Stephen Dropkin (Minneapolis, MN) finished 3-2 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Dropkin defeated Melissa Runing (Mankato, MN) 6-1, then won 7-3 against Minnesota's Mark Haluptzok. Dropkin went on to lose 6-3 against Aileen Sormunen (Blaine, USA). Dropkin responded with a 9-3 win over Darrick Kizlyk (Denver, CO). Dropkin went on to lose 8-1 against Mike Farbelow (Blaine, MN) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week 4 of the event schedule, Dropkin did not improve upon their best events, dropping from 251st to 253rd place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 0.650 total points. Dropkin ranks 670th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.000 points earned so far this season.