Kyle Blade (Blaine, MN) needed a tiebreaker to advance to the playoffs, failed to advance to the playoff round, losing in the tiebreaker round, Blade finished 2-2 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Blade defeated Dan Andrews (Denver, CO) 7-5, then won 8-3 against Moneer Rana (St. Paul, MN). Blade went on to lose 7-4 against Tim Walior (St. Paul, MN). Blade lost 8-4 to Steve Jytyla (St. Paul, MN) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week of the event schedule, Blade did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Blade ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.