SPC 2024: Joshua Castellano [CSW1-05]

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On this page, you will find information about Joshua Castellano, who is competing at the 2024 Scrabble Players Championship. This page was updated at least hourly between 09:00 A.M. and midnight local time. This player currently has a record of 24-7, +1634, and is ranked #00 in Division CSW1.

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): Joshua Surname(s): Castellano Home: Vienna, VA, United States

Round by Round
High score: 576 Average for: 460 Average against: 413
Round 1		Castellano played #26 Terry Kang (Slingerlands, NY) and won 530 to 377 (a spread of 153). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 1-0, +153. Castellano is mentioned in this round’s commentary (3 hits).
Round 2		Castellano played #22 Mohammad Sulaiman (Shreveport, LA) and won 576 to 355 (a spread of 221). Current ranking: #1. Current record: 2-0, +374. Castellano is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 3		Castellano played #11 Thomas Reinke (Middleton, WI) and lost 359 to 533 (a spread of -174). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 2-1, +200.
Round 4		Castellano played #8 Jason Keller (Princeton, NJ) and lost 399 to 526 (a spread of -127). Current ranking: #19. Current record: 2-2, +73.
Round 5		Castellano played #4 Austin Shin (Metairie, LA) and won 421 to 370 (a spread of 51). Current ranking: #15. Current record: 3-2, +124. Castellano is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 6		Castellano played #3 Matthew Tunnicliffe (Ottawa ON) and won 516 to 471 (a spread of 45). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 4-2, +169.
Round 7		Castellano played #10 Joel Wapnick (Albuquerque, NM) and lost 446 to 505 (a spread of -59). Current ranking: #15. Current record: 4-3, +110.
Round 8		Castellano played #7 Josh Sokol (Montreal QC) and lost 386 to 413 (a spread of -27). Current ranking: #20. Current record: 4-4, +83.
Round 9		Castellano played #16 Robert Linn (Potomac, MD) and won 452 to 405 (a spread of 47). Current ranking: #14. Current record: 5-4, +130.
Round 10		Castellano played #14 Bradley Whitmarsh (Attleboro, MA) and won 482 to 435 (a spread of 47). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 6-4, +177.
Round 11		Castellano played #19 Tim Weiss (Lewes, DE) and won 454 to 407 (a spread of 47). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 7-4, +224.
Round 12		Castellano played #1 Alec Sjoholm (Lynnwood, WA) and won 476 to 442 (a spread of 34). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 8-4, +258.
Round 13		Castellano played #17 Tony Leah (Toronto ON) and won 467 to 273 (a spread of 194). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 9-4, +452.
Round 14		Castellano played #6 Ben Schoenbrun (New Rochelle, NY) and won 528 to 474 (a spread of 54). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 10-4, +506.
Round 15		Castellano played #37 Moiz Ullah Baig (Pakistan) and won 461 to 339 (a spread of 122). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 11-4, +628.
Round 16		Castellano played #1 Alec Sjoholm (Lynnwood, WA) again and won 454 to 433 (a spread of 21). Current ranking: #2. Current record: 12-4, +649.
Round 17		Castellano played #9 Waseem Khatri (Pakistan) and lost 422 to 430 (a spread of -8). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 12-5, +641.
Round 18		Castellano played #4 Austin Shin (Metairie, LA) again and won 494 to 304 (a spread of 190). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 13-5, +831.
Round 19		Castellano played #9 Waseem Khatri (Pakistan) again and won 453 to 368 (a spread of 85). Current ranking: #2. Current record: 14-5, +916.
Round 20		Castellano played #12 Brian Bowman (Villa Hills, KY) and won 452 to 407 (a spread of 45). Current ranking: #2. Current record: 15-5, +961.
Round 21		Castellano played #10 Joel Wapnick (Albuquerque, NM) again and won 553 to 443 (a spread of 110). Current ranking: #1. Current record: 16-5, +1071.
Round 22		Castellano played #11 Thomas Reinke (Middleton, WI) again and won 481 to 380 (a spread of 101). Current ranking: #1. Current record: 17-5, +1172.
Round 23		Castellano played #18 Charles Reinke (Madison, WI) and won 521 to 403 (a spread of 118). Current ranking: #1. Current record: 18-5, +1290.
Round 24		Castellano played #2 Will Anderson (Lawrenceville, NJ) and won 466 to 396 (a spread of 70). Current ranking: #1. Current record: 19-5, +1360.
Round 25		Castellano played #2 Will Anderson (Lawrenceville, NJ) again and won 448 to 356 (a spread of 92). Current ranking: #1. Current record: 20-5, +1452.
Round 26		Castellano played #1 Alec Sjoholm (Lynnwood, WA) for the third time and lost 351 to 457 (a spread of -106). Current ranking: #1. Current record: 20-6, +1346.
Round 27		Castellano played #9 Waseem Khatri (Pakistan) for the third time and lost 409 to 441 (a spread of -32). Current ranking: #1. Current record: 20-7, +1314.
Round 28		Castellano played #1 Alec Sjoholm (Lynnwood, WA) for the fourth time and won 431 to 411 (a spread of 20). Current ranking: #1. Current record: 21-7, +1334.
Round 29		Castellano recorded a bye with a spread of 100 points. Current ranking: #00. Current record: 22-7, +1434. Castellano is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 30		Castellano recorded a bye with a spread of 100 points. Current ranking: #00. Current record: 23-7, +1534. Castellano is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 31		Castellano recorded a bye with a spread of 100 points. Current ranking: #00. Current record: 24-7, +1634. Castellano is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).

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