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First name(s): Joel
Last name(s): Wapnick
Title(s): SM(2010)
Home: Cleveland Heights, OH, USA
NASPA CSW Rating: 1931 (ranked #49)
NASPA TWL Rating: 1789
Awards: 1999 World Champion; 1983 North American Champion; 1998 and 2011 Canadian Champion
Occupation: retired

Championship Record
EventYearDivisionRankRepresented
NSC1978124/65, 143.0 credits 
NSC1980110/32, 9-8 +386 
NSC198311/32, 13-4 +705 
NSC1985118/302, 15-7 +965 
NSC1987133, 14-7 +1651 
NSC198813/203, 19-8 +1334 
NSC1989112/149, 17-10 +1403 
NSC1990127/176, 16-11 +647 
WSC1991 27 
NSC199212/176, 21-6 +1318 
WSC1993 2 
NSC199419/134, 18-9 +672 
WSC1995 15 
CNSC1996 3 
NSC1996119/108, 16-11 +531 
WSC1997 36 
CNSC1998 1 
NSC1998129/126, 17.5-13.5 +362 
WSC1999 1 
CNSC2000A15 
NSC2000111/98, 19-12 +1089 
WSC2001 2World Champion
NSC2002110/132, 19-12 +1128 
CNSC2003A15/50, 10.0-8.0 +512 
SAS2003 22 
WSC2003 17Canada
NSC200419/172, 20-10 +833 
CNSC200514 
NSC2005155/87, 13-15 +130 
WSC2005133Canada
USSO2006149/76, 13-15 -33 
PC20071  
WSC200714Canada
CNSC2008A3/52, 12.0-6.0 +1012 
NSC2008A10/103, 17.0-11.0 +12 
NSC2009a3/127, 22.0-9.0 +908 
NSC2010130/116, 17.0-14.0 +914 
CNSC2011A1/52, 13.0-5.0 +1107 
NSC2011175/108, 14.0-17.0 +212 
NSC2012CSW3/37, 20.0-11.0 +972 
CNSC2013A36/52, 8.0-10.0 +69 
NSC2013CSW8/40, 19.5-11.5 +681 
NSC2014CSW2/63, 21.0-10.0 +1379 
NSC2015CSW5/48, 14-7 +700 after 21, 1-3 -227 quarterfinal loss, 4-2 +182 classification round 
NSC2016CSW7/44, 19.0-12.0 -170 
NSC2017CSW111/42, 18.0-13.0 +669 
NSC2018CSW24/72, 17.0-14.0 +343 
NSC2022CSW15/34, 16.5-14.5 +232 
Recent Tournaments
EventRecordRating
WESPA Clubs Challenge (CSW)
2023-07-25
4-4 +148
Rank: 11
1931 = 1962-31
Scrabble Players Championship (CSW)
2023-07-15~2023-07-19
12-19 -505
Rank: 0
1962 = 1917+45
Scrabble Players Championship, Baltimore, MD, USA (CSW)
2022-07-23~2022-07-27
16-14 +232
Rank: 15
1917 = 1955-38
Lake George, NY, USA (CSW)
2021-10-15~2021-10-17
9-6 +147
Rank: 7
1955 = 1978-23
Port Clinton, OH, USA (CSW)
2020-02-15~2020-02-16
11-4 +1449
Rank: 1
1978 = 1986-8
Oregon (Suburban Toledo), OH, USA (CSW)
2019-06-15~2019-06-16
10-4 +1046
Rank: 1
1986 = 1991-5
Niagara Falls, ON, CAN (CSW)
2018-08-10~2018-08-12
12-9 +524
Rank: 27
1991 = 1993-2
North American Scrabble Championship, NY, USA (CSW)
2018-08-04~2018-08-08
17-14 +343
Rank: 24
1993 = 2018-25
Canadian National Scrabble Championship (OWL)
2018-06-15~2018-06-18
10-8 +282
Rank: 17
1789 = 1800-11
Medina, OH, USA (CSW)
2018-03-17~2018-03-18
9-4 +653
Rank: 2
2018 = 2040-22

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