SPC 2025: Kevin Leeds [2-18]

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On this page, you will find information about Kevin Leeds, 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 15-16, +272, and is ranked #34 in Division 2.

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): Kevin Surname(s): Leeds Home: Austin, TX, United States Awards: Applied Mathematics Ph.D. Georgia Tech 1997 Hobbies: Taking a walk, picking up litter, riding bicycle, fixing bicycle. Austin Yellow Bike Occupation: Making harmonious wind chimes at a wind chimes factory. Heading back to Software, I hope.

Round by Round
High score: 533 Average for: 407 Average against: 400
Round 1		Leeds played #43 Marty Gold (Arlington, VA) and lost 377 to 535 (a spread of -158). Current ranking: #60. Current record: 0-1, -158.
Round 2		Leeds played #64 Letitia Sears (Vancouver BC) and lost 351 to 440 (a spread of -89). Current ranking: #62. Current record: 0-2, -247.
Round 3		Leeds played #9 Tijan Jeng (Baltimore, MD) and lost 402 to 419 (a spread of -17). Current ranking: #62. Current record: 0-3, -264.
Round 4		Leeds played #17 Mark Abadi (Philadelphia, PA) and lost 407 to 439 (a spread of -32). Current ranking: #64. Current record: 0-4, -296.
Round 5		Leeds played #22 Joe Petree (Secane, PA) and won 447 to 293 (a spread of 154). Current ranking: #55. Current record: 1-4, -142.
Round 6		Leeds recorded a bye with a spread of 50 points. Current ranking: #49. Current record: 2-4, -92.
Round 7		Leeds played #50 Gary Perman (Blairsville, PA) and lost 419 to 449 (a spread of -30). Current ranking: #52. Current record: 2-5, -122.
Round 8		Leeds played #66 Edward Stewart (Ellicott City, MD) and won 533 to 345 (a spread of 188). Current ranking: #43. Current record: 3-5, +66. Leeds is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 9		Leeds played #63 Cynthia Seales (Stone Mountain, GA) and won 375 to 348 (a spread of 27). Current ranking: #33. Current record: 4-5, +93.
Round 10		Leeds played #55 Erik Salgado (Cary, NC) and won 498 to 442 (a spread of 56). Current ranking: #27. Current record: 5-5, +149.
Round 11		Leeds played #32 Bruce D Ambrosio (Los Angeles, CA) and lost 276 to 474 (a spread of -198). Current ranking: #37. Current record: 5-6, -49.
Round 12		Leeds played #24 Mark Fidler (Waltham, MA) and won 371 to 310 (a spread of 61). Current ranking: #29. Current record: 6-6, +12.
Round 13		Leeds played #28 Jay Levin (Teaneck, NJ) and lost 379 to 402 (a spread of -23). Current ranking: #39. Current record: 6-7, -11.
Round 14		Leeds played #51 Sheikh K Dukuly (Liberia) and won 499 to 401 (a spread of 98). Current ranking: #32. Current record: 7-7, +87.
Round 15		Leeds played #26 Kristy Zurbrick (Dublin, OH) and lost 370 to 405 (a spread of -35). Current ranking: #37. Current record: 7-8, +52.
Round 16		Leeds played #58 Brett Jackson (Pensacola Beach, FL) and won 450 to 435 (a spread of 15). Current ranking: #32. Current record: 8-8, +67.
Round 17		Leeds played #45 Cameron Siegal (Scarsdale, NY) and won 444 to 392 (a spread of 52). Current ranking: #26. Current record: 9-8, +119.
Round 18		Leeds played #20 Ed Liebfried (East Kingston, NH) and lost 353 to 440 (a spread of -87). Current ranking: #33. Current record: 9-9, +32.
Round 19		Leeds played #12 Patrick Beatrez (North Olmsted, OH) and won 510 to 318 (a spread of 192). Current ranking: #25. Current record: 10-9, +224.
Round 20		Leeds played #56 Ken Louie (Whittier, CA) and lost 330 to 440 (a spread of -110). Current ranking: #31. Current record: 10-10, +114.
Round 21		Leeds played #48 Carol McDonald (Northboro, MA) and won 523 to 306 (a spread of 217). Current ranking: #26. Current record: 11-10, +331.
Round 22		Leeds played #33 Stefan Fatsis (Washington, DC) and lost 366 to 441 (a spread of -75). Current ranking: #31. Current record: 11-11, +256.
Round 23		Leeds played #37 Daniel Stock (Medina, OH) and lost 362 to 396 (a spread of -34). Current ranking: #33. Current record: 11-12, +222.
Round 24		Leeds played #10 Joel Elkins (West Hollywood, CA) and lost 301 to 403 (a spread of -102). Current ranking: #37. Current record: 11-13, +120.
Round 25		Leeds played #41 Vicky Julian (San Francisco, CA) and lost 375 to 379 (a spread of -4). Current ranking: #44. Current record: 11-14, +116.
Round 26		Leeds played #36 Asif Ali (NORMAN, OK) and won 439 to 306 (a spread of 133). Current ranking: #38. Current record: 12-14, +249.
Round 27		Leeds played #35 Hannah Lieberman (New York, NY) and lost 337 to 499 (a spread of -162). Current ranking: #43. Current record: 12-15, +87.
Round 28		Leeds played #31 Gary Skowronski (Okemos, MI) and lost 411 to 440 (a spread of -29). Current ranking: #48. Current record: 12-16, +58.
Round 29		Leeds played #65 Arthur Finkle (Coral Gables, FL) and won 466 to 367 (a spread of 99). Current ranking: #45. Current record: 13-16, +157.
Round 30		Leeds played #30 Robin Lewis (Houston, TX) and won 413 to 312 (a spread of 101). Current ranking: #39. Current record: 14-16, +258.
Round 31		Leeds played #35 Hannah Lieberman (New York, NY) again and won 439 to 425 (a spread of 14). Current ranking: #34. Current record: 15-16, +272.

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