John Shuster (Duluth, USA) finished 4-2 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Shuster defeated Yusuke Morozumi (Karuizawa, JPN) 6-5, then won 8-7 against Jia Liang Zang (Harbin, CHN) and 5-4 against Tom Brewster (Aberdeen, SCO). Shuster won 7-4 against Morozumi. Shuster went on to lose 5-3 against Zang. Shuster lost 5-4 to Brewster in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week 16 of the event schedule, Shuster did not improve upon their best events, remaining at 14th place on the World Ranking Standings with 263.080 total points. Shuster ranks 13th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 136.108 points earned so far this season.