SPC 2025: Marlon Hill [1-29]

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On this page, you will find information about Marlon Hill, 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 16-15, +37, and is ranked #30 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): Marlon Surname(s): Hill Home: Randallstown, MD, United States Awards: 2001-11 Baltimore, MD; 2003-10 Baltimore, MD Hobbies: MUSIC

Round by Round
High score: 486 Average for: 396 Average against: 397
Round 1		Hill played #23 Jeff Fiszbein (Brighton, MI) and won 434 to 283 (a spread of 151). Current ranking: #4. Current record: 1-0, +151.
Round 2		Hill played #6 Will Anderson (Lawrenceville, NJ) and lost 376 to 509 (a spread of -133). Current ranking: #28. Current record: 1-1, +18.
Round 3		Hill played #47 Eric Harshbarger (Auburn, AL) and lost 328 to 448 (a spread of -120). Current ranking: #34. Current record: 1-2, -102.
Round 4		Hill played #25 Karl Higby (Schenectady, NY) and won 440 to 420 (a spread of 20). Current ranking: #30. Current record: 2-2, -82.
Round 5		Hill played #9 Kenji Matsumoto (Reno, NV) and lost 395 to 444 (a spread of -49). Current ranking: #34. Current record: 2-3, -131.
Round 6		Hill played #28 Kenneth Rubin (New York, NY) and lost 333 to 362 (a spread of -29). Current ranking: #41. Current record: 2-4, -160.
Round 7		Hill played #48 Wes Eddings (Quincy, MA) and won 466 to 389 (a spread of 77). Current ranking: #35. Current record: 3-4, -83.
Round 8		Hill played #16 Kevin Fraley (San Jose, CA) and lost 387 to 400 (a spread of -13). Current ranking: #39. Current record: 3-5, -96.
Round 9		Hill played #24 David Spargo (South Burlington, VT) and lost 354 to 391 (a spread of -37). Current ranking: #41. Current record: 3-6, -133.
Round 10		Hill played #49 Froilan Mendoza (Scarsdale, NY) and won 446 to 364 (a spread of 82). Current ranking: #39. Current record: 4-6, -51.
Round 11		Hill played #37 Noah Berger (Berkeley, CA) and lost 355 to 448 (a spread of -93). Current ranking: #43. Current record: 4-7, -144.
Round 12		Hill played #45 Timothy Bottorff (Owings Mills, MD) and won 437 to 324 (a spread of 113). Current ranking: #39. Current record: 5-7, -31.
Round 13		Hill played #33 Maddy Kamen (Delray Beach, FL) and won 431 to 289 (a spread of 142). Current ranking: #31. Current record: 6-7, +111.
Round 14		Hill played #15 Chloe Fatsis (Providence, RI) and won 438 to 355 (a spread of 83). Current ranking: #26. Current record: 7-7, +194.
Round 15		Hill played #10 Cesar Del Solar (Stamford, CT) and lost 305 to 440 (a spread of -135). Current ranking: #32. Current record: 7-8, +59.
Round 16		Hill played #46 Peter Schwartzman (Galesburg, IL) and won 405 to 391 (a spread of 14). Current ranking: #28. Current record: 8-8, +73.
Round 17		Hill played #40 Jerry Lerman (Foster City, CA) and lost 379 to 427 (a spread of -48). Current ranking: #31. Current record: 8-9, +25.
Round 18		Hill played #34 Edward De Guzman (San Francisco, CA) and won 464 to 389 (a spread of 75). Current ranking: #27. Current record: 9-9, +100.
Round 19		Hill played #27 Jon Shreve (Denver, CO) and won 407 to 401 (a spread of 6). Current ranking: #23. Current record: 10-9, +106.
Round 20		Hill played #32 Randy Hersom (Thomasville, NC) and won 363 to 319 (a spread of 44). Current ranking: #20. Current record: 11-9, +150.
Round 21		Hill played #20 Michael Fagen (Montreal QC) and lost 393 to 489 (a spread of -96). Current ranking: #22. Current record: 11-10, +54.
Round 22		Hill played #17 Joe Edley (San Francisco, CA) and won 402 to 366 (a spread of 36). Current ranking: #19. Current record: 12-10, +90.
Round 23		Hill played #14 Rafi Stern (Portland, OR) and lost 342 to 454 (a spread of -112). Current ranking: #26. Current record: 12-11, -22.
Round 24		Hill played #26 Eric Goldstein (Scarsdale, NY) and lost 428 to 436 (a spread of -8). Current ranking: #32. Current record: 12-12, -30.
Round 25		Hill played #30 Samuel Kaplan (Roslyn Heights, NY) and lost 358 to 479 (a spread of -121). Current ranking: #39. Current record: 12-13, -151.
Round 26		Hill played #54 Mark Miller (King of Prussia, PA) and lost 407 to 437 (a spread of -30). Current ranking: #41. Current record: 12-14, -181.
Round 27		Hill recorded a bye with a spread of 50 points. Current ranking: #39. Current record: 13-14, -131.
Round 28		Hill played #41 Patricia Barrett (Houston, TX) and won 390 to 372 (a spread of 18). Current ranking: #37. Current record: 14-14, -113.
Round 29		Hill played #27 Jon Shreve (Denver, CO) again and won 486 to 303 (a spread of 183). Current ranking: #29. Current record: 15-14, +70.
Round 30		Hill played #44 Mike Baron (Corrales, NM) and won 383 to 294 (a spread of 89). Current ranking: #25. Current record: 16-14, +159.
Round 31		Hill played #15 Chloe Fatsis (Providence, RI) again and lost 354 to 476 (a spread of -122). Current ranking: #30. Current record: 16-15, +37.

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