Zach McCarthy wins 1st Major Championship!
In the history of competitive pinball, very few (32 in fact) have had the chance to call themselves a Major Champion. Like professional golf or tennis, the opportunity to join this elite club only happens a handful of times every year. THE OPEN – IFPA World Championship brought together two finalists looking to add their name to this list (Colin Urban and Zach McCarthy) and two finalists looking to add to their already established legacies (Cayle George – 2-time Major Champion, 9-time Major Finalist and Raymond Davidson – 2-time Major Champion, 6-time Major Finalist).
In a clutch ball 3 come from behind victory on Rollergames in game 1 along with a victory on Mystery Castle in game 3, it was Zach McCarthy who became the latest player to be crowned World Champion, and the 33rd player in competitive pinball history to win a Major Championship.
With his 2nd place finish, Colin Urban earned his 2nd top 4 finish in Major Championships. 3rd place went to Cayle George who earned his 10th top 4 finish in Major Championships (6th most all time). 4th place went to Raymond Davidson who earned his 7th top 4 finish in Major Championships (9th most all time).
To view the most current list of Major Championship stats, click HERE.
Excellent coverage and streaming; congratulations to Zach on the big win and to all other finalists for their amazing play
To avoid confusion, it was Mystery Castle by Alvin G., not Magic Castle by Zaccaria.
Is he the youngest to win the championship?
A record grand total of 9,274.34 WPPRs were awarded to 257 players across the 5 regular events at Indisc. Totals by event were:
Event WPPRs
Classics Target Match Play 1052.70 – Winner – Adam McKinnie
Classics 1 1573.26 – Winner – Robert Byers
Classics 2 1540.75 – Winner – Escher Lefkoff
High Stakes 1809.97 – Winner – Keith Elwin
The Open 3297.66 – Winner – Zach McCarthy
The highest point totals by player, through #11 to include all 5 event winners, were:
Rank Player WPPRs
1 Keith Elwin 299.55
2 Zach McCarthy 266.76
3 Raymond Davidson 264.74
4 Escher Lefkoff 259.19
5 Cayle George 220.82
6 Colin Urban 191.78
7 Robert Byers 175.78
8 Zach Sharpe 167.86
9 Travis Murie 157.54
10 Germain Mariolle 155.89
11 Adam McKinnie 153.95
Congratulations to our winners and to EVERYONE who participated.
Bob Matthews for the Indisc Team
Also, congratulations to our latest Women’s Champion, Keri Wing!