USCF player statistics
Laughlin, Michael E
- Biggest rank climb · #71 in North Carolina (Quick)
- Biggest rank climb · #76 in North Carolina (Regular)
- Fastest rising · #53 in North Carolina (Quick)
- Fastest rising · #50 in North Carolina (Regular)
- Gender
- Male
- FIDE
- FIDE 0
- TD
- Local
- US Chess reported rank
- #18,428 national · #686 in state
- Floor
- Regular 150 · Quick 150
US Chess record as of Sep 15, 2026
How this rating moves
Between consecutive published observations, provisional included.
- Biggest gain
- +152
- Feb 2026 to Mar 2026
- Biggest drop
- -89
- Jan 2026 to Feb 2026
- Longest rise
- 3 updates
- +145 from Apr 2026 to Jul 2026
- Updates that moved
- 11 of 11
- Latest +123, Oct 2026 to Nov 2026
- Typical move
- ±63
- Mean absolute change; spread ±78.6
Regular rating in context
United States
#20,982of 83,032 rated members · higher than 74.6%
62,013 lower · 38 same rating · 20,981 higher · ties share a rank
North Carolina
#744of 2,787 rated members · higher than 73.2%
2,042 lower · 2 same rating · 743 higher · ties share a rank
Where this rating sits · United States
83,032 rated members in 50-point bands · median 850–899 · 6,944 within 100 points of 1,397 (this player included)
1,350–1,399: 1,656 members (1.9%) · highlighted band is the player’s · dashed line is the target
74.8% below 1,400 (62,111 of 83,032; 74.6% below 1,397)
Percentile over time · United States
74.6% higher than · Nov 2026 · rank #20,982 of 83,032
Since Dec 2025
+6.9 pts
How these comparisons are calculated
Chess67 calculations from the Nov 2026 monthly rating update, using the same population as the USCF statistics pages: US members classified as active in the published monthly records, excluding lifetime-coded records, provisional ratings included. Ties share a rank; “lower” is strictly lower; national and state groups overlap. The target explorer keeps the population fixed, with this player at their recorded rating: it is a rating comparison, not a prediction of future rank.
Published ratings by month
P marks a provisional rating; the small figure is the change since the previous published observation.
| Month | Regular | Quick |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 2026 | 1,397+123 | 1,364+116 |
| Oct 2026 | 1,274-18 | 1,248-26 |
| Sep 2026 | 1,292-21 | 1,274-31 |
| Aug 2026 | 1,313-58 | 1,305-49 |
| Jul 2026 | 1,371+59 | 1,354+65 |
| Jun 2026 | 1,312+67 | 1,289+58 |
| May 2026 | 1,245+19 | 1,231no change |
| Apr 2026 | 1,226-75 | 1,231-40 |
| Mar 2026 | 1,301+152 | 1,271+172 |
| Feb 2026 | 1,149-89 | 1,099-99 |
| Jan 2026 | 1,238+16 | 1,198+21 |
| Dec 2025 | 1,222 | 1,177 |