International Flipper Pinball Association!

Thad's Pinball Wizard Challenge

Event Name
Main Tournament

When
Sep 10, 2023

Location
Charlottesville, VA, United States

Director
Daniel Purdy

Ranking System
Main

Information
Website

Show Impact

					Change Effect
Pos	Player	Points	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Eff	Pro
1	Jessy Kennedy	17.02	4183	1241.67	4183 -> 3064	1241.67 -> 1336.27	6.93 -> 10.01
2	Allen Foglesong	11.39	1345	1511.82	1345 -> 1246	1511.82 -> 1561.73	14.02 -> 14.58
3	Matt Larsen	8.66	2163	1470.65	2163 -> 2034	1470.65 -> 1522.7	12.69 -> 13.28
4	Brian Rodeffer	6.75	2130	1589.08	2130 -> 2007	1589.08 -> 1621.63	24.7 -> 25.48
6	Robert Peters	4.27	1122	1623.25	1122 -> 1129	1623.25 -> 1639.89	25.61 -> 25.6
6	Colin Sartori	4.27	6396	1549.11	6396 -> 5498	1549.11 -> 1583.86	7.48 -> 9.17
6	Micah McGonigal	4.27	4085	1513.90	4085 -> 3791	1513.90 -> 1545.27	26.43 -> 26.26
6	Malik Berger	4.27	3654	1603.48	3654 -> 3366	1603.48 -> 1622.9	29.42 -> 28.84
9	Scott Searcy	2.32	905	1669.87	905 -> 914	1669.87 -> 1667.57	23.5 -> 23.39
9	James Allen	2.32	1846	1613.34	1846 -> 1853	1613.34 -> 1618.99	20.49 -> 20.32
13	Brian Garbera	1.31	644	1817.68	644 -> 650	1817.68 -> 1771.24	56.91 -> 55.69
13	Scott Anderson	1.31	15795	1210.49	15795 -> 12326	1210.49 -> 1285.54	4.32 -> 5.36
13	Jim Klingenberg	1.31	10158	1345.67	10158 -> 9129	1345.67 -> 1394.35	5.5 -> 5.9
13	Daniel Purdy	1.31	1693	1691.66	1693 -> 1700	1691.66 -> 1667.5	40.16 -> 38.18
13	Dave Weaver	1.31	2315	1457.28	2315 -> 2308	1457.28 -> 1471.5	10.8 -> 10.73
13	Brian Wilcox	1.31	14112	1352.94	14112 -> 11560	1352.94 -> 1418.77	12.63 -> 10.25
18	David Friend	0.98	3869	1354.04	3869 -> 3876	1354.04 -> 1368.65	6.05 -> 6.04
18	Rob Pannell	0.98	750	1743.90	750 -> 756	1743.90 -> 1689.48	24.85 -> 24.61
18	Christopher Morgan	0.98	1696	1503.96	1696 -> 1706	1503.96 -> 1491.36	13.48 -> 13.35
22	Charlotte Robertson	0.81	14066	1402.19	14066 -> 12322	1402.19 -> 1377.32	7.51 -> 6.35
22	Lindsey Daniels	0.81	10258	1184.04	10258 -> 9571	1184.04 -> 1213.54	3.46 -> 3.61
22	Jeffrey Gonya	0.81	34445	Not Rated	34445 -> 18191	Not Rated -> 1301.97	0 -> 4.76
22	Matthew Simon	0.81	6790	1397.16	6790 -> 6592	1397.16 -> 1387.14	9.14 -> 8.67
22	Paul Ferlan	0.81	8254	1350.20	8254 -> 7920	1350.20 -> 1348.96	6.63 -> 6.41
26	Josh Miller VA	0.64	10957	1147.73	10957 -> 10337	1147.73 -> 1165.2	3.43 -> 3.48
26	Repp Glaettli	0.64	9919	1287.44	9919 -> 9409	1287.44 -> 1281.03	6.84 -> 6.26
26	Ryan Shapiro	0.64	4801	1373.24	4801 -> 4811	1373.24 -> 1349.95	6.4 -> 6.3
29	Chad Alexander	0.51	6486	1337.32	6486 -> 6396	1337.32 -> 1306.84	6.17 -> 5.91
29	Sam Flippo	0.51	8033	1159.26	8033 -> 7839	1159.26 -> 1161.11	10.19 -> 9.08
29	David Demas	0.51	10487	1143.43	10487 -> 10050	1143.43 -> 1146.39	3.42 -> 3.37
29	Neil Jablonski	0.51	4139	1366.14	4139 -> 4170	1366.14 -> 1330.15	10.17 -> 9.82
32	Bailey Naso	0.38	23666	1055.21	23666 -> 18869	1055.21 -> 1064.26	3.12 -> 2.58
32	Mackenzie Foglesong	0.38	6301	1253.46	6301 -> 6343	1253.46 -> 1225.04	3.77 -> 3.73
36	Ben Dudden	0.21	10920	1280.87	10920 -> 10764	1280.87 -> 1234.43	6.61 -> 5.33
36	Kendall Tawes	0.21	7365	1290.56	7365 -> 7339	1290.56 -> 1245.3	8.36 -> 7.55
36	Joe Norton	0.21	12484	1180.55	12484 -> 12156	1180.55 -> 1136.02	11.24 -> 6.87
36	Nels Simon	0.21	13790	1095.67	13790 -> 13338	1095.67 -> 1079.78	2.74 -> 2.49
36	Gabriel Simon	0.21	13692	1117.82	13692 -> 13262	1117.82 -> 1099.26	3.18 -> 2.81
39	Ben Tracy	0.09	34445	1179.33	34445 -> 31760	1179.33 -> 1026.43	0 -> 0.53
40	Ryan Galla	0.04	21739	1137.79	21739 -> 21223	1137.79 -> 1012.83	4.13 -> 1.76

Highlighted players are not applied to the strength calculations as the player hasn't played in more than 5 tournaments.

Additional Details

Address

418 E. Main St, Charlottesville, VA 22902

Registration Opens
Day of Tournament

Format
Fair Strike Knockout

Player Limit

60

Registration Fee
Check Tournament Website

Overall

THE TOURNEY:
????$20 Entry Fee, $10 of which goes directly to the Madison County Animal Shelter (the remaining $10 covers tournament costs)
????First 45 attendees receive a T-shirt! Pre-register to reserve yours
????1:30-4pm Practice time during Decades Arcade public hours, 4pm is deadline to sign-up, 4:15-4:30pm Announcements, 4:30pm sharp Tournament begins
????Progressive Fair Strike Tourney - 7 strikes & you're out. Assigned groups of 3 or 4 players each. Winner gets 0 strikes; middle places get 1 strike; last place gets 2 strikes. This is an IFPA-sanctioned event. Standard IFPA rules & procedures apply for any problems. All EM games are set to 5-ball and all SS games are set to 3-ball (except Joker Poker and Stars). On single player games, Tilt ends game.
THE PRIZES:
Prize Pack details TBD as soon as we get in the shipments from:
-Alltek Systems (PCBs for pinballs!)
-Marco Pinball (artwork and tools!)
-and we'll of course have free entries to Decades for the winners too!

WPPR Snapshot

Base Value 16.5
Total (before TGP) 19.34
TGP 88%
Event Booster 100%
Tour Value 17.02

Tournament Strength

Ranking Strength 0.17
Ratings Strength 2.67
Average Ranking 15.15
Average Rating 17.11

Player Stats

Player Count 40
Rated Players 33

Player Locations

United States 40

Age Distribution

26-35 2
35-45 8
45-55 5
56-65 5

Event	Date	Ranking System	Winner
Main Tournament	September 07, 2025	MAIN	Daniel Purdy
Main Tournament	September 22, 2024	MAIN	Colin Sartori
Main Tournament	August 28, 2022	MAIN	Michael Tyler