Howard Rajala (Ottawa, ON) finished 1-3 in the 20-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Rajala lost 1-0 to Ron Hrycak (Ottawa, ON), then responded with a 1-0 win over Willie Jeffries (Ottawa, ON). Rajala went on to lose 1-0 against Ian MacAulay (Ottawa, ON). Rajala lost 1-0 to Josh Adams (Ottawa, ON) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week 6 of the event schedule, Rajala did not improve upon their best events, dropping from 43rd to 44th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 33.310 total points. Rajala ranks 469th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.000 points earned so far this season.