SPC 2025: Joel Wapnick [CSW1-12]

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On this page, you will find information about Joel Wapnick, 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, +617, and is ranked #9 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
	Given name(s): Joel Surname(s): Wapnick Home: Albuquerque, NM, United States Awards: 1999 World Champion; 1983 North American Champion; 1998 and 2011 Canadian Champion Occupation: retired

Round by Round
High score: 552 Average for: 446 Average against: 426
Round 1		Wapnick played #23 Mohammad Sulaiman (Shreveport, LA) and lost 324 to 442 (a spread of -118). Current ranking: #27. Current record: 0-1, -118.
Round 2		Wapnick played #27 Mpakaboari Jack (Nigeria) and won 538 to 353 (a spread of 185). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 1-1, +67.
Round 3		Wapnick played #4 Ben Schoenbrun (Somerville, NJ) and won 462 to 437 (a spread of 25). Current ranking: #11. Current record: 2-1, +92.
Round 4		Wapnick played #11 Samson Okosagah (Baltimore, MD) and lost 359 to 485 (a spread of -126). Current ranking: #16. Current record: 2-2, -34.
Round 5		Wapnick played #20 Jason Ubeika (Mississauga ON) and lost 397 to 539 (a spread of -142). Current ranking: #20. Current record: 2-3, -176. Wapnick is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 6		Wapnick played #9 Olawale Fashina (Baltimore, MD) and lost 377 to 454 (a spread of -77). Current ranking: #25. Current record: 2-4, -253.
Round 7		Wapnick played #28 Ayotunde Adeyeri (Holmdel, NJ) and won 538 to 294 (a spread of 244). Current ranking: #18. Current record: 3-4, -9.
Round 8		Wapnick played #6 Sam Rosin (Washington, DC) and lost 455 to 574 (a spread of -119). Current ranking: #23. Current record: 3-5, -128.
Round 9		Wapnick played #24 Mina Le (Stamford, CT) and lost 440 to 509 (a spread of -69). Current ranking: #24. Current record: 3-6, -197.
Round 10		Wapnick played #30 Terry Kang (Slingerlands, NY) and lost 464 to 494 (a spread of -30). Current ranking: #25. Current record: 3-7, -227.
Round 11		Wapnick played #32 James Porter (Mazeppa, MN) and won 474 to 463 (a spread of 11). Current ranking: #23. Current record: 4-7, -216.
Round 12		Wapnick played #26 Fidelis Olotu (United Kingdom) and lost 411 to 442 (a spread of -31). Current ranking: #25. Current record: 4-8, -247.
Round 13		Wapnick played #29 Emmanuel Egbele (Nigeria) and won 471 to 341 (a spread of 130). Current ranking: #22. Current record: 5-8, -117.
Round 14		Wapnick played #7 Jason Keller (Princeton, NJ) and won 488 to 402 (a spread of 86). Current ranking: #20. Current record: 6-8, -31.
Round 15		Wapnick played #18 Sam Kantimathi (Sacramento, CA) and lost 414 to 434 (a spread of -20). Current ranking: #23. Current record: 6-9, -51.
Round 16		Wapnick played #25 Tajammul Shah (Patchogue, NY) and won 518 to 322 (a spread of 196). Current ranking: #19. Current record: 7-9, +145.
Round 17		Wapnick played #21 Robert Linn (Potomac, MD) and won 433 to 419 (a spread of 14). Current ranking: #20. Current record: 8-9, +159.
Round 18		Wapnick played #1 Joshua Castellano (Vienna, VA) and won 455 to 404 (a spread of 51). Current ranking: #18. Current record: 9-9, +210.
Round 19		Wapnick played #19 Tim Weiss (Lewes, DE) and won 480 to 420 (a spread of 60). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 10-9, +270.
Round 20		Wapnick played #23 Mohammad Sulaiman (Shreveport, LA) again and won 447 to 426 (a spread of 21). Current ranking: #11. Current record: 11-9, +291.
Round 21		Wapnick played #13 Bradley Whitmarsh (Attleboro, MA) and won 457 to 327 (a spread of 130). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 12-9, +421.
Round 22		Wapnick played #2 Alec Sjoholm (Lynnwood, WA) and lost 398 to 516 (a spread of -118). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 12-10, +303.
Round 23		Wapnick played #5 Dennis Ikekeregor (Nigeria) and lost 328 to 469 (a spread of -141). Current ranking: #14. Current record: 12-11, +162.
Round 24		Wapnick played #7 Jason Keller (Princeton, NJ) again and lost 375 to 396 (a spread of -21). Current ranking: #17. Current record: 12-12, +141.
Round 25		Wapnick played #10 Rasheed Olajide Balogun (Dallas, TX) and won 480 to 402 (a spread of 78). Current ranking: #14. Current record: 13-12, +219.
Round 26		Wapnick played #8 Waseem Khatri (Pakistan) and won 418 to 408 (a spread of 10). Current ranking: #11. Current record: 14-12, +229.
Round 27		Wapnick played #15 David Whitley (Monrovia, CA) and won 498 to 353 (a spread of 145). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 15-12, +374.
Round 28		Wapnick played #22 Eric Kinderman (Burlington, VT) and won 552 to 403 (a spread of 149). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 16-12, +523.
Round 29		Wapnick played #8 Waseem Khatri (Pakistan) again and lost 386 to 458 (a spread of -72). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 16-13, +451.
Round 30		Wapnick played #14 Stefan Rau (Troy, NY) and won 540 to 329 (a spread of 211). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 17-13, +662.
Round 31		Wapnick played #8 Waseem Khatri (Pakistan) for the third time and lost 460 to 505 (a spread of -45). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 17-14, +617.

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