NASC 2019: Mark Francillon [CSW-24]

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On this page, you will find information about Mark Francillon, who is competing at the 2019 North American SCRABBLE Championship. This page was updated at least hourly between 09:00 A.M. and midnight local time. This player currently has a record of 12.5-18.5, -71, and is ranked #28 in Division CSW.

Lower on this page, you can find brief self-reported biographical details of the player, statistics on the player’s past several years of rated tournament play in North America, a graphic showing the player’s ups and downs at this tournament, and a round-by-round report on the player’s opponents and games.

Background Information
	Given name(s): Mark Surname(s): Francillon Home: Marlboro, VT, United States

Round by Round
High score: 561 Average for: 420 Average against: 424
Round 1		Francillon played #10 Tony Leah (Toronto ON) and lost 400 to 460 (a spread of -60). Current ranking: #25. Current record: 0-1, -60.
Round 2		Francillon played #2 Austin Shin (United Kingdom) and lost 321 to 419 (a spread of -98). Current ranking: #30. Current record: 0-2, -158.
Round 3		Francillon played #35 Lynda Woods Cleary (Princeton, NJ) and lost 402 to 505 (a spread of -103). Current ranking: #33. Current record: 0-3, -261.
Round 4		Francillon played #20 Mohammad Sulaiman (United Arab Emirates) and lost 411 to 446 (a spread of -35). Current ranking: #33. Current record: 0-4, -296.
Round 5		Francillon played #34 Betty Cornelison (Portland, OR) and lost 418 to 423 (a spread of -5). Current ranking: #35. Current record: 0-5, -301.
Round 6		Francillon played #22 Jacob Bergmann (Lexington, MA) and lost 398 to 405 (a spread of -7). Current ranking: #35. Current record: 0-6, -308.
Round 7		Francillon recorded a bye with a spread of 50 points. Current ranking: #34. Current record: 1-6, -258.
Round 8		Francillon played #32 Bharath Balakrishnan (Redmond, WA) and won 483 to 342 (a spread of 141). Current ranking: #31. Current record: 2-6, -117.
Round 9		Francillon played #30 Paula Catanese (Mountain View, CA) and won 489 to 353 (a spread of 136). Current ranking: #27. Current record: 3-6, +19. Francillon is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 10		Francillon played #3 Peter Armstrong (Portland, CA) and lost 417 to 452 (a spread of -35). Current ranking: #30. Current record: 3-7, -16.
Round 11		Francillon played #33 Caroline Polak Scowcroft (Australia) and lost 374 to 389 (a spread of -15). Current ranking: #33. Current record: 3-8, -31.
Round 12		Francillon played #29 Priya Fernando (Mississauga ON) and won 561 to 416 (a spread of 145). Current ranking: #31. Current record: 4-8, +114. Francillon is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 13		Francillon played #15 Sam Kantimathi (Sacramento, CA) and won 474 to 336 (a spread of 138). Current ranking: #28. Current record: 5-8, +252.
Round 14		Francillon played #28 Terry Kang Rau (Rhinebeck, NY) and lost 380 to 389 (a spread of -9). Current ranking: #30. Current record: 5-9, +243. Francillon is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 15		Francillon played #8 Dean Saldanha (Richmond BC) and lost 455 to 508 (a spread of -53). Current ranking: #31. Current record: 5-10, +190.
Round 16		Francillon played #16 James Curley (New York, NY) and lost 392 to 426 (a spread of -34). Current ranking: #32. Current record: 5-11, +156.
Round 17		Francillon played #25 Randi Goldberg (Phoenixville, PA) and lost 390 to 479 (a spread of -89). Current ranking: #33. Current record: 5-12, +67.
Round 18		Francillon played #31 Yvonne Lobo (Mississauga ON) and won 490 to 356 (a spread of 134). Current ranking: #32. Current record: 6-12, +201.
Round 19		Francillon played #26 Mina Del Solar (Englewood, NJ) and lost 424 to 482 (a spread of -58). Current ranking: #32. Current record: 6-13, +143.
Round 20		Francillon played #23 Martin DeMello (Mountain View, CA) and lost 347 to 495 (a spread of -148). Current ranking: #32. Current record: 6-14, -5.
Round 21		Francillon played #21 Dielle Pinto (Richmond BC) and won 462 to 424 (a spread of 38). Current ranking: #32. Current record: 7-14, +33.
Round 22		Francillon played #18 Manop Phiphatboonserm (Thailand) and lost 322 to 373 (a spread of -51). Current ranking: #32. Current record: 7-15, -18. Francillon is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 23		Francillon played #32 Bharath Balakrishnan (Redmond, WA) again and won 475 to 474 (a spread of 1). Current ranking: #30. Current record: 8-15, -17. Francillon is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 24		Francillon played #19 Jason Ubeika (Mississauga ON) and lost 388 to 491 (a spread of -103). Current ranking: #30. Current record: 8-16, -120.
Round 25		Francillon played #30 Paula Catanese (Mountain View, CA) again and won 529 to 348 (a spread of 181). Current ranking: #30. Current record: 9-16, +61.
Round 26		Francillon played #7 Nick Ball (San Bruno, CA) and lost 357 to 458 (a spread of -101). Current ranking: #30. Current record: 9-17, -40.
Round 27		Francillon played #29 Priya Fernando (Mississauga ON) again and won 434 to 392 (a spread of 42). Current ranking: #28. Current record: 10-17, +2.
Round 28		Francillon played #35 Lynda Woods Cleary (Princeton, NJ) again and tied at 336. Current ranking: #28. Current record: 10.5-17.5, +2.
Round 29		Francillon played #22 Jacob Bergmann (Lexington, MA) again and won 442 to 382 (a spread of 60). Current ranking: #28. Current record: 11.5-17.5, +62.
Round 30		Francillon played #32 Bharath Balakrishnan (Redmond, WA) for the third time and won 447 to 372 (a spread of 75). Current ranking: #26. Current record: 12.5-17.5, +137.
Round 31		Francillon played #20 Mohammad Sulaiman (United Arab Emirates) again and lost 380 to 588 (a spread of -208). Current ranking: #28. Current record: 12.5-18.5, -71.

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