SPC 2025: Joshua Pepper [3-42]

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On this page, you will find information about Joshua Pepper, 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 5-2, +414, and is ranked #8 in Division 3.

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): Pepper Home: New York, NY, United States

Round by Round
High score: 484 Average for: 408 Average against: 349
Round 1		Pepper played #40 Thomas Tremont (Santa Rosa, CA) and won 391 to 289 (a spread of 102). Current ranking: #11. Current record: 1-0, +102.
Round 2		Pepper played #15 Maury Zeff (San Francisco, CA) and won 428 to 352 (a spread of 76). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 2-0, +178.
Round 3		Pepper played #76 John Dalida (Lehigh Acres, FL) and won 484 to 342 (a spread of 142). Current ranking: #2. Current record: 3-0, +320.
Round 4		Pepper played #29 Harry Chan (Morristown, NJ) and lost 354 to 396 (a spread of -42). Current ranking: #11. Current record: 3-1, +278.
Round 5		Pepper played #3 Ben Lam (Toronto ON) and lost 377 to 379 (a spread of -2). Current ranking: #19. Current record: 3-2, +276. Pepper is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 6		Pepper played #8 Katya Lezin (Charlotte, NC) and won 427 to 343 (a spread of 84). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 4-2, +360.
Round 7		Pepper played #53 Heidi Kujac (New York, NY) and won 394 to 340 (a spread of 54). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 5-2, +414.
Round 8		Pepper played #7 Doug Critchlow (Columbus, OH) but no score is available yet. Current ranking: this round’s game not yet complete. Current record: not yet available.
Round 9		Pepper played #72 Dana Tornabene (Charlottesville, VA) but no score is available yet. Current ranking: this round’s game not yet complete. Current record: not yet available.

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