-3 | new rating: 1465 | ||
| Grand Prix Columbus 2007 (legacy) | starting rating: 1500 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 3legacy | 44 | Noble, Daniel K (1537) | Lost 0-2 | -171483 |
| 4legacy | 186 | Vandover, Sean (1566) | Lost 0-2 | -171466 |
| 5legacy | 267 | Guilmet, Rich (1483) | Won 2-0 | +181484 |
| 6legacy | 170 | Borish, Gregory (1520) | Won 2-0 | +191503 |
| 7legacy | 114 | Bustamante, Analynn (1678) | Lost 1-2 | -151488 |
| top | average opponent: 1557record: 2-3 | new rating: 1488 | ||