The R48 Elite 8 Stats, Trends and Career Highlights Pre Salt Lake City

As the Race 4 Eight rolls into Salt Lake City City for the sixth stop of the Race 4 Eight V season, let’s break down the Men’s Elite 8 finishes in their last five starts and examine their trends and R48 career highlights

Men’s R48Pro Elite 8

Paul Brady last five R48 starts:

·      Salt Lake City Player’s Championship ‘15: round of 16 forfeit (Schneider), finished 13^th (forfeit)

·      Simple Green U.S. Open ‘15: win (Moreno), finished 1st

·      New Orleans ‘16: win (Carroll), finished 1^st

·      Houston ’16: semifinals (Ortiz), finished 3^rd

·      NYAC ’16: win (Ortiz)

Average finish (not including dns in Tucson Memorial ‘15): 3.8

Current R48 ranking: 1

Brady R48 Highlights:

Brady has won 12 of 15 R48 events in which he has started: lost to Ortiz at the 2014 WPH Player’s Championship, forfeit in the round of 16 at the 2015 WPH Player’s Championship, lost to Ortiz at the 2016 Houston R48 V

Brady holds the Race 4 Eight record with 12 R48 titles

Sean Lenning last five R48 starts:

·      Simple Green U.S. Open ‘15: semis (Brady), finished 3^rd (McCarthy)

·      Tucson Memorial ‘15: win (Ortiz), finished 1^st

·      New Orleans ‘16: semis (Carroll), finished 3^rd

·      Houston ’16: finals (Ortiz): finished 2^nd

·      NYAC ’16: first round loss (Schneider), finished 13^th (Al. Garner)

Average finish = 4.4

Current R48 ranking: 2

Lenning R48 Highlights:

5 R48 titles (3^rd most behind Brady and Moreno), Career high R48 #1 ranking (January 2012), has not finished inside of the top three in seven of his last eight R48 starts February of 2015

Mando Ortiz last 5 R48 starts:

·      U.S. Open ’15: quarterfinal loss (Brady), finished 7^th (Carroll)

·      Tucson Memorial ’15: finals loss (Lenning), finished 2nd

·      New Orleans ’16: quarterfinal loss (Carroll), finished 5^th (L. Cordova)

·      Houston ’16: win (Lenning), finished 1^st

·      NYAC ’16: finished 2^nd (Brady)

Average finish: 3.4

Current R48 ranking: 3

Ortiz R48 Highlights:

5 R48 finals appearances, one R48 title (Houston ’16), first qualifier to advance to a R48 final (2013 R48 III Plummer), career high #3 R48 ranking (current), only player to defeat Paul Brady in R48 play (Salt Lake City ’14, Houston ’16)

Luis Moreno last 5 R48 starts:

·      Simple Green U.S. Open ’15: finals loss (Brady), finished 2nd

·      Tucson Memorial ‘15: round of 8 loss (Carroll), finished 5^th (D. Cordova)

·      New Orleans ‘16: round of 16 loss (L Cordova), finished 10^th (Peixoto)

·      Houston: semifinal loss (Lenning), finished 3^rd

·      NYAC ’16: semifinal loss (Brady), finished 3rd

Average finish= 4.6

Current R48 ranking: 4

Since losing in the final of the 2014 WPH Player’s Championship (McCarthy), Moreno has advanced to the final of just two R48 events (Simple Green U.S. Open ’14, ’15) in his last 11 starts

Moreno has lost in the round of 16 in two of the last seven R48 events (NYAC ’15, New Orleans ’16)

Moreno R48 Highlights:

9 R48 titles, R48 I Player’s Champion, Season-ending R48 #1 in the R48 I in 2012 and the R48 III in 2014, Career high R48 #1 ranking (February 2012)

Killian Carroll last 5 R48 starts:

·      Simple Green U.S. Open ‘15: quarterfinal loss (Lenning), finished 5^th (Peixoto)

·      Tucson Memorial ‘15: semifinal loss (Ortiz), finished 3rd

·      New Orleans ‘16: final loss (Brady), finished 2^nd

·      Houston ’16: quarterfinal loss (Brady), finished 7^th

·      NYAC ’16: semifinal loss (Ortiz), finished 3^rd

Average finish: 4

Current R48 ranking: 5

Carroll R48 Highlights:

Carroll became the fifth qualifier in R48 history to advance to the finals (New Orleans). Carroll is the one of only two players (Brady) to have an undefeated R48 record against Luis Moreno (1-0)

Emmett Peixoto last 5 R48 starts:

·      Simple Green U.S. Open ‘15: quarterfinal loss (McCarthy), finished 6^th (Carroll)

·      Tucson Memorial ‘15: semifinal loss (Lenning), finished 3^rd

·      New Orleans ‘16: round of 16 loss (Carroll), finished 9^th

·      Houston ’16: quarterfinal loss (Ortiz), finished 5^th (Iglesias)

·      NYAC ’16: quarterfinal loss (Moreno), finished 5^th (Schneider)

Average finish: 5.6

Current R48 ranking: 6

Peixoto R48 Highlights:

2 R48 finals appearances (2014 Denver, 2015 San Francisco), career high #2 R48 ranking (March 2014)

Daniel Cordova last 5 R48 starts:

·      U.S. Open ’15: round of 16 loss (Ortiz), finished 9th

·      Tucson Memorial ’15: quarterfinal loss (Peixoto), finished 6^th (Moreno)

·      New Orleans ’16: quarterfinal loss (Brady), finished 7^th (L. Cordova)

·      Houston ’16: round of 16 loss (Iglesias), finished 13^th

·      NYAC ’16: quarterfinal loss (Brady), finished 7^th (Peixoto)

Average finish: 8.4

Current R48 ranking: 7

D. Cordova R48 Highlights:

2015 R48 Rookie of the Year, second youngest R48 star to finish the season in the Elite 8 (L. Cordova), one semifinal appearance (2015 R48 Player’s Championship)

David Fink last 5 R48 starts:

·      NYAC ’15: round of 16 loss (Crehan), finished 13^th

·      Salt Lake City Player’s Championship ’15: quarterfinal loss (Lenning), finished 5^th (Peixoto)

·      New Orleans ’16: semifinal loss (Brady), finished 3^rd

·      Houston ’16: round of 16 loss (Selestow), finished 11^th

·      NYAC ’16: quarterfinal loss (Ortiz), finished 7^th (Schneider)             

Average finish (dns Simple Green U.S. Open ’15, Tucson Memorial ’15): 7.8

Current R48 ranking: 8

Fink R48 Highlights:

7 semifinal appearances in 28 R48 starts, reached career-high #2 R48 ranking in January of 2014