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Magnuson, Max
Current rating: 1816 (#1816)

Regional Championships Dallas 2023 (pioneer) starting rating: 1796
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1pioneer 280 Huizinga, Noah (1504) Won 2-1 +121808
2pioneer 91 Dewey, Will (1574) Lost 0-2 -221786
3pioneer 346 Drew, Blaine (1493) Won 2-1 +131799
4pioneer 247 Holt, Ben (1523) Won 2-0 +131812
5pioneer 131 DeBenedetto-Plummer, Michael (1667) Won 2-1 +151827
6pioneer 25 Jones, Eric (1711) Won 2-1 +161843
7pioneer 46 Wood, Rick (1748) Won 2-1 +171860
8pioneer 18 Berkowitz, Jordan (2066) Won 2-0 +211881
9pioneer 19 Suyer, Matthew (1623) Lost 1-2 -221859
10pioneer 22 Prost, Andrejs (1916) Lost 0-2 -171842
11pioneer 35 Ekdahl, Nils (1575) Won 2-0 +131855
12pioneer 60 Hatchel, Tyler (1819) Lost 1-2 -191836
13pioneer 68 Haker, Steven (1732) Lost 0-2 -201816
top average opponent: 1689record: 8-5 new rating: 1816

Regional Championships San Diego 2023 (ONE standard) starting rating: 1760
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1standard 244 Kang, Frank (1500) Lost 1-2 -231737
2standard 298 El-Homsi, Dean (1479) Won 2-1 +141751
3standard 285 Lam, Curtis (1668) Won 2-1 +161767
4standard 76 Hollen, Ethan (1536) Lost 1-2 -221745
5standard 193 Abramson, Daniel (1509) Lost 1-2 -221723
6standard 307 Satta-Hutton, Kale (1593) Won 2-0 +161739
7standard 241 Smith, Cristofer (1501) Won 2-0 +131752
8standard 119 Moore, Charles (1598) Won 2-0 +161768
9standard 151 Kirklow, Joe (1600) Won 2-1 +151783
10standard 95 Lohner, Zachary (1617) Won 2-0 +151798
11standard 52 Stein, Abraham (1858) Won 2-0 +191817
12standard 37 Judd, Andre (1742) Lost 0-2 -201797
13standard 55 Pardee, Carolyn (1642) Lost 1-2 -201777
14standard 17 Smyth, Jason (1833) Won 2-0 +191796
top average opponent: 1620record: 9-5 new rating: 1796

Regional Championships Atlanta 2022 (pioneer) starting rating: 1837
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1pioneer 1236 Wu, Allen (2263) Lost 1-2 -111826
2pioneer 1387 Carleton-Barnes, Gabriel (1770) Won 2-0 +171843
3pioneer 1128 Higgins, Aaron (1421) Lost 1-2 -251818
4pioneer 1342 Pan, Phimus (1867) Won 2-0 +191837
5pioneer 1227 King, Daniel (1517) Lost 1-2 -241813
6pioneer 1246 Lerch, Dylan (1766) Won 2-0 +181831
7pioneer 1225 Stephan, Ben (1547) Lost 1-2 -231808
8pioneer 1226 Sims, Matt (1493) Lost 0-2 -241784
9pioneer 1191 Hayes, Sean (1451) Lost 0-2 -241760
top average opponent: 1677record: 3-6 new rating: 1760

Grand Prix Austin 2020 (modern) starting rating: 1859
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3modern 127 Dyke, James (1500) Won 2-0 +111870
4modern 13 Bishop, Kevin (1688) Won 2-1 +151885
5modern 24 Sears, Isaac (1794) Lost 1-2 -201865
6modern 51 Vazquez, Erick (1546) Won 2-0 +131878
7modern 53 Poon, Alex (1722) Lost 0-2 -211857
8modern 49 Azzam, Alexander (1755) Lost 0-2 -201837
top average opponent: 1667record: 3-3 new rating: 1837

Grand Prix Minneapolis 2019 (modern) starting rating: 1833
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3modern 116 Zax, Aryeh (1883) Lost 0-2 -171816
4modern 141 Anderson, Sterling (1535) Won 2-0 +131829
5modern 142 Michel, Gregory (1927) Won 2-0 +201849
6modern 97 Herrera, Zachary (1782) Won 2-1 +171866
7modern 14 Wolbers, Andrew (1724) Won 2-0 +151881
8modern 12 Danielson, Eben (1724) Lost 0-2 -211860
9modern 34 Xiong, Kobari (1585) Won 2-0 +141874
10modern 16 Gack, Gary (1606) Won 2-1 +131887
11modern 9 Milicic, Jacob (1670) Won 2-0 +141901
12modern 7 Madsen, Michael (1833) Lost 1-2 -191882
13modern 18 Troiano, Francesco (1898) Won 2-1 +181900
14modern 19 Bradley, William (1639) Lost 0-2 -231877
15modern 33 Burton, Brandon (1843) Lost 1-2 -181859
top average opponent: 1742record: 8-5 new rating: 1859

Grand Prix Kansas City 2019 (WAR standard) starting rating: 1795
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3standard 73 Burton, Brandon (1741) Lost 1-2 -191776
4standard 196 Coonan, Ryan (1464) Won 0-0 +121788
5standard 78 Smith, Barry (1681) Won 2-0 +161804
6standard 27 Aguilera, Ryder (1702) Won 2-0 +171821
7standard 11 Zoller, Nolan (1789) Won 2-0 +171838
8standard 29 Bowling, Joseph (1592) Won 2-0 +141852
9standard 9 Schousboe, Jason (1810) Won 2-0 +171869
10standard 8 Cochran, Hunter (1943) Won 2-0 +191888
11standard 6 Heath, Christopher (1695) Lost 1-2 -211867
12standard 16 Young, Travis (1565) Draw 1-1 -61861
13standard 10 Kingsley, Kevin (1787) Lost 0-2 -191842
14standard 20 Cabral, Sean (1622) Lost 1-2 -221820
15standard 30 Mulligan, Richard (1560) Won 2-0 +131833
top average opponent: 1689record: 8-4-1 new rating: 1833

Grand Prix Madison 2019 (WAR limited) starting rating: 1834
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3sealed 184 Webster, Jonathon (1492) Won 2-1 +121846
4sealed 42 League, Charles (1545) Lost 1-2 -231823
5sealed 144 Root, Joshua (1609) Won 2-1 +141837
6sealed 75 Haney, Matthew (1657) Lost 1-2 -211816
7sealed 160 Short, Gregory (1646) Lost 1-2 -211795
top average opponent: 1590record: 2-3 new rating: 1795

Mythic Championship I (RNA standard) starting rating: 1778
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1draft 126 Taketsuji, Hitoshi (1464) Lost 1-2 -241754
2draft 127 Elenbogen, Andrew (2160) Won 2-0 +251779
3draft 131 Grafensteiner, Daniel (1946) Lost 1-2 -151764
4standard 143 Carey, Bryan (1879) Won 2-0 +201784
5standard 142 D'Aniello, Carmine (1917) Lost 1-2 -151769
6standard 163 Stern, Jon (1772) Lost 1-2 -181751
7standard 177 Pletinckx, Kenneth (1683) Won 2-1 +171768
8standard 146 Moriyama, Masahide (1721) Won 2-0 +171785
9draft 149 Walker, Noah (1904) Won 2-0 +201805
10draft 125 Strasky, Ondrej (2161) Lost 1-2 -121793
11draft 76 Damo da Rosa, Paulo Vitor (1989) Lost 0-2 -141779
12standard 121 Frye, Jeremy (1760) Won 2-0 +171796
13standard 106 Liu, Zhengjia (1718) Won 2-1 +171813
14standard 98 Davoudi, Mani (1960) Won 2-1 +211834
15standard 61 Auger, Maxime (1955) Lost 1-2 -161818
16standard 97 Girardot, John (1738) Won 2-0 +161834
top average opponent: 1858record: 9-7 new rating: 1834

Grand Prix Milwaukee 2018 (GRN standard) starting rating: 1799
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3standard 129 Cron, Andrew (1538) Won 2-1 +131812
4standard 90 Teiken, Joseph (1514) Won 2-0 +131825
5standard 25 Ayers, Brandon (1966) Lost 1-2 -151810
6standard 173 Fiedler, Andrew (1546) Lost 0-2 -231787
7standard 190 Holtzman, William (1588) Lost 0-2 -221765
8standard 240 Rasmussen, Ron (1451) Won 2-0 +131778
top average opponent: 1601record: 3-3 new rating: 1778

Grand Prix Orlando 2018 (M19 standard) starting rating: 1841
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3standard 93 Balado Bradarich, Jose Alejandro (1644) Won 2-1 +141855
4standard 96 Stark, Ben S (1968) Lost 1-2 -161839
5standard 115 Mele, Nicholas (1535) Draw 1-1 -51834
6standard 149 Quintero, Pedro (1377) Won 2-0 +101844
7standard 87 Bakanovic, Joseph (1525) Lost 0-2 -241820
8standard 158 Katine, Josh (1632) Lost 0-2 -211799
top average opponent: 1613record: 2-3-1 new rating: 1799

Grand Prix Minneapolis 2018 (M19 limited) starting rating: 1781
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3sealed 59 Parsons, Eric (1472) Won 2-1 +131794
4sealed 84 Gaynor, Jonah (1768) Won 2-1 +171811
5sealed 54 Baraniecki, Michael (1788) Lost 1-2 -181793
6sealed 154 Samuelson, Lucas (1546) Won 2-1 +131806
7sealed 59 Dezani, Jeremy (2075) Won 2-1 +231829
8sealed 57 Swanson, Erik (1882) Won 2-0 +191848
9sealed 21 Sacks, Neal (1902) Won 2-1 +191867
10draft 369 Troha, Dan (2043) Lost 0-2 -151852
11draft 354 Severin, Thoralf (2021) Lost 1-2 -151837
12draft 313 Swenson, Luke (1726) Won 2-0 +161853
13draft 286 Esposito, Evan (2051) Lost 0-2 -141839
14draft 253 Severin, Thoralf (1998) Won 2-0 +211860
15draft 279 Sanchez, Cristian [CHL] (1800) Lost 0-2 -191841
top average opponent: 1852record: 8-5 new rating: 1841

Grand Prix Las Vegas 2018 (modern) (modern) starting rating: 1647
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3modern 227 Medrano, Adonnys (1880) Lost 0-2 -141633
4modern 309 Marmulstein, Rion (1804) Won 2-1 +211654
5modern 200 Milway, Brendan (1581) Won 2-1 +171671
6modern 278 Ozaki, Zax (1844) Won 2-1 +211692
7modern 1308 Weiner, Yonatan (1617) Won 2-1 +161708
8modern 96 Herrera, Christopher 288 (1588) Lost 0-2 -201688
9modern 5108 Putnam, Tyler (1797) Won 2-1 +201708
10modern 5131 Hirt, Chris (1578) Won 2-0 +161724
11modern 5057 Milazzo, Angelo (1620) Won 2-0 +161740
12modern 5034 Hanley, Jacob (1744) Won 2-0 +181758
13modern 5014 Ahn, Sung-Jin (1939) Won 2-1 +211779
14modern 5012 Woodward, Warren (1780) Won 2-0 +181797
15modern 5009 Lossett, Joe (1909) Lost 1-2 -161781
top average opponent: 1745record: 10-3 new rating: 1781

Grand Prix Dallas-Fort Worth 2018 (DOM limited) starting rating: 1651
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3sealed 263 Porcelli, Matthew (1408) Won 2-0 +141665
4sealed 19 Brugger, Kenneth (1540) Won 2-0 +161681
5sealed 24 Nelson, Jon (1640) Lost 0-2 -191662
6sealed 91 Cortez, Michael (1731) Won 2-0 +191681
7sealed 59 Strausman, Shea (1593) Lost 1-2 -201661
8sealed 129 Wong, Gary (1834) Lost 0-2 -141647
top average opponent: 1624record: 3-3 new rating: 1647

Grand Prix Indianapolis 2017 (HOU limited) starting rating: 1674
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3sealed 29 Tan, Richard (1983) Lost 1-2 -131661
4sealed 188 Kennon, Jesse (1485) Lost 1-2 -211640
5sealed 413 Stramaglia, Joe (1498) Won 2-1 +151655
6sealed 256 Kaplan, Louis (1785) Won 2-1 +211676
7sealed 200 Taylor, Robert (1452) Lost 0-2 -221654
8sealed 299 Pan, Boris (1659) Won 2-1 +181672
9sealed 204 Templin, Rex (1535) Lost 1-2 -211651
top average opponent: 1628record: 3-4 new rating: 1651

Grand Prix Denver 2017 (HOU standard) starting rating: 1703
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3standard 59 Shukla, Neeraj (1721) Lost 0-2 -171686
4standard 352 Pederson, Derick (1657) Lost 0-2 -191667
5standard 272 Monson, Mark (1498) Lost 1-2 -211646
6standard 439 Whitney, Derek (1467) Won 2-1 +151661
7standard 382 Rockefeller, Ben (1514) Won 2-0 +151676
8standard 190 Lott, Nicholas (1533) Won 2-0 +161692
9standard 166 Hale, Alec (1686) Lost 1-2 -181674
top average opponent: 1582record: 3-4 new rating: 1674

Grand Prix Minneapolis 2017 (HOU standard) starting rating: 1748
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3standard 116 Sullivan, Cameron (1693) Won 2-0 +171765
4standard 35 Sheets, Ely (1522) Lost 1-2 -221743
5standard 224 Huskey, Justin (1525) Won 2-1 +141757
6standard 40 Guild, Corey (1541) Won 2-1 +141771
7standard 59 Evans, Thomas (1684) Won 2-0 +161787
8standard 28 Townsend, Erik (1678) Lost 0-2 -201767
9standard 89 Zakrzewski, Sam (1812) Won 2-1 +191786
10standard 489 Fortanely, Bobby (1859) Lost 1-2 -171769
11standard 509 McClure, Micheal (1592) Lost 1-2 -211748
12standard 567 Catlin, Justin (1552) Won 2-1 +151763
13standard 511 Dietz, Dyllon (1575) Lost 0-2 -221741
14standard 535 Atchison, Taylor (1826) Lost 1-2 -161725
15standard 549 Gaffner, Randall (1530) Lost 0-2 -221703
top average opponent: 1645record: 6-7 new rating: 1703

Grand Prix Toronto 2017 (HOU limited) starting rating: 1708
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3sealed 67 Letourneau, Yannick (1500) Won 2-1 +141722
4sealed 64 Meshkati, Pasha (1536) Won 2-0 +151737
5sealed 13 Plummer, Damien (1533) Won 2-0 +141751
6sealed 21 Nickolai, Matthew (1737) Lost 1-2 -181733
7sealed 88 Laberge, Vincent (1671) Lost 0-2 -191714
8sealed 96 Parsons, Joel (1602) Won 2-1 +161730
9sealed 48 Fournier, Daniel (1979) Won 2-0 +221752
10draft 56 Fortais, Adam (1710) Won 2-1 +181770
11draft 119 Pauloff, Nicholas (1855) Won 2-0 +191789
12draft 133 Esposito, Evan (1896) Lost 0-2 -161773
13draft 49 Blanchet, Eric (1625) Lost 1-2 -211752
14draft 64 Catalano, Jeffrey (1640) Won 2-1 +161768
15draft 104 Reesor, Andrew (1638) Lost 1-2 -201748
top average opponent: 1686record: 8-5 new rating: 1748

Grand Prix Omaha 2017 (AKH standard) starting rating: 1615
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3standard 99 Hawkins, Eric (1844) Won 2-1 +221637
4standard 27 Hedgpeth, Justin (1590) Lost 1-2 -181619
5standard 107 Chapman II, Jack (1504) Lost 1-2 -201599
6standard 131 Springer, Josh (1496) Won 2-1 +161615
7standard 138 Bonse, Timothy (1557) Won 2-0 +171632
8standard 111 Klopchic, Luke (1708) Won 2-1 +191651
9standard 37 David, Dakota (1602) Lost 1-2 -191632
10standard 110 Quinn, Jeremy (1696) Won 2-1 +191651
11standard 58 Schussler, Eric (1585) Lost 1-2 -191632
12standard 86 Rietzl, Paul (1967) Won 2-1 +241656
13standard 71 Smith, Tyler (1548) Won 2-0 +161672
14standard 55 Murray, Ryan (1470) Won 2-0 +141686
15standard 35 Atchison, Taylor (1895) Won 2-1 +221708
top average opponent: 1651record: 9-4 new rating: 1708

Pro Tour Amonkhet (AKH standard) starting rating: 1622
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1draft 122 Nagro, Jacob (1915) Won 2-0 +241646
2draft 144 Froehlich, Eric (2085) Lost 1-2 -111635
3draft 42 Avera, Trent (1660) Won 2-0 +191654
4standard 79 Giovannetti, Simone (1869) Lost 1-2 -151639
5standard 102 Morawski, Jonathan (1915) Lost 0-2 -131626
6standard 130 Granger, Theophile (1667) Lost 0-2 -171609
7standard 153 Knorr, Jackson (1635) Lost 0-2 -171592
8standard 160 Ksandr, Jan (1922) Won 2-0 +231615
top average opponent: 1833record: 3-5 new rating: 1615

Grand Prix Richmond 2017 (AKH limited) starting rating: 1609
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3sealed 46 Vance, Amanda (1533) Won 2-0 +171626
4sealed 113 Baraniecki, Michael (1777) Lost 0-2 -161610
5sealed 274 Rodrigues, Thiago (1798) Won 2-1 +221632
6sealed 141 Wells, Joshua (1685) Won 2-1 +191651
7sealed 30 Hardison, Patrick (1725) Lost 1-2 -171634
8sealed 234 Dang, Martin (1787) Lost 0-2 -151619
9sealed 226 Stein, Harrison (1562) Won 2-0 +171636
10draft 740 Calhoun, Christopher (1576) Won 2-1 +171653
11draft 729 Boussaud, Eliott (2008) Lost 0-2 -121641
12draft 725 Arnold, Jason (1501) Won 2-0 +151656
13draft 683 Myers, Jeromy (1558) Lost 1-2 -191637
15draft 665 Schultze, Max (1852) Lost 1-2 -151622
top average opponent: 1697record: 6-6 new rating: 1622

Grand Prix New Jersey 2017 (std) (AER standard) starting rating: 1653
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3standard 207 Norton, Daniel (1732) Lost 1-2 -161637
4standard 540 Landers, Robert (1518) Won 2-0 +151652
5standard 273 Yannopoulos, Elias (1525) Won 2-0 +161668
6standard 63 Diaz, Sal (1539) Lost 0-2 -201648
7standard 184 Burch, Jasper (1515) Lost 0-2 -211627
8standard 418 Peters, Brian (1608) Lost 1-2 -181609
top average opponent: 1573record: 2-4 new rating: 1609

Grand Prix Milwaukee 2016 (KLD limited) starting rating: 1597
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2sealed 30 Rodriguez, Brian (1540) Lost 1-2 -191578
3sealed 472 Kahnke, Sam (1540) Won 2-0 +171595
4sealed 240 Williams, Kevin (1451) Won 2-0 +151610
5sealed 246 Zhang, Bolun (1545) Lost 1-2 -191591
6sealed 256 Wollney, Nicholas (1522) Won 2-1 +171608
7sealed 118 Scott, Tyler (1471) Won 2-1 +151623
8sealed 175 Lyons, Tre (1499) Lost 1-2 -201603
9sealed 150 Schwaderer, Thomas (1457) Won 2-1 +151618
10draft 135 Johnson, Dan (1627) Won 2-0 +191637
11draft 113 Swanson, Erik (1718) Lost 0-2 -171620
12draft 37 Meyer, Mathias (1532) Won 2-1 +171637
13draft 61 Olson, Jacob (1702) Won 2-0 +191656
14draft 56 Donahoe, Ryan (1602) Won 2-0 +171673
15draft 55 Bridges, Alex (1583) Lost 0-2 -201653
top average opponent: 1556record: 9-5 new rating: 1653

Grand Prix Dallas-Fort Worth 2016 (modern) starting rating: 1570
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2modern 354 Imboden, Dalton (1480) Won 2-0 +161586
3modern 297 Nguyen, Peter (1533) Won 2-0 +171603
4modern 210 Valenzuela, Esmeralda (1456) Lost 0-2 -211582
5modern 184 Armstrong, Timothy (1512) Won 2-1 +171599
6modern 88 Baros, Zach (1522) Won 2-0 +171616
7modern 33 Willis, Joshua (1576) Lost 0-2 -191597
8modern 97 Woodard, Jason (1536) Won 2-1 +171614
9modern 184 Fiffles, Adam (1667) Lost 0-2 -171597
10modern 275 Poor, Michael (1655) Lost 0-2 -171580
11modern 259 Gnieski, Ryan (1532) Won 2-0 +171597
12modern 196 Blackmor, Jason (1597) Lost 1-2 -181579
13modern 205 Oakes, Connor (1606) Won 2-0 +191598
14modern 154 Economy, Alexander (1574) Lost 1-2 -191579
15modern 164 Tang, Fredy (1552) Won 2-0 +181597
top average opponent: 1557record: 8-6 new rating: 1597

Grand Prix Atlanta 2016 (KLD limited) starting rating: 1470
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2sealed 877 Carpenter, Nathan (1544) Lost 0-2 -161454
3sealed 1043 Potente, Michael (1540) Won 2-1 +191473
4sealed 970 Gunn, Matthew (1483) Won 2-0 +181491
5sealed 634 Berni, Roberto (1685) Lost 1-2 -141477
6sealed 780 Sesta, David (1493) Won 2-0 +181495
7sealed 834 Wakelee, Mike (1689) Lost 1-2 -141481
8sealed 850 Ballance, Will (1522) Won 2-0 +181499
9sealed 730 Bauer, Jake (1540) Won 2-0 +191518
10draft 913 Sowell, Adam (1559) Won 2-0 +191537
11draft 909 Barash, Zachary (1851) Won 2-0 +231560
12draft 909 Aiken, Simone (1770) Lost 0-2 -141546
13draft 842 Fensler, Riley (1665) Won 2-0 +201566
14draft 836 Rittiner, Joe (1705) Won 2-0 +211587
15draft 831 Kim, Sung (1636) Lost 1-2 -171570
top average opponent: 1620record: 9-5 new rating: 1570

Grand Prix Montreal 2016 (EMN limited) starting rating: 1506
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2sealed 2272 Girard-Gagnon, Mikael (1516) Lost 0-2 -181488
3sealed 2324 Jolin, David (1507) Lost 0-0 -181470
top average opponent: 1511record: 0-2 new rating: 1470

Grand Prix Minneapolis 2016 (SOI standard) starting rating: 1532
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3standard 289 Dobihal, Steven (1536) Won 2-1 +181550
4standard 10 Abraham, Mike (1600) Lost 0-2 -171533
5standard 110 Jansen, Adam (1847) Lost 1-2 -121521
6standard 249 Wassink, Caleb (1674) Lost 0-2 -151506
top average opponent: 1664record: 1-3 new rating: 1506

Grand Prix Minneapolis 2012 (AVR standard) starting rating: 1500
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1standard 269 LaPlant, Parker (1446) Won 2-0 +171517
2standard 146 Quateman, David (1500) Lost 0-2 -181499
3standard 304 Gustafson, Ryan (1467) Lost 1-2 -191480
4standard 450 Sande, Josh (1482) Draw 1-1 01480
5standard 397 Awde, Matthew (1446) Won 2-1 +181498
6standard 310 Simmons, Stan (1499) Won 2-0 +181516
7standard 235 Ender, Aaron W (1440) Won 2-0 +161532
8standard 164 Bloome, Rigel (1533) Won 2-0 +181550
9standard 107 Van Zeeland, Andy (1561) Lost 1-2 -181532
top average opponent: 1486record: 5-3-1 new rating: 1532