USCF statistics / Minnesota
Members
1,180
Minnesota
Top Regular
2,843
highest
Median Regular
1,088
midpoint
Rated Regular
1,009
players
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Minnesota State Rankings
Where Minnesota ranks among states by rating category · updated October 1, 2026
| Metric | Regular | Quick | Blitz | Online Reg | Online Quick | Online Blitz |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median rating | #101,088 median | #27825 median | #301,212 median | #91,217 median | #111,282 median | #81,524 median |
| Average rating | #71,075 average | #18925 average | #291,197 average | #61,263 average | #81,277 average | #81,488 average |
| Best player | #32,843 top | #42,701 top | #32,856 top | #12,902 top | #272,212 top | #212,278 top |
| Rated players | #231.0k players | #24857 players | #19312 players | #19115 players | #19122 players | #1980 players |
50-State Trend Stack
Minnesota highlighted against every state · Active Members
October 1, 2026
members
1Texas
12,5172California
11,5693New York
11,0024Florida
5,5775Illinois
5,4616New Jersey
3,979Member Growth & Turnover
How the number of active players in Minnesota changes month to month
Last month
-10
October 1, 2026 · 1,180 active members
Best month
+102
February 1, 2026 · 166 gained
Largest loss
-93
March 1, 2026 · 103 lost
Total active members
1,180
Monthly net change
-10
Net gain Net loss
Joining and leaving US Chess
How many members in Minnesota joined, came back, or left each month
Joined
469
New US Chess members · December 1, 2025–October 1, 2026
Came back
176
Renewed after their membership lapsed · December 1, 2025–October 1, 2026
Left
682
Let their membership expire · December 1, 2025–October 1, 2026
Joined Came back Left
Member Density
Active USCF members per 100,000 Minnesota residents using 2025 estimated resident population
Active members
24th
1,180
Valid October 1, 2026
Members per 100k
39th
20.2
per 100,000 of 5,830,405 residents
Rating Distribution
Regular ratings across Minnesota
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A regular rating of 1,088 beats 50.2% of players in Minnesota.
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Regular ratings · Minnesota
Top Rated
Highest current ratings
| # | Player | Rating |
|---|---|---|
1 | So, Wesley USCF13145890 | 2,843 |
2 | Lee, Alice Teresa USCF16059648 | 2,546 |
3 | Narayanan, Samrug USCF14653287 | 2,540 |
4 | Bartholomew, John USCF12718516 | 2,534 |
5 | Nagle, Sean USCF12571512 | 2,484 |
6 | Titus, Andrew Lewis USCF14060637 | 2,341 |
7 | Jin, Ashton USCF15752021 | 2,329 |
8 | Lee, Linden Marcus USCF16059633 | 2,319 |
9 | Renshaw, Don S USCF10394660 | 2,287 |
10 | Schabert, David USCF17120647 | 2,259 |
11 | Timm, Jordan USCF15078846 | 2,241 |
12 | Johnson, Leonard Jeffrey USCF12436272 | 2,231 |
13 | Benevides Demasi, Joao Otavio USCF15251667 | 2,227 |
14 | Iwu, Okechukwu Anele Nnej USCF12675167 | 2,205 |
15 | Miller, Todd Q USCF10415144 | 2,200 |
16 | Thompson, Dexter USCF11306195 | 2,200 |
17 | Weatherly, Connor USCF14899713 | 2,198 |
18 | Elmquist, Ronald D USCF10319846 | 2,169 |
19 | Anderson, Mark N USCF12409324 | 2,165 |
20 | Riester, Scott Murray USCF12656031 | 2,159 |
Fastest Rising
Largest month-over-month rating gains
| # | Player | Gain |
|---|---|---|
1 | Vijayaraj, Shatvath USCF31247594 | +186 |
2 | Sudhakar, Mrinalini Gandhi USCF32434178 | +162 |
3 | Sunderrajan, Arjun M USCF14617744 | +157 |
4 | Binu, Shreya USCF31733804 | +153 |
5 | Mohanasundaram, Vasanth USCF30954527 | +148 |
6 | Vijaykarthik, Krish USCF31271132 | +140 |
7 | Varshney, Tanush USCF31079935 | +138 |
8 | Mathews, Gracin USCF31575791 | +136 |
9 | Hordeiev, Oleh USCF32246786 | +123 |
10 | Dadala, Risa USCF32349920 | +115 |
11 | Briceno, Franklin USCF31575767 | +102 |
12 | Mylavarapu, Hari USCF32407784 | +99 |
13 | Madhan, Vinay USCF30508109 | +98 |
14 | Sudhakar, Joshini Gandhi USCF16307710 | +96 |
15 | Elamparithi, Nithil USCF32356384 | +93 |
16 | Sandaraj, Avyukth USCF30567113 | +90 |
17 | Hagen, Connell Charles USCF30263560 | +89 |
18 | Knutson, Theodore Emanuel USCF32249015 | +89 |
19 | Rajkumar, Sujay USCF32356142 | +89 |
20 | Crosby, Zachary Mark USCF12711607 | +86 |
Biggest Rank Climbers
Largest month-over-month jumps in rating rank
| # | Player | Ranks |
|---|---|---|
1 | Kloskin, David USCF32681896 | +98 |
2 | Gladkov, Anthony Alexander USCF33190871 | +81 |
3 | Chow, Aiden Michael USCF33201418 | +80 |
4 | Varshney, Tanush USCF31079935 | +78 |
5 | Vijayaraj, Shatvath USCF31247594 | +78 |
6 | Binu, Shreya USCF31733804 | +77 |
7 | Mohanasundaram, Vasanth USCF30954527 | +73 |
8 | Hordeiev, Oleh USCF32246786 | +73 |
9 | Dadala, Risa USCF32349920 | +72 |
10 | Sudhakar, Mrinalini Gandhi USCF32434178 | +71 |
11 | Gadde, Siddharth Sai USCF33200366 | +70 |
12 | Samjith, Dhwani USCF32566697 | +69 |
13 | Mathews, Gracin USCF31575791 | +66 |
14 | Vijaykarthik, Krish USCF31271132 | +63 |
15 | Sundararajan, Yugan USCF32352843 | +63 |
16 | Elamparithi, Nithil USCF32356384 | +60 |
17 | Mylavarapu, Hari USCF32407784 | +60 |
18 | Kafer, Sullivan USCF32779954 | +60 |
19 | Iverson, Isimo USCF33187839 | +59 |
20 | Lenz, Cecil USCF31869641 | +56 |
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