SPC 2025: Mark Fidler [2-24]

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On this page, you will find information about Mark Fidler, 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 13-18, -273, and is ranked #53 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): Mark Surname(s): Fidler Home: Waltham, MA, United States Awards: 1st Place, Arizona Books Awards (children's lit), 2005 for The Call of Sagarmatha; 1st place, Scr. Div 1, Orange CT 2002 Hobbies: writing, golf, cycling, reading

Round by Round
High score: 461 Average for: 383 Average against: 392
Round 1		Fidler played #46 David Gremaud (St. Louis, MO) and lost 375 to 415 (a spread of -40). Current ranking: #43. Current record: 0-1, -40.
Round 2		Fidler played #59 Verna Richards Berg (New York, NY) and won 332 to 298 (a spread of 34). Current ranking: #33. Current record: 1-1, -6. Fidler is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 3		Fidler played #10 Joel Elkins (West Hollywood, CA) and lost 373 to 422 (a spread of -49). Current ranking: #44. Current record: 1-2, -55.
Round 4		Fidler played #61 Skyler Lutz (New York City, NY) and won 411 to 313 (a spread of 98). Current ranking: #32. Current record: 2-2, +43.
Round 5		Fidler played #57 Clay Herron (Dover, DE) and won 384 to 309 (a spread of 75). Current ranking: #21. Current record: 3-2, +118. Fidler is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 6		Fidler played #20 Ed Liebfried (East Kingston, NH) and lost 388 to 482 (a spread of -94). Current ranking: #28. Current record: 3-3, +24. Fidler is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 7		Fidler played #14 Edwin Roth (Conshohocken, PA) and won 410 to 389 (a spread of 21). Current ranking: #28. Current record: 4-3, +45.
Round 8		Fidler played #27 Alan Stern (Shadow Hills, CA) and lost 390 to 472 (a spread of -82). Current ranking: #33. Current record: 4-4, -37.
Round 9		Fidler played #12 Patrick Beatrez (North Olmsted, OH) and lost 336 to 452 (a spread of -116). Current ranking: #41. Current record: 4-5, -153.
Round 10		Fidler played #37 Daniel Stock (Medina, OH) and won 435 to 302 (a spread of 133). Current ranking: #31. Current record: 5-5, -20.
Round 11		Fidler played #56 Ken Louie (Whittier, CA) and lost 365 to 447 (a spread of -82). Current ranking: #44. Current record: 5-6, -102.
Round 12		Fidler played #18 Kevin Leeds (Austin, TX) and lost 310 to 371 (a spread of -61). Current ranking: #47. Current record: 5-7, -163.
Round 13		Fidler played #26 Kristy Zurbrick (Dublin, OH) and lost 391 to 415 (a spread of -24). Current ranking: #50. Current record: 5-8, -187.
Round 14		Fidler played #22 Joe Petree (Secane, PA) and lost 358 to 398 (a spread of -40). Current ranking: #55. Current record: 5-9, -227.
Round 15		Fidler played #67 Shelley Kirk (Wyoming, OH) and won 436 to 337 (a spread of 99). Current ranking: #49. Current record: 6-9, -128.
Round 16		Fidler played #50 Gary Perman (Blairsville, PA) and lost 328 to 412 (a spread of -84). Current ranking: #55. Current record: 6-10, -212.
Round 17		Fidler played #11 Joel Horn (Reading, MA) and won 441 to 302 (a spread of 139). Current ranking: #47. Current record: 7-10, -73.
Round 18		Fidler played #65 Arthur Finkle (Coral Gables, FL) and won 461 to 369 (a spread of 92). Current ranking: #41. Current record: 8-10, +19.
Round 19		Fidler played #62 Beth Mix (Manchester, CT) and won 438 to 401 (a spread of 37). Current ranking: #36. Current record: 9-10, +56.
Round 20		Fidler played #35 Hannah Lieberman (New York, NY) and lost 358 to 482 (a spread of -124). Current ranking: #42. Current record: 9-11, -68.
Round 21		Fidler played #58 Brett Jackson (Pensacola Beach, FL) and lost 382 to 393 (a spread of -11). Current ranking: #48. Current record: 9-12, -79.
Round 22		Fidler played #60 Benjamin Ansell (Los Angeles, CA) and lost 383 to 388 (a spread of -5). Current ranking: #51. Current record: 9-13, -84.
Round 23		Fidler played #51 Sheikh K Dukuly (Liberia) and won 407 to 355 (a spread of 52). Current ranking: #43. Current record: 10-13, -32.
Round 24		Fidler played #30 Robin Lewis (Houston, TX) and lost 379 to 491 (a spread of -112). Current ranking: #51. Current record: 10-14, -144.
Round 25		Fidler played #63 Cynthia Seales (Stone Mountain, GA) and lost 403 to 413 (a spread of -10). Current ranking: #56. Current record: 10-15, -154.
Round 26		Fidler played #39 Arnie Horowitz (Framingham, MA) and won 391 to 289 (a spread of 102). Current ranking: #50. Current record: 11-15, -52.
Round 27		Fidler played #66 Edward Stewart (Ellicott City, MD) and won 388 to 370 (a spread of 18). Current ranking: #45. Current record: 12-15, -34.
Round 28		Fidler played #32 Bruce D Ambrosio (Los Angeles, CA) and lost 326 to 344 (a spread of -18). Current ranking: #49. Current record: 12-16, -52.
Round 29		Fidler played #47 Paul Avrin (New York, NY) and won 455 to 416 (a spread of 39). Current ranking: #46. Current record: 13-16, -13.
Round 30		Fidler played #44 Caesar Jaramillo (Seagraves, TX) and lost 296 to 468 (a spread of -172). Current ranking: #50. Current record: 13-17, -185.
Round 31		Fidler played #25 Kevin Burbridge (Newcastle, CA) and lost 353 to 441 (a spread of -88). Current ranking: #53. Current record: 13-18, -273.

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