John Benton (St. Paul, MN) finished 0-3 in the 32-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Benton lost 5-4 to Xiaoming Xu (Harbin, CHN), droppimg another game, 7-0 to Kevin Park (Winnipeg, MB). Benton lost 4-3 to Andy Stewart (Stonewall, MB) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week 7 of the event schedule, Benton did not improve upon their best events, dropping from 163rd to 166th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 6.477 total points. Benton ranks 470th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.000 points earned so far this season.