USCF player statistics

Shirk, Blake Thomas

USCF 16117774TexasUpdated: Nov 2026

Official US Chess record

Gender: Male
FIDE: FIDE 0
US Chess reported rank: #10,850 national · #874 in state
Floor: Regular 1,300 · Quick 1,300

US Chess record as of Sep 15, 2026

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Regular rating

1,5770 since Oct 2026

Published rating · Nov 2026 · 12 published updates since Dec 2025

Nov 20261,577 Regular

Compare format

Dec 2025Nov 2026

12 updates in this window · +49 first to last · open points are provisional · guides mark US Chess classes · unpublished months are skipped, not inactivity

Compare with another playerOverlays their published ratings on the chart; the link keeps the comparison.

Other formats against Regular

-42 Quick vs Regular
Typical for 1,500–1,599 regular players: -103 (middle half -186 to -48, 2,056 established members). This gap is above the typical range.

How this rating moves

Between consecutive published observations, provisional included.

Biggest gain: +63; Jun 2026 to Jul 2026
Biggest drop: -16; Aug 2026 to Sep 2026
Longest rise: 1 update; +63 from Jun 2026 to Jul 2026
Current run: 2 updates; Unchanged since Sep 2026
Typical move: ±7; Mean absolute change; spread ±20

Regular rating in context

Nov 2026 update

United States

#14,746of 83,032 rated members · higher than 82.2%

68,255 lower · 32 same rating · 14,745 higher · ties share a rank

Texas

#1,084of 10,533 rated members · higher than 89.6%

9,447 lower · 3 same rating · 1,083 higher · ties share a rank

Where this rating sits · United States

83,032 rated members in 50-point bands · median 850–899 · 6,825 within 100 points of 1,577 (this player included)

Player · 1,577

01,4252,850

1,550–1,599: 1,480 members (1.7%) · highlighted band is the player’s · dashed line is the target

Target 1,600

83% below 1,600 (68,918 of 83,032; 82.2% below 1,577)

Percentile over time · United States

82.2% higher than · Nov 2026 · rank #14,746 of 83,032

Since Dec 2025
+1.8 pts

Dec 2025Nov 2026

Each month against that month’s active pool, so pool growth and rating drift both count.

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.

United States statistics Texas statistics

Published ratings by month

P marks a provisional rating; the small figure is the change since the previous published observation.

Monthly USCF ratings for Shirk, Blake Thomas
Month	Regular	Quick
Nov 2026	1,577no change	1,535no change
Oct 2026	1,577no change	1,535no change
Sep 2026	1,577-16	1,535-20
Aug 2026	1,593no change	1,555no change
Jul 2026	1,593+63	1,555+77
Jun 2026	1,530no change	1,478no change
May 2026	1,530no change	1,478no change
Apr 2026	1,530+2	1,478no change
Mar 2026	1,528no change	1,478no change
Feb 2026	1,528no change	1,478no change
Jan 2026	1,528no change	1,478no change
Dec 2025	1,528	1,478

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