Keith Elwin reclaims world No. 1 rank from Daniele Acciari

Give [player]Keith Elwin[/player] a challenge that has anything to do with pinball and chances are he rises to that challenge more often than not. This past weekend was no different as Keith was faced with trying to extend his consecutive months streak atop the IFPA’s World Pinball Player Rankings to 25. Following a victory in the Modern Division, and 2nd place finish in the Classics Division, that’s exactly what Keith did, walking away with 69.24 WPPR points from that performance, and putting himself 27.08 WPPR points back ahead of [player]Daniele Celestino Acciari[/player] for the #1 spot.

However, another challenge awaits Keith during the month of August as extending his consecutive #1 streak to 26 months is once again in jeopardy. Before the end of August Keith will lose 83.31 WPPR points when his PAPA 12 results decay to over 3 years old, his PAPA 13 results decay to over 2 years old, and his PAPA 14 results decay to over 1 year old. Meanwhile, Daniele will only be losing 4.37 WPPR points during August, which means that while Keith sits back atop the world rankings for now, he has quite a deficit to make up at the upcoming PAPA 15 World Pinball Championships.

Keith is going to need to earn at least 81.04 WPPR points at PAPA to maintain his #1 ranking through September 1st. Having accomplished that in 3 of the last 4 years, is this something that Keith will be able to pull off once again? We will soon find out as PAPA starts in just a little over a week.

Let's also not forget world No. 3 ranked [player]Cayle George[/player], who quietly will only sit 12.07 WPPR points behind Keith factoring in all the August decay. Factoring in the WPPR points that Cayle will be losing through August, if he earns 92.65 WPPR points or more at PAPA, he will jump both Keith and Daniele to claim the No. 1 spot for the first time. While that is a steep hill to climb, it is possible for a player to walk away with well over 100 WPPR points at PAPA between the A and Classics Divisions.

We're excited to see how things shake out. Best of luck to Daniele, Keith and Cayle!