SPC 2025: Flora Taylor [3-45]

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On this page, you will find information about Flora Taylor, 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, +233, and is ranked #25 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): Flora Surname(s): Taylor Home: Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Round by Round
High score: 549 Average for: 373 Average against: 366
Round 1		Taylor played #28 Marty Fialkow (Moorestown, NJ) and won 380 to 379 (a spread of 1). Current ranking: #39. Current record: 1-0, +1.
Round 2		Taylor played #20 Samuel Heiman (Chesterfield, MO) and lost 338 to 378 (a spread of -40). Current ranking: #51. Current record: 1-1, -39.
Round 3		Taylor played #66 Deanne Dorsa (Houston, TX) and won 389 to 286 (a spread of 103). Current ranking: #29. Current record: 2-1, +64.
Round 4		Taylor played #18 Penny Sitler (Knightstown, IN) and won 374 to 319 (a spread of 55). Current ranking: #18. Current record: 3-1, +119.
Round 5		Taylor played #14 Susan Bertoni (Pfafftown, NC) and lost 356 to 439 (a spread of -83). Current ranking: #31. Current record: 3-2, +36. Taylor is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 6		Taylor played #53 Heidi Kujac (New York, NY) and lost 333 to 429 (a spread of -96). Current ranking: #39. Current record: 3-3, -60.
Round 7		Taylor played #63 Megan McMahon (Worcester, MA) and lost 333 to 400 (a spread of -67). Current ranking: #50. Current record: 3-4, -127.
Round 8		Taylor played #47 Julia Bogle (Indianapolis, IN) and lost 366 to 434 (a spread of -68). Current ranking: #62. Current record: 3-5, -195.
Round 9		Taylor played #23 Kevin Gauthier (Albany, NY) and lost 312 to 394 (a spread of -82). Current ranking: #67. Current record: 3-6, -277.
Round 10		Taylor played #68 Ted Gest (Washington, DC) and won 405 to 332 (a spread of 73). Current ranking: #54. Current record: 4-6, -204.
Round 11		Taylor played #73 Andrea Wang (Irvington, NY) and lost 346 to 376 (a spread of -30). Current ranking: #59. Current record: 4-7, -234.
Round 12		Taylor played #40 Thomas Tremont (Santa Rosa, CA) and won 394 to 328 (a spread of 66). Current ranking: #53. Current record: 5-7, -168.
Round 13		Taylor played #55 Linda Wancel (Flushing, NY) and lost 260 to 290 (a spread of -30). Current ranking: #60. Current record: 5-8, -198.
Round 14		Taylor played #5 Adam Fine (Germantown, MD) and won 512 to 389 (a spread of 123). Current ranking: #53. Current record: 6-8, -75.
Round 15		Taylor played #78 Robbin Steif (West Hollywood, CA) and won 386 to 359 (a spread of 27). Current ranking: #47. Current record: 7-8, -48.
Round 16		Taylor played #41 Shae McWilliams (N Kingston, RI) and won 442 to 359 (a spread of 83). Current ranking: #39. Current record: 8-8, +35.
Round 17		Taylor played #50 Dathan Lang (Blue Bell, PA) and lost 327 to 474 (a spread of -147). Current ranking: #48. Current record: 8-9, -112.
Round 18		Taylor played #69 Richard Price (Fayetteville, AR) and won 435 to 353 (a spread of 82). Current ranking: #43. Current record: 9-9, -30.
Round 19		Taylor played #57 Jack Lechner (New York, NY) and won 450 to 284 (a spread of 166). Current ranking: #34. Current record: 10-9, +136.
Round 20		Taylor played #49 William Snoddy (Asheville, NC) and won 426 to 273 (a spread of 153). Current ranking: #28. Current record: 11-9, +289.
Round 21		Taylor played #33 Bob Bolender (Austin, TX) and won 339 to 325 (a spread of 14). Current ranking: #20. Current record: 12-9, +303.
Round 22		Taylor played #22 Daniel Tinkelman (Brooklyn, NY) and lost 306 to 400 (a spread of -94). Current ranking: #26. Current record: 12-10, +209.
Round 23		Taylor played #58 Harry Durbin (Collierville, TN) and lost 311 to 347 (a spread of -36). Current ranking: #31. Current record: 12-11, +173.
Round 24		Taylor played #17 Steve Moniz (Manchester, NH) and won 395 to 343 (a spread of 52). Current ranking: #27. Current record: 13-11, +225.
Round 25		Taylor played #29 Harry Chan (Morristown, NJ) and won 400 to 306 (a spread of 94). Current ranking: #23. Current record: 14-11, +319.
Round 26		Taylor played #62 Katherine Edwards (Brooklyn, NY) and lost 253 to 405 (a spread of -152). Current ranking: #28. Current record: 14-12, +167.
Round 27		Taylor played #21 Kevin Ng (Jersey City, NJ) and lost 340 to 486 (a spread of -146). Current ranking: #34. Current record: 14-13, +21.
Round 28		Taylor played #48 Nicole Kazarian (Worcester, MA) and won 441 to 344 (a spread of 97). Current ranking: #30. Current record: 15-13, +118.
Round 29		Taylor played #24 John Fultz (Chesterfield, MO) and lost 323 to 376 (a spread of -53). Current ranking: #32. Current record: 15-14, +65.
Round 30		Taylor played #52 Yoli Ushry (Fort Smith, AR) and won 549 to 400 (a spread of 149). Current ranking: #29. Current record: 16-14, +214.
Round 31		Taylor played #28 Marty Fialkow (Moorestown, NJ) again and won 349 to 330 (a spread of 19). Current ranking: #25. Current record: 17-14, +233.

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