SPC 2025: Michael Fagen [1-20]

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On this page, you will find information about Michael Fagen, who is competing at the 2025 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 17-14, +836, and is ranked #16 in Division 1.

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): Michael Surname(s): Fagen Home: Montreal, QC, Canada

Round by Round
High score: 615 Average for: 419 Average against: 392
Round 1		Fagen played #34 Edward De Guzman (San Francisco, CA) and won 615 to 356 (a spread of 259). Current ranking: #1. Current record: 1-0, +259.
Round 2		Fagen played #40 Jerry Lerman (Foster City, CA) and won 452 to 311 (a spread of 141). Current ranking: #1. Current record: 2-0, +400.
Round 3		Fagen played #2 Joey Krafchick (Ocean Springs, MS) and lost 369 to 413 (a spread of -44). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 2-1, +356.
Round 4		Fagen played #17 Joe Edley (San Francisco, CA) and won 367 to 347 (a spread of 20). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 3-1, +376.
Round 5		Fagen played #22 Marty Gabriel (Charleston, IL) and lost 403 to 444 (a spread of -41). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 3-2, +335. Fagen is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 6		Fagen played #6 Will Anderson (Lawrenceville, NJ) and lost 419 to 516 (a spread of -97). Current ranking: #23. Current record: 3-3, +238. Fagen is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 7		Fagen played #42 Jonathan Lindh (Chicago, IL) and won 385 to 342 (a spread of 43). Current ranking: #17. Current record: 4-3, +281.
Round 8		Fagen played #32 Randy Hersom (Thomasville, NC) and lost 401 to 435 (a spread of -34). Current ranking: #25. Current record: 4-4, +247.
Round 9		Fagen played #19 Andy Hoang (Cary, NC) and lost 373 to 452 (a spread of -79). Current ranking: #31. Current record: 4-5, +168.
Round 10		Fagen played #50 Hank Hees (Saskatoon SK) and won 488 to 332 (a spread of 156). Current ranking: #25. Current record: 5-5, +324.
Round 11		Fagen played #33 Maddy Kamen (Delray Beach, FL) and won 360 to 302 (a spread of 58). Current ranking: #17. Current record: 6-5, +382.
Round 12		Fagen played #7 Orry Swift (Beaumont, TX) and lost 366 to 400 (a spread of -34). Current ranking: #23. Current record: 6-6, +348.
Round 13		Fagen played #3 Ian Weinstein (coral springs, FL) and lost 345 to 395 (a spread of -50). Current ranking: #28. Current record: 6-7, +298.
Round 14		Fagen played #24 David Spargo (South Burlington, VT) and lost 348 to 499 (a spread of -151). Current ranking: #35. Current record: 6-8, +147.
Round 15		Fagen played #51 Noah Goldstein (Scarsdale, NY) and won 426 to 366 (a spread of 60). Current ranking: #29. Current record: 7-8, +207.
Round 16		Fagen played #45 Timothy Bottorff (Owings Mills, MD) and won 513 to 364 (a spread of 149). Current ranking: #25. Current record: 8-8, +356.
Round 17		Fagen played #36 Brandon Randall (New Haven, CT) and lost 327 to 492 (a spread of -165). Current ranking: #28. Current record: 8-9, +191.
Round 18		Fagen played #37 Noah Berger (Berkeley, CA) and won 449 to 334 (a spread of 115). Current ranking: #23. Current record: 9-9, +306.
Round 19		Fagen played #18 Seth Lipkin (Lenox, MA) and won 503 to 331 (a spread of 172). Current ranking: #19. Current record: 10-9, +478.
Round 20		Fagen played #27 Jon Shreve (Denver, CO) and lost 320 to 432 (a spread of -112). Current ranking: #23. Current record: 10-10, +366.
Round 21		Fagen played #29 Marlon Hill (Randallstown, MD) and won 489 to 393 (a spread of 96). Current ranking: #17. Current record: 11-10, +462.
Round 22		Fagen played #26 Eric Goldstein (Scarsdale, NY) and won 443 to 390 (a spread of 53). Current ranking: #15. Current record: 12-10, +515.
Round 23		Fagen played #35 Jeremy Hall (New York, NY) and won 417 to 351 (a spread of 66). Current ranking: #14. Current record: 13-10, +581.
Round 24		Fagen played #47 Eric Harshbarger (Auburn, AL) and won 457 to 311 (a spread of 146). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 14-10, +727.
Round 25		Fagen played #14 Rafi Stern (Portland, OR) and lost 398 to 453 (a spread of -55). Current ranking: #14. Current record: 14-11, +672.
Round 26		Fagen played #39 Robin Pollock Daniel (Toronto ON) and lost 361 to 406 (a spread of -45). Current ranking: #17. Current record: 14-12, +627.
Round 27		Fagen played #16 Kevin Fraley (San Jose, CA) and won 514 to 395 (a spread of 119). Current ranking: #14. Current record: 15-12, +746.
Round 28		Fagen played #3 Ian Weinstein (coral springs, FL) again and won 447 to 442 (a spread of 5). Current ranking: #11. Current record: 16-12, +751.
Round 29		Fagen played #8 Carl Johnson (Hillsboro, OR) and lost 330 to 377 (a spread of -47). Current ranking: #15. Current record: 16-13, +704.
Round 30		Fagen played #25 Karl Higby (Schenectady, NY) and lost 403 to 420 (a spread of -17). Current ranking: #21. Current record: 16-14, +687.
Round 31		Fagen played #21 Mike Frentz (San Mateo, CA) and won 506 to 357 (a spread of 149). Current ranking: #16. Current record: 17-14, +836.

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