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Strong, Tom
Current rating: 1747 (#4039)

Regional Championships Atlanta 2023 (pioneer) starting rating: 1703
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1pioneer 181 Johnson, Matthew 341 (1689) Lost 0-2 -191684
2pioneer 504 Marino, Lee (1763) Won 2-1 +201704
3pioneer 277 Bartz, Ian (1502) Won 2-0 +141718
4pioneer 620 Marrero, Jorel (1472) Won 2-0 +141732
5pioneer 147 Bertine, Dalton (1506) Lost 1-2 -221710
6pioneer 236 Phan, Brandon (1532) Won 2-1 +151725
7pioneer 173 Berkowitz, Jordan (1882) Won 2-1 +201745
8pioneer 88 Baker, Brian (1424) Won 2-0 +131758
9pioneer 56 Zhu, Jeffery (1587) Lost 0-2 -211737
10pioneer 115 Houle, Jack (1533) Won 2-1 +141751
11pioneer 95 RiCharde, John (1584) Won 2-0 +151766
12pioneer 47 Bauerschmidt Sweeney, Sky (1692) Lost 1-2 -191747
top average opponent: 1597record: 8-4 new rating: 1747

Regional Championships Dallas 2023 (pioneer) starting rating: 1691
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1pioneer 206 Cowden, Nick (1440) Won 2-1 +141705
2pioneer 267 Reichel, Taylor (1541) Won 2-1 +151720
3pioneer 92 Johnson, Matthew 341 (1617) Lost 0-2 -201700
4pioneer 182 Melendez, Mando (1518) Won 2-0 +141714
5pioneer 171 He, Brandon (1743) Lost 0-2 -171697
6pioneer 186 Reed, Jim (1528) Won 2-0 +151712
7pioneer 152 Rocco, Craig (1868) Won 2-1 +211733
8pioneer 53 McGraw, Matthew (1784) Won 2-0 +191752
9pioneer 27 Masumoto, Ken (1646) Lost 0-2 -201732
10pioneer 135 Rubin, Alex (1558) Won 2-0 +151747
11pioneer 38 Nossett, Miles (1657) Lost 0-2 -201727
12pioneer 99 Hakenewerth, Andrew (1656) Lost 1-2 -191708
13pioneer 95 Shih, Jau-En (1522) Lost 1-2 -221686
14pioneer 89 Euribe, Julio (1596) Won 2-0 +171703
top average opponent: 1620record: 8-6 new rating: 1703

Regional Championships San Diego 2023 (ONE standard) starting rating: 1726
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1standard 336 Elmer, Zach (1500) Won 2-1 +141740
2standard 163 Vega, Christopher (1468) Lost 0-2 -231717
3standard 313 Cole, Seth (1668) Won 2-1 +171734
4standard 216 McCourt, Brian (1565) Lost 1-2 -211713
5standard 165 Johnson, Brendon (1865) Lost 1-2 -151698
6standard 245 Munroe, Brady (1537) Won 2-0 +151713
7standard 248 Nossett, Miles (1500) Lost 1-2 -221691
top average opponent: 1586record: 3-4 new rating: 1691

Grand Prix Washington DC 2019 (MH1 limited) starting rating: 1770
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3sealed 201 Flinn, Ian (1573) Won 2-1 +151785
4sealed 27[anonymous] Won 2-1 +191804
5sealed 42 Rightmyer, Rory (1707) Won 2-1 +161820
6sealed 11 Milner, Will (1579) Lost 1-2 -221798
7sealed 35 Tuske, Paul (1525) Won 2-0 +131811
8sealed 15 Masters, Chase (1936) Lost 0-2 -161795
9sealed 80 Rosenblum-Sellers, Iris (1585) Lost 0-2 -221773
10draft 93 Chen, Gregory (1683) Lost 1-2 -191754
11draft 60 Che, Yan (1555) Lost 0-2 -221732
12draft 97 Patel, Hemant (1517) Won 2-0 +141746
13draft 75 Istfan, Raeef (1687) Lost 0-2 -191727
14draft 21 O'Neil, Michael (1581) Won 2-0 +151742
15draft 74 Gellis, Dylan (1819) Lost 0-2 -161726
top average opponent: 1660record: 6-7 new rating: 1726

Grand Prix New Jersey 2018 (GRN standard) starting rating: 1826
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3standard 140 Pomales, Shane (1500) Lost 1-2 -241802
4standard 331 Cuesta, Ricardo (1527) Won 2-0 +131815
5standard 144 Orwasher, Aaron (1602) Lost 0-2 -221793
6standard 239 Chiang, Will (1505) Lost 1-2 -231770
top average opponent: 1534record: 1-3 new rating: 1770

Grand Prix Providence 2018 (M19 standard) starting rating: 1859
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3standard 65 Roberson, Rameal (1565) Lost 0-2 -231836
4standard 186 Bartley, Matthew (1749) Lost 0-2 -201816
5standard 246 Nunez, David (1596) Won 2-1 +141830
6standard 124 Bliss, Richard (1522) Won 2-1 +131843
7standard 166 Sager, Jeremy (1895) Lost 0-2 -171826
top average opponent: 1665record: 2-3 new rating: 1826

Grand Prix Hartford 2018 (modern) starting rating: 1902
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2modern 186 Duffy, Patrick (1519) Won 2-1 +121914
3modern 223 Robdrup, Andy (1725) Lost 0-2 -221892
4modern 385 Caputo, Michael (1518) Lost 1-2 -241868
5modern 548 Bowe, Mitchell (1589) Won 2-0 +131881
6modern 407 Jones, Ben (1664) Lost 1-2 -221859
top average opponent: 1603record: 2-3 new rating: 1859

Grand Prix New Jersey 2017 (lim) (XLN limited) starting rating: 1948
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2sealed 109 Echandy Garcia, Gamaliel (1518) Draw 1-1 -81940
3sealed 271 Faherty, Corey (1518) Lost 1-2 -251915
4sealed 379 Clayton, Stephen (1497) Won 2-0 +111926
5sealed 261 Gray, David (1438) Won 2-0 +91935
6sealed 165 Costello, Drew (1573) Won 2-1 +121947
7sealed 103 Goldstein, Danny (1735) Lost 0-2 -221925
8sealed 181 Berg, Greg (1655) Lost 1-2 -231902
top average opponent: 1562record: 3-3-1 new rating: 1902

Pro Tour Hour of Devastation (HOU standard) starting rating: 1877
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1draft 26 Ochoa, David (1930) Lost 1-2 -171860
2draft 26 Yu, Jarvis (1919) Lost 0-2 -171843
3draft 26 Heuser, Marius (1864) Won 2-0 +191862
4standard 148 Watanabe, Takanori (1808) Won 2-0 +171879
5standard 95 Masukado, Kenta (1873) Won 2-1 +181897
6standard 108 Nelson, Brad (2325) Lost 1-2 -111886
7standard 129 Matsui, Hisataka (1860) Lost 1-2 -191867
8standard 166 Repin, Andrey (1528) Won 2-1 +131880
9draft 33 Saruta, Katsumi (1751) Won 2-1 +151895
10draft 33 Murray, Stephen (1808) Won 2-1 +171912
11draft 33 Fennell, Christopher (2109) Lost 0-2 -151897
12standard 87 Turtenwald, Owen (2122) Lost 1-2 -141883
13standard 106 Hardekopf, Caleb (1658) Won 2-1 +141897
14standard 89 Fei, Xinyu (1769) Won 2-0 +161913
15standard 77 Yukuhiro, Ken (2002) Won 2-1 +191932
16standard 62 Andreev, Nikita (1770) Won 2-1 +161948
top average opponent: 1881record: 10-6 new rating: 1948

Grand Prix New Jersey 2017 (std) (AER standard) starting rating: 1805
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2standard 43 Gonnelly, Nicholas (1490) Won 2-1 +121817
3standard 358 Cooper, Russell (1630) Won 2-0 +151832
4standard 43 Jones, Luke (1660) Won 2-0 +151847
5standard 67 Sacks, Neal (1730) Won 2-0 +161863
6standard 14 League, Charles (1793) Lost 0-2 -201843
7standard 84 Nicolas, Victor (1602) Won 2-1 +141857
8standard 53 Meah, Joshua (1596) Won 2-0 +131870
9standard 32 Beland, Nicolas (1627) Lost 0-2 -221848
10standard 79 Navas, Luis (1738) Won 2-0 +161864
11standard 60 Kanegawa, Toshiya (1961) Won 2-0 +201884
12standard 23 Rianhard, Cain (1717) Won 2-0 +151899
13standard 9 Bryan, Jordan (1650) Won 2-1 +131912
14standard 12 Graves, Robert (1969) Lost 0-2 -171895
15standard 18 Schrantz, Mac (1890) Lost 0-2 -181877
top average opponent: 1718record: 10-4 new rating: 1877

Grand Prix Providence 2016 (KLD standard) starting rating: 1732
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2standard 44 Freeman, Lee (1613) Won 2-1 +151747
3standard 49 Chen, Xin [USA] (1517) Won 2-1 +141761
4standard 114 Rodriguez, Ronald (1712) Won 2-1 +171778
5standard 9 Rubin, Steve (2086) Lost 0-2 -121766
6standard 140 Lo, Shawn (1553) Draw 1-1 -41762
7standard 100 Droggitis, Dustin (1855) Won 2-0 +201782
8standard 63 Leone, Mike (1585) Won 2-0 +141796
9standard 36 Dilks, Matthew (1775) Won 2-0 +181814
10standard 343 Nadeau, Rene (1646) Won 2-1 +151829
11standard 336 Allen, Garrett (1700) Lost 0-2 -211808
12standard 356 Berard, Michael (1721) Lost 0-2 -191789
13standard 382 Takahama, Ken (1595) Won 2-0 +141803
14standard 361 Leech, Shea (1815) Won 2-0 +181821
15standard 348 Pawelzik, Gery (1893) Lost 1-2 -161805
top average opponent: 1719record: 9-4-1 new rating: 1805

Grand Prix Providence 2015 (DTK standard) starting rating: 1601
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3standard 205 Lancaster, Casey (1724) Won 2-0 +201621
4standard 2 Turgeon, Zac (1550) Lost 0-2 -191602
5standard 164 Beatty, Robert (1512) Won 2-1 +161618
6standard 142 Hlobik, Cody (1505) Won 2-1 +161634
7standard 64 Vasquez, Christian (1684) Won 2-1 +191653
8standard 21 Singer, Sean (1659) Won 2-0 +181671
9standard 9 Vaughan, Robert (1917) Lost 0-0 -131658
10standard 424 Morawski, Jonathan (1745) Won 2-1 +191677
11standard 421 Alfonso, Luis (1558) Won 2-1 +161693
12standard 406 Barnett, Michael (1598) Won 2-0 +161709
13standard 391 Kulik, Lirek (1659) Won 2-1 +181727
14standard 383 Morse, Sean (1705) Won 2-1 +171744
15standard 386 Carvalho, Pedro (2053) Lost 1-2 -121732
top average opponent: 1682record: 10-3 new rating: 1732

Grand Prix Atlantic City 2015 (DTK limited) starting rating: 1609
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3sealed 292 Kastel, Chad (1985) Won 2-0 +241633
4sealed 91 Holiday, Nathan (2059) Lost 0-2 -101623
5sealed 198 Phelps, Paul (1503) Won 2-0 +151638
6sealed 140 Schmit, Mark (1652) Lost 1-2 -171621
7sealed 312 Antoniadis, Prodromos (1533) Lost 0-2 -201601
top average opponent: 1746record: 2-3 new rating: 1601

Grand Prix New Jersey 2014 (legacy) starting rating: 1587
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3legacy 186 Morgan, Jason (1406) Won 2-1 +151602
4legacy 126 Scheibel, James (1448) Won 2-0 +151617
5legacy 36 Hanna, Will (1624) Won 2-1 +181635
6legacy 6 Cuneo, Andrew (2164) Lost 1-2 -91626
7legacy 86 McKeown, Ian (1607) Lost 1-2 -181608
8legacy 141 Siboczy, Benedek (1554) Won 2-1 +171625
9legacy 63 Mara, Kevin (1729) Lost 0-2 -161609
top average opponent: 1647record: 4-3 new rating: 1609

Pro Tour Magic 2015 (M15 standard) starting rating: 1629
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1draft 135 Fulop, Chris (1682) Lost 1-2 -171612
2draft 149 Logan, Mike (1489) Won 2-1 +161628
3draft 57 Butakov, Dmitriy (1884) Lost 1-2 -141614
4standard 135 Haughey, Colin (1503) Won 2-1 +161630
5standard 58 Saito, Tomoharu (2038) Lost 0-2 -111619
6standard 92 Penney, Joseph (1692) Lost 1-2 -161603
7standard 141 Tobiasch, Marc (1753) Lost 0-2 -161587
top average opponent: 1720record: 2-5 new rating: 1587

Grand Prix Boston-Worcester 2014 (modern) starting rating: 1627
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
4modern 744 Mihajlovic-Gendron, Ni (1690) Won 2-1 +191646
5modern 752 Giordano, Nick (1625) Won 2-1 +181664
6modern 711 Jenks, Brian (1593) Won 2-0 +161680
7modern 701 Humphries, Trevor (1510) Won 2-0 +151695
8modern 706 Dagen, Pierre (1937) Lost 1-2 -131682
9modern 715 Levy, Raphael (2081) Won 2-1 +251707
10modern 10 Leon, Nick (1661) Lost 1-2 -191688
11modern 70 Wiest, Hank (1566) Lost 1-2 -201668
12modern 81 Hacker, Ian (1599) Lost 0-2 -201648
13modern 121 Dunning, Edward (1740) Lost 0-2 -161632
14modern 109 Smith, Zach (1557) Won 0-0 +171649
15modern 107 Kanellis, David (1559) Lost 0-2 -201629
top average opponent: 1676record: 6-6 new rating: 1629

Grand Prix Philadelphia 2014 (BNG limited) starting rating: 1627
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3sealed 87 Kunz, Erich (1730) Won 2-1 +201647
4sealed 103 Hertz, Michael (1529) Won 2-0 +161663
5sealed 16 Morawski, Jonathan (1780) Won 2-1 +201683
6sealed 34 Guzman, Roberto (1570) Lost 0-2 -201663
7sealed 135 Averell, David (1677) Lost 0-2 -181645
8sealed 133 Pal, Carlos (1645) Lost 0-0 -181627
top average opponent: 1655record: 3-3 new rating: 1627

Grand Prix Richmond 2014 (modern) starting rating: 1596
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3modern 110 Reynolds, Arthur W (1411) Won 2-0 +151611
4modern 62 Janovic, Jayson (1505) Won 2-1 +161627
5modern 21 O'Quinn, Tim (1581) Lost 1-2 -191608
6modern 68 Liu, Helio (1531) Won 2-0 +171625
7modern 71 Hansen, Matt (1879) Won 2-1 +221647
8modern 13 Wildes, Julian (1578) Lost 1-2 -191628
9modern 99 Cook, Austin (1568) Won 2-1 +171645
10modern 175 Ochoa, David (1819) Won 2-0 +211666
11modern 91 Cahill, Steve (1717) Lost 0-2 -171649
12modern 152 Davis, Ethan (1547) Lost 0-2 -201629
13modern 185 Spano, Greggory (1560) Won 2-1 +171646
14modern 111 Barash, Zachary (1598) Lost 1-2 -191627
top average opponent: 1608record: 7-5 new rating: 1627

Grand Prix Atlantic City 2013 (RTR standard) starting rating: 1579
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3standard 157 Hanrion, Douglas (1425) Won 2-1 +161595
4standard 190 Morrison, Mark (1503) Won 2-0 +161611
5standard 31 Goldstein, Scott (1635) Lost 0-2 -181593
6standard 137 Gonzalez, Cesar (1569) Won 2-1 +181611
7standard 95 Leverone, Ryan (1661) Lost 1-2 -171594
8standard 219 Boccio, Benjamin (1577) Won 2-0 +181612
9standard 97 Napoli, Phillip (1751) Lost 1-2 -161596
top average opponent: 1589record: 4-3 new rating: 1596

Grand Prix Philadelphia 2012 (RTR limited) starting rating: 1620
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3sealed 77 Akpinar, Tim (1603) Won 2-0 +181638
4sealed 52 Seres, Alex (1464) Lost 1-2 -211617
5sealed 122 Rankin, Mark (1628) Lost 0-2 -181599
6sealed 272 Potter, Gregory (1516) Lost 0-2 -201579
top average opponent: 1553record: 1-3 new rating: 1579

Grand Prix Boston-Worcester 2012 (M13 limited) starting rating: 1623
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3sealed 66 DeFalco, Garrett (1536) Won 2-0 +171640
4sealed 104 Finkel, Jon (2144) Won 2-0 +261666
5sealed 102 DiDonato, Joseph H (1518) Lost 1-2 -201646
6sealed 222 Reed, Tyler (1507) Lost 1-2 -211625
7sealed 223 Casale, John (1480) Won 2-1 +161641
8sealed 121 Kurth, Lloyd (1513) Lost 0-2 -211620
top average opponent: 1616record: 3-3 new rating: 1620

Grand Prix Baltimore 2012 (DKA standard) starting rating: 1655
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2standard 284 Wright, Gordon (1500) Lost 0-2 -211634
3standard 436 TwoCrow, Aaron (1482) Won 2-0 +151649
4standard 232 Margolis, Max (1525) Won 2-0 +161665
5standard 258 Bowers-Defino, Scott (1518) Lost 0-2 -211644
6standard 390 King, Kevin (1484) Lost 0-2 -211623
top average opponent: 1502record: 2-3 new rating: 1623

Grand Prix Pittsburgh 2011 (M12 standard) starting rating: 1624
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2standard 143 Acosta, Christian (1518) Won 2-0 +161640
3standard 186 Kelly, Brian (1534) Won 2-0 +161656
4standard 44 Foster, Jeph (1550) Lost 0-2 -201636
5standard 288 Stull, David (1542) Won 2-1 +161652
6standard 88 Stephens, Jonathan R (1535) Won 2-0 +161668
7standard 82 Kassis, Eli (1711) Lost 1-2 -171651
8standard 150 Durward, Caleb (1797) Won 2-1 +211672
9standard 122 Romao, Carlos (1744) Lost 1-2 -171655
top average opponent: 1616record: 5-3 new rating: 1655

Grand Prix Boston 2009 (M10 limited) starting rating: 1500
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2sealed 64 Dalton, Michael (1518) Lost 1-2 -181482
3sealed 164 Roy, Joe M (1503) Won 2-0 +191501
4sealed 214 Meadows, Gerald (1518) Won 2-1 +181519
5sealed 56 Morison, Kyle (1537) Won 2-1 +181537
6sealed 90 DiPalma, Robert (1487) Won 2-1 +171554
7sealed 49 Martin, Jamie Joy (1540) Won 2-0 +181572
8sealed 30 Saito, Tomoharu (2160) Lost 1-2 -81564
9sealed 57 Connor, Andrew (1634) Won 2-0 +191583
10draft 12 Adams, Johnpaul (1593) Won 2-1 +181601
11draft 19 Schmit, Mark (1602) Won 2-0 +181619
12draft 13 Sandler, Josh (1730) Won 2-1 +201639
13draft 13 Izsak, Yoel (1797) Lost 1-2 -151624
14draft 31 Lindo, Aaron (1604) Lost 0-2 -181606
15draft 30 Jensen, Axel (1602) Won 2-1 +181624
top average opponent: 1630record: 10-4 new rating: 1624