6th Rackspace Chess Tournament This tournament completed April 29th, 2017.

Detailed breakdown of how Joshua's M-S-C-O tiebreaks were calculated. Tiebreaks are used to order players who finish with the same score, in the order M, then S, then C, then O. Byes have no opponent, so they are listed but not counted in the opponent-based tiebreaks.

M - Modified Mean [9.5]

The Modified Mean adds up the scores of every opponent Joshua Shappell has played, then discards one of them depending on how Joshua Shappell is doing.

Joshua's score (4.0 of 5.0 possible) is more than 50% of the possible points, so the lowest opponent score is discarded.

Round	Opponent	Opponent's Score	Counted?
1	Micah Norman	2.0	Counted
2	Jose Melgarejo	3.0	Counted
3	Austin Garcia	1.0	Discarded
4	Rishi Sankar	1.5	Counted
5	Patrick Hecox	3.0	Counted
Modified Mean		9.5

S - Solkoff [10.5]

The Solkoff is the combined score of every opponent Joshua Shappell has played, with nothing discarded. A higher Solkoff means Joshua Shappell faced tougher opposition.

Round	Opponent	Opponent's Score
1	Micah Norman	2.0
2	Jose Melgarejo	3.0
3	Austin Garcia	1.0
4	Rishi Sankar	1.5
5	Patrick Hecox	3.0
Solkoff		10.5

C - Cumulative [11.0]

The Cumulative tiebreak adds together Joshua's running score after each round. Early wins count more, because they carry forward into every later round's total.

Round	Result	Score After Round
1	1.0	1.0
2	0.0	1.0
3	1.0	2.0
4	1.0	3.0
5	1.0	4.0
Cumulative		11.0

O - Opponent's Cumulative [32.0]

The Opponent's Cumulative adds together the Cumulative tiebreak of every opponent Joshua Shappell has played.

Round	Opponent	Opponent's Cumulative
1	Micah Norman	6.0
2	Jose Melgarejo	10.0
3	Austin Garcia	5.0
4	Rishi Sankar	3.5
5	Patrick Hecox	10.0
Opponent's Cumulative		34.5