Tournament Comparison
Results based on playing in the same event belonging to the MAIN ranking system.
 Phil Birnbaum |
VS. |
 Bob Matthews |
| Tournament | Event | Tournament Date | Phil's Finish | Bob's Finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAPA World Pinball Championships | Classics II | Aug 15, 2010 | 23rd | 26th |
| PAPA World Pinball Championships | Classics I | Aug 15, 2010 | 66th | 6th |
| Pinburgh Match-Play Championship | Main Tournament | Mar 20, 2011 | 68th | 5th |
| PAPA World Pinball Championships | Classics I | Aug 14, 2011 | 2nd | 10th |
| PAPA World Pinball Championships | Classics III | Aug 14, 2011 | 28th | 32nd |
| PAPA World Pinball Championships | Classics II | Aug 14, 2011 | 12th | 27th |
| Pinburgh Match-Play Championship | Main Tournament | Apr 01, 2012 | 96th | 45th |
| PAPA World Pinball Championships | Classics I | Aug 12, 2012 | 56th | 25th |
| PAPA World Pinball Championships | Classics III | Aug 12, 2012 | 13th | 21st |
| PAPA World Pinball Championships | Classics II | Aug 12, 2012 | 7th | 12th |
| Pinburgh Match-Play Championship | Main Tournament | Apr 14, 2013 | 90th | 24th |
| Pinburgh Match-Play Championship | Pin-Golf | Apr 14, 2013 | 89th | 10th |
| PAPA World Pinball Championships | Classics III | Aug 11, 2013 | 5th | 9th |
| PAPA World Pinball Championships | Classics II | Aug 11, 2013 | 30th | 7th |
| PAPA World Pinball Championships | Classics I | Aug 11, 2013 | 34th | 41st |
| PAPA World Pinball Championships | Classics III | Aug 17, 2014 | 6th | 29th |
| PAPA World Pinball Championships | Classics II | Aug 17, 2014 | 24th | 30th |
| PAPA World Pinball Championships | Classics I | Aug 17, 2014 | 43rd | 36th |
| Pinball Expo Flip Out Tournament | Classics | Oct 19, 2014 | 43rd | 7th |
| Pinball Expo Flip Out Tournament | Main Tournament | Oct 19, 2014 | 37th | 20th |
| Pre-PAPA Tournament | Main Tournament | Mar 10, 2015 | 18th | 8th |
| PAPA World Pinball Championships | Classics III | Mar 15, 2015 | 33rd | 25th |
| PAPA World Pinball Championships | Classics I | Mar 15, 2015 | 27th | 21st |
| PAPA World Pinball Championships | Classics II | Mar 15, 2015 | 28th | 21st |
| Pin Pin101 Tournament | Main Tournament | Mar 25, 2015 | 28th | 20th |
| IFPA US National Pinball Championship | Main Tournament | Mar 26, 2015 | 12th | 24th |
| Pinburgh Match-Play Championship | Main Tournament | Aug 02, 2015 | 166th | 35th |
| Pinball Expo Flip Out Tournament | Main Tournament | Oct 18, 2015 | 44th | 20th |
| Expo classics | Classics | Oct 18, 2015 | 20th | 14th |
| It Never Drains In Southern California | Classics | Jan 17, 2016 | 5th | 3rd |
| It Never Drains In Southern California | Main Tournament | Jan 17, 2016 | 14th | 20th |
| PAPA World Pinball Championships | Classics I | Apr 07, 2016 | 4th | 7th |
| PAPA World Pinball Championships | Classics II | Apr 08, 2016 | 33rd | 12th |
| PAPA World Pinball Championships | Classics III | Apr 09, 2016 | 11th | 38th |
| Pinvasion | Classics | Jun 12, 2016 | 1st | 9th |
| Pinvasion | Main Tournament | Jun 12, 2016 | 26th | 11th |
| Pre ReplayFX Tourney | Pin-Golf | Jul 27, 2016 | 12th | 12th |
| Pinburgh Match-Play Championship | Main Tournament | Jul 30, 2016 | 167th | 27th |
| Buffalo Pinball Summer Open Classics | Classics | Aug 12, 2016 | 7th | 12th |
| Buffalo Pinball Summer Open Classics | Classics | Aug 13, 2016 | 3rd | 8th |
| Buffalo Pinball Open | Main Tournament | Aug 14, 2016 | 14th | 8th |
| It Never Drains In Southern California | Main Tournament | Jan 15, 2017 | 22nd | 22nd |
| It Never Drains In Southern California | Classics | Jan 15, 2017 | 13th | 5th |
| PAPA World Pinball Championships | Classics I | Apr 06, 2017 | 12th | 34th |
| PAPA World Pinball Championships | Classics III | Apr 08, 2017 | 4th | 17th |
| PAPA World Pinball Championships | A Division | Apr 09, 2017 | 75th | 25th |
| Pinburgh Match-Play Championship | Main Tournament | Jul 29, 2017 | 72nd | 72nd |
| Intergalactic Pinball Championship | Main Tournament | Jul 30, 2017 | 16th | 31st |
| Pittsburgh Pinball Open | Classics | Sep 30, 2017 | 12th | 12th |
| Pittsburgh Pinball Open | Side Tournament | Sep 30, 2017 | 11th | 6th |
| Pittsburgh Pinball Open | Main Tournament | Oct 01, 2017 | 36th | 12th |
| It Never Drains In Southern California | Main Tournament | Jan 14, 2018 | 36th | 25th |
| It Never Drains In Southern California | Classics | Jan 14, 2018 | 6th | 9th |
| Louisville Arcade Expo | Classics | Mar 03, 2018 | 16th | 9th |
| Pinburgh Match-Play Championship | Main Tournament | Jul 28, 2018 | 21st | 62nd |
| Intergalactic Pinball Championship | Main Tournament | Jul 29, 2018 | 8th | 85th |
| It Never Drains in Southern California | Classics I | Jan 11, 2019 | 12th | 1st |
| It Never Drains in Southern California | Classics II | Jan 12, 2019 | 9th | 33rd |
| YEGPIN: 2019 Pro Pinball Championship | Side Tournament | Apr 27, 2019 | 8th | 18th |
| YEGPIN: 2019 Canadian Pinball Championships | Main Tournament | Apr 28, 2019 | 5th | 26th |
| YEGPIN: 2019 Classic Tournament | Classics | Apr 28, 2019 | 7th | 16th |
| Pinburgh Match-Play Championship | Main Tournament | Aug 03, 2019 | 51st | 81st |
| Intergalactic Pinball Championship | Main Tournament | Aug 04, 2019 | 342nd | 270th |
| CNE Pinball Championships (CNEPC) | Classics I | Aug 16, 2019 | 4th | 5th |
| CNE Pinball Championships (CNEPC) | Classics II | Aug 17, 2019 | 3rd | 19th |
| CNE Pinball Championships (CNEPC) | Main Tournament | Aug 18, 2019 | 6th | 18th |
| CNE Pinball Championships (CNEPC) | Classics III | Aug 18, 2019 | 22nd | 11th |
| Pinball Expo Flip Out Tournament | Classics | Oct 20, 2019 | 20th | 4th |
| It Never Drains in Southern California | Classics | Jan 09, 2020 | 9th | 49th |
| It Never Drains in Southern California | Classics II | Jan 11, 2020 | 6th | 53rd |
| D82 GLPO Event 1: Target Match Play | Main Tournament | Apr 08, 2022 | 43rd | 40th |
| D82 GLPO Event 2: 8 Strike Classics Knockout | Main Tournament | Apr 08, 2022 | 64th | 40th |
| D82 GLPO Event 4: Progressive 10 Strike Knockout | Main Tournament | Apr 09, 2022 | 35th | 108th |
| D82 Great Lakes Pinball Open Main Event | Main Tournament | Apr 10, 2022 | 4th | 92nd |
| IFPA17: Fair 9 Strikes Knockout | Main Tournament | May 28, 2022 | 2nd | 3rd |
| IFPA World Pinball Championship | Main Tournament | May 29, 2022 | 51st | 48th |
| 2022 YEGPIN Match Play Championship | Main Tournament | Jul 23, 2022 | 109th | 6th |
| 2022 YEGPIN Pro Pinball Championships | Main Tournament | Jul 23, 2022 | 22nd | 27th |
| 2022 YEGPIN Knockout Cancer Pinball Tournament | Main Tournament | Jul 24, 2022 | 12th | 1st |
| Cleveland Pinball and Arcade Show 2022 Classics | Classics | Sep 17, 2022 | 3rd | 10th |
| Cleveland Pinball and Arcade Show 2022 Main | Main Tournament | Sep 18, 2022 | 18th | 34th |
| It Never Drains in Southern California | Classics | Jan 12, 2023 | 18th | 43rd |
| It Never Drains in Southern California | Classics I | Jan 13, 2023 | 80th | 41st |
| It Never Drains in Southern California | Classics II | Jan 14, 2023 | 46th | 38th |
| The Open - IFPA World Championship | Main Tournament | Jan 15, 2023 | 202nd | 94th |
| 2023 YEGPIN Pro Pinball Championships | Main Tournament | Jul 23, 2023 | 18th | 25th |
| 2023 YEGPIN Knockout Cancer Pinball Tournament | Classics | Jul 23, 2023 | 19th | 9th |
| 2023 YEGPIN Match Play Championship | Main Tournament | Jul 23, 2023 | 91st | 171st |
| 2023 Cleveland Pinball and Arcade Show Classics | Classics | Sep 16, 2023 | 21st | 13th |
| 2023 Cleveland Pinball and Arcade Show Main | Main Tournament | Sep 17, 2023 | 33rd | 27th |