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SPC 2025: Ben Schoenbrun [CSW1-04]
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On this page, you will find information about
Ben Schoenbrun, 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 20-11, +818, and is ranked
#3 in Division CSW1.
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 | ![[photo of Ben Schoenbrun]](https://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/s/schoenbrun_ben_AA000415.jpg)
| Given name(s): Ben Surname(s): Schoenbrun Home: Somerville, NJ, United States |
Round by Round | High score: 601 Average for: 458 Average against: 432 | Round 1 | ![[photo of Mpakaboari Jack]](https://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/j/jack_mpakaboari.jpg)
| Schoenbrun played #27 Mpakaboari Jack (Nigeria) and won 376 to 355 (a spread of 21). Current ranking: #15. Current record: 1-0, +21. | Round 2 | ![[photo of Mohammad Sulaiman]](https://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/s/sulaiman_mohammad.jpg)
| Schoenbrun played #23 Mohammad Sulaiman (Shreveport, LA) and won 590 to 309 (a spread of 281). Current ranking: #2. Current record: 2-0, +302. | Round 3 | ![[photo of Joel Wapnick]](https://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/w/wapnick_joel_2.jpg)
| Schoenbrun played #12 Joel Wapnick (Albuquerque, NM) and lost 437 to 462 (a spread of -25). Current ranking: #6. Current record: 2-1, +277. | Round 4 | ![[photo of Winter]](https://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/z/zxqkj_winter_AA481516.jpg)
| Schoenbrun played #17 Winter (Houston, TX) and won 480 to 394 (a spread of 86). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 3-1, +363. | Round 5 | ![[photo of Austin Shin]](https://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/s/shin_austin_AA005355.jpg)
| Schoenbrun played #3 Austin Shin (Metairie, LA) and lost 386 to 479 (a spread of -93). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 3-2, +270. Schoenbrun is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit). | Round 6 | ![[photo of Jason Keller]](https://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/k/keller_jason_AA000419.jpg)
| Schoenbrun played #7 Jason Keller (Princeton, NJ) and lost 445 to 447 (a spread of -2). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 3-3, +268. | Round 7 | ![[photo of David Whitley]](https://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/w/whitley_david.jpg)
| Schoenbrun played #15 David Whitley (Monrovia, CA) and won 456 to 367 (a spread of 89). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 4-3, +357. | Round 8 | ![[photo of Rasheed Olajide Balogun]](https://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/b/balogun_rasheed_olajide_AA005195_4.jpg)
| Schoenbrun played #10 Rasheed Olajide Balogun (Dallas, TX) and lost 450 to 505 (a spread of -55). Current ranking: #11. Current record: 4-4, +302. | Round 9 | ![[photo of Stefan Rau]](https://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/r/rau_stefan_AA000053_1.jpg)
| Schoenbrun played #14 Stefan Rau (Troy, NY) and lost 357 to 503 (a spread of -146). Current ranking: #16. Current record: 4-5, +156. | Round 10 | ![[photo of Joshua Castellano]](https://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/c/castellano_joshua_AA003397.jpg)
| Schoenbrun played #1 Joshua Castellano (Vienna, VA) and won 556 to 280 (a spread of 276). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 5-5, +432. | Round 11 | ![[no photo available]](https://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/u/unknown_player.gif)
| Schoenbrun played #9 Olawale Fashina (Baltimore, MD) and won 445 to 426 (a spread of 19). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 6-5, +451. | Round 12 | ![[photo of Alec Sjoholm]](https://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/s/sjoholm_alec_AA004487.jpg)
| Schoenbrun played #2 Alec Sjoholm (Lynnwood, WA) and won 447 to 440 (a spread of 7). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 7-5, +458. | Round 13 | ![[photo of Dennis Ikekeregor]](https://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/i/ikekeregor_dennis_AA003025_2.jpg)
| Schoenbrun played #5 Dennis Ikekeregor (Nigeria) and won 390 to 384 (a spread of 6). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 8-5, +464. | Round 14 | ![[photo of Waseem Khatri]](https://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/k/khatri_waseem__2.jpg)
| Schoenbrun played #8 Waseem Khatri (Pakistan) and won 488 to 369 (a spread of 119). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 9-5, +583. | Round 15 | ![[photo of Samson Okosagah]](https://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/o/okosagah_samson_AA000714.jpg)
| Schoenbrun played #11 Samson Okosagah (Baltimore, MD) and lost 386 to 553 (a spread of -167). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 9-6, +416. | Round 16 | ![[photo of Samson Okosagah]](https://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/o/okosagah_samson_AA000714.jpg)
| Schoenbrun played #11 Samson Okosagah (Baltimore, MD) again and lost 344 to 456 (a spread of -112). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 9-7, +304. | Round 17 | ![[photo of Eric Kinderman]](https://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/k/kinderman_eric.jpg)
| Schoenbrun played #22 Eric Kinderman (Burlington, VT) and won 511 to 430 (a spread of 81). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 10-7, +385. | Round 18 | ![[photo of Sam Rosin]](https://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/r/rosin_sam_AA000413_2.jpg)
| Schoenbrun played #6 Sam Rosin (Washington, DC) and won 472 to 417 (a spread of 55). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 11-7, +440. | Round 19 | ![[photo of Winter]](https://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/z/zxqkj_winter_AA481516.jpg)
| Schoenbrun played #17 Winter (Houston, TX) again and lost 379 to 477 (a spread of -98). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 11-8, +342. | Round 20 | ![[photo of Sam Rosin]](https://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/r/rosin_sam_AA000413_2.jpg)
| Schoenbrun played #6 Sam Rosin (Washington, DC) again and lost 492 to 602 (a spread of -110). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 11-9, +232. | Round 21 | ![[no photo available]](https://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/u/unknown_player.gif)
| Schoenbrun played #9 Olawale Fashina (Baltimore, MD) again and won 529 to 455 (a spread of 74). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 12-9, +306. | Round 22 | ![[photo of Austin Shin]](https://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/s/shin_austin_AA005355.jpg)
| Schoenbrun played #3 Austin Shin (Metairie, LA) again and won 486 to 404 (a spread of 82). Current ranking: #6. Current record: 13-9, +388. | Round 23 | ![[photo of Waseem Khatri]](https://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/k/khatri_waseem__2.jpg)
| Schoenbrun played #8 Waseem Khatri (Pakistan) again and won 496 to 494 (a spread of 2). Current ranking: #6. Current record: 14-9, +390. | Round 24 | ![[photo of Dennis Ikekeregor]](https://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/i/ikekeregor_dennis_AA003025_2.jpg)
| Schoenbrun played #5 Dennis Ikekeregor (Nigeria) again and lost 367 to 556 (a spread of -189). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 14-10, +201. | Round 25 | ![[photo of Alec Sjoholm]](https://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/s/sjoholm_alec_AA004487.jpg)
| Schoenbrun played #2 Alec Sjoholm (Lynnwood, WA) again and lost 450 to 556 (a spread of -106). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 14-11, +95. | Round 26 | ![[photo of Tim Weiss]](https://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/w/weiss_tim_AA004338.jpg)
| Schoenbrun played #19 Tim Weiss (Lewes, DE) and won 452 to 382 (a spread of 70). Current ranking: #6. Current record: 15-11, +165. | Round 27 | ![[photo of Waseem Khatri]](https://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/k/khatri_waseem__2.jpg)
| Schoenbrun played #8 Waseem Khatri (Pakistan) for the third time and won 486 to 316 (a spread of 170). Current ranking: #6. Current record: 16-11, +335. | Round 28 | ![[photo of Austin Shin]](https://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/s/shin_austin_AA005355.jpg)
| Schoenbrun played #3 Austin Shin (Metairie, LA) for the third time and won 471 to 404 (a spread of 67). Current ranking: #6. Current record: 17-11, +402. | Round 29 | ![[photo of Samson Okosagah]](https://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/o/okosagah_samson_AA000714.jpg)
| Schoenbrun played #11 Samson Okosagah (Baltimore, MD) for the third time and won 409 to 401 (a spread of 8). Current ranking: #6. Current record: 18-11, +410. | Round 30 | ![[photo of Sam Rosin]](https://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/r/rosin_sam_AA000413_2.jpg)
| Schoenbrun played #6 Sam Rosin (Washington, DC) for the third time and won 601 to 401 (a spread of 200). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 19-11, +610. | Round 31 | ![[photo of Samson Okosagah]](https://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/o/okosagah_samson_AA000714.jpg)
| Schoenbrun played #11 Samson Okosagah (Baltimore, MD) for the fourth time and won 579 to 371 (a spread of 208). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 20-11, +818. |
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