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The rain in Spain falls on the plain.. Kevin @ Wednesday, September 1st   [link]

Movement #4 Dylan Gaunt led the charge at the top this week, making a nice 0.6719 AF cut to secure his position. He is now 1.2 AF away from Australian Champion and #2 Ben Stoneman, so that's a goal he'll want to reach by the end of the year (or even quarter?) surely. It always helps to hit some quality PRs, which Dylan did this week. All three of his PRs were ranked 5th, which were DH flap 22"228 God, RDP1 3lap 55"983 Myth B and RBB flap 34"581 God. #6 Abel Marques was also active with just one small PR, CCB 3lap 1'23"611 God (#2). He is bringing his PRB close to sub-3.0 again, so we hope to see him challenge David for the crown once again. Abel always has a few tricks up his sleeves, so we'll see what he pulls out. A few Japanese players were active on PRB with a few old PRs, including #8 Huwakun -0.5624, #25 'Xiva' -0.6563 and #52 White Line -0.0781. Huwakun still has a way to go before reaching #7 Leonardo Assisi, but it would be beneficial for him to keep moving since #14 Sawara can strike at any moment. 'Xiva' also did not move up, but has a few players not too far ahead. Maybe he will make a run for the top twenty someday. Likewise to the others, White Line also stayed stationary in his spot, although cutting just over another half of an AF point would see him reach the top fifty. #20 Simon Levy was active after a bit of a break from the game, making a nice 0.6562 AF cut to help him jump over #21 Marshall LeVett and into the top twenty. Simon hit some high level PRs along the way, including SR 1'40"623 Myth B + 32"724 God, and AF 1'46"105 Myth B + 34"825 Myth A. His goal of Non-PRB French Champion are so much closer in sight now, as he sits just about 1.5 AF behind #18 Nicolas Barco for the crown. A similar AF cut helped him move up to #18 in PRB, although the French crown is much further there. He did at least reach Titan B in ARR on those charts. Only a big further down, #36 Stefan Mayr had his usual activity, with a 0.7656 AF cut that kept him put in his spot. He only made two PRs, but they were great for his level; SR flap 32"892 Myth B and RCI2 flap 15"983 Myth E. With the same exact PRs, he gathered a much bigger PRB AF cut of 3.1093, moving up six spots and into the top fifty, landing at #47. Unfortunately, he fell just short of the Titan ranking in PRB, as well as the Myth ranking in Non-PRB. He should reach both of those goals the following weeks without much of a problem. Finishing off his best month yet, #79 Alex Frasca slowed down a bit, but that still meant that he made a 4.0000 AF cut and moved up six spots. As an extra little bonus, Alex also reached the top 100 in the PRB charts, and just narrowly might I add. And to finish off the top 100, #86 Bastien Thomasson Koopafou sent in some old times to cut 2.2811 AF and bring his AF sub-100. Movement outside the top 100 included #122 Daan Becker -1.1100, #140 Leonelli Wilker -1.5150, #185 Jonathon Jones -0.5460, #216 Nicholas Harvey -0.5310, #293 AJ Skinner -42.9370 (Advanced D to Advanced B), #416 Jay Honnold -63.7660 (Intermediate C to Intermediate B), #557 Sebastian Wimmer -29.1400 (Beginner B to Beginner A), #609 Lenny Gutierrez -0.9840 and #656 April Thompson -2.1870. New Records There was 1 WR improved (blue) but no non-prb times (pink). This week, David Roldan went to take down his own RR SC flap, possibly going for that sub 34". He didn't quite make the sub yet, but he did bring it down to a nice 34"126, about 0"07 faster than his old record from the end of last year. Awards There was too much "high-leveled" activity this week, so best cuts were key. This player had one of the best two cuts, but outweighed the other competitor in rank promotion and the fact that he's a bit higher up the ladder. For huge cuts and flying through the mid-advanced ranks, AJ Skinner wins the POW for the fourth week of August! With awards bigger than the weekly one, consistency through out the time period is key, and this player had that on his side. Starting from outside the top 100, he made huge cuts every week to finish the month 29 positions higher after cutting nearly the same amount of AF, accounting for 23% of it altogether. He jumped from mid to high Hero, and looks to be the next in line to become a Titan player. For a break-out month and hopefully the emergence of another strong USA karter, Alex Frasca wins the POM for the month of August! ~Kmacc

They see me TASin', they hatin' Etch @ Friday, August 27th   [link]

Movement Good things come to those who wait. As #1 David Roldan on prb has proven, RR is possible to time trial if you put in the effort. Either that or he is just that lucky or good because he got close to the sub improving his sc 3lap again to now 1'50"282. It's amazing the time has gotten this low considering the rail shortcut is only used once. Urban myths aside, pray to the kart Gods that David can go 5/6 or 6/6 one day because he will need it. On the non-prb side, #3 David Roldan has the usual toppie trio still trying to catch up with #4 Dylan Gaunt -0.0938, #5 Timur Ahmad -0.0156, and #6 Abel Marques -0.0625 all active this week. Dylan started things off with TTC flap 30"090 and MC flap 29"414 which both rank 3rd overall. Of course, the best work came on AF where he finally conquered the ancient 3lap set by #1 Thomas Bolton over 2 years ago. Dylan improved the world records here numerous times before settling with 1'44"077 and 34"206. Timur finally picked up his MC flap God with 29"486 which only leaves RR 3lap as his only non-God for the nitro tracks. Bringing up the rear and currently the World's #2 man, Abel broke out of his shell again to reclaim the YC world records which means another 2 year old record from Thomas fell. He slightly improved the 3lap to an even time of 1'25"500 while taking the flap from Dylan with 27"673. One of America's finest, #12 Nick Welch made some come back pr's on WS dropping his non-prb times to 1'56"884 / 38"082 and prb times to 1'55"667 / 37"272. Also making a random appearance is #14 Matthew Ord who cut about an AF point to move up a spot this week. He worked on PG improving his times to 1'27"713 and 28"469. Finishing up the top 20 was Japan's non-prb champ #17 Sawara. He continues to crank out top times like CI2 flap 15"958, AF 1'45"524 / 34"693, and RR sc 3lap 1'53"929. His cuts helped him move up to #14 on prb and only trails BDash by 5 in country records. All of these players are ranked Myth B overall non-prb so it will be interesting to see who will join the Myth A club next! Elsewhere, we have #23 Dallas Wilde with a PG flap of 28"682 and #36 Stefan Mayr with F8C times of 1'15"522 / 24"773. Both players are close to the next ranking promotion with Dallas nearing Myth C overall while Stefan is looking to become the 35th player ranked Myth E or better! Not surprisingly, #85 Alex Frasca stays on his pr spree sporting a 10 point AF cut this week. He didn't move up much in rank but jumped straight to Hero A overall. When you are the only player making giant cuts not ranked near the top, it's easy to stand out. There was no movement outside the top 100, lol. New Records There were 5 WR's improved (blue) and four non-prb times (pink). In case you missed them, Abel's YC times of 1'25"500 / 27"673, Dylan's AF times of 1'44"077 / 34"206, and David's RR sc 3lap 1'50"282. For Non-PRB, everything but RR in case you still don't understand the difference. Awards Aside from WR action, the best cuts and only real cuts this week belong to one of the few active players, so Alex Frasca wins the POW for the third week of August! mfw the kiddies have to go back to school ~ETCH

NFL preseason Hoarding Kevin @ Sunday, August 15th   [link]

Movement #3 David Roldan was a bit active again this week, hitting some dual God PRs on RMMF with times of 1'03"248 (#2) + 20"617 (#6). This leaves David within 0.4 AF of #2 Ben Stoneman, and also gives him a slightly bigger lead for #1 on the PRB charts. If David can improve his Non-PRB times for both RDP1 and RKB2, we will surely see not only a new #2 on Non-PRB for the first time since 2008, but possibly even a new champion on those charts since mid-2007. #13 Nick Welch is starting to make a small comeback, hitting a nice FS flap of 32"382 God. This gave him a 0.1562 AF cut, moving him dangerously close to #12 Nicola Torre. Nick also submitted some old PRB times from 2009, making a bigger 0.3281 AF cut to jump over #14 Nicolas Barco for a matching #13 position. Assuming he continues playing, he can be a legitimate threat to reach the top ten again. On his tail, #17 Sawara is coming off an awarded week, making a 0.3437 AF cut to pull closer to #16 Cole Gilbert. Sawara also did some PRB work, hitting four new PRs on WS and RCI2 to result in a large 1.1719 AF cut, and landing in a dangerous position to pass a few more karters. #37 Stefan Mayr was active as usual, with an AF cut of 0.3282 to leap over #38 Kevin McAteer (FUUUUUUUUUUU) and come easily within striking distance of #36 Joep van Gelder. Just a lone PR on F8C flap of 24"772 Myth C did the trick here. The two biggest movers in the top 100 came closest to the bottom, starting with #80 Murray Wright. Murray's eleven PRs were accompanied by a nice 5.6255 AF cut, moving him up four spots, and passing #84 Ben Wilson to become #9 UK. #77 Jordon Ward is just ahead as #8 UK, so expect Murray to make the pass next week. In the process of all of this, Murray also hit his second Myth time (TTC flap 30"836 Myth E), reached the top 100 in PRB, and became Hero A overall. The other big mover is also the new addition to the top 100, #89 Alex Frasca. Alex's glorious 9.1750 AF cut moved him well into the top 100, all while hitting a berserk twenty-two PRs. Those PRs included his first Myth time - WS flap 38"693 Myth E - as well as his highest ranked time - RCI2 flap 16"095 Titan B (#30). Alex still has a bit to go before he catches his rival Murray, but PRing at this rate regardless will shoot him up the ladder. To top not having to check the "outside the top 100" box anymore to look at his position, Alex also became Hero B overall. Movement outside the top 100 included #187 Jonathon Jones -19.9220 (Expert D to Expert C) and #214 Tom Mannings -2.4370. New Records There were no new records this week. Awards He fell just short of the top 100 last week. This week, he not only reached the barrier, but obliterated it, moving up 12 spots with one of the biggest cuts, while reaching Hero B overall. For his outstanding movement and breaking the top 100, Alex Frasca wins the POW for the second week of August! ~Kmacc

BLS4LIFE Kevin @ Monday, August 9th   [link]

Movement Finally getting back into the action, #5 Timur Ahmad comes back into play with a small 0.1250 AF cut, but it's just a start for now. He hit three PRs, all of which were God; DS 3lap 1'30"718 (#5), and DKP 1'46"750 (#8) + 34"825 (#9). He already had the DKP flap God, so the two other Gods were new ones, leaving him with only two God times left to hit on the nitro side of the timesheet, those being MC flap and RR 3lap. The same PRs gave him a slightly smaller cut in PRB, securing his top ten spot for now. And may I add, great news update in MKSC Timur! Also back in action after a week of absence, #17 Sawara hit a few PRs to result in a 0.4844 AF cut, moving him closer to #16 Cole Gilbert. The real action though came on the PRB charts for Sawara, where he made a great 1.5000 AF cut to jump over the idolo #16 Fabio Sacco to join the top fifteen. The best PRs of his batch were easily his RLC2 PRB times, with 1'15"396 (#9) + 24"580 (#5), both Myth D's. If he can keep this pace up, Sawara will reach the top ten very soon, and even challenge #8 Huwakun for the Japanese Championship. Coming too close to passing me is #38 Stefan Mayr, whose 0.8906 AF cut leaves him within both half a point of myself and #36 Joep van Gelder. Just two PRs this week, but both were Gods though - YF 3lap 47"485 and RMC1 3lap 42"125. Also active again a bit farther down, #59 Stacy Needham made a very tiny AF cut of 0.0781, but it was still enough to move up a spot and pass #60 Kevin Borne. Last we have the karter with the biggest cut of the week, and that would be #84 Murray Wright. Of course he was hoarding, so he won't be seeing his name next to any awards, but his 29.9210 AF cut is still quite impressive, moving him up approximately 28 spots. Within all of this madness, he hit 36 PRs altogether, including his first Myth time (KB2 flap 13"489 Myth C), and reached Hero B from Hero D. He actually came very close to Hero A for that matter, so we'll watch to see if he reaches that mark next week, as long as move into the top 100 in PRB, where he fell short of this week at #101. Movement outside the top 100 included #101 Alex Frasca -6.1090, #125 Daan Becker -1.9220, #206 Jonathon Jones -9.3590, #227 Tom van Kessel -0.7500, #489 Dexter Howe -31.1100 (Intermediate E to Intermediate D) and #623 Piyawat Jinkarn -25.2360 (Beginner E to Beginner D). New Records There were 2 WR's improved (blue) and two non-prb times (pink). The same two players as last week were at it again this week, starting again with David. He had already taken the TTC flap some time back, but since he played the 3lap again last week, he moved back to the flap, taking it even lower to a time of 29"629 with the BLS. The next player with a record of course than is Dylan. He went for a record he lost just over two months ago to Huwakun - WS Non-SC flap. He succeeded in taking his site record back, hitting a lap of 37"097. Maybe the sub is soon to follow? For Non-PRB, look above. Awards It's only been a few months since he's joined, and he's had many good weeks, but this week he finally put on the best performance. He had the best cuts out of everyone, and coming from the top as well always makes it more impressive. For great cuts and joining the top fifteen in PRB, Sawara wins the POW for the first week of August! ~Kmacc

New #1... Again? Kevin @ Monday, August 2nd   [link]

Movement We started the month with Thomas as our champion, and then Abel took the crown during the first week of July. Now, as July comes to a close, we have our third different champion of the month, that being #1 David Roldan! After #2 Abel Marques slowed down for the rest of the month, David crushed many of his times, hitting a bunch of records along the way, and narrowly taking the top spot after a 0.3281 AF cut this week to bring him to exactly 3.0 AF. Along the way, he hit a nice new world record, taking his own TTC 3lap down to a time of 1'30"679. I sense a face lift coming for this course... Apart from some nice times and taking the championship crown in PRB, he made some nice movement in Non-PRB as well. Maybe that's his next target, taking the #1 spot there too? He made a huge 1.4844 AF cut there, easily securing his top three spot, and looking to be a challenge soon to #2 Ben Stoneman. We'll just see what the future holds soon, but for now, congrats to David! Let us not forget the others again... #38 Stefan Mayr made some minor PRs to make a 0.6250 AF cut. He is quickly approaching #37 Kevin McAteer, as well as the myth ranks.. maybe an August goal? Down a bit further, #60 Stacy Needham made a 1.3438 AF cut to jump up a spot and keep off the next active karter, that being #61 Anthony Valette. Anthony made a huge 8.4531 AF cut to leap nine spots. This caused Anthony to have a huge ARR cut too, and becoming Titan C overall. Anthony also made a PRB cut of 1.3594, moving up to #34. His PRB rival, PRB #36 Carlos Munoz, made an AF cut of 2.0937 and pulls within half a point of Anthony. On Non-PRB, Carlos made a cut twice as big to move into the top seventy. Last man active, #91 Richard Penkalla made a nice 4.0780 AF cut to move up four spots and secure his spot in the top 100. The only other person I'm writing a time for.. Richard made a notable time on his favorite course (BP flap) with a time of 8"149, the German record and ranked in at #7! Movement outside the top 100 included #108 Alex Frasca -5.3600 (Hero D to Hero C), #125 Daan Becker -15.6400 (Hero E to Hero D), #178 Alex Malone -3.5780, #213 Jonathon Jones -29.9850 (Advanced A to Expert D) and #515 Dexter Howe -28.7960. New Records There were 2 WR's improved (blue) and two non-prb times (pink). David started off the week the way he ended the month-with a bang. He had already taken the TTC flap WR, so he must have figured, why not take the 3lap down some more? It was already his own record, but he pushed it further down to a 1'30"679, this time with the power of the BLS. The entire week, there had been a lot of people testing strats on AF after seeing the new TAS, and Dylan was one of them. But he wasn't just any one of them, he was the one with the new WR to show for it, edging out his own WR with a time of 34"340 on lap 1 with the Egg1. For Non-PRB, look above. Awards Much like Abel did the first week for this award, he became site champion. His huge Non-PRB AF cut was actually enough by itself also, so both together in one week is a shoe-in for the award. For reaching the top of the charts, David Roldan wins the POW for the fourth week of July! This month, there was a lot of activity, new champions, and huge climbs up the charts. Only one could be given the award though, and after looking at the stats, it was pretty obvious. He cut over 25% of his AF on both charts, almost double of the next competitor. He added a few WRs to his name to bring his tally up to 24. He also ended the month at the top of the charts, beating everybody out. Yeah you know who he is.. For his insane cuts, WRs, and becoming MKDS champion, David Roldan wins the POM for the month of July! I finally got around to this.. There were no real standouts this past quarter, although cuts were still good. This player had one of the biggest cuts at 34%, and outdid anyone near him at the top. He moved through the top thirty, reaching the top twenty at one point as well. He made a tear through the Myth ranks, going low Myth E to Myth C overall, and looks like a threat soon to become his country's champion. For his dominance climbing through a tough area with lots of high level PRs and gliding through the Myth ranks, Simon Levy wins the POQ for the second quarter of 2010! ~Kmacc

Vote for Etch!!! Kevin @ Thursday, July 22nd   [link]

Movement As if the beginning of July wasn't eventful, the end might be just as much so. #3 David Roldan continues a steady climb up the charts, especially in PRB. There he sits within 0.2 AF of #1 Abel Marques after a 0.4688 AF cut, so don't be surprised to see the crown possibly switch yet again. He hits high level PRs with ease, such as PG PRB 1'26"185 Myth D (#2) + 27"803 Myth A (#3) and YC 1'25"836 God (#2) + 27"737 God (#4). Then he decides to put just a little effort into it, and also cranks out two new world records. The first came on WS SC 3lap, where he obliterated Thomas' time by nearly a second to make the sub with a 1'50"969 God. As if that wasn't enough, he moved onto TTC flap, taking Abel's record there with an amazing 29"883. He already has some times waiting to be updated, so he'll be extremely close to Abel next update, and could be the next champion rolling into August. Although not as eventful, David also cut 0.1875 in Non-PRB, securing his top three spot. #4 Dylan Gaunt almost overtook David this week with a 0.1719 AF cut, but wasn't quite able to catch him. He may have only hit two PRs, but a few important things happened. His first PR was only a BC flap of 36"491 God (#3), nothing special. His better time for the week came with some strong efforts on CI2 flap, where he snatched the Non-PRB record from fellow countrymen #2 Ben Stoneman with a time of 15"639 God. That pushes him up to six Non-PRB records now, tied for fourth with Lee Boon. The other great thing that happened for this week came on PRB. Although only his BC flap made the transition to that chart as well, it was enough to push his ARR down into the Myth E range, making him the sixth player to reach it in PRB. Still chugging along, #17 Sawara continues to represent Japan on the Non-PRB charts with a 0.4376 AF cut this week, leaping over French Champion #18 Nicolas Barco. A 0.6406 AF cut in PRB helped solidify his position as he shoots for the top fifteen there. He added another top ten time to his arsenal with a LC1 PRB 3lap 1'10"989 Titan A (#9), showing possible potential to one day challenge #8 Huwakun for the throne in Japan. Another person still chugging is #38 Stefan Mayr, who I think has been active almost every week this entire year. He had a broken arm and still tried to play, that's dedication. Anyway, Stefan had an AF cut of 0.9688 to pass over former 1-day champion #39 Lars Stelzig, as he looks to topple me over next (although this may cause me to submit my 64/64 WR's ). Some more PRB action, as there seems to be a mini-battle between #36 Anthony Valette and #37 Carlos Munoz. Both players had nice weeks, making respective AF cuts of 3.2500 and 2.6250. Anthony has been on a roll lately, as he's made great progress up the charts through July. He hit fifteen PRs this week, highlighted by an impressive TTC 3lap of 1'32"673 God (#9). Hopefully his Non-PRB rank will catch up that his PRB skills, as he stays put at #70 for now. Carlos might have possibly started playing again because Anthony passed him, or maybe not. Either way, his strong efforts weren't enough to make the pass back, although he did pass over two others in the process. Unfortunately for Carlos, he just missed out on Titan D overall this week, something Anthony was able to accomplish. There's always next week! Technically not last or least as there are active players below him, #60 Patryk Choma made a small comeback. He hit dual PR's on RPC 56"841 Titan C + 18"212 Titan A, helping to make a tiny AF cut of 0.2500 and maintain his rank. Movement outside the top 100 included #110 Alex Frasca -2.8590, #136 Daan Becker -6.5320 (Expert A to Hero E), #181 Alex Malone -7.0780 (Expert D to Expert C), #236 Jonathon Jones -66.8700 (Advanced C to Advanced A), #537 Tom Gaffikin -4.5320 and #547 Dexter Howe -18.9860 (Beginner A to Intermediate E). New Records There were 2 WR's improved (blue) and two non-prb times (pink). These records were all mentioned earlier, but I'll rehash them for those who don't read all of the news. David decided to take some more WR's before making his Championship run, starting with WS SC 3lap. There, he took Thomas' 15-month old record, and beat it nearly by a full second, while reaching sub 1'51 with a time of 1'50"969. After that, he must have felt bad for taking one of Thomas' records, so he decided to take one from Abel also. So, he went for Abel's TTC flap from May, beating it by about a tenth of a second with a time of 29"883, thanks to the power of Waluigi! For Non-PRB, David hit the TTC flap of 29"883. Aside from that, Dylan added another record to his name. He played a bit of CI2 flap, nabbing his sixth record with a time of 15"639, taking away from fellow Aussie karter Ben Stoneman, whose time was getting close to two years old. Awards David had a great week, but he's had his fair share of awards for now, it's nice to spread it out a little sometimes. So the player who gets it this week is the one with the biggest AF cut, and it was huge at that, almost 20%. He moved up a huge 55 spots and into the top 250. For making huge improvement and climbing so much in one week, Jonathon Jones wins the POW for the third week of July! ~Kmacc

Spain rises to the top of the FIFA rankings; Will Spain rise to the top here? Kevin @ Thursday, July 15th   [link]

Movement PRB #3 David Roldan is trying to close the gap towards #2 Thomas Bolton now after Abel passed him to start the month. Maybe we will see him push for the crown as well? He is making good progress so far, accumulating a 0.3437 AF cut to bring his AF easily sub 4.0 and within a point of the top spot. This was a result of eight PRs which were YF 46"385 Myth C + 15"186 Myth E, CCB 1'23"824 Myth C + 27"174 Myth B, DH 3lap 1'10"704 Myth C, DS 3lap 1'29"915 Myth C and WP 1'58"693 Titan A + 39"101 Myth D. With these times, he became the first person to sub 57" in overall times. All of these (apart from DH 3lap) were also Non-PRB PRs and Gods, giving him a 0.2969 AF cut to pass #4 Dylan Gaunt. Sticking back to PRB, #16 Sawara continues to impress with a 0.7656 AF cut to jump over #17 Cole Gilbert. He is staying consistent by hitting five PRs this week, all mid-high Titans. Also active in the same area on the Non-PRB charts was #15 Matthew Ord. He had just a very small AF cut from an old time, but it was an impressive RLC2 3lap 1'18"373 Myth B, ranked 3rd. Shoutout to the also active #39 Stefan Mayr, who had a small PR on BC flap but wasn't enough to get an AF cut. Lastly, we have #71 Anthony Valette of France, making a nice 5.7187 AF cut albeit moving up just two spots. It was enough to make him Titan D overall on the Non-PRB charts, although it is his activity in PRB that is really most important. His immense 41 PRs (a few old, but nearly all new) combined together to make a huge 13.2812 AF cut, enough to push him up fourteen spots into the #38 position, much higher than his #71 spot in Non-PRB. This moved him up in the Fench ranks as well to #7, right ahead of Kevin Sirman, while reaching Titan E overall. As mentioned earlier, he hit numerous times, including a great TTC 3lap of 1'33"245 Titan B. Hopefully more progress will follow from him soon, as he looks to have a lot of potential. Movement outside the top 100 included #190 Alex Malone -5.5310, #215 Nicholas Harvey -1.0160, PRB #291 Jonathon Jones -32.0940 (Advanced C to Advanced B), #413 Alexander Fogel -1.8280 (Intermediate B to Intermediate A) and PRB #592 Dexter Howe -10.9380 (Beginner C to Beginner A). New Records There were no new records this week. Awards He had by far the biggest cut of the week, hitting new times on more than half the game. He moved himself into the PRB Titan rankings, and shows a lot of promise to continue further. For his great success this week and rapid movement, Anthony Valette wins the POW for the second week of July! ~Kmacc

The Birth of a New Champion Kevin @ Saturday, July 10th   [link]

Movement What was the greatest reign in MKDS history is simply now just history. After years of hard work and the past few weeks of really cranking out times, #1 Abel Marques made the final push in order to pass over #2 Thomas Bolton and become the site champion! The astonishing pass was thanks to a 0.6563 AF cut, that brought him about 0.1 AF ahead of Thomas, and nearly gave him a sub 3.0 AF overall. He really brought his A-game this week putting together fifteen PRs, which were (yes, I will name every single one because they are THAT important) F8C 1'13"222 Titan A + 24"056 Myth E, LM 3lap 1'32"261 Myth B, WP flap 39"039 Myth D, TTC 3lap 1'31"523 Myth B, PG 3lap 1'26"378 Myth D, BC 3lap 1'52"997 Myth D, RR flap 35"101 Myth E, RMMF 3lap 1'03"301 Titan A, RBP 42"699 Myth D, RKB2 flap 12"794 Myth D, RCM flap 34"923 Myth B, RBB 1'44"510 + 34"488 Myth A's, and RSG 3lap 1"01"008 Myth C... phew. Along the way, he also made a massive ARR cut to become Myth C overall. Etch already covered a lot of the history, so just some more minor details from this week. Abel still trails Thomas and/or David in every other PRB category, but I'm sure he doesn't mind that. Thomas still has those horrid RR times though, and could cut over a full AF point if he hits top times there, so Abel should be wary. That basically covers the PRB side for now. Some of this did translate over to Non-PRB as well, whether Abel likes it or not. He's already PRB champion so moving up the Non-PRB ranks couldn't hurt too much. All the PRs he hit that were also Non-PRB were God ranked, and resulted in a 0.3125 AF cut that brought his AF sub 10.0. A run to the top three and beyond is possible for Abel here, but for now, we shall just celebrate his PRB Championship! Let us not forget the others who were active this week however. There was really only two other good cut inside the top 100, the first belonging to PRB #17 Sawara. He hit three nice PRs, which were DKP flap 34"983 God and KB2 PRB 40"895 + 12"966 Titan A's. This resulted in a 0.3438 AF cut, and solidified his position as he moves closer to a top fifteen spot. The other big cutter was #21 Simon Levy on the Non-PRB side, making an AF cut of 0.5781 to close the gap between himself and #20 Marshall LeVett to less than a point. His cuts were the efforts of some good PRs, which included WS 1'56"899 Myth C + 37"848 God and RDP1 56"479 Myth E + 17"889 Myth C. The RDP1 times are two French records for him, increasing his tally to 13 overall. #39 Stefan Mayr was also active with the minimum AF cut, coming from a BC flap of 38"219 Titan D. Movement outside the top 100 included #113 Alex Frasca -1.1720, #195 Alex Malone -4.1560, #214 Tom Mannings -2.1570 (Expert E to Expert D) and #315 Christophe Charignon -0.7660. New Records There were no new records this week. Awards He became site champion in stylish fashion. I don't really need to say anything else. Abel Marques wins the POW for the first week of July! ~Kmacc